Je ne comprends pas the review [don't watch Star Wars,sorry], though the tenor of it reads wisely. However, Many Happy Returns! Hope it was a good one.
I'm not sure I get the whole tone of "people complaining about the prequels need to STFU". The children might not yet understand what's wrong with the movies, but they are affected by it all the same.
Someone recently posted a video showing what problems there were with the convoy scene in The Dark Knight. Plenty of people had watched that scene and felt frustrated that it was disorientating, but it took a proper analysis of the scene to explain why. And that's to adults!
Similarly there will be parts in the prequels where the children get confused, but children get confused by all sorts of things and in the end they have to run with it. It's not until you grow up that you start to realise that it wasn't you being a stupid kid at all, it was the film you were watching.
I'm surprised at the emotional connection the children felt in ROTJ. Personally I remember being pretty confused by the ending (as I still am now to be honest). Like they felt at the end of the first movie, I wanted Luke to "get Darth Vader". And to be fair, the children only seem to realise that Luke isn't going to use force against Darth Vader because their dad tells them so. Without that same prompting, that was an aspect that constantly puzzled me. Like the children said, if Luke doesn't attack he's going to die. I certainly didn't understand the idea that Darth Vader had suddenly "become good". (Perhaps it didn't help that I was used to Skeletor changing allegiances at the drop of a hat out of opportunism. Even if Darth Vader doesn't want his own son to die, that doesn't suddenly mean he's going to suddenly be really ultra-nice to everyone else.)
I have nostalgia for these films and certainly the articles were interesting, but I'm not sure what message the author is trying to get across when he randomly criticises fan-hate for the prequels out of the blue. I don't see the connection tbh.
Really glad I read those though. Thanks for sharing. :)
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However, Many Happy Returns! Hope it was a good one.
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Someone recently posted a video showing what problems there were with the convoy scene in The Dark Knight. Plenty of people had watched that scene and felt frustrated that it was disorientating, but it took a proper analysis of the scene to explain why. And that's to adults!
Similarly there will be parts in the prequels where the children get confused, but children get confused by all sorts of things and in the end they have to run with it. It's not until you grow up that you start to realise that it wasn't you being a stupid kid at all, it was the film you were watching.
I'm surprised at the emotional connection the children felt in ROTJ. Personally I remember being pretty confused by the ending (as I still am now to be honest). Like they felt at the end of the first movie, I wanted Luke to "get Darth Vader". And to be fair, the children only seem to realise that Luke isn't going to use force against Darth Vader because their dad tells them so. Without that same prompting, that was an aspect that constantly puzzled me. Like the children said, if Luke doesn't attack he's going to die. I certainly didn't understand the idea that Darth Vader had suddenly "become good". (Perhaps it didn't help that I was used to Skeletor changing allegiances at the drop of a hat out of opportunism. Even if Darth Vader doesn't want his own son to die, that doesn't suddenly mean he's going to suddenly be really ultra-nice to everyone else.)
I have nostalgia for these films and certainly the articles were interesting, but I'm not sure what message the author is trying to get across when he randomly criticises fan-hate for the prequels out of the blue. I don't see the connection tbh.
Really glad I read those though. Thanks for sharing. :)