I think the original films were some kind of alchemy. Lucas had the right people around him to save him from himself. Heās an ideas man, and youāve got to say after seeing those recent movies, those ideas are missed.
Whatever you might want to say about the prequels, George did not rest on his laurels in trying to carve out new bits of the universe. Sure, some of the locations were a bit video-game level, but I thought Coruscant looked excellent and I also really liked the planet where they made the clones.
Absent someone like him, it becomes a box-ticking exercise, fan service, as these last three films have shown, and thereās little vision. People, including myself, hated the Last Jedi. In hindsight, itās probably the best of the three. Some really stupid moments, but out of all three of them, itās the only one that doesnāt feel like a retread.
That last film was just offensive. Worse than Into Darkness. At least that shit on Wrath of Khan in a different timeline. This is canon, good lord.
Last Jedi is definitely the best of the new three.
The first one is a competently made retread. Last Jedi is clearly made by the best film maker the new ones have had. I liked it, but I can see why it alienated fans. The newest one is just a dumpster fire from start to finish, some fantastic cgi effects work though; the prequels look so ropey in that respect now. Oscar Isaac spends the whole film clearly wishing heād been killed off in Force Awakens as per the original script.
I liked rogue one and solo more than any of them, although I havenāt seen either again since the cinema.
David Lynchās vision for Dune was so far ahead of itās time people were not ready for it, and neither were the studio who wanted a messiah like ending that deviated wildly from the novel. Iām hoping Denis Villneuve gets the backing he needs to make a real go of the next adaptation, you could easily make a trilogy of Lord of the Rings proportions from the first novel.
If David Lynch had proper backing and time I am convinced it would have been a cinematic masterpiece. The ensemble cast was near perfect, but the scale of the project was hampered throughout from āstudioā interference and the film never achieved itās true potential.
