Thoughts on the Star Wars prequel trilogy?

Did you like them, and if you didn't like them, what was the reason?

I personally thought the original trilogy was better because they had better characters and a better storyline, and they didn't feel like they were being aimed directly at kids like the prequel trilogy.

They also weren't bombarded with CGI, lame dialogue and subpar acting.

I did, however, like Revenge of the Sith, which was possibly even better than Return of the Jedi.

They are enjoyable despite their obvious drops in quality compared to the originals. I do hold Ep. 3 in high regard though.

I liked Episode III the most. Besides some bad acting and dialogue I found it watchable.

Episodes 1 and 2 sadly bored me mostly and few good things happened in them.

E I: I enjoyed it, cept Jar Jar. Horrible, horrible decision.
E II: Didn't really enjoy it. Granted, I felt it was more of a character development movie, but it still didn't excuse it from poor performance.
E III: Probably my favorite out of the prequels.

Overall, I thought they were decent, but at the same time, I try to compare the two trilogies separately and among themselves.

I enjoyed them. The 1st was good. 2nd was meh. 3rd was ok. Though my sister loved Revenge of the Sith.

The prequel is decent.

I remember they had all 6 movies playing one week on Spike (a movie a day) and after watching them back to back it becomes painfully obvious at how much better the OT is.

I didn't care for any of them (story wise) and I thought third was a joke (especially the ending)

I like it. There are many aspects of the original trilogy that make it superior, but I think there are a few things in the prequels which stand out.

- The light saber battles are better. I laugh at the light saber battles in the original trilogy.

- I also think the characters are way more developed. I actually felt for the characters.

- The story is much deeper as a result of more devloped characters, especially in episode 3. The story is so dark which I really like.

Some things were much worse in the prequels like the acting and the script, in my opinion, which definitely prevent them from being flawless. But I definitely enjoy them nonetheless.

I love them.

I wouldn't say they were good movies, but they are fun to watch. I dont know why they put such crappy dialogue though.

the first one was pretty meh, the second one was a bit better and the 3rd was even better. the original 4,5 & 6 still trump them in every way however.

I thought the third was was a terrific movie. As for the trilogy as a whole..........

- Jar Jar Binks? Really? Are you serious?

- As much as I like him as an actor, Samuel Jackson as a Jedi? Really?

- While it was cool to see a young Darth Vader's childhood, what an annoying little snot he was.

- Ewan McGregor as Obiwan Kinobi.......... PERFECT casting.

In conclusion, after seeing the third one, I remember wondering what the heck was wrong with them while they were making the first two?

2 things really ****ed up the prequels and jar jar binks was tolerable to me compared to these reason. 1. anakin dosent matter kid or the older one they both sucked horribly and when the whole movie was bassicly about his downfall and turning into darth vader and they **** up that bad the movie is horrible...it would be like if rocky sucked at acting in rocky... 2. probably the biggest offense to me was how they explained the force... Instead of making it a unexplained quasi religious thing that resides in every person sort of like chi NAH lets just explain it with god damn bacteria...fl4tlined

I dont know what possessed Lucas to make them. I rank the original trilogy in my top 5 movies. But i understand why he made them. There are no excuses for the Indiana Jones 4th movie though.

aw

pure awesomeness

i was definitelysure george lucas will give me a lightsaber if i will be a good boy

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"]2 things really ****ed up the prequels and jar jar binks was tolerable to me compared to these reason. 1. anakin dosent matter kid or the older one they both sucked horribly and when the whole movie was bassicly about his downfall and turning into darth vader and they **** up that bad the movie is horrible...it would be like if rocky sucked at acting in rocky... 2. probably the biggest offense to me was how they explained the force... Instead of making it a unexplained quasi religious thing that resides in every person sort of like chi NAH lets just explain it with god damn bacteria...YellowOneKinobi

Completely and utterly terrible in every meaningful way.

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="fl4tlined"]2 things really ****ed up the prequels and jar jar binks was tolerable to me compared to these reason. 1. anakin dosent matter kid or the older one they both sucked horribly and when the whole movie was bassicly about his downfall and turning into darth vader and they **** up that bad the movie is horrible...it would be like if rocky sucked at acting in rocky... 2. probably the biggest offense to me was how they explained the force... Instead of making it a unexplained quasi religious thing that resides in every person sort of like chi NAH lets just explain it with god damn bacteria...Lockedge

[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="fl4tlined"]2 things really ****ed up the prequels and jar jar binks was tolerable to me compared to these reason. 1. anakin dosent matter kid or the older one they both sucked horribly and when the whole movie was bassicly about his downfall and turning into darth vader and they **** up that bad the movie is horrible...it would be like if rocky sucked at acting in rocky... 2. probably the biggest offense to me was how they explained the force... Instead of making it a unexplained quasi religious thing that resides in every person sort of like chi NAH lets just explain it with god damn bacteria...Lockedge

Midichlorians are part of the problem for me. Why cant the Force just be the Force? Its a mystical energy. Explaining them scientifically was a bad bad move.

A prequel trilogy, man that would have been a great idea. Shame it never happened.

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]You know, I never really thought of your second point quite like that before. Thanks, now I like the trilogy even less :(Ilovegames1992

Midichlorians are part of the problem for me. Why cant the Force just be the Force? Its a mystical energy. Explaining them scientifically was a bad bad move.

I thought the third was was a terrific movie. As for the trilogy as a whole..........

- Jar Jar Binks? Really? Are you serious?

- As much as I like him as an actor, Samuel Jackson as a Jedi? Really?

- While it was cool to see a young Darth Vader's childhood, what an annoying little snot he was.

- Ewan McGregor as Obiwan Kinobi.......... PERFECT casting.

In conclusion, after seeing the third one, I remember wondering what the heck was wrong with them while they were making the first two?

YellowOneKinobi

Did you like them, and if you didn't like them, what was the reason?

I personally thought the original trilogy was better because they had better characters and a better storyline, and they didn't feel like they were being aimed directly at kids like the prequel trilogy.

They also weren't bombarded with CGI, lame dialogue and subpar acting.

I did, however, like Revenge of the Sith, which was possibly even better than Return of the Jedi.

Tigerman950

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="Lockedge"] I found midichlorians to be an excellent way to explain the force. I had always wondered as a child, and an explanation was well accepted by me. I suppose this is one of those "LOST" endings kind of debates, where some liked the overtly religious tones and some didn't.FrostyPhantasm

Midichlorians are part of the problem for me. Why cant the Force just be the Force? Its a mystical energy. Explaining them scientifically was a bad bad move.

Oh c'mon you know what i mean.

forgettable.

They don't even hold a candle to 4,5, and 6

[QUOTE="Lockedge"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]You know, I never really thought of your second point quite like that before. Thanks, now I like the trilogy even less :(Ilovegames1992

Midichlorians are part of the problem for me. Why cant the Force just be the Force? Its a mystical energy. Explaining them scientifically was a bad bad move.

[QUOTE="Tigerman950"]

Did you like them, and if you didn't like them, what was the reason?

I personally thought the original trilogy was better because they had better characters and a better storyline, and they didn't feel like they were being aimed directly at kids like the prequel trilogy.

They also weren't bombarded with CGI, lame dialogue and subpar acting.

I did, however, like Revenge of the Sith, which was possibly even better than Return of the Jedi.

Allicrombie

The second one was incredibly boring I thought. The first wasn't too great and the third was ok.

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"][QUOTE="Tigerman950"]

Did you like them, and if you didn't like them, what was the reason?

I personally thought the original trilogy was better because they had better characters and a better storyline, and they didn't feel like they were being aimed directly at kids like the prequel trilogy.

They also weren't bombarded with CGI, lame dialogue and subpar acting.

I did, however, like Revenge of the Sith, which was possibly even better than Return of the Jedi.

Lockedge

I didn't think they were as bad as some people say, i enjoyed all of them in the teathre, however i can see that they aren't nearly as good as the original trilogy and some of them have serious, serious flaws (Midichlorians, Jar Jar, Yoda being CGI and have fight scenes and overall Anakin) however i still think there have some redeeming factors, specialy Revenge of the Sith which it was quite good.

Ep1 - 7.0 fun movie but some annoying characters.

Ep2 - 6.5 boring in some parts, but decent action at the end.

Ep3 - 8.5 still some annoying elements, but it was pretty good.

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="Lockedge"] I found midichlorians to be an excellent way to explain the force. I had always wondered as a child, and an explanation was well accepted by me. I suppose this is one of those "LOST" endings kind of debates, where some liked the overtly religious tones and some didn't.Lockedge

Midichlorians are part of the problem for me. Why cant the Force just be the Force? Its a mystical energy. Explaining them scientifically was a bad bad move.

but see i would be fine if they hinted to this even a little bit in the original trilogy...

but everything yoda said in the original trilogy while training luke and stuff just sounded like it was something you felt like the air theres no reason for being it just is you gotta have faith in the force and not delve to deep in it for power or it can corrupt you..

why did they just go the whole ****ing mile and just explain how the midichlorians can turn someone evil it dosent even make god damn sense...

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"][QUOTE="Tigerman950"]

Did you like them, and if you didn't like them, what was the reason?

I personally thought the original trilogy was better because they had better characters and a better storyline, and they didn't feel like they were being aimed directly at kids like the prequel trilogy.

They also weren't bombarded with CGI, lame dialogue and subpar acting.

I did, however, like Revenge of the Sith, which was possibly even better than Return of the Jedi.

Lockedge

[QUOTE="Ilovegames1992"]

[QUOTE="Lockedge"] I found midichlorians to be an excellent way to explain the force. I had always wondered as a child, and an explanation was well accepted by me. I suppose this is one of those "LOST" endings kind of debates, where some liked the overtly religious tones and some didn't.Lockedge

Midichlorians are part of the problem for me. Why cant the Force just be the Force? Its a mystical energy. Explaining them scientifically was a bad bad move.

Fair enough. Maybe its the way the did it in Menace i dont know. I just think its acceptable to say people are more powerful in the Force than others. And i dont think i would ever agree that the Ewoks were worse than Jar Jar Binks. They are both created to sell toys but they are on different planes of acceptableness. But its all opinions i guess.

I thought the first and third were alright. The second could have been better.

Return of the Jedi was worse than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones?mitu123

Return of the Jedi was worse than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones?mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"]Return of the Jedi was worse than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones?Lockedge

Simply awful.

My children will never know about the newtrilogy.

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"] That's not exactly what I meant. >.>Lockedge

Return of the Jedi was worse than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones?mitu123

just no just ****ing no not the first two prequels just god damn ****ing no