A New Hope is the only good star wars movie. 5, 6, and 7 have nothing to say except "heroic action! in space!" 1, 2, 3, and 8 have interesting themes buried deep where a contrarian can find them, but are poorly plotted, acted, directed, and otherwise just messy films. I have not seen the 9th one but I assume it achieves synthesis by being bad in both of those ways.
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5 and 6 do the heroic stuff well, and while they aren't exactly original they at least had something in mind other than 'what if I did a new hope again, the exact same way, but with cgi.' And the 9th film manages to be bad in a totally new and unique way, where it simultaneously tries to undo everything even slightly interesting about the Last Jedi while padding the runtime with the most inane bullshit I've ever seen in a movie.
A New Hope is the only good star wars movie. 5, 6, and 7 have nothing to say except "heroic action! in space!" 1, 2, 3, and 8 have interesting themes buried deep where a contrarian can find them, but are poorly plotted, acted, directed, and otherwise just messy films. I have not seen the 9th one but I assume it achieves synthesis by being bad in both of those ways.
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Empire Strikes Back is better because Lucas didn’t direct it.
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Return of the Jedi is pretty solid once I realized the Ewoks are basically furry swamp Maoists.
5 and 6 do the heroic stuff well, and while they aren't exactly original they at least had something in mind other than 'what if I did a new hope again, the exact same way, but with cgi.' And the 9th film manages to be bad in a totally new and unique way, where it simultaneously tries to undo everything even slightly interesting about the Last Jedi while padding the runtime with the most inane bullshit I've ever seen in a movie.