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steel_breeze · 05-16-2022, 05:36 PM

I absolutely do NOT want to spiral yet another thread into a Star Wars discussion, so this is just in the spirit of this specific thread topic... but easily the most profound examples for me are the three Star Wars prequels. I was just the right age to absolutely loathe those flicks when they came out: I was 28 in 1999, and at the height of my "cinephile pretentiousness". All I could see were all the ways the new movies WEREN'T what I wanted from "my Star Wars", whatever the heck that means.

And yet... despite vocally hating Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith in particular (ironically, I've always kinda liked Attack of the Clones), I kept watching them over and over, like I was trying to train myself to like them -- 'cuz I actually like liking things, lol. But it just didn't "take"; watching Episodes I and III were always like pulling teeth.

Then in 2015 something miraculous happened. In March of that year, the first full-length trailer for Force Awakens dropped, with that amazing shot of the crashed Star Destroyer in the desert dunes. Like a light-switch turning on, I suddenly wanted to enjoy "everything Star Wars". I bought the prequel BD set that very same day, poured some Jack Daniels for myself as I dimmed the lights in the home theater... and ENJOYED THE HELL OUTTA THEM for the first time ever. I continue to thoroughly enjoy all eleven live-action SW features -- even without my buddy Jack.

I basically learned to "get over myself" and enjoy certain flicks for what they ARE rather than what I wished they would be. It's a practice that's made me a happier movie-goer... and maybe even a slightly happier person overall.

05-16-2022, 05:36 PM	#20
steel_breeze Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2012 Location:Los Angeles 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:256	I absolutely do NOT want to spiral yet another thread into a Star Wars discussion, so this is just in the spirit of this specific thread topic... but easily the most profound examples for me are the three Star Wars prequels. I was just the right age to absolutely loathe those flicks when they came out: I was 28 in 1999, and at the height of my "cinephile pretentiousness". All I could see were all the ways the new movies WEREN'T what I wanted from "my Star Wars", whatever the heck that means. And yet... despite vocally hating Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith in particular (ironically, I've always kinda liked Attack of the Clones), I kept watching them over and over, like I was trying to train myself to like them -- 'cuz I actually like liking things, lol. But it just didn't "take"; watching Episodes I and III were always like pulling teeth. Then in 2015 something miraculous happened. In March of that year, the first full-length trailer for Force Awakens dropped, with that amazing shot of the crashed Star Destroyer in the desert dunes. Like a light-switch turning on, I suddenly wanted to enjoy "everything Star Wars". I bought the prequel BD set that very same day, poured some Jack Daniels for myself as I dimmed the lights in the home theater... and ENJOYED THE HELL OUTTA THEM for the first time ever. I continue to thoroughly enjoy all eleven live-action SW features -- even without my buddy Jack. I basically learned to "get over myself" and enjoy certain flicks for what they ARE rather than what I wished they would be. It's a practice that's made me a happier movie-goer... and maybe even a slightly happier person overall.

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