My title pretty much says it all. The same simpletons who loved what JJ Abrams did with his lobotomized "reboot" of the Star Trek universe are similarly enthralled with the Abrams-led final Star Wars trilogy. Strip-mining the work of better and more original filmmakers who came before, this movie (like its two predecessors) is a high-action low-intellect shadow of what once was.
None of the gee-whiz magic that informed the original SW trilogy is left in its cinematic universe, mercilessly wrung out in a higher effort to get uncritical butts in the seats and maximize the toy sales.
I can only conclude that Lucas's original masterpiece has sadly fallen into the hands of those who never understood it in the first place, targeted to consumers either too ignorant or apathetic to know the difference, and cashed in on by an original visionary who no longer gives a damn.
If you like these final three movies, I have nothing but pity and contempt for you.
None of the gee-whiz magic that informed the original SW trilogy is left in its cinematic universe, mercilessly wrung out in a higher effort to get uncritical butts in the seats and maximize the toy sales.
I can only conclude that Lucas's original masterpiece has sadly fallen into the hands of those who never understood it in the first place, targeted to consumers either too ignorant or apathetic to know the difference, and cashed in on by an original visionary who no longer gives a damn.
If you like these final three movies, I have nothing but pity and contempt for you.