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History repeats itself.

Lucas movie goes into preduction, hype builds, critics/reviewers see film prerelease, a few good "words" are spoken/printed, onslaught of bad reviews, forums post "have you seen the reviews" / "the reviews are in", movie opens to make zillions, etc.

George Lucas dreamt about making a space-fantasy movie a long time ago, in a consciousness far, far away. He has not only brought that dream to life on the big screen, he has followed it with extensions of that dream. I'm sure he has surpassed even his wildest imagination as to how far this "dream" would take him. At the same time he has made millions upon millions of dollars. He can do whatever he wants because he is George Lucas.

How many reviewers can say this about their dream? And, who in their right mind grows up dreaming about cutting to bits the hard work of another? Most reviewers wouldn't know a great film if it bit them on the ass and fed that flesh to them. They'd rather pick apart every nook and cranny of a film, piece of art or product just to prove that its creator is "still" human. What a bunch of lifeless losers.

In this area, we get a section in the Friday newspaper called the "Lagniappe" section. It contains about 20 pages of entertainment information. I always look at the movie section to see what's playing and read the reviews. The reviews that say a movie isn't worth seeing is usually what I see first. So far I'm "batting a thousand".

I go to the show to be entertained by subjects that I'm interested in -- not to be educated, not to see how closely the movie follows the book, not to see the greatest story ever told. Movies are to escape into another world, to entertain and to suspend belief and reality. They are not made to impress critics/reviewers -- at least not the movies that are worth seeing.

If you don't like the Star Wars movies, George Lucas or a combination of the two, don't go see them and don't review them. And the excuse of "I'm a reviewer. It's my job." is not acceptable -- get another job. But first, you need to get a life.

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