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You're being too harsh.

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In Reply to: RE: Blood money? Making America dumber... one film at the time. nt posted by Victor Khomenko on August 17, 2010 at 11:51:42

The first two Star Wars movies were enjoyable escapist entertainment. They made no pretense of being anything more than that, but accomplished that goal extremely well. It was only with the third "film" (Or was it a toy commercial?) that the wheels fell off.

Not every film can be a dreary 4 hour black and white subtitled slice of life drama from Finland. Sometimes you just want to be entertained.

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They are responsible for creating the generation that equates movies with... - Victor Khomenko 06:03:13 08/18/10 (4)
..."special effects". They would not watch films without them.

You might say that if it wasn't SW, some other film would have done that... but that doesn't make the SW less guilty.
- Tversky's Snorlaris was responsible for putting that generation to sleep; Star Wars just woke them up. (nt) - Audiophilander 23:16:54 08/23/10 (0)
  ;O)
- The disaster movie craze preceded Star Wars. - Dalton 13:18:23 08/18/10 (0)
  The Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Earthquake, et al.
  
  These were the first really big special effects blockbusters, where visual effects so completely trumped any mundane considerations such as plot or characterization. Star Wars didn't start it.
  
  Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture are probably what killed the disaster genre almost for good (until Titanic brought it back and gave as The Perfect Storm, Twister, Deep Impact, Armegeddon, etc.). Can't you at least give Star Wars some credit for doing that?
- Hey Victor, Get a LIfe! What do you do when you aren't - oldmkvi 07:57:50 08/18/10 (1)
  dissecting the film industry and society in general. There's definitely not much that will live up to your many preconceptions and rules! I pity your wife, if you have one.
  - "I pity your wife..." You wanna kick my goat, while you are at it? - Victor Khomenko 08:07:22 08/18/10 (0)
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