PT Making My Day! - Pro-Prequel Articles

I still don't see what you see. Yes, he is giving an explanation to Hayden in that particular scene and it may possibly not be that such direction was given through every scene in every film. I can find plenty of times I thought Portman, McGregor and Jackson were off and awkward. As I said, George has stated he was pleased with Hayden on more than one occasion. Is this going to turn into another "let's blame Hayden Christensen for everything wrong in the PT" pile on? This thread was for PRO PREQUEL articles and conversation or so I thought.

 

Subtitles exist in this world and they are very faithful to the dialogue in most languages. Sometimes the foreign language speakers study foreign to them languages as is the English, which is most popular language to study. Bad acting is perceived in many ways. Like in the first Harry Potter when the child actors act as they are reading from the auto queue (something that for example Jake Lloyd never demonstrated) and this can be seen by anyone who doesn't speak a word in English because acting is complex phenomenon, it includes face expressions, gestures and postures. In the prequel trilogy especially there are many scenes with expositions without dialogue that rely on this non- verbal part of the acting and it shows that actors handled it at least in such scenes they were outstanding. I like the dialogue style of PT but my point is that you shouldn't underestimate the foreign viewers: we know what is happening in the movies and who can act.
The problem of loving more PT outside of USA is more like cultural and has nothing to do with linguistics (is interesting to check how is in England and India, for example, as they are obviously English speaking countries). PT describes the past of the Republic, it is its knight, romantic period if I can say so. The aristocratic, sophisticated era when the time is even slower (except the war parts of course) is something that this audience would like. I think almost none of the Pro-prequel articles explore this aspect which is a pity because it would explain a lot of things about who and why likes the movies. For me is still beyond understanding why so many viewers in USA complain that there is too much politics in PT: it is enough and in some points even not enough: is how the Clone wars and the Empire began, it should have more politics.

 

Well, if you like to look at black and say that it's white, then yes, you can.

 

Yes because God forbid I refuse to place blame for a film or trilogy on one actor.

 

Ian McDiarmid calls episodic order the correct sequence

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...m-menace?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

He also calls Ahmed Best one of the most talented guys he has worked with.

Too bad he couldn't appear as a jedi ghost in episode 3 due to a motorcycle accident.

 

Or even recorded his voice or go back add it in for an anniversary cut.

 

Speaking of which it was nice to hear him in tRoS

 

How about a full on pro-prequel book?

Pretty remarkable that well over a decade since the conclusion of the prequels, we're getting a massive book chronicling their productions and legacy.

https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/film/all/01171/facts.the_star_wars_archives_19992005.htm

 

I want to draw your attention to the many "First Watch" Videos on YT where people watch a movie for the first time. I've seen plenty videos of people watching the Prequels for the first time and geniunly enjoing and loving those movies. They are suprised, laugh, cry and have fun with the films. I recommend watching them, they show how the Prequels arnt viewed as bad movies by the masses but enjoyed and loved.

For example:
Ep I: Its funny how Jake Lloyd is considered loveable, likeable and as a good actor when the haters made his life a living hell...
Again Ep I: People are genunly in awe about the worlds, the effects, the pod race, the end battle.
Ep II: The watchers get how Anakin and Padme fall for each other and suffer with Anakin over him loosing his mother
Ep III: Is just a mind**** for many!









I love how people have fun with those movies. Watching them for first time was magical for me.

 

I recommend watching this guys reactions. He watching in the machete order and his reactions to some of the twists in the PT are just priceless. He really loves Anakin in all the movies and when he realizes who Anakin is...its mind**** for him.

 

When he was watching AOTC and he said, "I think I like Anakin more than Luke," I was surprised in a good way. That was really cool to hear.

 

I have been watching them first reactions for a few weeks now. and i have seen several tear up when episode 3. i have never teared up when watching it but it clear it does bring out the emotions for so many and thats quite an achievement for a film that was just as hated for years.

And many of these people also put episode 3 up as either their favourite or 2nd favourite movie.

Here are a few more.

 

Natalie Portman talks about Star wars.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/natalie-portman-forging-fairy-tales-130143489.html

 

It is heartening to see so many pro prequel articles and seeing them getting the recognition they deserve. As a fan who followed SW since 77 i am grateful the prequels were made when they were otherwise I probably would not be here now, such as going to the cinema to see them and collecting the merchandise which has left me with such fond memories of them.

 

Currently watching this nearly three hours long video on TPM, the prequels, and Lucas' saga as a whole:



So far it's been quite interesting an in-depth, looking into Lucas' early films and how they inform readings of the later SW movies, comparisons to Metropolis, deep dives into characters and aesthetic

 

Thank you for posting that video @darkspine10, really some good points made in it.

 

Kanye West comments that the prequels are "better" (his words not mine, don't mod me) than the corporate made sequels, and they are George's baby.
https://comicbook.com/movies/amp/ne...-prefers-prequel-trilogy-over-sequel-trilogy/

 

I was just gonna say. Lmao.

Kanye also referenced SW in a few songs.

From his 2005 song, Gone:

"But if they ever flip sides like Anakin,
You'll sell everything, including the mannequin"



1:14:50 mark

 

I just saw this on my feed.

I always thought that Kanye West was crazy and he made a lot of non-sense.

But if someone like Kanye is even able to see that Lucas' saga and story in the PT and OT are superior than corporate-made movies as Disney's Star Wars sequels, then it shows how far the Star Wars franchise, under Disney's and Kathleen Kennedy's control, has fallen.

I know it has been a very long time since I came here, in the PT discussion forum. But let's say that, ever since I've watched The Last Jedi back in December 2017, I felt myself completely detached from the franchise and I stopped caring about it. But I'm somehow glad that people are appreciating more and more these days Lucas' work. You don't know the real value of something until it's gone.

 

Whatever the opinion of Ye is as a personality, he has always been a creative visionary in his music at least. Between conscious hip hop with soul samples, R&B-influenced ballads, industrial EDM, etc., so seeing his love for Lucas's SW is quite endearing to me from that perspective.

 

I dont care what Kayne West says. The guy needs treatment.

Considering if the PT is better than the ST: Am I not allowed to like both? Because...I do!

 

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree.

 

Cool, at least Kanye lika the The Star Wars.

 

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-prequel-trilogy-best-original/amp/