Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[GrouchoFan]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

"Darth Poodle! Quiet! You're barking up the wrong tree!"

Come to think of it, Princess Leia does say to Tarkin, "I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash."

It was staring us in the face all along...

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by RevengeOfToonces

You and me both dude. Crystal Skull is one of only two movies I outright hate, the other being Die Hard 5.

Die Hard 5 makes Crystal Skull look like Raiders.

[Hardback247]

"I can say that if you liked the other Indiana Jones movies, you will like this one, and that if you did not, there is no talking to you."

- Roger Ebert, in his three-and-a-half star review of Indy 4.

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by RevengeOfToonces

It's worse because Crystal Skull has the energy and charisma of dust. Temple of Doom isn't a perfect movie but at least it's fun and exciting when it needs to be. It all comes down to execution. I'm convinced Spielberg did that movie as a favor he felt he owed to George Lucas but his heart was not in it at all. It's just so dull.

Yeah, there was definitely something "off" about it-- the last time I watched the film I noted that it lacked the grit of the other movies. It was a combination of the cinematography, the CGI "touch-ups" in certain sequences, and a major toning down of violence. The other movies were much more visceral, and had people getting shot, chopped up by propellers, squished by tanks, etc. Crystal Skull felt very sanitized by comparison. There was the bit with the flames burning the soldiers and the guy who gets dragged into that ant-hole, but those moments came off a bit too CGI cartoony.

I actually don't hate the movie, and still think a bit higher of it than the Star Wars prequels, because it still has some of that Spielberg directing flair and moments throughout the film I enjoy, but a lot of it definitely didn't work. I'd still like to see another one, in the hopes that they realize what went wrong on that one and come up with something much better.

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by RevengeOfToonces

You and me both dude. Crystal Skull is one of only two movies I outright hate, the other being Die Hard 5.

A couple years ago I bought a DVD boxset of the first three Indiana Jones movies even though I could've gotten the 4th one in a different set for cheaper because I just wanted the first three.

[Hardback247]

A true fan would learn to accept a movie's existence and not incessantly whine about it for years.

[RevengeOfToonces]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

"I can say that if you liked the other Indiana Jones movies, you will like this one, and that if you did not, there is no talking to you."

- Roger Ebert, in his three-and-a-half star review of Indy 4.

Ebert also gave Spawn a three and a half star rating.

[WhySoBlu?]

Originally Posted by Alan_Grant

Oh? Look at his NEW edits, the BASTARD! Turned them into dogs.

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by GrouchoFan

Come to think of it, Princess Leia does say to Tarkin, "I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash."

It was staring us in the face all along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uk4-kIDZuw

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by RevengeOfToonces

Ebert also gave Spawn a three and a half star rating.

Haven't seen it since it first came to VHS.
I've been tempted to grab the BD and watch it...

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

A true fan would learn to accept a movie's existence and not incessantly whine about it for years.

I've been a Bears fan my whole life but when they suck, they suck.

That's just how it is.

[ambient_indie]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

A true fan would learn to accept a movie's existence and not incessantly whine about it for years.

I wish I could say the same to the Force Awakens haters.

Ooooooooooooooh!


P.S. Taste is subjective.

[A Sith Lord?]

Originally Posted by ambient_indie

I wish I could say the same to the Force Awakens haters.

Ooooooooooooooh!


P.S. Taste is subjective.

Call me a hater IDC.

I've watched TFA probably 10+ times in theater + STARZ.

I enjoyed it because I enjoy all SW movies. But it was a Greatest Hits of the Star Wars fan's liked before they said Lucas ruined everything. Lip service, recycled stuff (not Star Wars poetry but blatantly ripped). Funny how Disney wanted to get away from Lucas' stench on SW so bad they ended up re-using a lot of his ideas.... just from the movies he already made.

That said, I have loved all 8 movies so far.

[Alan_Grant]

Originally Posted by RevengeOfToonces

I'm convinced Spielberg did that movie as a favor he felt he owed to George Lucas but his heart was not in it at all. It's just so dull.

To be fair, Spielberg's last great movie was Schindler's List....in 1994, and his last great action/adventure flick was 93'.

[StarkRomanoff]

Please forgive my ignorance...Which BR set has either I-VI or just IV-VI with original, untouched CGI? I don't have any copies of SW and want to watch them as originally intended.

[WhiteTim]

Originally Posted by StarkRomanoff

Please forgive my ignorance...Which BR set has either I-VI or just IV-VI with original, untouched CGI? I don't have any copies of SW and want to watch them as originally intended.

None the last time the untouched OT been released were on DVD in 04 or 06 (forget which year)

[StarkRomanoff]

Originally Posted by WhiteTim

None the last time the untouched OT been released were on DVD in 04 or 06 (forget which year)

Ok. So is it safe to assume all BR's currently released have updated CG (ie. Yoda)?

[Class316]

Originally Posted by StarkRomanoff

Please forgive my ignorance...Which BR set has either I-VI or just IV-VI with original, untouched CGI? I don't have any copies of SW and want to watch them as originally intended.

The 2006 double packs have the original theatrical as extra discs.

However from what I understand if you download de specialized editions they are better quality as the editions released in 2006 are basically the same as the 1993 definitive collection laserdiscs.

For Phantom Manace everything newer than laserdisc has the CGI Yoda. But no one misses the original in that scenario.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Alan_Grant

To be fair, Spielberg's last great movie was Schindler's List....in 1994, and his last great action/adventure flick was 93'.

To be fair, Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Munich, War Horse, Lincoln, and The BFG are oustanding, and Adventures of TinTin is a great adventure film -- beautifully staged and directed and a lot of fun.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVpZTGCikM

[Monty Cora]

Originally Posted by Class316

For Phantom Manace everything newer than laserdisc has the CGI Yoda. But no one misses the original in that scenario.

No, puppet Yoda is also on the DVD.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by Mighty Max

Haven't seen it since it first came to VHS.
I've been tempted to grab the BD and watch it...

No don't!

Originally Posted by Class316

The 2006 double packs have the original theatrical as extra discs.

However from what I understand if you download de specialized editions they are better quality as the editions released in 2006 are basically the same as the 1993 definitive collection laserdiscs.

For Phantom Manace everything newer than laserdisc has the CGI Yoda. But no one misses the original in that scenario.

The DVD has the original puppet Yoda abomination.