JB has arrived

Nice idea Slaps. Let my first post echo my sentiments about Star Wars: Return of the Sith. Awful. Really Awful.

My opinion of Star Wars always revolved around the fact that it was a good story revolving around a classic good vs. evil construction. All the good ones are, to me. Somewhere along the way, Lucas ran into a problem with reflexive moralism or relativism or something that makes awful stories. Combine that problem with some bad writing, thin storylines and questionable directing and you get, ta da, mediocre at best movies. I found Phantom Menance enjoyable but flawed. All downhill from there. Even the special effects began to bother me as Return of the Sith felt a lot like a cartoon in some places. My biggest fear is that the prequel triology might ruin the original by taking all the mystery and punch out of some of the characters.

I know my opinion on this matter is not original, many people have said precisely the same thing, and probably better. However, I really cannot see any reasonable defense of these movies except for the fact that they are visually stimulating in certain places. I feel profound disappointment regarding them.

Anyone care to disagree? Let it be known that throughout the development of this blog, I reserve the right to be wrong. Frequently. But never as wrong as George Lucas. Ever.