7 is better than every prequel. Craft matters. Nothing saves the atrocious dialogue, camera work, editing, etc of the prequels. 7 is a retread and a simple adventure, but it's at least well made, acted, paced, and shot. There's nothing wrong with simple adventures, especially when the prequels aren't exactly arthouse.
9 is the only one that gets prequel bad because of the rushed editing of the opening and the comic book level plot. Even then, it's only about as bad as ROTS and I'd still probably watch that garbage over AOTC.
I can respect preferring 7 to the prequels, but 9 is worse than the prequels in almost every aspect. The pacing in the prequels feels Oscar-worthy compared to 9. Even though AOTC has the worst individual moments in the series, the movie manages to hold itself together better than 9.
If ideas were all that mattered, the prequels would be good films.
They're better than the sequels. Interesting ideas explored badly are still way better than 7 or 9.
They hardly even have that interesting of ideas.
7 is better than every prequel. Craft matters. Nothing saves the atrocious dialogue, camera work, editing, etc of the prequels. 7 is a retread and a simple adventure, but it's at least well made, acted, paced, and shot. There's nothing wrong with simple adventures, especially when the prequels aren't exactly arthouse.
9 is the only one that gets prequel bad because of the rushed editing of the opening and the comic book level plot. Even then, it's only about as bad as ROTS and I'd still probably watch that garbage over AOTC.
I can respect preferring 7 to the prequels, but 9 is worse than the prequels in almost every aspect. The pacing in the prequels feels Oscar-worthy compared to 9. Even though AOTC has the worst individual moments in the series, the movie manages to hold itself together better than 9.