Star Wars - Episode VII

[DanEFC92]

The scene is good, but drags a wee bit, especially as we know the outcome.

 

[Pat's Van]

The scene is good, but drags a wee bit, especially as we know the outcome.

wasn't expecting benny blanco to shoot him though

 

[cbpointblank]

The most maddening part of the prequels is the bit where they walk through the corridors of the ship the original film opens on. One of the only scenes they actually built a physical set for, and it looks 10x better than anything else.

 

[Moomin]

wasn't expecting benny blanco to shoot him though

Or the ewoks to play Bukkake while Anakin is legless. Bit cruel them ewoks.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Of the newer three movies. The last 30 minutes of the third one are by far and away the best bits.

For me anyway.

The pod race is amazing though?

 

[DanEFC92]

wasn't expecting benny blanco to shoot him though

Didn't expect Obi-Wan to be Keyser Soze either.

 

[ijjysmith]

The pod race is amazing though?

I'm fairly sure that whole section is only on it so they could make a computer game of it mate.

 

[DanEFC92]

[video=youtube;FxKtZmQgxrI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI[/video]

These are great.

 

[Dylan]

For me, Obi-Wan taking Darth Maul after Qui-Gon is killed is a brilliant bit of swordplay. Better than the Ani-Obi fight for me.

 

[Elong]

For me, Obi-Wan taking Darth Maul after Qui-Gon is killed is a brilliant bit of swordplay. Better than the Ani-Obi fight for me.

Haven't watched Ep 1 for so long I'd forgotten that, you're right, really good stuff in a dire film.

 

[DanEFC92]

All the fights in the prequels pale in comparison to the two lightsaber fights in 5 and 6.

 

[Elong]

All the fights in the prequels pale in comparison to the two lightsaber fights in 5 and 6.

Emotionally-wise you may be right, technically though they're not up to scratch. A New Hope between Ben and Vader is quite embarrassing watching it now haha, but the get-out clause is that they're two old men having a dig at each other.

Vadar sticking up for his boy at the end of ROTJ is movie magic though.

 

[TX Bill]

it's gonna be rubbish. Modern Hollywood action films are utter crud. I gave them a last chance recently when my new laptop came with a 3D screen. So I thought I'd check out the big movies that would show it off. Went for:

Pacific Rim (the worst film i've ever seen, with not even coherent action to make up for the mess)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (predictable, laboured, stupid...no heart in it at all, as bad as the previous one)
The Hobbit (no sense of drama or danger, forced 'audience-pleasing' jokes, no memorable characters, too much CGI)
World War Z (the only film from this quartet that I tolerated watching. Still stupidly simple and cliched)


Compared to recent past, we had much more entertaining blockbusters: Lord of the Rings trilogy, while sometimes dour, was a decent watch first-time round. 2012 as disaster movies go was stupid but it was thoroughly entertaining. The classic Trek films of First Contact, Undiscovered Country, the whale one, Wrath of Khan and The Motion Picture are still brilliant even after rewatches.

The original Star Wars trilogy too. The prequel trilogy obviously not.


I fear the worst for the new Star Wars films because these modern blockbusters are ultra-successful. So the studios are bound to play it ultra-safe, where every character has to be an obvious archetype with the same tired old traits that everyone's supposed to identify with.

Star Wars could really do with a proper character-led story (check out the story and characters from Knight of the Old Republic. Best Star Wars characterisation since Empire).

Just curious what you think ARE good blockbuster movies?

I am a Trekkie since the 70s and I thought the two Star Trek movies were very good. But then that's just me. Didn't see the other three you mentioned.

 

[Dylan]

Emotionally-wise you may be right, technically though they're not up to scratch. A New Hope between Ben and Vader is quite embarrassing watching it now haha, but the get-out clause is that they're two old men having a dig at each other.

Vadar sticking up for his boy at the end of ROTJ is movie magic though.

I have recently rewatched the original trilogy, and I can safely say I am better with a sword than Luke or Vader based on the fights.

So yes, emotionally, the original films win, but critically, for a spectacle, the new movies have better swordplay (exception for that steaming pile of turd that was the Yoda spin-a-thon in Episode 2, against Dooku (lightsabers must have touched about 3 times, the rest was a little green mite hopping from wall to wall))

That being said, I still prefer watching the originals much more than the prequels.

 

[dholliday]

I fear the worst for the new Star Wars films because these modern blockbusters are ultra-successful. So the studios are bound to play it ultra-safe, where every character has to be an obvious archetype with the same tired old traits that everyone's supposed to identify with..

Just curious what you think ARE good blockbuster movies?

Plenty enjoyable fluff around even if we only include post-millennial blockbusters:

2012, LOTR trilogy, War of the Worlds, Dark Knight, Skyfall, Casino Royale, Matrix Reloaded, Mission Impossible IV, Avatar, Inception, Gladiator, Kill Bill 1/2, Harry Potter series, Minority Report etc

The problem I've identified in this thread is very recent (Goat mentioned it too). We've always had crap blockbusters to go with the good ones, but the last few years it seems we have only crap, and no good ones.

Obviously it's subjective anyway, as a few of you have enjoyed what I found crap.

Just my thruppence.