Star Wars prequels were better than the original, change my mind

I actually like the prequels it’s just that the originals were much more better at storytelling, ep 4-6 was a simple and perfect story, the effects still hold up to today, the writing was perfect, the story of luke and vader in ep 6 was perfect and the some of the stuff in the prequels like some of the writing and the cg didn’t really age well.

I won’t try to change your mind because your are totally right!!

I won’t change your mind because I completely understand this perspective. I feel like my answer to this dilemma changes with my mood. To use an analogy, let’s say the originals are like a juicy hamburger with French fries and that the prequels are like a steaming brownie with ice cream melted on top. Which one do I enjoy more? It depends on the moment as well as my mood. One isn’t necessarily more “healthy” (or in this case, better for you intellectually) then the other. The trilogies are simply two different flavors that were made by George to be enjoyed.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by The_Dark_Jedi.

Prequels are fine from a novel point.  Reading them, it’s fun.  Watching them… Man, did they drop the ball on acting.

The acting killed these movies (Too much CGI coming in at a close second).  It was like they were reading from the q-card in half the scenes.  No emotion, dead stare as they delivered lines… and it wasn’t just Hayden and Natalie, but they were the two most obvious.  Funny that they were fine in other movies… so it must be whomever was directing them ;)

I’d say the prequel era is vastly superior, but the originals are the better movies. They execute a simple story perfectly. However I feel like the prequels are too complex to be told in a trilogy format. An anthology like The Clone Wars really helps flesh everything out and make Anakin’s fall more believable.

Prequels are more meme-able though :)

• This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Jek_Porkchops.

The dialogue…you can’t win on that point. It is objectively terrible in the prequels…I don’t like sand…

I loved the prequels as a kid. If they came out now I wouldn’t like them as much. But I still like a lot of things about them. I really liked the characters. The lightsaber battles were cool overall. The story made sense all the way through. They set things up and paid them off. Although it could have been executed better.. I liked the original three movies too. I wouldn’t say one is better than the other. They are both good with positives and negatives. My favourite Star Wars movie is “The Phantom Menace”. But I also love “A New Hope”.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by WeareChaoS.