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[Section_31]

The prequels were undone entirely by one line 'The boy is dangerous'. Kind of defeats the entire point of watching how a good guy turns bad. Just more dialogue tourettes from a man whose true first love is making money by selling toys to kids.

[Paul]

Yes, good point. Either way he would need to have paved the way for Anakin becoming the new apprentice at some point in the trilogy.

That jousting to be Palpatine's top dog could've been brilliant.

[Tony Moanero]

The prequels are fucking shit.

[cloggypop]

I haven't seen them.

[setreal]

I reckon Disney will make new prequels at some point.

[Tony Moanero]

I haven't seen them.

I wish I hadn't.

[Tony Moanero]

I didn't bother with The Force Awakens when it was on at the cinema. I bought the DVD in April, but haven't got round to watching it. I'm not sure I ever will.

[Pureblood]

I watched it ten times.

[RedKnight]

I didn't bother with The Force Awakens when it was on at the cinema. I bought the DVD in April, but haven't got round to watching it. I'm not sure I ever will.

 

Well that's pointlessly obtuse.

[Tony Moanero]

Well that's pointlessly obtuse.

Obtuse?

[Vincent Vega]

Agree with all that, brilliant film....I think Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones have got world weary Texas sheriffs pretty well stitched up.

 

Although to be honest if the actors in it weren't all so good I think the woman in the T-Bone Cafe would have stole the film.

That's a hilarious scene in the cafe, Bridges character was almost lost for words for once.

[Cardie]

I think he wanted it to be about Palpatine instead of Darth Maul? I think the guy who plays Palpatine is brilliant in all three.  

 

He's shit in the first two, proper hammy acting in some scenes, specifically the one's where he's telling Padme to initiate a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum (and keeps appearing and slinking away to deliver his lines), and when he's in his office with Mace and Yoda.

 

Am Dram bad guy acting which, granted, may be the direction and script but still.

[Pureblood]

He's really good.

[manwiththestick]

Eye in the sky. 6.5/10. Jesse Pinkman is a drone pilot with his finger on the trigger ready to blow up an African house but is awaiting the go ahead from DCI Jane Tennison who in turn is waiting for authorisation from Hans Gruber. Quite tense.

[Section_31]

He's shit in the first two, proper hammy acting in some scenes, specifically the one's where he's telling Padme to initiate a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum (and keeps appearing and slinking away to deliver his lines), and when he's in his office with Mace and Yoda.

 

Am Dram bad guy acting which, granted, may be the direction and script but still.

The gurning and laughing when he goes arse over tip on his desk in the last one ruined his menace a bit. Also, no idea why they made his face look the way it did because of his force lightning damage rather than the fact he was just a horrible old cunt.

[moof]

Well that's pointlessly obtuse.

RedKnight, meet Tony Moanero.

[Hades]

The prequels are fucking shit.

 

But still better than The Force Awakens, which is Star Wars for fans of anything but Star Wars. 

[Tony Moanero]

But still better than The Force Awakens, which is Star Wars for fans of anything but Star Wars.

If the prequels are better than The Force Awakens, The Force Awakens must be dire.

[cloggypop]

I've seen that one. It's quite good.

[Paul]

If the prequels are better than The Force Awakens, The Force Awakens must be dire.

It's not.

[Pureblood]

If the prequels are better than The Force Awakens, The Force Awakens must be dire.

 

My view is at odds with most people, who would have Episode VII comfortably ahead of the prequels.

 

What I like about the prequels is that they don't look or feel like any other movies I know.  Lucas was brave and created something different.  By comparison I found The Force Awakens over familiar.  There are parts of it I enjoyed and I nearly welled up when Han said "yeah, I knew Luke".  That scene was brilliantly done and totally got me, but from that point onward the movie deteriorated even on the first viewing.

 

I struggle to find things to go back to and enjoy on repeat viewings of it.  I'm eager to find out what happens next and that seems to be the movie's greatest success rather than it being an interesting episode in its own right.  It's almost completely dependent upon where the story is taken in the next episode, and as such lacks depth.

[Kloppite]

Steve Jobs 8/10.

 

Enjoyable film well worth a watch

[Tony Moanero]

RedKnight, meet Tony Moanero.

I've been called a lot of things in my time, but never obtuse.

 

Luckily I'm not easily offended, as it's insulting.

[Pureblood]

[cloggypop]

I've been called a lot of things in my time, but never obtuse.

 

Luckily I'm not easily offended, as it's insulting.

There's no way you are more than 90° but less than 180°

 

I'd put you at about 270° myself.