You read that correctly, Episode 1, the most highly anticipated film in cinema history turns 10 tomorrow, May 19th, and you know what that means... well, it probably means a special directors mega cut of the film can't be too far behind. Should we celebrate it or should we all be wearing black and mourning the day our innocence and wonder died?
Just recently, I did a column answering the question "what movie would I erase from time," and I chose this one, not a Godzilla movie, not a bad horror movie, a member of the sacred trilogy, itself. So, will Star Wars fans rejoice, or will they burn copies of Lucas's horror, my guess is a bit of both.
In all actuality, the film isn't the worst thing to appear on the big screen (watch Manos: Hands of fate, and we'll talk) but compared to the incredibly high bar that was set for the original trilogy, fans everywhere expected, with technology the way it was, the bar would be set higher. Instead, we got a little kid, humanizing the greatest villain of all time, we had Old Ben Kinobi with a small poni tail and we had Liam Neeson; we also had a lot of green screen. It seems, the beloved father of one of the greatest trilogies of all time fell into the green-screen trap; apparently, adding more special effects can take the place of script and character development, or so Lucas thought. As a result, it was the first misstep amongst many, and it also was messing with the original trilogy, something that is generally not looked upon well.
So, tomorrow, have a beer, a margarita or your beverage of choice and drink to the film that once was, shake your head and plug in Episode 4 and try to forget Episode 4 existed...remember, denial is not a river in Egypt.
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