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I think quite a lot comes from teenage nostalgia from whichever era you are from. The original trilogy is not actually all that good, but some people still talk
by WJW 2y ago
I think quite a lot comes from teenage nostalgia from whichever era you are from. The original trilogy is not actually all that good, but some people still talk about it as if those movies are the epitome of moviemaking. I think it has a lot to do with the circumstances that people first saw them in. The prequels are also not fantastic movies, but as the people who saw them in cinemas as children grew up they came to be loved more and more. It's not so much the movies themselves that are liked, but the associated memories.
I wonder if in ~10 years we'll have a new batch of people who like the latest trilogy. First ironically as they get through their edgy teenage phase, then unironically as they grow up further and point out some great scenes from between the (admittedly many) terrible ones.
- aredox 2y agoThe very first Star Wars ("A new hope") is fairly basic in plot, but with very good moments and no mistake. The next two, especially the empire strikes back, are really good in their own right in terms of film-making artistry. They have the right tone, rhythm, imagery, scenography. The rest, though, is catastrophically bad.
- sien 2y agoRogue One is good. Interesting it doesn't fit into any trilogy.
- billyjmc 2y agoThe best theatrical release since the original trilogy, IMO. I think part of it is because of how much gravity it imparts to the beginning of Episode IV. (And the other part is how objectively bad the prequel and sequel trilogies were.)
- aredox 2y agoHo, yes, forgot about it! Excellent visuals save some plot gaps. Andor is also very, very good.
- glitchc 2y agoI honestly got bored with Rogue One. All standard plot points, nothing new, plus you know how it ends. I fell asleep midway through. Once you know the ending, the plot needs to have some twists and turns to stay relevant and interesting. One rogue scientist having the detailed design for the entire Death Star is a ludicrous premise. That thing's as big as a planet. Heck, no single scientist could tell you the detailed architecture for CERN or even the ISS for that matter, and those are significantly smaller in scale.
- bitnasty 2y agoThen there should be many millennials who love the prequels but sadly I know of zero.
- Yossarrian22 2y agoI like them, they’re better than most movies and pioneered digital cinematography. The sequels have less going for them due to their inherently contradictory nature from Disney’s mercurial production demands