Every single one of the Star Wars movies, with the exception of Star Wars, gave me exactly what I wanted out of them; a couple of hours of escapist entertainment. Somewhere along the line, people came to expect these films to be something other than that and they began to suffer the popularity backlash. That said, I also recognize many of the shortcomings that have already been mentioned, but they don't seem to bother me much because I am there to for a sonic experience and loads of fun, not nuanced acting or great dialogue. If that is your expectation then you haven't been watching from the beginning because they have never been there.

I say Star Wars didn't meet my expectations simply because I didn't have any. It is the only one of the six that I truly consider to be great.

Here is a review of Revenge of the Sith from Locus Magazine.

Click here to read the review.

Here is a review of Revenge of the Sith from Locus Magazine.

Click here to read the review.

It's a good review. I disagree with some of it, but that's fine.

I especially like:

No longer does [Anakin] gracelessly flail his way through Lucas' atrocious dialogue in a way that makes you think we all owe Mark Hamill an apology....

and

Anakin and Padme's love simply can't carry the gravitas necessary to drive the story of StarJesus turning into SpaceHitler.

That's some funny stuff.

At least we know it wasn't one of those one night stand things that most movies these days seem to insist upon in order for a hero to be born and raised.

Forgive me. I just heard this on Jay Leno and fell off my chair laughing.







What do you call a Jedi gynecologist?




OB-GYN Kenobi

Every single one of the Star Wars movies, with the exception of Star Wars, gave me exactly what I wanted out of them; a couple of hours of escapist entertainment. Somewhere along the line, people came to expect these films to be something other than that and they began to suffer the popularity backlash. That said, I also recognize many of the shortcomings that have already been mentioned, but they don't seem to bother me much because I am there to for a sonic experience and loads of fun, not nuanced acting or great dialogue. If that is your expectation then you haven't been watching from the beginning because they have never been there.

I say Star Wars didn't meet my expectations simply because I didn't have any. It is the only one of the six that I truly consider to be great.

Some of us tend to over-analyze things.

Ken - does it himself - V.

Forgive me. I just heard this on Jay Leno and fell off my chair laughing.







What do you call a Jedi gynecologist?




OB-GYN Kenobi

Good thing I have an extra keyboard.

Splorked Pepsi all over the other one.

Ken V.

I say Star Wars didn't meet my expectations simply because I didn't have any. It is the only one of the six that I truly consider to be great.

I think Empire still holds up well to this day. It does after all go into greater depth of it's characters and ends on a somber note, making it the most mature of the original three. John Williams's score for the film is also one of his greatest scores ever composed.

I think Empire still holds up well to this day. It does after all go into greater depth of it's characters and ends on a somber note, making it the most mature of the original three. John Williams's score for the film is also one of his greatest scores ever composed.

For me, I guess, I didn't need any greater exploration of character. Everything about Star Wars is stock, except for the setting and the effects. I thought that the actors understood perfectly that they were playing one-dimensional characters, had a blast doing so and that translated to me having a blast watching.

I thought Maggers brought up a valid criticism when she wrote:

Each prequel seemed more self important and ponderous than the last. There is a lugubriousness about this last one that was hard to take.

That said, there are so many wonderful inventions, monsters and settings throughout the entire series that they will always be something I view from time to time.

Good thing I have an extra keyboard.

Splorked Pepsi all over the other one.

Ken V.

You sure do go through a lot of keyboards. Do you buy them in bulk? Get a "splork discount"?