Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by DWPC (A) on July 09, 2003 at 09:42:33

In Reply to: STAR WARS---WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW MOVIES? posted by croft on July 08, 2003 at 13:22:52:

IMO, the first two were great, and the last two were real stinkeroos...Lucas seems to be approaching Saturday morning cartoon standards. Those in the middle were good, but showed signs of what was to come...weaker and weaker story with more focus on the "big effects" scene. In the original, the effects were imaginative and skillfully done. Perhaps because now its possible to churn out that digital stuff so easily, the effects are so thick and busy that they're in the way of the movie.

Its pretty clear to me that the generational shift in major studio movies is now deeply set...frantic action and gimmicky effects trump story and character depth,and imaginative cinematography is effectively gone.