The film is what it is- what Edmund Hamilton popularized in the 40's- a space opera. No more and no less. Lucas will never have an ear for dialogue or for getting the best out of his actors.

I actually think Lucas got pretty much exactly what he wanted out of his actors. The acting in Star Wars is very stylized. If you watch the other films Lucas has directed -- espcially THX-1138 -- it seems to me that the dialogue and the delivery are so different that you'd never guess it was the same guy who did Star Wars. I guess we'll have a better idea if and when Lucas starts doing these smaller, artsy films he's been talking about making all this time.

Blake

Since you fell asleep during the viewing, what will become your best film of the year? Some small film that no one on the planet will see but you and a few of your friends? ...

And what if it would be? It's my ten best list or ten worst list. Mine, no one else's. Since when am I required to like what everyone else does? Whatever happened to personal taste and opinion?

Lucas will never have an ear for dialogue or for getting the best out of his actors.

I happen to love "American Grafitti," written and directed by Lucas, a film with a fine ear for dialogue and excellent acting from a troupe of young unknowns, most of whom went on to terrific careers.

I actually think Lucas got pretty much exactly what he wanted out of his actors. The acting in Star Wars is very stylized. If you watch the other films Lucas has directed -- espcially THX-1138 -- it seems to me that the dialogue and the delivery are so different that you'd never guess it was the same guy who did Star Wars. I guess we'll have a better idea if and when Lucas starts doing these smaller, artsy films he's been talking about making all this time.

Blake

In the intervening years between 4 thru 6, Lucas often stated he'd return to making these small films. By the way, no film in Hollywood is small. That's a misnomer.

That's why I said it was a space opera

And what if it would be? It's my ten best list or ten worst list. Mine, no one else's. Since when am I required to like what everyone else does? Whatever happened to personal taste and opinion?


You seem so testy regarding this. Where I am this is a point of contention. I still adhere to my point that this isn't La Confidential nor Night of the Hunter (that's why I said it was a space opera) but those two lines regarding democracy and one's enemies seem more pertinent than they have ever been.


I happen to love "American Grafitti," written and directed by Lucas, a film with a fine ear for dialogue and excellent acting from a troupe of young unknowns, most of whom went on to terrific careers.

Two of whom were Harrison Ford and Ron Howard, I believe. Gloria Katz was the other writer on Grafitti.....

Two of whom were Harrison Ford and Ron Howard, I believe. Gloria Katz was the other writer on Grafitti.....

You got your words and mine mixed up in the previous post.

Your statement:

Since you fell asleep during the viewing, what will become your best film of the year? Some small film that no one on the planet will see but you and a few of your friends?

sounded to me like a belittling of "little" films, smaller budget, more personal, formerly-known-as-"art" films, which I very much enjoy, even though such films may not be seen by very many people.

Here follows an obvious statement which surely you must know: the number of people to see a film has no bearing on the quality of the film.

Here follows an obvious statement which surely you must know: the number of people to see a film has no bearing on the quality of the film.

Somebody tell that to the studio execs. PLEASE!!!! :p

Somebody tell that to the studio execs. PLEASE!!!! :p

Ahh, Jim, if only they would listen. They never will. The almighty buck shouts too loudly.

I have a nice review of THX-1138 for you cats to read. It's by the same author who wrote the articles for the SW and Indy stuff that I posted links to. http://www.dvdjournal.com/reviews/t/thx1138.shtml

Lucas has been saying of late that he wants to go back to making these sorts of films. I would imagine it's a sort of relief for him too since he did start off as an independent filmmaker who got sidetracked by blockbuster fame and fortune.

Somebody tell that to the studio execs. PLEASE!!!! :p

You would think after all the monumental flops from Hollywood recently they might want to take a chance and put some financial backing into one or two of these "artsy" little films and see if people will pay to see this stuff.

By the way, no film in Hollywood is small. That's a misnomer.

Not that it matters all that much but... I said "smaller," not small, and Lucas doesn't make films in Hollywood anyway. He distances himself from Hollywood, both literally and figuratively.

Blake