グリフィス said:Of the three it's probably the best and most watchable movie, but talk about damning something with faint praise
Agreed.
グリフィス said:it's also the one that officially started the destruction of the Star Wars mythology, which, considering it's extent already and vast potential, is a pretty impressive feat of fail. Still, was only the beginning of the end, it didn't hit me hardest because there was still hope despite the obvious trepidation going forward, because a winning second entry could have been the kind of payoff that validated the first and pulled the series out of its tailspin for a triumphant rise back to the top, then... Attack of the Clones happened. Subjectively, maybe the worst movie of my life. Whatever an affirmation of life is, this was the opposite, not to mention it was the meat in a shit sandwich, and worse, when it was over (the best part), you knew it wasn't even really over yet. It was the true nadir, and it certainly changed the way I thought of the first movie, because suddenly I was nostalgic for even the "good old days" of The Phantom Menace; of the event that Episode I was and the positive hype and excitement that surrounded it going in and even watching it the first time, positive feelings that still permeate my memory of it in hindsight. The last time that was the case for Star Wars, before it was a grudging childhood death march to the theater.
Not to overstate it or anything. =)
Honestly that's pretty much my exact experience you just described. Not the first time we talk about it but it's still uncanny to me how similarly we feel on this issue.
For the anecdote, Episode 3 wasn't as negative an experience because I went to see it with Walter and we just kind of laughed through it. Still awful though.