Nope. The only film in the series that I would even call reasonable was Episode 4 back in 1977. The pre-trilogy was frankly some of the worse films I've EVER seen - and I've seen a lot of films!
We're going to see it Christmas Eve. M also agrees the pre-trilogy are horrible. M says IV, V, VI are okay. Oh, and season two for The Man in the High Castle is now official. http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-man-in-the-high-castle-season-two-is-officially-hap-1748727174?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Cool. I'll let you know what I thought of season one when I finish it.
BTW - I can highly recommend 'Bridge of Spies'. Loved it. Tom Hanks was awesome. Looking forward to 'In the Heart of the Sea' between Christmas/New Year.
Having watched it tonight, it's much closer to the trilogy than the prequels. JJ Abrams did a far better sequel to Star Wars than he did a reboot of Star Trek. In terms of story and visuals, this film paid a LOT of homage to the original Star Wars movie.
Stephen: I'd heard that JJ had 'saved' the series. He couldn't really make anything worse than Ep 1-3 though! The trailer certainly looked the part and some friends who have seen it said that even I might like it.... but I'm still not going.
V V : Personally I liked BoS more than TTSS, although I liked both for what they are. I'm going to have to read up on the Tom Hanks character though. He sounded fascinating.
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ReplyDelete..did I spoil it?
I'm more or less avoiding Facebook and..er, most everything else until I watch it.
Saw various trailers. Looks the part. Still not seeing it!
ReplyDeleteNot seeing the film?
ReplyDeleteNope. The only film in the series that I would even call reasonable was Episode 4 back in 1977. The pre-trilogy was frankly some of the worse films I've EVER seen - and I've seen a lot of films!
ReplyDeleteWe're going to see it Christmas Eve. M also agrees the pre-trilogy are horrible. M says IV, V, VI are okay. Oh, and season two for The Man in the High Castle is now official. http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-man-in-the-high-castle-season-two-is-officially-hap-1748727174?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
ReplyDeleteCool. I'll let you know what I thought of season one when I finish it.
ReplyDeleteBTW - I can highly recommend 'Bridge of Spies'. Loved it. Tom Hanks was awesome. Looking forward to 'In the Heart of the Sea' between Christmas/New Year.
Having watched it tonight, it's much closer to the trilogy than the prequels. JJ Abrams did a far better sequel to Star Wars than he did a reboot of Star Trek. In terms of story and visuals, this film paid a LOT of homage to the original Star Wars movie.
ReplyDeleteLoved Bridge of Spies, but I think Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was better for me as far as spy movies go.
ReplyDeleteStephen: I'd heard that JJ had 'saved' the series. He couldn't really make anything worse than Ep 1-3 though! The trailer certainly looked the part and some friends who have seen it said that even I might like it.... but I'm still not going.
ReplyDeleteV V : Personally I liked BoS more than TTSS, although I liked both for what they are. I'm going to have to read up on the Tom Hanks character though. He sounded fascinating.