If you are asserting that people only like the original trilogy because they were kids when they saw it, and that the prequel, sequel and original trilogies are all equally good/bad: hard disagree.

The prequels are the only films that I think are held aloft solely by nostalgia. And that’s only a recent thing, as people…

But then that just makes Biggs Darklighter the chosen one. The narrative problem with any sort of inborn special quality like Force powers is that you can’t have it both ways. You can have a character who discovers they have some power that others don’t (or is at least rare, or they have it to a unique degree), thus…

The first 10 minutes or so of Revenge of The Sith are the first time I felt like Lucas’s vision for the movies was all up there on the screen. Unfortunately the rest of the movie also exists.

So many things to complain about, so I’ll just add one. How was is a secret to ANYONE who the father of Padme’s child was? First there is the issue of there being tons of Jedi around, all of whom should have be able to tell, then there was the issue of it being really, really obvious that they were having a…

Strongly disagree. There were several wow moments about the sequel trilogy, most especially in TLJ.

There has been this sort of... life through rose tinted glasses look at the Prequels lately. Partially because of nostalgia. Partially because the new movies were somewhat disappointing. Likely because of all those damn memes. I’m sorry, no amount of time has made these movies any better. Revenge of the Sith has a few…

I mean this, Zardoz, Under the Silver Lake, Stalker, these are my kind of movies. Funny how nobody mentions Mandy Moore was in this right before Ryan Adams nearly killed her career. Manohla Dargis said, and I agree, that Sarah Michelle Gellar should have been nominated. The sequences with Amy Poehler are unbearable.…

This is my favorite movie of all time.

I’m a big fan of the movie and have had the comic sitting on my shelf for years. I think the release of the Cannes cut might be the perfect time to read the book, then watch the original cut and see how (if) it all fits together. I also think part of my enjoyment of the movie came from the synchronicity of the fact…

I think I’m in the minority of those who absolutely adore this film. When it doesn’t make sense, it’s visually stunning. And it doesn’t have to make sense. I watch it like it’s a stress dream about the early 2000s.

Yeah it’s rare to have such a confusing, weird movie where it’s obvious all the actors knew what they wanted to do and seemed to be putting in a good performance. Usually when the plot is that chaotic you have a bunch of confused or disinterested actors. It’s like watching Tony Hawk doing a series of flips into a…

Southland Tales is one of my five favorite movies of all time in spite of the fact (or maybe because of the fact?) that it’s an utter mess. People speak in Jane’s Addiction lyrics, all the SNL people play scary psychos, Justin Timberlake puts in a really touching, empathetic performance well before I knew he could…

“I am a pimp, and pimps don’t commit suicide.”

The Oscar still should’ve gone to MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD.

If any movie should’ve swept the Oscars that year it was City of God.

And on the Oscar haul — most of the wins were well-deserved, although I’m still annoyed the sweep took some technical awards away from Master & Commander. But while Enya’s song is fine, it’s not better than “A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow” or the great “Belleville Rendezvous,” I wish the live performance of that…

The best succinct criticism of the movies I ever read was “too much fantasy, not enough folklore.”

The issue with characters not feeling fully fleshed is something that was imported from the books. Tolkien nailed the character arcs and story beats because (1) as a literary academic he had a solid grasp on myths, epics, and the hero’s journey, and (2) he was codifying the tropes of high fantasy as he went along. So…

I don’t know. Re rewatching the trilogy I feel that Peter Jackson has the fantasy aesthetic sensibility of an hotel in Las Vegas. They... Don't really hold up well.

Technically/legally, the burden of proof is on her. That is, if there were criminal charges being raised, which there are not. In civil cases (this one for libel) the burden of proof is still with the plaintiff (in this case, him) but it's a much lower standard than in a criminal case.