Choreographically speaking it could be the dogs bollocks but still it has the emotional and narrative relevance of a slightly rebellious piece of cutlery. It's eye candy, pure and simple and not a touch on the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi duels, shove in there to remind the audience that its nearly time to go home.
Like I said, choreographically speaking. It really is the best choreagraphed duel. I never mentioned emotion. You're point has gotten across. You are not too fond of it. I get that... good for you. My favorite SW movie happens to be Empire Strikes Back BECAUSE of the emotion therein, so I understand the difference you speak of.
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The TPM duel was cool to look at, fun to watch, but 8 years later: BORING!!!!!!! That is the whole problem with the PT is that Lucas sacrificed any drama for CGI and action to cater to a certain fanbase. The only part that truly resonates on a dramatic level in the PT is the last hour of ROTS, and by then it is too late.
I am not a big LOTR fan, but it is so obvious that the LOTR trilogy is a much better trilogy then the PT, I don't think it is even close.
I still say the OT is better then LOTR because of the characters. I mean you can't beat Darth Vader & The Emperor as bad guys, and are there any better good guys in movies then Luke, Leia, and Han? Lucas hit a bullseye with those characters in the OT even with Yoda, Lando, Chewy, etc, and there was no way he was going to duplicate it in the PT.
Who would you take:
Frodo or Luke?
Han or Aragorn?
Gimli or C3PO/R2D2?
Leia or Eowyn?
Kenobi(Guiness) or Gandalf?
Chewy or Gollum?
Lando or Boromir?
Yoda or ????? (I couldn't think of anyone comparable)
Vader or Saramon(Christopher Lee Character)?
The Emperor vs Sauron?
Nah, Anakin vs Obi-Wan I believe is better. Not only did it have the action but also threw it onto an emotional level equal to Luke vs Vader from ROTJ.
The original star wars movies were sufficiently awesome, but the new ones sucked in comparison (except for yoda fighting). Anakin's acting makes me cry, too.
The LotR story (aka the books) destroy star wars the movies. The LotR movies on the other hand, I'd say are maybe even with the original star wars movies and surpassing the new ones easily.
p.s. Just make Lord of the Stars: Fellowship of the Orctroopers, where the two stories fight it out to the death. Most logical way to settle this age old question.
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Lord of the rings is a better movie hands down. In every way its pretty much picture perfect. Good story, good fx, good acting, has the moments that make laugh, the moments that make you cry, and the moments that make you terrified.
But I like Star Wars more. To me its just a lot more fun to watch. It has a good story for the most part, alright acting (in both OT & PT), and amazing FX. But its more original than anything else and thats why I like it.
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