The prequels are so messy.

That's the thing about the awesome opening shot in this film - it's mind-bogglingly spectacular, but there's so much going on that the viewer can't take it in. Same for other spectacular sequences.

When a director gets in a position when nobody can say "no" to them, you tend to see this sort of thing. Lucas was completely in charge of the prequel films, there was no studio telling him to stop throwing more CGI at the screen and spend some time working with his actors before it was too late, he was free to throw anything he liked at the screen and of course he didn't know when to stop. He's not the only director to suffer from this excess, Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" films are far worse than the prequels, but for the same reason - there was nobody to tell him to stop and concentrate on the freaking story.



“Seventy-seven courses and a regicide, never a wedding like it!

I like that theres a lot going on it the visuals it makes the world feel busy and real.

Rogue one was the perfect blend of more complex cities and battles, while still focusing on story and certain ships so everything wasn't lost.

it's so dense. every single frame has so much things going on

The prequels were better than the originals, the only good film from the OT is Empire.

I saw the prequels before the OT, I knew nothing about Star Wars and just wanted to see what the fuss was all about ("why are guys my age so excited about children movies?" I asked myself, 'cuz I grew up with stuff like Terminator and Robocop since I was 8, so I didn't get it at all).

I was one of the guys who confused Star Wars with Star Trek and made fun of nerds in school who liked that stuff, but since the hype was so enormous (seriously : it was like the second coming of Christ) I decided I had to know what it was all about.

So I went and see TPM with a friend who like me knew nothing of Star Wars and had a low esteem of their fans.

We ditched school and got stoned so I had a good time, but I couldn't understand the story so that movie reinforced my belief that Star Wars was not my thing.

I was convinced that TPM was the kind of movie made exclusively for true fans of Star Wars and so it was MY fault if I didn't get it : little did I know that all Star Wars fans back then were just as confused as I was...

I quickly forgot everything about TPM and never thought about it again, after all the Matrix was out and soon we were gonna get the LOTR Trilogy so there was other stuff to hold my interest in regards to movies.

So 3 years later I went to see AOTC, this time with a hardcore Star Wars fan who totally ruined the experience for me because he kept complaining (loudly...) about every single thing in the movie.

I was twice as confused : I didn't understand anything about the story (because TPM certainly didn't motivate me to go check the OT) and I had no idea what friend was complaining about, it was the worst movie experience of my life.

Again, I forgot all about it and never though about that movie again: we had LOTR by then so my mind was busy.

Then 3 years later ROTS came out, this time I didn't go to the theatre but I kept hearing high praises for that movie so when it came out on DVD I immediately rented it : the story was a bit clearer, the special effects were better but although it was overall a better movie there was still something I couldn't really grasp about the whole story, something I couldn't put my finger on...

So I thought : "well, again it's MY fault : I should have re-watched the other 2 movies before tackling this one, it's a trilogy so no wonder I can't follow this movie if I remember nothing of the other 2".

I decided then to do a marathon: the LOTR extended edition DVDs were just out and I loved doing a marathon with those so I though "Star Wars is even bigger than LOTR so this is going to be great ! I will finally get it !!!"

Oh dear Lord...

I was frozen in shock after the whole 3 movies were over : I was convinced there was something deeply wrong with me and I was some sort of freak, because it's not normal that everybody loves these movies and I didn't !

"What the hell is wrong with me ??" I kept asking myself.

I was a lost confused soul wondering the world without an internet connection, until a year later when I got a job, my home and a goddamn PC (blew my first salary on it, 'twas about time I had one for me damn it !)

And finally the real Star Wars fans reacted to this whole prequel issue : they started making hilarious videos on youtube (it was new back then) carefully explaining how atrociously bad these movies are and I finally felt better.

"Oh, there is nothing wrong with me : it's these movies that are wrong !!!".

I felt such a relief knowing that I wasn't alone in the world, and since all the fans pointed out that the prequels are the complete opposite of the Original Trilogy I decided to finally check the old movies out.

I finally understood.

Anyway, what was the question ? I'm old so I ramble a lot...