Re:Star Wars is an SFX show, not a story (Score 1)

I agree that the FX blew me away back in 1977, but there was more to it than that. I was at the Chinese Theater in 1997 for the ANH rerelease and the audience was rocking like it was Rocky Horror Picture show. People genuinely love that movie and it's not just nostalgia. It's the characterizations. You CARE about the characters. Obi-Wan dying impacts you so much more than Qui-Gon in the prequels. And there is a big character development PAYOFF in the end. After all the buildup, when Luke turns off his navicomputer, it's a moving scene. When Han comes dashing to the rescue, it's thrilling to this day. And the final award ceremony and cut to the credits make you want to pound your fist in frustration that it's over since you've just been exposed to a tantalizingly small chunk of a really cool universe and you can't experience any more of it.

I think (especially on the internet) there is this desire to deconstruct entertainment. It's like a form of vandalism. Nothing is allowed to be great anymore. You have to somehow qualify it with an asterisk some how, find some fault somewhere. Everyone's an armchair critic.

The fact of the matter is that when everything settles down, the original trilogy will still resonate and the prequels will be considered its bastard children as it rightfully should.