TV/Movies Megathread

[mongers]

It's certainly better than Crystal Skull, but that's not saying much. I mean, I didn't hate it, but I can't really recommend it either.

Thanks, I feel reassured now 

Will watch it at the Fête du Cinéma so as to limit damage (max. price 5 € (double what I paid for Crystal Skulls though).

Fellow skinflint.

[Josquius]

Honestly I don't get the hate crystal skull gets. It was a fun silly film. As Indy should be.
Never going to many anyone's favourite film lists but perfectly fine for what it was

[mongers]

Honestly I don't get the hate crystal skull gets. It was a fun silly film. As Indy should be.
Never going to many anyone's favourite film lists but perfectly fine for what it was

It had aliens. 

[Duque de Bragança]

Honestly I don't get the hate crystal skull gets. It was a fun silly film. As Indy should be.
Never going to many anyone's favourite film lists but perfectly fine for what it was

It was indeed perfectly fine for a rape of childhood movie à la Episode I and/or a CGI crapfest.

[Josquius]

It had aliens. 

And the originals had supernatural elements

Honestly I don't get the hate crystal skull gets. It was a fun silly film. As Indy should be.
Never going to many anyone's favourite film lists but perfectly fine for what it was

It was indeed perfectly fine for a rape of childhood movie à la Episode I and/or a CGI crapfest.

It was infinitely better than the star wars prequels

[celedhring]

I didn't mind the alien theme in Crystal Skull actually. Just that the movie was awful.

It was infinitely better than the star wars prequels

A dentist appointment is better than watching the Star Wars prequels, though.

[HVC]

The prequels aren't great, but infinitely better than crystal skull. Sequels on the other hand.

[Barrister]

The prequels aren't great, but infinitely better than crystal skull. Sequels on the other hand.

Prequels are definitely flawed but have some interesting ideas and visuals.

Crystal Skull was not good.  I haven't seen it since its release, maybe it would grow on me on second viewing.

SW sequels... TFA was a virtual remake of the original, but good in its own way.  TLJ was great and I'll die on that hill.  ROS then crapped all over the other two movies and was beyond terrible.

[Habbaku]

The prequels aren't great, but infinitely better than crystal skull. Sequels on the other hand.

Prequels are definitely flawed but have some interesting ideas and visuals.

Crystal Skull was not good.  I haven't seen it since its release, maybe it would grow on me on second viewing.

SW sequels... TFA was a virtual remake of the original, but good in its own way.  TLJ was great and I'll die on that hill.  ROS then crapped all over the other two movies and was beyond terrible.

The third movie made the previous two worse in retrospect.

[Barrister]

The prequels aren't great, but infinitely better than crystal skull. Sequels on the other hand.

Prequels are definitely flawed but have some interesting ideas and visuals.

Crystal Skull was not good.  I haven't seen it since its release, maybe it would grow on me on second viewing.

SW sequels... TFA was a virtual remake of the original, but good in its own way.  TLJ was great and I'll die on that hill.  ROS then crapped all over the other two movies and was beyond terrible.

The third movie made the previous two worse in retrospect.

That's a fair assessment.

[Josquius]

The second was decent as a stand alone film though it wasn't a suitable main trilogy star wars film and completely fucked the entire idea of a sequel trilogy.
The third inherited a shit situation and had to try and work with it.

[HVC]

The prequels aren't great, but infinitely better than crystal skull. Sequels on the other hand.

Prequels are definitely flawed but have some interesting ideas and visuals.

Crystal Skull was not good.  I haven't seen it since its release, maybe it would grow on me on second viewing.

SW sequels... TFA was a virtual remake of the original, but good in its own way.  TLJ was great and I'll die on that hill.  ROS then crapped all over the other two movies and was beyond terrible.

The third movie made the previous two worse in retrospect.

Just like the original 3

[Barrister]

The prequels aren't great, but infinitely better than crystal skull. Sequels on the other hand.

Prequels are definitely flawed but have some interesting ideas and visuals.

Crystal Skull was not good.  I haven't seen it since its release, maybe it would grow on me on second viewing.

SW sequels... TFA was a virtual remake of the original, but good in its own way.  TLJ was great and I'll die on that hill.  ROS then crapped all over the other two movies and was beyond terrible.

The third movie made the previous two worse in retrospect.

Just like the original 3

I will also die on the hill that ROTJ is great, as are the Ewoks.

[HVC]

Haha. The ewoks are an age thing.  When I first watched I was older and thought they were dumb.

I will admit while I appreciate Star Wars as a cultural thing, they were never my favourites to begin with.

[Barrister]

Haha. The ewoks are an age thing.  When I first watched I was older and thought they were dumb.

I will admit while I appreciate Star Wars as a cultural thing, they were never my favourites to begin with.

So for starters, I saw Jedi in the theatre when first released, and I was just old enough to remember seeing it in the theatre, so I was what - 8 i think.  That undoubtedly colours my thoughts on the film.

Ewoks - come on we have enough examples of less advanced societies ultimately defeating more advanced societies on the battlefield.  Think Vietnam (given the year the movie came out) or Afghanistan.  Also being kid-friendly has always been a part of Star Wars (I had a bunch of Star Wars action figures, my kids have tons of Star Wars lego sets).

A second Death Star is not exactly a novel narrative choice (and of course one the series returned to yet again in TFA), but the visuals of the half-completed Death Star were awesome, in particular in a pre-CGI era.

I don't know that anything was gained by saying Leia was Luke's sister (other than an odd way out of the potential love triangle), but I don't think anything was harmed by that revelation either.

And finally - Luke winning not by defeating Palpatine/Vader, but by surrendering?  By ultimately redeeming his father by his sacrifice?  That was a bold choice.