Oh I definetly prefer it to the other two PT films, still no cigar for me though 🙂
It's a strangerwatch RotS, seems to change pace awkwardly, I mean, the opening scenes and battles are all very fluid, but it feels like it's been prodded to be faster, and I couldn't get into it. A
s they get back to Coruscant I have to say I began to daydream a little, the only redeeming moment for me was Order 66. I just felt that that was a success, the music, the effects all culminated, and that bit was rather moving for a CGI epic.
I'm not one of those people who watch films only for fight scenes, typically I'm not one for action films, but there really isn't alot else to watch in the PT.
Yea I can see what youre saying, but RoTS DID have more of the OT feel to me as well. Not as much or as good but mos def better than Eps 1 and 2. TPM just plain sucked. Like said before, the Maul/Ob1 fight was the saving grace of that film. And really, to me anyway, the only reason is the ferocity that Ewan and Ray fought with. I dunno, AOTC was better but nowhere near the level expected from a SW movie.
To me, had Sith not been so "rushed", it could easily contend with the OT. Not overshadow them, but be in their rankings. My personal fav is ESB, and Sith (with order 66) gave it that dark feel, and i think the music really helped capture the mood and feeling of the film.
ya i've always pondered what could possibly make the PT (except maybe RoTS) not as good as the OT, when its 'suppossed' to be better i guess.
TIME magazine during the release of RoTS states that "the first three Star Wars (the OT) were epic. The next two (EpI, II), not really." Isn't it sad.. why do we have to wait two movies to get to an epic Ep III.
I think maybe we star wars fans are just too hard on the PT. Lucas attempts to give major or minor sneakpeaks wherever possible in the PT which links to the OT. One would have thought a real fan would welcome such gestures with thumbs-up.
EpI = Anakin builts C3PO, stuck in Tatooine, Jabba the Hutt at the Podrace
Ep II = Goes to the Lars residence, meets Owen and Beru, Clone Wars
Originally posted by Tangible God
What else do you see in it then?
I see great films. There is more than just moments that are worth watching.
There is a lot of depth and artistic vlaue in the PT...it has a scope that the OT couldn't attempt (mostly becuase of technology). I also find that while the PT lacks well developed main characters, the background characters are much more intriguing.