i agree with everything you've said in previous posts, tpaquin, well said....except for hollywood bowing out in the 50's....for me and a lot of other people the 70's was the last hurrah for hollywood....the story goes that the bigwigs just didn't know what would be popular with a young audience anymore, and so trusted directors to present their own vision their own way, with minimal interference for the first time....then came star wars....to be cruel you could say that lucas destroyed modern american film, to be fair you could say that the executives didn't understand star wars any more than any of the other films that were being made.....this misunderstanding led to scores of films like independence day and men in black being made.....
give up on hollywood, all the best films these days come from elsewhere or from subversives within the system.....example: don't go see the grudge starring sarah michelle gellar, see the original.....another example: why isn't the remake of the italian job set in italy anymore?.....
and on the topic of speilberg, sure he's made a lot of films we all recognise because they were promoted with saturation advertising and showered with academy awards, but i dare anyone to describe one idea he's had that was original or brave or thought provoking.....charlie kaufman throws better ideas out with his table scraps....
but i like to be challenged by what i watch, so each to his own....have fun next time you sit down to watch hook....
and don't take me too seriously either....
no, you're right, lucas wasn't part of hollywood....as far as i can see star wars was a very strange and original (not to mention risky) film at the time, which is why i loved it, still love it, and why i'm here on a star wars message board....but the success of star wars influenced hollywood, because hollywood goes where they think the money is, as we all know....
and, sorry to double post, but rots will be made and will be the movie that it is....the amount of people who go to see it, or the amount of money it makes won't change what the film is, or affect our enjoyment of it (well, mine anyway)....even if it bombed majorly (which it won't), lucas still wouldn't end up starving in the gutter, so it makes little difference.....let's just hope lucas isn't thinking too much about the box office, and instead is concentrating on making the film he needs to make artistically.....so far that looks very much to be the case.....fingers crossed, roll on may....
Dude, is Spielberg out to get Lucas, JUST because he's making another movie scheduled to come out at the same time???? What a douche. He's another filmmaker and makes other movies. It's not like its gonna shut down Lucas. They're best friends. War of the Worlds to ruin Star Wars...No way...Not even close. Lots of peoples movies come out at the same time....Some people have some pretty strange opinions out there and don't really know what they are talking about...such as this thread...
"Okay, so Lucas and Spielberg may be good freinds but there's nothing wrong with healthy competition right...
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/waroftheworlds/
It's got all the top actors, Cruise and so and so...
...and is going to be released...SUMMER 2005!
Is Spielberg out to get Lucas or what!
It looks good as well. Do you reckon this will be the movie that is going to go head to head with Star Wars and do you reckon it will ruin Revenge?
I got a funny feeling War of the Worlds is going to ruin Revenge.
(BTW - I searched KMC and nothing came up. Try it your self with the key words "War of the Worlds" and "War of the Worlds Spielberg"😉
Originally posted by hunchy(BTW - I searched KMC and nothing came up. Try it your self with the key words "War of the Worlds" and "War of the Worlds Spielberg"😉
what u mean ? Whats This ?
Dare I say it... Lucas didn't need any help ruining Episode I.... sorry, sorry. But I fail to see the logic behind this. How does releasing the two movies at similar times "ruin" one of them? Or is it simply because it might mean SW episode III might not get as much money? Somehow I don't think a movie should be judged by its earnings, but by itself, if Episode III is good, then it is a success, even if it doesn't break records. After all, Titanic did that and now a few years down the track people spit on it as a movie. And to be honest I think WotW is a great tale, and if Spielberg manages to make a better movie the Lucas in this case, then good, because if for some reason if Episode III is not as good as it could have been it wont be Spielberg's fault just because he made WOTW. (and I am looking forward to episode III, but not going over the top.)
the only thing that could ruin episode 3 would be the sub par popularity of Clones, well...that and episode 3 turning out to be shit like its last two predocessors. I can gaurentee you, even if Jesus christ came to Earth to direct a film, a star wars movie would still beat it out. I mean jesus doesnt have the lucas team to exploit the shit out if his movie.
just because spielberg is making a sci-fi movie doesnt mean its competition for lucas.....remember, spielberg made E.T, minority report, and close encounters of the 3rd kind, not to mention jurassic park which was sort of sci-fi
he's had a history of sci-fi movies yet people think he's out to get lucas....lucas' only long franchise is star wars....then he made that straight to dvd movie not too long ago, and co-directed the first two indiana jones with spielberg......its just two directors doing what they like, lucas just does it with one long ass frikkin franchise
no need to hate on either of them or go into this whole hollywood theory bullsh*t
(it may seem like im angry but im not, i just curse occasionally)