psion1369@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 days agoWhat is your Star Wars hot take?message-squaremessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your Star Wars hot take?psion1369@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square210fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoA new hope was only good to the extent that a mediocre remake of a Kurosawa film is still good. Empire was slightly downhill from that (sad ending =/= good movie). Everything after that struggles to remain watchable.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-223 days agoThey were simply following the classic trilogy arc: Plucky heroes score on the big baddies against overwhelming odds. Baddies hand our heroes their ass on a platter. Hope is all but gone. Heroes come back bigger and tougher, win the whole game by the end.
A new hope was only good to the extent that a mediocre remake of a Kurosawa film is still good. Empire was slightly downhill from that (sad ending =/= good movie). Everything after that struggles to remain watchable.
They were simply following the classic trilogy arc:
Plucky heroes score on the big baddies against overwhelming odds.
Baddies hand our heroes their ass on a platter. Hope is all but gone.
Heroes come back bigger and tougher, win the whole game by the end.