Rian Johnson praises Star Wars prequel trilogy? This is going to be fun. Read on for more details.
Rian Johnson’s name on a story will usually attract a host of Star Wars fans into the comments. Some of them usually there to talk about how much they hate The Last Jedi, and the others to praise it. If you have read LRM at all, you probably know that some of the LRM staff fall on both sides of this coin. For example, I can’t stand The Last Jedi, or really any of the sequel trilogy. Whereas Editor in Chief Jammer loves The Last Jedi.
One area regarding Star Wars where Jammer and I agree, neither of us like the prequel trilogy. I’ve always said I can see the building blocks in these prequel movies. As in, I can see the potential, but it was unfulfilled potential. The tone of the prequels is far too focussed on young kids, especially for a trilogy about the hero falling to darkness. I could go on all day about the poor direction, bad scripts, and bad acting. However, we have been there and done all that many times before.
Johnson, on the other hand, seems to like those prequel movies, or at least it sounds that way. Johnson recently posted on social media about the positives he finds in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. This was in response to a fan asking users to say one genuinely nice thing about the Star Wars prequels. Check it out.
Lucas made a gorgeous 7 hour long movie for children about how entitlement and fear of loss turns good people into fascists, and did it while spearheading nearly every technical sea change in modern filmmaking of the past 30 years.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) June 29, 2020
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The term kids movie to me means a lower standard than I would expect from a movie made for adults. When I watch movies aimed solely at children, with my kids, then rarely do I find a quality experience. However, when we are watching a movie designed for the whole family, then I do expect something to engage me as well. Lucas also said they were ‘just kids movies’. Isn’t that just another way of saying the standards were not up to scratch?
As for the technical aspects, yes, the Star Wars prequel trilogy used a lot of new tech. However, one of the most common complaints about those movies is how everything is digitally rendered. If we look at the sequel trilogy, much as I don’t like the story, they look for more modern. The combination of practical and digital where necessary is the better way to go with these movies. Ultimately I feel the prequels had the DNA to be a great trilogy but it was wasted. Whereas, I feel like the aspects I disliked about the prequels were much better in the sequel trilogy, but not the DNA. Right now, I’m still not sure what themes the Star Wars sequels were supposed to represent?
Anyhow, it goes without saying that I could go on about this subject for way longer than necessary. As the title says Rian Johnson praises Star Wars prequel trilogy and I disagree. I’m sure there are many readers out there who love the prequels and agree with Johnson. I just worry about the sanity of those folks? Leave your thoughts below in the usual spot.
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