Actually, you are wrong. Lucas didn't make three awesome films. He made A New Hope (amazing, but the weakest in my eye's) and became ill from the stress of making it. Irvin Kershner was the director of Empire and Richard Marquand did Return. If it wasn't for these guy's them films wouldn't be half as good.
George Lucas is a money hungry cunt, who doesn't care about story. He just wants to make as much money as possible. The franchise is a joke these day's. These reviews say it all.
ZenShroud1-I know. It hurts. George Lucas hurt you. He hurt us all. But you don't need to defend him. He may have made 3 awesome films that captured our imaginations, and continue to, years later. Then he came in and told us that he had more fantasy up his sleeve, that the story is not over. hen he gave us this weird, parallel universe that destroys all that we hold dear about the story he told us so long ago.We want to accept it. But we don't have to. When you realize this, you too can move on.
What the hell is Yoda talking about? Didn't he see Episode 1? The Force is just microscopic lifeforms in our bloodstream called Valedictorians! Someones been smoking too much space-hemp... -_-
@WelcomeGhostsIV Those lifeforms are how they communicate with the force, and if you listen closer, even Plinkett agrees, not the force itself. Kinda like ittybitty angels that reside in all living things singing about God.
As for Yoda's force speech, you really can't beat that. It was so good, so spiritual, so complete. The original three are for all intents and purposes a story. The prequels are really just explanitory in nature, imo. They bring a fullness to the story. If the force is all around us, why can't I feel it? Why can't I use it? Qui-gon isn't explaining away the force, but actually how we communicate with it. The prequels complete the story. And when looked at it as a whole, it's so good.
@artesque Nonetheless, the prequels are terrible films. They could've just wrote books, and by 'they' I mean anyone as far away from George Lucas as possible.
@ZenShroud1 If they just released books, many people would just simply overlook Star Wars. He made so much more money this way, and he has used these movies as a stepping stone to make so much more. Doing both was definitely the best thing he could've done.
@ZenShroud1 The Clone Wars tv series (which starts out rocky), the video games, the toys, the trading card game, comic, and just an overall bigger fan base.
@artesque Yeah. It's pretty sad when the movies people have been looking forward to for decades are just mere 'stepping stones' - and horrible movies.
@ZenShroud1 The first movies were stepping stones... They introduced the very basics of everything to come. The fans created the next stepping stones, filling in more of the universe. The there were more movies which attempted to fill in more of the Universe as well. The games were another stepping stone, letting people actually put themselves in the world, making choices and living by the force.
@ZenShroud1 The prequels fleshed out these new worlds, and gave the fans backstory into the world's history. The new games are yet another step from that, continuing to flesh out new worlds, continuing to give story, continuing to immerse people into this universe. I'm sorry that the people looking forward for decades to some sort of end, instead of a continuation, did not get what they wanted. Maybe next time.
@artesque First off, I am actually a fan of Star Wars. And I understand that the prequels opened up new worlds, introduced new characters and added exponentially to the franchise. What disappoints me are the same things that disappoint 'Mr. Plinkett'(XD), a lack of memorable characters and settings. Poor plot, bad pacing and no emotional connection to anything whatsoever in all twelve hours. You can defend them all you want, but in the end, they were just bad movies.
@ZenShroud1 Don't get me wrong, I understand where the angry pitchfork carrying mob is coming from. I understand that people want a story and characters that compare to the original trilogy. They want the humble farmboy who becomes a hero. They want the princess who is more than just a damsel in distress. They even want that roguish cowboy who doesn't take shit from anyone. But this isn't that type of story. It wouldn't make sense for it to be. This is a story about the end.
@ZenShroud1 I mean, if people allow them to be, these characters are just as memorable, they just aren't the heroes people want them to be. They are not the characters people want to be like, most of them any ways. I mean, my favorite character in the entire Star Wars Universe was Mace Wendu. Many people say his acting was bland and poor. I think they just missed the point. I mean, just about all of the characters were losers. Who wants that?
@ZenShroud1 Anakin was a teenager, thought he knew it all and yet knew nothing at all. Padme dedicated her life to her people, always trying to do what was right, and yet she let her heart betray her and the one she loved. Obi-wan was the master and mentor, yet he seemed lost at just about every turn. Qui-gon was a well respected sage-type, but he was underhanded and shady, and not even he devotion to the force could save him. The only unflawed character was Palpatine.
@ZenShroud1 I mean, the depth is there. You can't read them at first glance, and that just adds so much more. People have trouble understanding these characters because they don't recognize them. They aren't the characters from fairytale. The original movies practically do nothing to progress them, you just know that Luke is the good guy and Darth Vader is the bad guy. You just know Han isn't an all out scoundrel, that he actually has a heart.
@ZenShroud1 The originals were classics, but I don't see them as amazing movies, whether it's the characters, the settings, the story, the writing, or anything really. Don't get me wrong, they do have their moments, and of course they are memorable. They appeal to our subcognitive expectations. Do you not remember what Naboo looked liked? What about Coruscant? The plot was taken straight out of history books. The pacing was go-go-go, stop-discuss-process, go-go-go, straightfoward.
@ZenShroud1 (I'm definitely writing too much ._.) I feel as though the conservative views on emotion was a key component of the story. Thinking through problems rather than letting emotion impulse dictate their actions was a major theme. It goes back to that idea of Utopia that so many writers often paint grey. All of our good guys were repressed in this aspect. The bad guys however are very colorful. Maybe it's just all in my head, but I really did enjoy these movies...
Depth? You're delusional. The dialogue was cheesy, the acting was wooden and awkwark and every scene was just mindless action schlock for children and idiots. We are expected to believe characters did things we never see, and fall in lovee under ridiculous circumstances, and despite not really having any interaction. I can't even believe you're defending them
I love your reviews so much. I really wish you would tear apart the original three. But I don't think you will. Unless you already have/plan to. xD Anyways. The gunslinger getting the princess, got it. For no real reason, girls love bad boys. It's a story told a million times. Like every story in the Original Trilogy. Blah. The prequels are a build up and a tragedy, unlike the originals. They really aren't a complete story. The formulas just wouldn't work. You know?
For those who keep on complaining that Jango isn't Boba... actually even within the movies' current logic it's Boba who's actually Jango! I mean Boba is just yet another (albeit a more complete) clone of Jango! Even so it's painfully obvious what the producers of this fiction had in mind when they put in a character in an identical outfit and piloting the same identifiable ship into the flick. They must at least have been aware that Boba appears in the second film of the latter trilogy!
watching george lucas direct or talk about the prequels is utterly nauseating, hes like a bratty kid mixed with a star bucks "i write publicly for attention" douche bag. he thinks he is a genius. steven spielberg told him aliens were stupid for indianna jones, but he did it any way because he is a stubborn little kid.
I'd take the ONE scene from Empire Strikes Back when Yoda explains the way of the Force to Luke over the ENTIRE Prequel Trilogy bullshit COMBINED. What does that say for CGI and modern advancements? Precisely DICK.
@machine134 I guess Plinkett knew that and made the error intentionally - althought they're supposed to be biologically the same character, Jango was still extremely blank as a character. He's a stoic mercenary with a jetpack, but so was Boba in the original trilogy.
@Trekfreek He doesn't actually talk like that asshole it's part of the persona he is portraying to review to the film. I actually the prequels but I respect and agree with his reviews
"Ease of digital film making" ROTFLMHO! You think it's easy you make a 2 1/2 movie with nothing but digital sets & FX. Next time you watch the prequels notice that in each movie the environment gets grittier. The first movie takes place in a utopia galaxy the next is a threat to that utopia & the third is the fall of that utopia. The third film is the darkest in the new prequels because it is a tragic tail. The original was a tail of going from tragedy to joy. PS. STOP talk with your mouth full.
@Trekfreek Yes, it is. A lot harder is to work at actuall locations. Case and point is that environment in prequel is painfully artificial it looks like computer game. I don't mind if movie is fully animated - vide: WALL·E or Avatar - but I hate when living actors are put against computer generated environments and characters. It looks fake and silly, and it allways will look that way, you always will spot difference between CGI and real actor.
Yet another flawless review, Plinkett!!!!!! Funny how I watch the reviews for the prequals more than the movies themselves!!!!!!! MY CAT AIN'T GONNA MILK ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:41 is perfect.same thing with the lightsaber dual at the end of Sith. at the time there was a Star Wars prequel video game craze. it's like they siphoned the popularity of the visual flair found in these games, and tried applying it to a movie. i'm ok with it in the game's context, but that final dual between Obi Wan and Anakin basically resembles something from a Star Wars game. all the lightsaber fights in the prequels look that way, but that one especially
Why didn't the doctors just put some plastic skin on Anakin's robot arm to make it look like a real arm? I'm sure they had the technology...but Georgie didn't.
You nailed the tragedy of this movie so completely it actually brought a tear to my eye (3:47 to 5:48). It killed the soul of its own franchise. It's as if George Lucas himself is the one who got consumed by heartless technology and fell to the dark side. God, so sad... our childhood fantasy world destroyed. (Yes, I love "Empire" so much I fuck it too.)
@PungiFungi Well, it's true, this guy is a genius and he truly is a master of reviews on the web :) and that wouldn;t be that hard, isnt this reveiw about less than 20 mins shorter than the actual movie :P and ways Peace and Love man :)
CGI in the prequels absolutely does not hold one's attention or gratify like seeing real-life tactile models and puppets created by artists. Compare Jaba from Jedi vs. the New Hope reinserted scene. Jedi's Jabba is scary, mesmerizing, you can't take your eyes off him. CGI Jabba is actually hard to pay attention to, it's so plastic. As a metaphor, compare the joy of seeing real, organic dancers like Fred Astaire in older movies vs. the boredom of CGI dancing babies in movies like Baby Geniuses.
@WastedPo, this is the reason it was engaging and cinematic to see those long openings of the original movies when the underbelly of the Empire's ships would take a full minute to go by, and why conversely, it was pretty boring to see them try to rip off that effect in, say, Clones using plastic CGI. There's nothing tactile or organic there for the viewer's soul to grip onto or just be tickled by. Again, one doesn't feel impressed seeing CGI babies do dance moves made out of 1's and 0's.
I agree with all of his arguments. I always thought the prequel Yoda sucked because he was CGI but there are so many other reasons. I'm one of those downers who prefers the original trilogy to stand by itself (and pretend the prequels never happened). The prequels had some cool action "video game" stuffs if I'm being honest... but it doesn't mean anything. The prequel's taught me nothing. The original star wars taught me so many life lessons.
@michaelandjennyshow , I made this comment before someplace else, I was hoping that Revenge of the Sith would end with Leia waking up in bed and the prequels all turn out to be a dream.
@Heliosphan15 , I remember watching that Xmas special. When you're a kid, you have a high tolerance for trash. Looking at the special now on Youtube, it is like....Gaahhhh.... I enjoyed watching THIS????!!!
I was actually crying at the part when Yoda was saying all the wonderful and magical things about the force, and there were those clips from the prequels putting all of them to waste. It isn't even annoying, it's just sad. I was really crying at that part. It's really sad.
@SamyLakhdar yeah its very deep how he describes the force and it's effective in every spritual way, but these prequels FUCK everything we knew about the force.
@oxygentramp42 amen brother. That famous scene in Empire where Yoda tells Luke about the force is what made Star Wars great. Yeah the battle scenes and space opera was all new for its time but it was the ideas, dialogue, and characters that made Star Wars. It was simply great story telling. That's why the new trilogy is so awful. All Lucas was concerned about was making the movies as technically brilliant as possible. If the story and characters suffered as a result, so be it. Screw you George.
@twooffour, stop-motion and puppets look "dated" in that they don't look 100% real, and that they represent techniques that are no longer popular. But I find them far more evocative and compelling to look at than plastic CGI. There is something satisfying with looking at a tangible, tactile object that someone had their thumbprints in. It could be argued the asteroids in Empire are more dated effects-wise than the field in Clones, yet which one touches the soul more? (hint: it ain't Clones)
Not sure what it is that I've said, but both can look convincing and cheesy, I think.
As for the asteroids, I think the ones in ESB might look better, but they're not what touches the "soul" in that scene, that would be more like the awesome score and general adventurous-romantic flair of that scene.
The AOTC one has some "amusing" (wouldn't go as far as calling them funny) cool one-liners, and the seismic bombs kick ARSE :D
Here's a nice basic test to show those that prefer to prequels why they're so lacking. Ask them this. "Did you actually care about any of the prequel characters? Did you find Jake Lloyd joyful? Did you find the romance in Clones romantic? Did you find Anakin's fall from grace tragic? Did you feel ANYTHING for anyone?" I'd bet money the prequel-fans will say "no," but then just shrug and say something about how Star Wars is just supposed to be about dumb effects anyway, so it's irrelevant.
Damn, Lucas not only ruined Star Wars, but he killed Steven Spielberg, dressed in his skin, and made Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and ruined that as well.
Worst part of the movie: Dooku attacks yoda with lightning and force push, and Yoda absorbs it, but doesn't really fight back. Then, because Dooku's stuff is useless, he convinces yoda that their skills with the force are evenly match, and that lightsabers require no knowledge of the force. What the hell was that scene about.
5.05-6.25 (as said by oxygentramp42) is one of the saddest things i've ever seen. The wonder of childhood, the unknown and the mystery of the force replaced with souless, mindless, thoughtless garbage with no heart. The destruction of the Star Wars movies is one of the greatest tragedies in modern popular culture. Joseph Conrad must be spinning in his grave.
@Digginjim Yea. In the Origonal Trilogy they made the Force look magical not some wierd bacteria inside us crap. Also the Original movies did not paint the Jedi as lifeless people with no free will. Yoda did not say to Luke about Love or Marriage or that crap.
After watching this review I have one question. When I had a girl over to watch episode two, and as you predicted, she promised that she wouldn't tell anybody if I let her go, I got out the duct tape and the tranquillisers. Despite that, her screams were still too loud. From your experience what do I need to do next time? Use more tranquilliser, or more duct tape?
@CommonRaven thats my mindset when thinking about the Prequals. Even at a young age i knew something was wrong and missing in them, but i was too young to express it
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
@Shirishama1, so true. So many younger people today don't seem to realize that just because something uses more modern technology, doesn't make it more effective or engaging or superior. Compare the asteroid scene (all practical effects) from Empire to the instantly forgettable and dismissable plastic of the Clones asteroid scene. One is timeless, epic and romantic. The other you forget five minutes later like bad Chinese food.
thank ;you you are so right about the technology fucking everything up.....its just like the exorcist vs the horor copycat like emilie rose and the rite.
An actual STARGATE/PORTAL-THING was caught on film in New Mexico. The footage can be found within the short-film entitled "SUDDEN PORTHOLE", which is parked at the PROJECT CAMELOT YouTube page (it's under the George Noory video).
I'm not selling anything…I'm just trying to spread the word about the unseen-dimensions we find ourselves embedded in.
My BLOG contains peripheral data regarding the movie and is where I reply to the "debunkers" (use search words "SAM ZURICK" & "BLOG"). THANKS!!
There is a beauty in nothingness, pauses allow for people to reflect on things and feel deeply for characters. That is what the show is about, at the end of the day.
I think it's interesting to see how Plinkett turned this Victim/Kidnapper relationship into something far more intense then the Anakin/Padme relationship in less time and effort than George Lucas had and STILL made it more entertaining and partially realistic than GL.
I hate how they ruined Yoda in the prequel movies. In the original trilogy Yoda was a wise and knowledgeable hermit that taught Luke about the mysteries and intricacies of the force and also that battle and war does not make a person great or strong. While in the prequels Yoda is a terrible looking CGI little shit who is not only NOT wise and knowledgeable but painfully stupid, starts full scale galaxy wars without considering the consequences, and flips around like a rat that's high on cocaine.
@jabroniman Lucas is truly a business man. He got so many things wrong in this movie but he got so many other things right (in terms of transmedia strategies)
Unfortunately I doubt he'd pay attention. The only instance I can find where he's mentioned the criticism of the movies is in a John Stewart review, and he basically says he doesn't care at all, it's his work and he'll make it the way he wants it.... great.
@narutofano03 I say show them 4-6 only. If they like them and want to watch the others let that be their free choice. If they like the prequels then show them these reviews LOL.
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Capnbobisgay 20 hours ago
Should have had Yoda controlling the lightsaber with his mind, at least that would have made more sense than him being an acrobat.
HYDRAdude 21 hours ago
yes George you have clones, big explosions, termites etc etc
but do you have a good story
nope
Telboy9205 1 day ago
HAHAHA I love Yoda's looks of disgust at 5:50 through 6:24. Epic.
AllUrUtubeRbelong2me 1 day ago
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ladawg81 1 day ago
Lucas maybe a money sucking bitch, but these reviews are classic.
Zooni2 2 days ago
"Boba Fett appears in both films"
I love it.
Revolver10 2 days ago
5:30 It's over 9000!!!!
Robocain1 3 days ago
Best review of any review I've ever seen or read. Ever!
antjz0 4 days ago
Just because you have the ability to do whatever you want doesn't mean you should...Lucas.
ShadowGunner82 4 days ago
RedLetterMedia, You are the BEST!
1990SSTARWARSFANBOY 5 days ago 13
Wow... love yodas face at 5:90 forward. Very good work, mate.
VerdeckterVermittler 5 days ago
@VerdeckterVermittler Ähm... 5:50 haha
VerdeckterVermittler 5 days ago
RedLetterMedia, don't hate so much!
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it's hard not too when reviewing one of the worst set of films, and certainly the biggest dissapointment, in recent cinema history
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@mdyer503
Actually, you are wrong. Lucas didn't make three awesome films. He made A New Hope (amazing, but the weakest in my eye's) and became ill from the stress of making it. Irvin Kershner was the director of Empire and Richard Marquand did Return. If it wasn't for these guy's them films wouldn't be half as good.
George Lucas is a money hungry cunt, who doesn't care about story. He just wants to make as much money as possible. The franchise is a joke these day's. These reviews say it all.
kazumaslave 3 weeks ago 23
anyone want to check out my prequel rewrite vid ? youtube/watch?v=4KT8gk-1tyg
EatonBeeverUG 3 weeks ago
ZenShroud1-I know. It hurts. George Lucas hurt you. He hurt us all. But you don't need to defend him. He may have made 3 awesome films that captured our imaginations, and continue to, years later. Then he came in and told us that he had more fantasy up his sleeve, that the story is not over. hen he gave us this weird, parallel universe that destroys all that we hold dear about the story he told us so long ago.We want to accept it. But we don't have to. When you realize this, you too can move on.
mdyer503 4 weeks ago
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F0rtysxity 4 weeks ago
What the hell is Yoda talking about? Didn't he see Episode 1? The Force is just microscopic lifeforms in our bloodstream called Valedictorians! Someones been smoking too much space-hemp... -_-
WelcomeGhostsIV 4 weeks ago
@WelcomeGhostsIV Those lifeforms are how they communicate with the force, and if you listen closer, even Plinkett agrees, not the force itself. Kinda like ittybitty angels that reside in all living things singing about God.
artesque 4 weeks ago
you are just too hilarious
TheRockybalburke 4 weeks ago
Are you...are you a film major?
Dmaster311 1 month ago
Thank you. Now I know why the prequels suck.
SCOTTpilgrimist12 1 month ago
This is a work of genius! It should be required viewing in every film school everywhere!.
celticgibson 1 month ago
As for Yoda's force speech, you really can't beat that. It was so good, so spiritual, so complete. The original three are for all intents and purposes a story. The prequels are really just explanitory in nature, imo. They bring a fullness to the story. If the force is all around us, why can't I feel it? Why can't I use it? Qui-gon isn't explaining away the force, but actually how we communicate with it. The prequels complete the story. And when looked at it as a whole, it's so good.
artesque 1 month ago
@artesque Nonetheless, the prequels are terrible films. They could've just wrote books, and by 'they' I mean anyone as far away from George Lucas as possible.
ZenShroud1 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 If they just released books, many people would just simply overlook Star Wars. He made so much more money this way, and he has used these movies as a stepping stone to make so much more. Doing both was definitely the best thing he could've done.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@artesque "...a stepping stone to make so much more."?
Please explain.
ZenShroud1 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 The Clone Wars tv series (which starts out rocky), the video games, the toys, the trading card game, comic, and just an overall bigger fan base.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@artesque Yeah. It's pretty sad when the movies people have been looking forward to for decades are just mere 'stepping stones' - and horrible movies.
ZenShroud1 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 The first movies were stepping stones... They introduced the very basics of everything to come. The fans created the next stepping stones, filling in more of the universe. The there were more movies which attempted to fill in more of the Universe as well. The games were another stepping stone, letting people actually put themselves in the world, making choices and living by the force.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 The prequels fleshed out these new worlds, and gave the fans backstory into the world's history. The new games are yet another step from that, continuing to flesh out new worlds, continuing to give story, continuing to immerse people into this universe. I'm sorry that the people looking forward for decades to some sort of end, instead of a continuation, did not get what they wanted. Maybe next time.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@artesque First off, I am actually a fan of Star Wars. And I understand that the prequels opened up new worlds, introduced new characters and added exponentially to the franchise. What disappoints me are the same things that disappoint 'Mr. Plinkett'(XD), a lack of memorable characters and settings. Poor plot, bad pacing and no emotional connection to anything whatsoever in all twelve hours. You can defend them all you want, but in the end, they were just bad movies.
ZenShroud1 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 Don't get me wrong, I understand where the angry pitchfork carrying mob is coming from. I understand that people want a story and characters that compare to the original trilogy. They want the humble farmboy who becomes a hero. They want the princess who is more than just a damsel in distress. They even want that roguish cowboy who doesn't take shit from anyone. But this isn't that type of story. It wouldn't make sense for it to be. This is a story about the end.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 I mean, if people allow them to be, these characters are just as memorable, they just aren't the heroes people want them to be. They are not the characters people want to be like, most of them any ways. I mean, my favorite character in the entire Star Wars Universe was Mace Wendu. Many people say his acting was bland and poor. I think they just missed the point. I mean, just about all of the characters were losers. Who wants that?
artesque 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 Anakin was a teenager, thought he knew it all and yet knew nothing at all. Padme dedicated her life to her people, always trying to do what was right, and yet she let her heart betray her and the one she loved. Obi-wan was the master and mentor, yet he seemed lost at just about every turn. Qui-gon was a well respected sage-type, but he was underhanded and shady, and not even he devotion to the force could save him. The only unflawed character was Palpatine.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 I mean, the depth is there. You can't read them at first glance, and that just adds so much more. People have trouble understanding these characters because they don't recognize them. They aren't the characters from fairytale. The original movies practically do nothing to progress them, you just know that Luke is the good guy and Darth Vader is the bad guy. You just know Han isn't an all out scoundrel, that he actually has a heart.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 The originals were classics, but I don't see them as amazing movies, whether it's the characters, the settings, the story, the writing, or anything really. Don't get me wrong, they do have their moments, and of course they are memorable. They appeal to our subcognitive expectations. Do you not remember what Naboo looked liked? What about Coruscant? The plot was taken straight out of history books. The pacing was go-go-go, stop-discuss-process, go-go-go, straightfoward.
artesque 4 weeks ago
@ZenShroud1 (I'm definitely writing too much ._.) I feel as though the conservative views on emotion was a key component of the story. Thinking through problems rather than letting emotion impulse dictate their actions was a major theme. It goes back to that idea of Utopia that so many writers often paint grey. All of our good guys were repressed in this aspect. The bad guys however are very colorful. Maybe it's just all in my head, but I really did enjoy these movies...
artesque 4 weeks ago
@artesque
Depth? You're delusional. The dialogue was cheesy, the acting was wooden and awkwark and every scene was just mindless action schlock for children and idiots. We are expected to believe characters did things we never see, and fall in lovee under ridiculous circumstances, and despite not really having any interaction. I can't even believe you're defending them
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I love your reviews so much. I really wish you would tear apart the original three. But I don't think you will. Unless you already have/plan to. xD Anyways. The gunslinger getting the princess, got it. For no real reason, girls love bad boys. It's a story told a million times. Like every story in the Original Trilogy. Blah. The prequels are a build up and a tragedy, unlike the originals. They really aren't a complete story. The formulas just wouldn't work. You know?
artesque 1 month ago
For those who keep on complaining that Jango isn't Boba... actually even within the movies' current logic it's Boba who's actually Jango! I mean Boba is just yet another (albeit a more complete) clone of Jango! Even so it's painfully obvious what the producers of this fiction had in mind when they put in a character in an identical outfit and piloting the same identifiable ship into the flick. They must at least have been aware that Boba appears in the second film of the latter trilogy!
Brynjarbjorn 1 month ago
george lucas is the phantom menace
vilewills 1 month ago
watching george lucas direct or talk about the prequels is utterly nauseating, hes like a bratty kid mixed with a star bucks "i write publicly for attention" douche bag. he thinks he is a genius. steven spielberg told him aliens were stupid for indianna jones, but he did it any way because he is a stubborn little kid.
natesdevices 1 month ago
05:05
I'd take the ONE scene from Empire Strikes Back when Yoda explains the way of the Force to Luke over the ENTIRE Prequel Trilogy bullshit COMBINED. What does that say for CGI and modern advancements? Precisely DICK.
LedWhisky69 1 month ago
email me a pizza roll.
the4armedmonk 1 month ago
I finally realize why I couldn't finish the ROTS review: Plinkett's blatant knocking of digital effects to make a film.
superjubblies 1 month ago
You know, it is possible that Yoda became more wise after going into exile.
June28July 1 month ago
That's not Boba Fett at 2:47, its Jango Fett. Boba Fett is his son.
machine134 1 month ago
@machine134 *woosh*
basmithtx 1 month ago
@machine134
Damn it! Another one? CLEARLY it's Boba Fett! Don't you see the EXACT SAME DESIGN for the suit?
June28July 1 month ago
@machine134 I guess Plinkett knew that and made the error intentionally - althought they're supposed to be biologically the same character, Jango was still extremely blank as a character. He's a stoic mercenary with a jetpack, but so was Boba in the original trilogy.
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I like the prequels. I see now how they are so unrelated to the originals. It's kind of sad
DarkSpartan92 1 month ago
@Trekfreek He doesn't actually talk like that asshole it's part of the persona he is portraying to review to the film. I actually the prequels but I respect and agree with his reviews
DarkSpartan92 1 month ago
"Ease of digital film making" ROTFLMHO! You think it's easy you make a 2 1/2 movie with nothing but digital sets & FX. Next time you watch the prequels notice that in each movie the environment gets grittier. The first movie takes place in a utopia galaxy the next is a threat to that utopia & the third is the fall of that utopia. The third film is the darkest in the new prequels because it is a tragic tail. The original was a tail of going from tragedy to joy. PS. STOP talk with your mouth full.
Trekfreek 1 month ago
@Trekfreek agree
mindarinas 1 month ago
@Trekfreek Yes, it is. A lot harder is to work at actuall locations. Case and point is that environment in prequel is painfully artificial it looks like computer game. I don't mind if movie is fully animated - vide: WALL·E or Avatar - but I hate when living actors are put against computer generated environments and characters. It looks fake and silly, and it allways will look that way, you always will spot difference between CGI and real actor.
1701EarlGrey 1 month ago
This is my favourite part of all three reviews!
HistorienneDeLis 1 month ago
obi wan says, Its over 20,000! lol reminds me of dbz ITS OVER 9000! at 5:26
Crownxskills 1 month ago
why does this guy talk so funny??
ilovealexjones1 1 month ago
the split screens from 0:24 to 0:47 are amazing
gojira931 1 month ago
..poor Yoda.
MrHEC381991 1 month ago
Can someone PLEASE tell me the name of the song that plays at the beginning. I love it.
JacksS0X300 1 month ago
@JacksS0X300 I *think* it's an instrumental version of My Way.
HistorienneDeLis 1 month ago
oh my god your are so freakin funny. all my respect :D Greetings from GERMANY
drmedborn 1 month ago
5:02
"For my ally is the force"
Beautiful. Six words in and Yoda's words are already beautiful.
June28July 1 month ago
in short that was all that needed to be said.
-the new star wars sux!
void735 1 month ago
lol you should do a review of babys day out!!!
boxpilot 1 month ago
@boxpilot it's on his website lol
jmiester25 1 month ago
Amazing how much more real the puppet Yoda looks verse the cgi Yoda. No contest.
DanaBanana75 1 month ago
I love the part with Yoda's reactions xD
ItsZebraMan 1 month ago
Yet another flawless review, Plinkett!!!!!! Funny how I watch the reviews for the prequals more than the movies themselves!!!!!!! MY CAT AIN'T GONNA MILK ITSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SamyLakhdar 1 month ago
5:55 Yoda is disappoint
wiseidiot5763 1 month ago
can i have a pizza roll?
zachman2693 1 month ago
4:41 is perfect.same thing with the lightsaber dual at the end of Sith. at the time there was a Star Wars prequel video game craze. it's like they siphoned the popularity of the visual flair found in these games, and tried applying it to a movie. i'm ok with it in the game's context, but that final dual between Obi Wan and Anakin basically resembles something from a Star Wars game. all the lightsaber fights in the prequels look that way, but that one especially
and lol@ yoda's sorrow reactions
Heliosphan15 1 month ago
The Empire Strikes Back is always better than Attack of the Clones.
1990SSTARWARSFANBOY 1 month ago
Starting at 5:47, I LOVE Yoda's expressions of disappointment as Lucas tries to sell us on the "improvements".
mindstormsabrewin 1 month ago
your editing is amazing
HorrorCinephile 1 month ago
Why didn't the doctors just put some plastic skin on Anakin's robot arm to make it look like a real arm? I'm sure they had the technology...but Georgie didn't.
HyperGolem 1 month ago
I SQUEEZE GATS AT 77 PEOPLE UNTILS MY CLIPS IS EMTY!
damik181 1 month ago
the only good thing about the prequels is that they made these reviews possible.
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i agree. i always wanted the sequel trilogy to be made so Plinkett could have more material to rip apart
Heliosphan15 1 month ago
You nailed the tragedy of this movie so completely it actually brought a tear to my eye (3:47 to 5:48). It killed the soul of its own franchise. It's as if George Lucas himself is the one who got consumed by heartless technology and fell to the dark side. God, so sad... our childhood fantasy world destroyed. (Yes, I love "Empire" so much I fuck it too.)
videowilliams 1 month ago 41
I felt more emotion for this reveiw than I did for the movies, that's fucking epic man, keep up the brilliant work. :)
zZH3ndr1x 1 month ago 23
@zZH3ndr1x , ha! I actually sat through these reviews far more times than I sat through the Phantom Menace.
PungiFungi 1 month ago
@PungiFungi Well, it's true, this guy is a genius and he truly is a master of reviews on the web :) and that wouldn;t be that hard, isnt this reveiw about less than 20 mins shorter than the actual movie :P and ways Peace and Love man :)
zZH3ndr1x 1 month ago
@PungiFungi
i don't even remember watching that movie!
Heliosphan15 1 month ago
All of this is funny as hell!
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CGI in the prequels absolutely does not hold one's attention or gratify like seeing real-life tactile models and puppets created by artists. Compare Jaba from Jedi vs. the New Hope reinserted scene. Jedi's Jabba is scary, mesmerizing, you can't take your eyes off him. CGI Jabba is actually hard to pay attention to, it's so plastic. As a metaphor, compare the joy of seeing real, organic dancers like Fred Astaire in older movies vs. the boredom of CGI dancing babies in movies like Baby Geniuses.
WastedPo 1 month ago 3
@WastedPo, this is the reason it was engaging and cinematic to see those long openings of the original movies when the underbelly of the Empire's ships would take a full minute to go by, and why conversely, it was pretty boring to see them try to rip off that effect in, say, Clones using plastic CGI. There's nothing tactile or organic there for the viewer's soul to grip onto or just be tickled by. Again, one doesn't feel impressed seeing CGI babies do dance moves made out of 1's and 0's.
WastedPo 1 month ago
I agree with all of his arguments. I always thought the prequel Yoda sucked because he was CGI but there are so many other reasons. I'm one of those downers who prefers the original trilogy to stand by itself (and pretend the prequels never happened). The prequels had some cool action "video game" stuffs if I'm being honest... but it doesn't mean anything. The prequel's taught me nothing. The original star wars taught me so many life lessons.
michaelandjennyshow 1 month ago 3
@michaelandjennyshow , I made this comment before someplace else, I was hoping that Revenge of the Sith would end with Leia waking up in bed and the prequels all turn out to be a dream.
PungiFungi 1 month ago
@PungiFungi
and the Holiday Special was a horrifying nightmare
Heliosphan15 1 month ago
@Heliosphan15 , I remember watching that Xmas special. When you're a kid, you have a high tolerance for trash. Looking at the special now on Youtube, it is like....Gaahhhh.... I enjoyed watching THIS????!!!
PungiFungi 1 month ago
@PungiFungi
i'm so glad i never knew of it until like two years ago. it's so bad that even George doesn't accept it's existence
Heliosphan15 1 month ago
i want some fuckin pizza roles >:/
check2wice 1 month ago
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE FEELS HOW I FEEL! I LOVE YOU MAN!
mattharvey78 2 months ago
I was actually crying at the part when Yoda was saying all the wonderful and magical things about the force, and there were those clips from the prequels putting all of them to waste. It isn't even annoying, it's just sad. I was really crying at that part. It's really sad.
SamyLakhdar 2 months ago
@SamyLakhdar yeah its very deep how he describes the force and it's effective in every spritual way, but these prequels FUCK everything we knew about the force.
superhuman295 2 months ago
@oxygentramp42 amen brother. That famous scene in Empire where Yoda tells Luke about the force is what made Star Wars great. Yeah the battle scenes and space opera was all new for its time but it was the ideas, dialogue, and characters that made Star Wars. It was simply great story telling. That's why the new trilogy is so awful. All Lucas was concerned about was making the movies as technically brilliant as possible. If the story and characters suffered as a result, so be it. Screw you George.
kmank2 2 months ago
@twooffour, stop-motion and puppets look "dated" in that they don't look 100% real, and that they represent techniques that are no longer popular. But I find them far more evocative and compelling to look at than plastic CGI. There is something satisfying with looking at a tangible, tactile object that someone had their thumbprints in. It could be argued the asteroids in Empire are more dated effects-wise than the field in Clones, yet which one touches the soul more? (hint: it ain't Clones)
WastedPo 2 months ago 2
@WastedPo
Not sure what it is that I've said, but both can look convincing and cheesy, I think.
As for the asteroids, I think the ones in ESB might look better, but they're not what touches the "soul" in that scene, that would be more like the awesome score and general adventurous-romantic flair of that scene.
The AOTC one has some "amusing" (wouldn't go as far as calling them funny) cool one-liners, and the seismic bombs kick ARSE :D
twooffour 2 months ago
@WastedPo I AGREE WITH YOU ENTIRELY.
michaelandjennyshow 1 month ago
Here's a nice basic test to show those that prefer to prequels why they're so lacking. Ask them this. "Did you actually care about any of the prequel characters? Did you find Jake Lloyd joyful? Did you find the romance in Clones romantic? Did you find Anakin's fall from grace tragic? Did you feel ANYTHING for anyone?" I'd bet money the prequel-fans will say "no," but then just shrug and say something about how Star Wars is just supposed to be about dumb effects anyway, so it's irrelevant.
WastedPo 2 months ago
I would murder just to get the chance to see Lucas reaction to watching these reviews!
Blomsternisse 2 months ago
I was more convinced by his love for the hooker than I was for Anakin and Padme's
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Damn, Lucas not only ruined Star Wars, but he killed Steven Spielberg, dressed in his skin, and made Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and ruined that as well.
You should pay for your lack of vision Lucas!
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Worst part of the movie: Dooku attacks yoda with lightning and force push, and Yoda absorbs it, but doesn't really fight back. Then, because Dooku's stuff is useless, he convinces yoda that their skills with the force are evenly match, and that lightsabers require no knowledge of the force. What the hell was that scene about.
iKhanKing 2 months ago
that was jango fett, not boba fett
whatisthisidontevens 2 months ago
5.05-6.25 (as said by oxygentramp42) is one of the saddest things i've ever seen. The wonder of childhood, the unknown and the mystery of the force replaced with souless, mindless, thoughtless garbage with no heart. The destruction of the Star Wars movies is one of the greatest tragedies in modern popular culture. Joseph Conrad must be spinning in his grave.
Digginjim 2 months ago 45
@Digginjim Yea. In the Origonal Trilogy they made the Force look magical not some wierd bacteria inside us crap. Also the Original movies did not paint the Jedi as lifeless people with no free will. Yoda did not say to Luke about Love or Marriage or that crap.
samusaran11 1 month ago
@Digginjim That's Joseph Campbell, friend.
Litshttam 1 month ago
6:09 my heart just breaks with yoda at this moment
analwartchicks 2 months ago 2
@analwartchicks likewise... it's so tragic
marlesimms 2 months ago
After watching this review I have one question. When I had a girl over to watch episode two, and as you predicted, she promised that she wouldn't tell anybody if I let her go, I got out the duct tape and the tranquillisers. Despite that, her screams were still too loud. From your experience what do I need to do next time? Use more tranquilliser, or more duct tape?
elzoog 2 months ago
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the music from 'my way' adds a really nice touch here. I still love these reviews. it's a shame the episode III review turned out so terrible.
StarcrossedPacific 2 months ago
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StarcrossedPacific 2 months ago
Fuck blue screen!
guitarhamster102 2 months ago
@guitarhamster102 YEAH!
michaelandjennyshow 1 month ago
@CommonRaven thats my mindset when thinking about the Prequals. Even at a young age i knew something was wrong and missing in them, but i was too young to express it
superhuman295 2 months ago
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@RedLetterMedia
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
BRING THE REAL PLINKETT BACK!
Horoquin 2 months ago
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@RedLetterMedia
Stop following the George Lucas path, and continuing your disregard and contempt for your audience.
I speak for most, when I say: Get back to Plinkett reviews, and shut down this bullshit, annoying "Half In the Bag" shit.
We understand that you wish to give your 'friends' some screen time. Well, you're giving them way too much screen time. They are not funny or entertaining. They are fucking dead weight and unnecessary distractions.
BRING THE REAL PLINKETT BACK!
Horoquin 2 months ago
STAR WARS Episode II: Attack of the Clones is still the worst movie I ever seen in my whole entire life!
1990SSTARWARSFANBOY 2 months ago
Hey i still didin't get my pizza roll:D
MrTHECLASSICPRO 2 months ago
The Star Wars Prequals = EPIC FAIL/ A FAIL SO EPIC IT JUST MIGHT BE A WIN. OR NOT.
DarklyProductions 2 months ago
I've been trying to defend the the prequel trilogy, but fuck it, I can't be bothered any more. George Lucas can lick my sweaty arse crack.
argebarse 2 months ago
You know it's funny how much realistic and emotional this kidnaper subplot was to clones romance
bokrin 2 months ago 3
My Favorite STAR WARS Movies Best to Worst
1. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 10/10
2. A New Hope 9/10
3. Return of the Jedi 9/10
4. Revenge of the Sith 4/10
5. Attack of the Clones 3/10
1990SSTARWARSFANBOY 2 months ago
4:17 what if obi-wan or anakin or on that ship fallowing the ship dokus on
or what if they are being held hostages to get an treaty signed.sounds familiar?
ssssssssssssssssss50 2 months ago
Stupid Blade Runner's effects still look better than this cartoon shit. The peak of Star Wars effects was Return of the Jedi in the early 80s.
Shirishama1 2 months ago 27
@Shirishama1, so true. So many younger people today don't seem to realize that just because something uses more modern technology, doesn't make it more effective or engaging or superior. Compare the asteroid scene (all practical effects) from Empire to the instantly forgettable and dismissable plastic of the Clones asteroid scene. One is timeless, epic and romantic. The other you forget five minutes later like bad Chinese food.
WastedPo 2 months ago
Why are there so many breast-related videos related to this? Nothing in the tags...
Harveygod 2 months ago
thank ;you you are so right about the technology fucking everything up.....its just like the exorcist vs the horor copycat like emilie rose and the rite.
41gagavision 3 months ago
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An actual STARGATE/PORTAL-THING was caught on film in New Mexico. The footage can be found within the short-film entitled "SUDDEN PORTHOLE", which is parked at the PROJECT CAMELOT YouTube page (it's under the George Noory video).
I'm not selling anything…I'm just trying to spread the word about the unseen-dimensions we find ourselves embedded in.
My BLOG contains peripheral data regarding the movie and is where I reply to the "debunkers" (use search words "SAM ZURICK" & "BLOG"). THANKS!!
peopledick 3 months ago
@1980SSTARWARSFANBOY
My version.
1. Revenge of the Sith. 10/10
2. Return of the Jedi. 10/10
3. A New Hope. 10/10
4. Attack of the Clones. 10/10
5. The Phantom Menace. 10/10
6. The Empire Strikes back. 10/10
:P
waitingforbrain 3 months ago
@waitingforbrain
How much longer 'til your brain?
June28July 2 months ago
@June28July
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waitingforbrain 2 months ago
who is "FBI" and what is he always warning me about? rofl
jmiester25 3 months ago
There is a beauty in nothingness, pauses allow for people to reflect on things and feel deeply for characters. That is what the show is about, at the end of the day.
bulldog666999 3 months ago
@bulldog666999 I agree. I think that's what he was saying with all the CG in your face you can't think about what just happened.
michaelandjennyshow 1 month ago
'Cause I love Empire so much I fuck it!
intsoccersuperstar1 3 months ago
I think it's interesting to see how Plinkett turned this Victim/Kidnapper relationship into something far more intense then the Anakin/Padme relationship in less time and effort than George Lucas had and STILL made it more entertaining and partially realistic than GL.
SyrJirk 3 months ago 5
I love empire so much I fuck it.
PFIAFI 3 months ago
@1980SSTARWARSFANBOY
Return of the Jedi, 8/10... WHY!?!?!?
June28July 3 months ago
@June28July Ewoks.
ShadowCrashed81 3 months ago
@ShadowCrashed81
Ah, I see... Makes sense.
June28July 3 months ago
6:20
Reclaimer1547 3 months ago
yes but George WE HATE THE CGI!!!!!
jameswanantony 3 months ago
@CommentaryX You sould get out more
goodflo911 3 months ago
YEAH, GEORGE, IT'S STILL A GOD AWFUL PIECE OF SHIT! RLM is utterly correct! It sucks! Thanks, bro...BTW, I fell asleep in the movies!
NgaiOlaudah 3 months ago
I hate how they ruined Yoda in the prequel movies. In the original trilogy Yoda was a wise and knowledgeable hermit that taught Luke about the mysteries and intricacies of the force and also that battle and war does not make a person great or strong. While in the prequels Yoda is a terrible looking CGI little shit who is not only NOT wise and knowledgeable but painfully stupid, starts full scale galaxy wars without considering the consequences, and flips around like a rat that's high on cocaine.
RaptorRex89 3 months ago 4
Yoda's sighing is perfectly timed with the interviews.
Kasigi03 3 months ago 2
75 people are thick.
DLPBurke 3 months ago
the gawdamn revenge of the killer demon pizza rolls makes more sense than the star wars prequels tbh
KenFan4life 3 months ago
6:15 and yoda's reaction are PERFECT
Alchemist1330 3 months ago
give me a pizza roll now
davygrvy 3 months ago
I absolutely LOVE watching this guy's videos, but every single time I want a pizza roll! Gah! I'm hungry again!
phacopidrama 3 months ago
6:12
ahahahahahaha
ColossusShade 3 months ago
I hope this girl doesn't do the bad fake Brooklyn accent in her real life
BrooklynPerson30000 3 months ago
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TheChickenDeity 3 months ago
I hope someone somewhere shows these reviews to Lucas,
jabroniman 3 months ago 39
@jabroniman Lucas is truly a business man. He got so many things wrong in this movie but he got so many other things right (in terms of transmedia strategies)
in2universe 2 months ago
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EinsteinEMP826 2 months ago
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Unfortunately I doubt he'd pay attention. The only instance I can find where he's mentioned the criticism of the movies is in a John Stewart review, and he basically says he doesn't care at all, it's his work and he'll make it the way he wants it.... great.
EinsteinEMP826 2 months ago
I wanna show some friends star wars but what´s the best way to get them involved starting from 1-6 or 4-6 and 1-3?
narutofano03 3 months ago
@narutofano03 NOOOOO. Just 4-6! The first three don't exist! Deny deny!
Edubbplate 3 months ago 4
@narutofano03 I say show them 4-6 only. If they like them and want to watch the others let that be their free choice. If they like the prequels then show them these reviews LOL.
KelanDWood 3 months ago
That bitch lied...
negroallstar 3 months ago
The prequels suck , Lucas failed . Awesome review
barzoly 3 months ago
@1980SSTARWARSFANBOY revenge of sith is not 6/10. More like 3/10.
DLPBurke 3 months ago 6