Star Wars Episode VII
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS - Comic-Con Panel (2015)
- CygnusZero42
This movie looks incredible. Makes you realize even more than ever that George Lucas is a hack. Yeah it was his idea and he got it all started, but the dude is not a great director at all. There are guys like JJ that are much more talented as film directors, and the only thing George was great at was all the technical shit, and because of that he felt the need to use it as much as possible.
- +1monospaced
- Lucas was a genius. Though his own creation ruined him sadly. Francis Copolla said something similar of him.inteliboy
- Seemed like the prequels were as much a vehicle to advertise the strides ILM had made in digital, as than to tell a story.ETM
- ^minor english fail.ETM
- CygnusZero40
Even if he wanted to use the prequels to show off their technical prowess, thats fine, they still could have been better if he was a better director and write. They werent ruined by the overuse of CGI alone.
He had pretty damn good actors saying dumb shit like, "Please, stop the fighting and let diplomacy resume". Even that Hayden guy is a pretty good actor, ive seen him in some other movies, but the dude was stuck with shit lines like, "You underestimate my POWER". How do you deliver corny lines like that without sounding like an idiot?
- “Love won’t save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that.”ETM
- “I thought we had decided not to fall in love. That we’d be forced to live a lie and that it would destroy our lives.”ETM
- "I wish that I could just, wish away my feelings!"ETM
- Here, this will make you feel better:
https://www.youtube.…ETM - lmao dude nailed it. shitty dialogue for daysCygnusZero4
- "only me new powers" smh. who wrote that? a 12 year old? i actually feel bad for hayden with that horseshitCygnusZero4
- ETM0
It took me some time to realize that the speech cadence that makes Hayden Christensen seem so terrible (in addition to dialogue) was him trying to emulate James Earl Jones' rhythm.
A fine idea in theory, but obviously any good director should have noticed it's not working.
- CygnusZero40
George Lucas doesnt really qualify as a good director. And whatever im some nobody on this stupid site but it doesnt take much to know someone could have done much better with the prequels.
And I actually dont hate them. They do have some cool star wars sci fi shit and the effects are good, so for that they are still fun movies, but theres a lot of bad in them that could have been avoided if someone was allowed to say the word "no" to george at certain times, but he was the queen b and that wasnt allowed so it hurt the movies. hayden is a good actor but he was pretty young and had a lot of shit dialogue thrown at him while he was standing next to a green screen. good luck! lmao
- they are really strange films. utterly bizarre.inteliboy
- and Lucas looks sooo bored and chill in the behind the scenes videos. Nothing great has been made from that state of mind.inteliboy
- Yeah. He gave no direction whatsoever. All of his attention was on post prod. because he knew he could rejig the scene(s) entirely using his digital fuckery.face_melter
- spl33nidoru0
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Lucas was at some point a great director, his first 3 films are brilliant (THX 1138, American Graffiti and Episode 4) and showed how in sync with his generation he was.And if you read the transcript of the Indiana Jones story meeting between him, Spielberg and Larry Kasden, the whole thing is pretty much Lucas.
As a director/writer he just never recovered from the Star Wars success, and a 22 year hiatus between directing E4 and E5 certainly didn't help.
- Always wanted to make art films, made a blockbuster in the hope he would gain independence to do that but built a cage for himself, a v.lucrative one though.fadein11
- He was never going to be a Coppola, Scorsese or Kurosawa though... think he realised that. THX and American Graffiti are not great films in retrospect.fadein11
- THX doesn't have a single original idea in it.fadein11
- THX doesn't have a single original idea in it? What kind of trollery is this?twooh
- zero trolling - fact.fadein11
- for film, it surely was originalmonospaced
- CygnusZero40
His problem was after the success of star wars, there was noone around him that could tell him "no" anymore. Didnt seem like the prequels were a true team effort when you watch the behind the scenes of them.
He was the dictator and everyone at ILM were his servants. In fact in the editing room, on camera in the episode 1 behind the scene, ben burtt starting venting about george, things he should have said to george, but would have been fired for it lol.
Im surprised he still had a job after that made it into that footage. Yeah I know the guy was good at one point but age and success didnt serve him very well.
- guess you lose your fire with a billion in the bank from action figures.fadein11
- CygnusZero40
- love the black/red/white nazi colour theme for the bad guys._niko
- CygnusZero41
- Basically this movie is going to completely kickass. Love when people were complaining about JJ doing this movie. lolzCygnusZero4
- north korea propaganda?docpoz
- wait. those are sand troopers, wtf... i see no sand, just Hoth Florida...hydro74
- snowtroopersfadein11
- yessssssssssssprophetone
- they shoot flamethrowersinteliboy
- _niko0
The new ones look way too serious...also the problem with the last 3.
What's missing in these and what made the originals great was the camp factor. It was a swashbuckling good time without taking itself too seriously and that's what made them so much fun.
- if u know jj at all u will be rest assured he understands how to bring that balance to film, he's very spielbergyprophetone
- hope so, I thought he did a good job with star trek, I'm praying he can re-capture that spirit._niko
- that's exactly what i was thinking, star trek was serious but playful, i'm confident this will balance out with little moments sprinkled thru outprophetone
- I agree, prophet, JJ captures that family and fun aspect pretty well.monospaced
- Spielberg was a master at this... Indiana being the greatest exampleprophetone
- Spielberg is the most emulated director.docpoz
- watching the new jurassic park was a reality check that we're sorely missing a director like Spielberg in our blockbusters these days...inteliboy
- They try but fail to copy.docpoz
- its got a ridiculously daft beach ball droid as a main character, they are kids films so will have plenty of that. But these new ones definitely need to leanfadein11
- back to the darkness of Empire also. Which so far it appears it will. I personally will be disappointed if too camp - Lucas attempted and massively failed withfadein11
- Jar Jar... horrendous.fadein11
- I am ready to bet my reputation(!) on JJ's SW being superb.fadein11
- Having just subjected myself to watching all 6 existing movies, I'd suggest you couldn't be any more wrong. What destroys SW is Lucas' constant need for cute...detritus
- ...crap for no discernible reason. When I was a kid, I wasn't all that invested in the [fucking] Ewoks, but I was on all the adult stuff. Seeing Ewoks now ...detritus
- ...makes me fucking Grimace. *Everything* Lucas added in the 90s editions was cutesy distracting crap too.detritus
- re: Camp, anyway.
Swashbuckling's bang on target. It's the feeling that made the original Indiana Jones films so damn good too.detritus - see that's the problem, jar jar wasn't campy, it was just an awkward attempt at some kind of comic relief in a shitty all too serious movie._niko
- fadein110
- Gorgeous.Continuity
- Tracy Morgan is in the next Star Wars?ShenanigansTV
- art direction in this is incredible.inteliboy
- Continuity-1
I really, truly, desperately want this film to not suck.
I was a bit sceptical when they first announced Ep7, but I've seen enough to get me proper excited.
Don't let us down, JJ.
- docpoz1
I hope it's better than Star Trek 2.