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comment by MattholomewCup
MattholomewCup  ·  4361 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: J.J. Abrams To Direct 'Star Wars: Episode VII'

I mean, I'm a big Star Wars fan but... honestly, even with the very best of them (Empire, obviously), does it really 'say' anything? It's not that there's no meaning or anything to the movies but they aren't like other amazing Sci-Fi movies, like Serenity or even the older Star Treks. From the beginning they were just good, entertaining movies. Being sci-fi is pretty incidental to Star Wars as well - it could just as well be medieval fantasy or a western and you'd get a lot of the same value from it. Just like the new Star Trek, it might not be the most meaningful film, but you can't deny that it was entertaining. It was engaging, the characters weren't deep or complex, but they were interesting enough, and the cinematography was awesome (lens flare not withstanding).

Also, unrelated but I watched the 5th Element pretty recently and... I really don't get what was special about it. It was entertaining but it just seemed like the message was "war is bad; try love instead" which is fine but a bit too obvious.





JakobVirgil  ·  4361 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't watch movies for messages and I don't think a message can redeem a bad movie. but I see where you are coming from.

5th element is awesome because it was art designed by Mobieus dressed by Jean-Paul gaultier and because of this

I did not notice it had a message or even dialogue.

MattholomewCup  ·  4360 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh okay, well I'm glad I'm not dim or something about T5E. The art was kinda cool but that didn't make it a great experience for me overall. But hey, different strokes for different folks.

JakobVirgil  ·  4359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it is a whole Bandes dessinées thing. It is kinda the illicit film adaptation of the Jodoverse. from l'incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky the guy that made el topo.