about arguments.....
You know whats odd?? most people who love the movie say that SW is for kids (primarily ages 4-9). Most arguments also use the idea that since it is for that target group the humor must be down-played to simpler slapstick and stock joke one-liners. They also say SW is just a movie. Well put that argument aside because I have two points to concede.....
1) I know an 8 year old that has seen all the movies, knows them front to back, and has some of the original aNH action figures (his only birthday wish so everyone pitched in). We often talk about our favorite scenes in the first trilogy. We often disagree about which ones are the best, but we both agree that they are all very good. When we talk about Ep1, however, he complains to me.
I don't encourage it because I recognize that it has its moments. His main argument isn't against Jar Jar, but Anakin. He complains that Anakin seems so rigid, so coached. I often talk about how I loved the fight scenes, he retorts with "Its too bad they killed the wrong Darth in that movie.... Anakin still sucks." I said, "But if they killed him in this movie he wouldn't be around for the last three." His repy, "it would be worth it." The boy loves SW and to hear him say that is insulting to not only to it, but to George, Mark, Harrison, Carrie...the production crew, the minor characters, heck the whole entourage of SW.
When I asked what he thought of jar jar, his answer, "He seemed to be alright at first, but it got old quick. His character had no real point to add to the movie, and I wish they would have done something more with it."
2) Like I said, I enjoyed parts of the movie. It was an inviting day when I saw it for the first time. But lets face it, it was not GLs best work of any stretch. I saw aNH when I was 11 (1994). I saw the next two in the series two years later. aNH was so good I didn't think that it could possibly have a sequel. To this Day, ESB is my all time favorite Sci/Fi movie. Don't tell me I'm trying to reclaim my glory years of child-hood. I'm living my glory days. Middle School, now those were some crappy days, SW was so good it made it worth it.
tPM is worth watching, but it will never truly be SW in my opinion. It will never inspire so many people that it will legally be called a religion in major countries around the world. It will never live throughout the ages as a great film. It will never be able to claim that the movie was done for artist purposes rather than money. tPM was no more of a movie than Pokemon, and both were just a marketing ploy to exploit kids for thier money.
I'm almost crying over here (seriously).
Don't ever tell me that this is just a movie, its not. I have evidence.
That said, I am about to die of anticipation for AotC.
