@psion1369 to Ask Lemmy • 3 months agoWhat is your Star Wars hot take?message-square207arrow-up1118arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your Star Wars hot take?@psion1369 to Ask Lemmy • 3 months agomessage-square207file-text
minus-squareHegarlinkfedilink3•3 months agoA new hope was only good to the extent that a mediocre remake of a Kurosawa film is still good. Empire was slightly downhill from that (sad ending =/= good movie). Everything after that struggles to remain watchable.
minus-square@shalafilinkEnglish3•edit-23 months agoThey were simply following the classic trilogy arc: Plucky heroes score on the big baddies against overwhelming odds. Baddies hand our heroes their ass on a platter. Hope is all but gone. Heroes come back bigger and tougher, win the whole game by the end.
A new hope was only good to the extent that a mediocre remake of a Kurosawa film is still good. Empire was slightly downhill from that (sad ending =/= good movie). Everything after that struggles to remain watchable.
They were simply following the classic trilogy arc:
Plucky heroes score on the big baddies against overwhelming odds.
Baddies hand our heroes their ass on a platter. Hope is all but gone.
Heroes come back bigger and tougher, win the whole game by the end.