which trilogy was better the first or the second and why?
Has anyone gone back to watch the orginal star wars? Is it better or worse? What are the main differences?
I have only watched a bit of ANH and first of all a main theme was does the force exist. Which was very important to the movie. In the new ones, everyone knows the force exist.
2ndly Han solo and Liea carry the movie acting wise. Anakin and Padme are boring.
I think the prequal was not as good for two different reasons. The first is maybe the movies were not as bad as most people thought. I think expectations were a bit high. Secondly, i think it felt so different because Lucas focused more on visual awe than story. He even said that, though the originals were visually astounding, the driving force of the orginals was story. He said the driving force behind the prequalls was creating a visual atmosphere. Lightining doesnt strike twice.
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The OT will forever be one of the most memorable franchises in film history; not just because of the ground-breaking visual effects, but because of the characters. The PT was completely devoid of ANY new characters that anyone really cared about.
exactly. the only ones we care about in the pt are anakin, obi-wan and padme. the rest are all small roles, in comparison. well, let's not forget palpy...even though he's the bad guy. we all secretly care about him too. we just don't seem to have anyone to root for this time. we know the outcome. in the ot, we were cheering on these rebels fighting agaist a giant empire. this time, we were really just waiting for the last act of ep III.
why did you make this thread. Now we are going to start a debate, along with the god-awful prequel bashers. Anyways i like both. RotS really made the prequels look good.
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PT is better for several reasons. First, the characters are not nearly as annoying. Sure there is the odd Jar Jar binks, but overall the characters and actors are just superior to the OT actors (Han solo aside of course). Secondly, the PT story line is FAR more complex. Ya I know what you're thinking, but its the truth. The OT storyline was simplistic when you think about it. A small number of characters, either good or bad, with one simple plot line that follows. No explanation of how they became that way. They just are. But the PT has the same focus on storyline, but it also throws in a lot of politics, and a lot of back story on exactly what the galaxy is all about. The writing on how Palps came to power was brilliant I think. The whole backstory on the republic and what it actualy is was also great. In the OT, we just know there is empire and rebels, with no real mention of who they are, or how they came to be. PT covers a massive spectrum of things. Plus more focus on the two greatest characters in the entire Star wars saga. Yoda of course, and Obi wan. If only that damn "chosen one" and midiclorians was omitted, it would have been perfect. They were not needed at all. Anakin could have been trained, and fall to the dark side, and come back to the light all on his own. We didn't need a chosen one story for that. Anyway...
May 27th, 2005 02:43 AM
