Star Wars? I don’t get it.
May 23, 2005I don’t understand why anyone would want to pay to see the latest Star Wars film. The last 4 sequels/prequels were terrible!
The original Star Wars episode IV (un-butchered version) is probably my all time favorite movie, after that Star Wars became a soap opera in space. Too many ewoks, love stories, dinosaurs and goofy characters designed to appeal to “the kids”.
Another thing that really turned me off was how “The Force” went from a mysterious unseen power that could be use by people with faith, to a something very visible and obvious. That ruined the sense of mystery. Han solo didn’t even believe in the force in the first Star Wars, neither did some of the Empires leaders. How could you not believe in a force if people were making objects fly around? One of the best sceens in the first Star Wars was when Vader was choking that guy by holding up his two fingers. It was cool because you weren’t sure if Vader really had this magic power, or if it was some kind of psychosomatic mind control thing. It was mysterious and cool. Looking at an object and making it fly around the room is not cool or mysterious. It’s pretty boring.
There are many who would disagree with me, and many people liked the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. That’s cool. I have no problems accepting that, but even the most hard core Star Wars geeks slammed episode 1 and 2. Why would those same people line up to see episode 3?
I don’t understand this herd mentality. I guess I’m just not a geek.
Posted by sgehrman at May 23, 2005 7:04 PMComments
Not having seen Ep 4 in a while I can't say what I'm about to say with absolute authority.
The word believe doesn't always imply acceptance of existence. For example, people that don't believe in communism, aren't denying the existence of communism, rather they are not endorsing communism as a means to an ends.
When Han Solo says he doesn't believe in the Force (does he use the expression hocus-pocus?) what he could be saying is that he doesn't believe the Force is effective, rather than denying the existence of the Force. If I recall he puts his faith in a blaster. Given the failure of the Jedi, that might be a reasonable conclusion.
Then again - it's been a long time since I watched ep 3, so I could be wrong.
nostalgia. same reason I'll pay to see Herbie.