Comment Re:no. (Score 1) 905
As one who waited in those lines back in the 70s, I can attest to that aspect of the first Star Wars. That's the only one of the series that did much for me. It was an exciting movie, different from anything we had seen (and don't talk to me about Star Trek, that was pretty amateur by comparison, although to be fair, it predates Star Wars by considerable - can you say 1966!).
Seeing it on a big screen - and I'm not talking about the little screens used in most theatres today, they are more like large TVs than like real movie screens - was really awesome (the Uptown in NW Washington is still the place to see real movies). Of course, in Star Trek, (at least the older episodes) the explosions in space were silent, unlike most space explosions we see now, which for some reason can be heard. Whatever happened to the idea that "in space, no one can hear you scream?" Of course, if you want "scientific realism" then perhaps movies are not for you. See: http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/
I didn't care nearly as much for the other two "older" Star Wars movies but the newer two are certainly worse even than they were. The silly teddy-bears in Return of the Jedi were bad enough, but Ja-Ja (or whatever) is really annoying. Some of the "animated" sequences are also a bit much. This holds true for other movies, too, like the Bond flick where he "surfs" on a huge wave from a calving glacier. Not particularly realistic but I guess it's the state of the art. Golum in LOTR was likewise not what could be hoped for. But that's what you get with cartoons, even sophisticated cartoons.
When it comes to action movies, they are usually best the first time round. Consider the Indiana Jones movies. Harrison Ford is a fine actor and has done many good movies but you aren't going to watch any but the first of the Jones movies more than once and that one only once in a great while. They are just too much like watching a professional wrestler "come back to life" to finish off an opponent after being nearly killed only moments before. Realistic? I don't think so. They can be fun to watch (once in a while) when you don't know what's coming but they aren't going to be mistaken for fine art.
