Out of the woodwork (Score 1)

This is almost disturbing.

Okay, so we know SW wasn't high art. Did this honestly and truthfully surprise anyone? Was there really anyone who was so naive as to think that SW was going to be some uber-epic, Wagner reincarnate? I really hope not.

So it wasn't anything you'd find at Cannes. You won't see me crying. The point of the SW universe, I believe, is to tell a story - nothing more. George Lucas had a story somewhere in him that he wanted to get out, and it just so happened that he had a big stump to tell it on. What's so wrong with that? Sure, the dialogue isn't the best. Maybe some of the ideas have their origins in other places. So what?

Answer me that. So what?

You think the dialogue's crap? Fine. Don't go watch the movies. You think the effects are cheesy? Great. Stay home. You think it's puerile/juvenile/childish? Wonderful. I'll happily claim your seat at the next one.

The movies are all about willing suspension of disbelief, about putting down your latte-drinking, Explorer-driving arrogance for a while and letting the kid in you come out for a while to enjoy what is, when all is said and done, a good story. And if you're not capable of getting over yourself long enough to have a good time...

Well, nobody's twisting your arm, are they?

If you need to get on /. and bash the franchise, then the franchise isn't for you. It's that simple. It's for those of us who can put our snobbish pretentions aside for a few hours and remember what it was like when we were kids and we actually believed anything was possible.