Ludo*1 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I fucking loved Phantom Menace. It was my first Star Wars film at the cinema though. I was Darth Maul'd oot my nut and convinced he'd smash Vader as Vader had an embarrassing battle with an old man. (You can tell I took little interest in the plot at the time). Also, Liam Neeson was cool as f**k in it. ETA: I've never watched it since and I'm now scared to watch it based on the judgements made on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 At least we can all agree that AOTC is easily the worst. What a dreadful piece of shit it is, not to mention incredibly boring Considering the clone army is the republics army the name makes no sense. Surely they should have been the separatists army. Also, as a young kid I got excited by the name and thought we’d seen Anakin fight a clone of himself at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Star Wars Empire Strikes Back {watched it on a plane trip recently and it hasn't aged well in special effects terms} Rogue One ...big gap to fair to middling territory... Return of the Jedi The Last Jedi The Force Awakens ...big gap to not even a rental territory... Prequels 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Peh McBridie Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Widge said: Which is probably the best lightsaber battle in the whole of the 8 films so far, it’s brilliant. Accepting I'm very much in the minority with this opinion but I don't think much of the actual fight or any of the prequel saber fights for that matter. All of them just come across as over choreographed dance moves than an actual sword fight. Much prefer the saber fights in Empire, ROTJ and TFA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sir Peh McBridie said: Accepting I'm very much in the minority with this opinion but I don't think much of the actual fight or any of the prequel saber fights for that matter. All of them just come across as over choreographed dance moves than an actual sword fight. Much prefer the saber fights in Empire, ROTJ and TFA. Given the force powers the jedi and sith had, the original trilogy saber battles look dead clunky and strained, not like you'd expect from people with partial precognition abilities, The prequels definitely had better saber combat scenes, as widge says anything with maul was actually good due to both the actor playing him and that damned doubled edged blade, and as much as the stadium scene in AOTC was a cheese fest, when all the undercover jedi sparked up their sabers it looked fucking awesome lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I may be looking at the fight through slightly rose tinted glasses given Maul is my favourite character in the whole Star Wars franchise, followed by Obi Wan. Whilst he was criminally underused in TPM the scenes he was in were great. They should be expanding on Maul at any opportunity, I know The animation series have done this and put a really good ending to the whole Maul arc, but when you get into the nitty gritty he’s a brilliant character, not simply the unbelievable fighter with a dual saber, which the film portrays him as. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 The lightsaber fights in TPM are good. I hate the ones in AOTC though, especially the one with Yoda. Fucking nonsense. In ROTS when Palpatine easily destroys a load of Jedi, who don't even move for f**k sake, I just sighed. Pointless pish. Then Anakin, possibly the dumbest man in the galaxy ("hey, murder a load of children and Padme won't die!") gets fucked up by Obi Wan, despite Obi Wan telling him that he has the high ground and Anakin's move won't end well. Bleurgh. No idea why so many folk seem to think ROTS is the best of the prequels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I think it’s the case that the majority of people simply remember TPM for the pointless trade negotiations and the pod race which went on far too long, ohh plus the Gungans. But you can pick fault with them all. Personally I think AoTC is so much worse than the other 2, whereas RoTS is probably the best film to watch if you ignore the plot holes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I re-watched all 7 films in anticipation of The Last Jedi. All three prequels are differing shades of dreadful*. I understand that opinions are subjective but anyone who even remotely considers TLJ to be anywhere near the same quality as the prequels needs their human rights revoked. *That's not to say that each film doesn't have their respective 'moments' but that's all they are: moments. There's, collectively, less than a dozen good moments in the entire prequel trilogy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 I'm not sure if AOTC has any good moments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) Best to worst: Empire Strikes Back Rogue 1 The Last Jedi Star Wars Return of the Jedi The Force Awakens Revenge of the Sith Attack of the Clones Phantom Menace Guess I honestly prefer the darker tones of ESB, Rogue and TLJ - granted the mid section in the casino drags like f**k, but the rest of the movie is very engaging, Hamill is excellent and I like the course steer it does on Lucas' previous "special one" story type. The original is lower down because while it is ground breaking within the context of it's time, looking at it at a remove, it's kinda weightless. Return is disjointed, the pacing is way off and the ewoks fucking awful. The prequels are all fucking awful, but I despise everything about Phantom Menace and ended up hating Liam Neeson as a result. Edited January 17, 2018 by renton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 A few of the films periodically swap places, but for me Empire Rogue One Star Wars Last Jedi Return Force Awakens Revenge Phantom Attack of the Clones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 My list: Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi A New Hope The Phantom Menace Revenge of the Sith Rogue One The Last Jedi The Force Awakens Attack of the Clones I expect The Last Jedi will bump up a couple of places depending on rewatches. I know it has plenty of flaws but I love the Phantom Menace. Most likely because it was the first Star Wars film I saw in the cinema, it was out at a time when I still bought Star Wars toys and gave me so much more to buy and, the PS1 game was awesome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 For me Empire Star Wars Force Awakens Return of the Jedi Last Jedi Rogue One Revenge of the Sith Phantom Menace Attack of the Clones Agree with the point above that Last Jedi may rise after get a chance to watch it again. Out of all these I would say Clones is the only one I don't think is a good movie. Even Phantom Menace has a lot of parts I like. Clones is the only one I really struggle to rewatch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosser-fae-the-shire Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Fuckin hell. Some of you take Star Wars awfy seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Peh McBridie Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 51 minutes ago, Dosser-fae-the-shire said: Fuckin hell. Some of you take Star Wars awfy seriously. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 5 hours ago, renton said: Guess I honestly prefer the darker tones of ESB, Rogue and TLJ i agree about darker tones, didnt think TLJ had that many though, you never got the feeling that someone unexpected would croak it etc, thats one of the best aspects about rogue one, the end, especially when vader is going to town, the rebel soldiers trapped in that airlock with him, the tone when the soldier passed it through the small gap in the door knowing full well vader was going to kill him was outstanding, even to a point ESB didnt have anything like that (probably harder to obtain that in a trilogy given you tend to know who's in the sequels etc) that was one of the things i loved about the clone wars animated series, it didnt hold back in showing you some devastating losses resulting from the war 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Jaja (however you spell his fucking name) binks means that TPM should be bottom of everyones list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 JarJar. Fucking hideous creation, and not a Sith Lord despite what wanky fan theories reckon. He's just a tit. No wonder the other gungans banished him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Robot Chicken need to do another Star Wars special. Loads of new material to work with, plus the Emperor is brilliant in those episodes, my favourite bit being; 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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