Hell no. The prequels are more ambitious in terms of world building but god awful in character development. They are all show and no go. There is close to no reason to buy into any of the characteristics of any of the main cast other than Obi-Wan. And even that is spotty depending on who he was interacting with on screen.
There is no compelling emotional attachment to any story or their struggle. It’s a bunch of “it was the history of the original” novelty built in. It’s cool. I still watch them.
But there is not a single fucking scene that is close to Luke looking out into the sunset wanting more from his life and the audience knowing what that’s about. There is no “I love you” and “I know” moment where they have done actual things within the story to believe they actually love each other. There is no moment where the good in a person redeems themselves for all the bad they have done to save their son with the evil that they have always had to just be better for one moment.
There is no goddamn way the prequels will ever be better than the original in any universe.
I liked that they (the prequels) expanded the world of star wars and felt fun and fantastical (as I imagine the original triology felt when it came out). The Sequels tried to be too dark and moody in my opinion.
Honestly, I like the prequel universe more. The movies are just a bit weird sometimes
Hell no. The prequels are more ambitious in terms of world building but god awful in character development. They are all show and no go. There is close to no reason to buy into any of the characteristics of any of the main cast other than Obi-Wan. And even that is spotty depending on who he was interacting with on screen.
There is no compelling emotional attachment to any story or their struggle. It’s a bunch of “it was the history of the original” novelty built in. It’s cool. I still watch them.
But there is not a single fucking scene that is close to Luke looking out into the sunset wanting more from his life and the audience knowing what that’s about. There is no “I love you” and “I know” moment where they have done actual things within the story to believe they actually love each other. There is no moment where the good in a person redeems themselves for all the bad they have done to save their son with the evil that they have always had to just be better for one moment.
There is no goddamn way the prequels will ever be better than the original in any universe.
One word.
midiclorians
I liked that they (the prequels) expanded the world of star wars and felt fun and fantastical (as I imagine the original triology felt when it came out). The Sequels tried to be too dark and moody in my opinion.
That’s why I hated empire strikes back. It was trying too hard to be edgy.
Says the edgy comment…
Can you expand on that ? What exactly did being too edgy look like in 1980 ?
It was edgy in the same way a Zack Snyder film is.
. . . that’s what life is, it’s a series of down endings.
Return of the Jedi was better. It brought the series back to a whimsical nature.
bunch a muppets
They’re called Ewoks