OT: Star Wars Episode 2...

[Noble713]

I'm 19. I loved the original trilogy.
I thought Ep.1 was ok. It introduced the characters but could have done so much better.
I LOVED Ep.2, despite the cheesy love scenes (the only problem I had with the movie). I saw it twice the day it opened (10:30 and 5:15)

I think the biggest problem with the new movies isn't that Lucas has lost his vision, or sold out, or has screwed up the characters, it's that he writes crappy screenplays. I have the Art of Ep.2 book with the screenplay in the back, and the dialogue is HORRIBLE. I went back and watched Empire Strikes Back a few days ago, and I think the biggest difference is the dialogue and the direction. Lucas has brilliant ideas about imagery and immersing people in his universe, he just needs others to make the _people_ in that universe interesting.