So.
I went and saw Revenge of the Sith. I liked it, but then, you know, I liked The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, so make of that what you will. To me, all the prequels are on par quality wise with the originals, and anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is clearly on crack. To quote Alec Guinness, "I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines."
I'm not into dissecting Star Wars films, possibly because the seven year old in me won't have none of it. The films are for him and the adult part of me just gets up and leaves for the duration of them. So I've nothing to say, really, about anything in the film, except to note how surprised I was by how much I wanted to watch A New Hope at the end of it. The set up bridge at in the third film for the fourth (the original) was, really, quite impressive. Outside that, what is there to say? It's bigger. It's beautiful imagery. And when the lightsabers break out, the child in me is nurtured.
I went and saw Revenge of the Sith. I liked it, but then, you know, I liked The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, so make of that what you will. To me, all the prequels are on par quality wise with the originals, and anyone who tries to convince you otherwise is clearly on crack. To quote Alec Guinness, "I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines."
I'm not into dissecting Star Wars films, possibly because the seven year old in me won't have none of it. The films are for him and the adult part of me just gets up and leaves for the duration of them. So I've nothing to say, really, about anything in the film, except to note how surprised I was by how much I wanted to watch A New Hope at the end of it. The set up bridge at in the third film for the fourth (the original) was, really, quite impressive. Outside that, what is there to say? It's bigger. It's beautiful imagery. And when the lightsabers break out, the child in me is nurtured.
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i never saw the original films in a cinema until the rerelease. for me, star wars is about the telly. for some reason, i always think it plays well with commercial breaks and tvs and your living room. that old pulp styling, perhaps.
of empire strikes back, i remember my father and his friend hooking up videos to pirate copies of the film for their kids. (i must've been six.) i could never watch luke's hand get chopped off. heh.
your best bet is to go see the film yourself, then decide from that. i don't think it's anything a kid can't handle, but at the same time it's a kid by kid thing.
still, no matter what, i figure make your own choices. you'll know what they're good with, or just how much you'll have to prepare 'em before you go.
i think the fast growup stuff is just the natural side effect of not being young anymore. kids change so much and so quickly, but adults, adults just slow right down. i watch kids i taught three years ago reappear, grown and full of hormones and rebellion and ideas and zits, and think, 'what happened to the little innocent kid who was afraid of girl germs?'
You're right, adults do slow down. But I think it's more than that--it's the kids as consumers thing--we've talked about it before. And to be a consumer you have to make choices, buying choices, so you get marketed to and exposed to information that people of my generation just weren't exposed to because there were three or four channels and not ads on the sides of cars, and in the shopping cart, and on your freakin' receipt from the grocery store. My daughter asked me one day how to pronounce "viagara". It's just not right.
i don't think there's a right or wrong with things like viagara. it's just a diferent time, and information is different. probably what your parents thought when you were a kid, you know? the world isn't a static beast. it changes and every new generation has a different way to grow up. that's my take. of course, i have no parential responsibilities. i'm just going off those teenagers i know.
when i asked why? she said its Gucci, its magic.
even when they look bad on you? yes baby its Gucci, get it?
and we would argue from there.
some people are brand conscious. they need to have that brand because to them it can change something inside of them like magic that cost a grand for a pair.
please dont forget the next line of product from our company!
a trilogy of product line.
im so happy we are all well behaved consumers.