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Quote: It's not Empire Strikes Back, but it's not Phantom Menace either.
Well thats kinda what I was hoping for, Phantom Menace or how we can sell video games... Empire the backwards movie big battle at the start, Hero's journey etc.
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I've tried 2 or 3 times to watch Star Wars (the original movie) and have failed each time to sit through it the whole way. It is so childish - it's a kids' film, basically. I'm sure I would have loved it as a 12 year old, but really.... it is a mystery to me why it is so loved by so many adults. (Which isn't to say some kids' films can't be enjoyed by adults - there are plenty I've liked, but as a bit of one-off fun; not to go ape-sh*t crazy over as so many SW fans seem to do. But SW was just daft - clever to no-one over the age of 13. Sorry, all you fans... And yes, I'm no fun at parties. I avoid them like the plague.)
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I started watching Titanic, about half way through a friend called asking if I wanted to go for a drink.
So many years later never saw the rest (since then threw the disk away) , sooo boooring.
Star Warks OK, can switch of brain and watch.
Titanic, a colossal of spece.
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A_Griffin wrote: basically. I'm sure I would have loved it as a 12 year old,
Why did you not watch it then then?
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Perhaps because it wasn't even a twinkle in George Lucas' eye when I was 12.. or perhaps because I was a very mature 12 year old... one of the two! 
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A_Griffin wrote: It is so childish - it's a kids' film, basically.
Congratulations, you've figured out Star Wars.
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Well, indeed, I'm clearly very smart. But, that aside, the question then is: why do so many adults obsess over it?
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Because they loved it as kids...and keep hoping to recapture those moments.
Myself? Lets put it this way: When Episode 7 came out (I already forgot the name), I intended to go see it in theaters, but it's only when a couple of friends of mine had me over for dinner a few months later that I was reminded it had come and gone. Then I watched their downloaded copy with them, and I rather strongly felt like it was NOT worth a purchase.
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It's OK, but the bit where they say goodbye just before the train pulls out of the station, is a bit of a tear-jerker.
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I liked that scene. Especially when the TIE Fighter blew up the train and it turned out the pilot was Jar Jar Binks.
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Not seen it yet but a friend who is a huge Star Wars freak has been left absolutely distraught by it - his far away galaxy has collapsed around him and he's a shadow of the man that he used to be. If there is such a thing as Post Cinematic Stress Disorder, he's got the worst case of it ever known to mankind.
On the other hand, the reaction from the less committed (less commitable?) folks I know has been much more favourable - generally veering towards "maybe a bit too long but rather good all the same."
My suspicion is that it has something for everyone bar the purist.
I'll probably do what I usually do with blockbusters, head to a cinema with the intention of watching it but wind up opting for the indie production on screen 19 instead.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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In their quest to be politically correct, they ruined this movie....the formula has been broken. 
I did not leave the theater in awe, as I have done with past SW movies.
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Every new part is worse than previous one. The way things are going they will force Wookie to shave, and be gay for a while, just to be on the correct side.
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I thought the experience was excellent, given that my experience is that I haven't seen it and probably won't. I was sorely disappointed by the last two flops, and have no interest in seeing yet another. Maybe when it comes out on Netflix and I have a dull evening I'll watch it on my little laptop screen. 
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Marc Clifton wrote: Maybe when it comes out on Netflix and I have a dull evening I'll watch it on my little laptop screen.
Given that Disney's about to take over Fox in order to better compete with Netflix, I think you'll be waiting a long time for it to show up there.
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They've lost their way, of course.
It started out horrible, but improved toward the end.
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Just got back, know what you mean...
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Vunic wrote: I think it's mainly in the US, people are so crazy about this funny UFO things?
Every freaking UFO / Alien attack (In Movies) takes place in the US, i guess they would love to die while fighting Aliens or they just want to show off anything. Nod idea but yeah i guess it's a US thing.
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HobbyProggy wrote: i guess it's a US thing.
Just a little biassed maybe? Erich von Däniken - Wikipedia[^]
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Don't you come up with this freak... 
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Quote: Every freaking UFO / Alien attack (In Movies) takes place in the US
In fairness, that's only true of American movies, so is understandable enough. Japanese cinema/anime has no shortage of aliens landing in or attacking Japan... and there's always The Arrival of Wang, a wonderful Italian interpretation of the genre, for those of you wanting something a bit different to get your teeth into....
...but yeah, never miss an opportunity to laugh at the US - they do seem to have more than their fair share of loony toons...
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Yes, we do, and somehow they keep getting voted into Congress.
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