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ENOUGH already.

Posted by Tom §. (A) on May 17, 2002 at 08:58:08

In Reply to: Now the reviews are REALLY in! It's official, "Attack of the Clones" is permanently rotten... posted by Audiophilander on May 16, 2002 at 16:02:33:

What is it that people expect from star wars?

I was 3 years old when the first star wars movie was released into theaters. My mother told me that in the years following the release I must have watched the film 40 times in various forms while growing up to the age of 7 or 8 (broadcast television, borrowed laserdisc players, videotapes, theaters etc.) I imagine that my age grouping is a large section of the current SW fanbase as well as those slightly older and younger. The SW saga became part of what this age group grew up with. Instead of imagining you were a firefighter, cowboy, indian, astronaut or whatever you were imagining you were a character in SW. For better or for worse, the values of the story were instilled and emulated by those in my generation. “The Force” has become religious in reference for those in this generation. Now, before you dispute this, look up religious in the dictionary and observe the behavior. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s profoundly spiritual but it is religious. Mannerisms are universally understood, movie script lines are quoted and used just like bible scripture in conversations, and there are heated conversations on the exact canon of the SW “universe.” Just like the bible, as time passes, facts and generally accepted truths changed with public opinion. When Empire Strikes Back was first released, it was panned harder than EP1 by both fans and critics because of the “dark” storyline. Now, Empire is used as a comparative standard of quality for the new films because of how “fresh” it was. The SW saga has become tools for persecutions and a whipping post for personal frustrations.

Where am I going with this? The negative backlash of reactions from “devoted fans” and “movie critics” from the EP1 and now EP2 only prove out that what these people were semi-consciously looking for was a spiritual experience. When faced with the grim reality that SW is just a movie (and as admitted by Lucas several times, a high budget Saturday matinee movie), people decide to “crucify” the film itself along with the creator(s) because their expectations were not met. Jesus was crucified, was he not? Now, please don’t construe that I’m saying the film or Lucas is the second coming. All I’m saying is that the negative backlash from not meeting what is expected is observable in both situations.

In short, people expected to be spiritually enlightened or to be bequeathed with power of the force (or the word of god). It’s too bad that all that SW ever was is that it’s just a movie. For me, it’s an entertaining movie and it’s fun to forget that you’re twentysomething and just be a kid again, glued to the movie seat, watching a space fantasy.

Tom §.

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