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the thing is that i think people are expecting to much from these movies - did GL set the bar too high in 1977?

...generally the PT movies are NOT bad at all...and there are elements in them that are astounding and will be remembered for many years...(the Jedi's sabre fight with Darth Maul for one)

i don't think that you can just pass over the PT just because of Jar Jar pisses you off or that there's too much CGI (there's too much CGI in Spiderman IMO) or the acting is crap...all of these things were burdended upon the original movie...a 7ft man in a bear suit, muppet aliens in the cantina & Jabba's palace, clunky dialogue ("its a good job you had these compartments"), and people are even forgetting the ewok sequences in ROTJ....these were 'roundly' hated by critics and fans...

i'm not saying that any of the PT are gonna win oscars (well they haven't) but in terms of CG they have already been groundbreaking, and GL is breaking barriers every movie he makes...GL cannot write dialogue or direct actors, but he sure can direct a good action shot, and create a unique universe, in which to get immersed - the Star Wars Saga is all about escaping...

Star Wars is a kids movie, there is no denying that, and in his mind, GL has to tell you everything, rather than let you figure it out for yourself, after all not everybody is a 30 something fanboy who knows the backstory, or the key plot points...

by no means am i saying that the PT movies are the best in the world - they are obviously not, but i wish people would stop bashing them because they have some deep-rooted love of the past, Star Wars wasn't a great movie all over, it was a great event and groundbreaking, and thats what people remember...

enough people went to see TPM, more than once, its not the 5th most successful movie in BO take of all time for nothing...and i've been conversing with a lot of fans of the Star Wars movies born since the OT, and most of them prefer the new trilogy...all they know is CGI and Blockbuster explosions...70's hairstyles and 'muppet' like puppets don't impress kids these days...