Originally posted by Alliance
You're stuck in OT mode...black and white. Sorry bud, but the world doesn't work that way, unless you're Bush.
How very constructive... That is utter BS of course. I can say I think the LOTR films were better than King Kong, but I can't say ANH and ESB are better than the PT movies? Why is that black and white? THere are a lot of arguments I can give to support it.
It's not that Lucas is not allowed to tell a more complex story, I just think he didn't tell it very well. And I can support that. Sure the OT is simpler, but also better told. And that is what makes it work.
So if it comes down to it: Lucas hated the technical limitations of the OT and yet he changed the world with his movies. His vision was bigger than the result he could achieve. And that is what made them great. With the PT his vision COULD be achieved and that gives rise to the thought that he failed to give the attention to the actual storytelling as SW had deserved.
So what is it we're talking about when we judge the movies? The look, the effects or the story? I think movies are nothing if the story doesn't work... no effect can save that.