Is George Lucas really a bad Director/Producer?

[Batman1980]

I have loved all of his movies I have seen except the 4th Indiana Jones. I still consider him to be the best film-maker of all-time with Steven Spielberg a close second.

[plenipote]

I could have dealt with everything wrong with the prequels, except for one thing: Jar Jar.
Lucas could have redeemed himself in my eyes if this character would have been killed, or just left off the third film, but alas, he was still there.
Ruined the whole thing for me, and for that, Lucas sucks, at least a little bit.

[plenipote]

and Empire IS the best of them all!

[rickantel]

Originally Posted by plenipote

and Empire IS the best of them all!

****ING RIGHT DOGGIE!!!!!!!!!!!

[wafi]

Originally Posted by rickantel

****ING RIGHT DOGGIE!!!!!!!!!!!

Empire makes Star Wars nuff said!

[mpstjohn]

Originally Posted by plenipote

and Empire IS the best of them all!

And as I recall the one film of the six that he had the least amount of creative control over. Just like Raiders, he wrote an outline and let Lawrence Kasdan write the actual screenplay.

[toef]

Originally Posted by DVDave

Word.

For sure.

[Batman1980]

III
V
II
VI
IV
I
Oh yeah, I went there.

[redtornado]

I think we can all agree that Return of the Jedi is the worst. I mean come on, a legion of the Empires best Stormtroopers get their ass handed to them by Ewoks?!?!? And suddenly the dreaded Imperial fleet has all their TIE fighters destroyed by the rebels. And, if you knew the Rebels had the plans to fly into your Death Star and destroy the main reactor, why wouldnt you block it off before they get there? And am I to believe that a lone A wing into the bridge of the Executioner would totally disable it and make it fly into a Death Star that just happens to be in its path?????

The Empire should have won. Plain and simple.

And why cant Darth Vader use Force lightning?

[Batman1980]

Darth Vader can't use Force Lightning because it has to travel through living tissue and both of his arms were chopped off when he was younger...

[tvine2000]

Originally Posted by redtornado

I think we can all agree that Return of the Jedi is the worst. I mean come on, a legion of the Empires best Stormtroopers get their ass handed to them by Ewoks?!?!? And suddenly the dreaded Imperial fleet has all their TIE fighters destroyed by the rebels. And, if you knew the Rebels had the plans to fly into your Death Star and destroy the main reactor, why wouldnt you block it off before they get there? And am I to believe that a lone A wing into the bridge of the Executioner would totally disable it and make it fly into a Death Star that just happens to be in its path?????

The Empire should have won. Plain and simple.

And why cant Darth Vader use Force lightning?

i don't think return of the jedi sucked,after all you got to make movies fun,at least those kind of movies.at the time jedi wasn't proclaimed the best star wars ,but it was fun,i know i was there.

[SkillzthatKillz]

Originally Posted by Wolverine1980

III
V
II
VI
IV
I
Oh yeah, I went there.

i agree III is my fav too

[squirrel101]

but he did give us Star Wars......what sucks is he hasn't given it to us on BLURAY

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by squirrel101

but he did give us Star Wars......what sucks is he hasn't given it to us on BLURAY

patience young grasshopper, patience.

[Blu-Jawa]

Originally Posted by pacificvibes

patience young grasshopper, patience.

as yoda would say: Patience (Blu-Ray Fans) in 900 years (The Saga should be on Blu-Ray for all to buy) (or) Look as good you will not. j/k

[spcamaj]

he doesnt suck

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by plenipote

I could have dealt with everything wrong with the prequels, except for one thing: Jar Jar.
Lucas could have redeemed himself in my eyes if this character would have been killed, or just left off the third film, but alas, he was still there.
Ruined the whole thing for me, and for that, Lucas sucks, at least a little bit.

Could've done without the entire Gungan race to be honest with you. I can't tell you just how much it pisses me off that with the newest revision of the saga, the absolute last words that we hear spoken, the words that close out the entire 6 movie series is....."WEESA FREE!!!!" I swear it was like Lucas was giving the proverbial finger to everybody who complained about Jar Jar.

[thedudeabides117]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

I have loved all of his movies I have seen except the 4th Indiana Jones. I still consider him to be the best film-maker of all-time with Steven Spielberg a close second.

Seriously?

Because I would put Capra, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Allen, Wyler, Ford, Hawks, Cukor, Lester, Wilder, Sayles, Tarantino (yes, he's a freak, but the man can direct), Altman, Keaton and Chaplin, and many more ahead of him. I think he fails based on his editing style alone- god, those horrible cross wipes just about drive me out of the theater. He made blockbusters, along with Spielberg, that just about wrecked the (quality film) industry (now how many theaters can we open the first weekend?). He is a niche director who made a lot of money. His movies, just like Titanic/Avatar, make plenty of money but don't make the grade as "great" movies. I did like American Graffiti, though.