Rate Star Wars Trilogies

[Costello]

What trilogy did you prefer? wild guess - most people are going to pick 1977... but what is the second best? and worst?

Poll choices:
1977>1999>2015 (> meaning greater than. So 1977 is best, 1999 is second best, and 2015 is worst)
1977>2015>1999
1999>1977>2015
1999>2015>1977
2015>1977>1999
2015>1999>1977
They are all pretty much as good
They are all quite bad
Never watched any of it

 

[Costello]

Voted for the first option. The original one's the real deal. Loved the 1999 trilogy, I know a lot of hardcore fans don't but at least it has some backstory - an actual trilogy not three individual films.
I took a lot more pleasure watching half an episode of The Witcher on Netflix than the entire 2015 trilogy in IMAX theaters.
Thoughts?

 

[Deleted member 506316]

Uhh, is there a 'The First 10 Star Trek Movies Are Superior' option?

 

[Costello]

Uhh, is there a 'The First 10 Star Trek Movies Are Superior' option?

yeah that would be the second to last choice lol

 

[SG854]

I hated the fact that Jar Jar Bink's was the puppet master in episode 9. He was pulling all the strings. It seems like it was tacked on only because they killed Snoke too quick in the 8 film so they needed some mastermind behind it all to replace him. Bringing in Darth Jar Jar was only fan service.

 

[Viri]

I enjoyed 4, 5, and 6 quite a bit. But, I didn't really like 6's ending. 1 and 3 were okay, Pod racing was cool, Darth Maul was a pretty cool villain, too bad they killed him off so quickly. Watching Anakin slowly becoming Vader was cool, and seeing everything happen that will start the original trilogy was neat. I don't remember anything from 2. I don't really have nostalgia for any movies, as I've never see any of them until 2011, when I binge watched 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

7 felt like 4 being remade, lol. 8, dear god, wtf happened? I didn't even bother watching 9, after seeing 8. I just read the spoilers, and felt like I saved money from not seeing that dumpster fire. I might pirate the movie one day, and watch it when I'm bored.

Rey is such an unlikable protagonist Imo. She's a huge Mary Sue, and the polar opposite of what Luke was. Luke was anything but a Mary Sue. He got his ass kicked a lot, and failed quite a bit. Luke tried to challenge Vader once, got his ass kicked hard, and his arm chopped off, while his friend got frozen. Nearly died in a frozen cave. And hell, he would have died to Darth Sidious if not for Vader stepping in, and throwing his ass down a hole.

 

[Alexander1970]

Of course FIRST Option.

Thank you.

 

[skullskullskull]

7 felt like 4 being remade, lol. 8, dear god, wtf happened?

Same here. The new trilogy was a big mess and I'm probably going to watch 9 when it comes out on dvd, but it's a low priority for me.

8 took too many plot points from 5 but did such a ham-fisted job integrating them in the story. The siege part was supposed to be like when they were hiding in the asteroid field, the casino was supposed to be like Bespin, the forgettable salt planet in 8 was supposed to be Hoth. It was like they shoehorned in stuff from the original trilogy because they didn't want people to complain "it wasn't star wars-y enough" (like they did with the prequel trilogy) but it just made 8 terrible. Like, sure the cgi in the prequels wasn't great, the acting was lousy, the pacing was shit but at least Lucas had the integrity to tell an original story.

 

[mrgone]

wow, i did not expect to be in the majority with my choice.
i just say: i prefer the movies with an original story by george lucas.


also: i have to like the prequels since i got to see ep1 in the us and i witnessed the power of this fully armed media franchise at that time.
today it must be much worse.

 

[Ryccardo]

I've only watched the 7th and 9th lol

...and a special dub of the 4th

 

[Jiehfeng]

There wasn't a choice for just watching a movie or two so had to go with didn't watch any at all...

 

[smileyhead]

I only saw the original trilogy.

 

[granville]

The original trilogy is best. A good story as well as high entertainment value, largely great characters with decent writing (and generally not cringeworthy acting). I don't think much needs to be said about these, they are fundamentally great movies. Empire Strikes Back in particular being among my favorite movies ever, though all three form a wholly entertaining and cohesive whole.

The prequel trilogy are definitely not as good as the originals. But they are still incredibly entertaining and fun to watch. Their biggest shortcomings are poor writing and direction. There are also obviously a handful of really bad characters such as Jar Jar, Watto and the Nemoidians. An extreme over-reliance on CGI too (which didn't even look amazing even when they released and only gets worse with age). But there's still a solid story foundation underneath the mess that occasionally shines through. And there are a lot of VERY cool and epic/satisfying moments. The music is fantastic, as good if not moreso than the originals. I also really enjoyed the more elaborate lightsaber battles. And the more exotic planets compared to the original trilogy. These may be "bad" movies in many ways, but they are very entertaining bad movies. I'd still rather watch a bad but entertaining movie than a boring one.

The sequel trilogy is a distant third. I'd say its problems are a direct inverse of the issues the prequels had. On the surface level there's more competency in the dialog and acting, but the basic foundation of the story is inherently poorly constructed and nonsensical, as well as very bland. Character motivation and progression is largely nonexistent. And they break all the rules and logic that the previous movies established. I initially pushed my problems with Force Awakens to the side in hopes the followups would address them. That never happened, the sequels were even worse and also retroactively made Force Awakens even less tolerable. Last Jedi is THE worst movie in any of the three trilogies. Rise of Skywalker is a huge mess, admittedly more entertaining in places than Last Jedi but by far the most nonsensical and stupid of the entire franchise.

 

[Paulsar99]

The latest trilogy is a mess but it's a good popcorn flick.

 

[DaFixer]

Original trilogy.
I hope they wil release the normal versions without the added CGI crap.

 

[FAST6191]

Haven't seen the third triology, but as mentioned in another thread I have probably seen more hours of breakdowns of why they are bad than it would have taken to watch them (indeed as of last night's watching of the red letter media breakdown of the recent one I would have probably spent more time watching breakdowns of it than it would have taken to watch the film if I didn't watch everything at 2x speed these days).

Have no kind of emotional attachment to any of them. Saw the first ones during their earlier TV broadcasts and was just middling sci fi as far as I was concerned there -- while it would be several more years before I developed any kind of critical eye I was reading nice sci fi books by then. Saw the first prequel at the cinema and was underwhelmed to say the least. Saw the second two prequels because I was staying with my grandparents and had otherwise rinsed their DVD collection so thought why not, my brains dribbling out of my ears from boredom was probably why I should not have. Underneath it all there were some interesting ideas to explore in the prequels but it was all seriously marred by execution. Am I allowed to ponder things like the Phantom Edit in this?

Games on the other hand. The Dark Forces/Jedi Knight franchise I have actual fond memories of, though that was mostly mechanics in a reasonably competent story (at least until Academy which was good mechanics in a generally mediocre story). Played various others and enjoyed them well enough but nothing to note on the story front (even KOTOR). I will say though that none of the star wars games have I ever been "whoo I am a Jedi, xwing pilot,...." where I might well have been "whoo I am James Bond" or even mission impossible guy on N64 mission impossible. If we ever bashed lightsabers together as kids I was just sword fighting rather than playing jedi and I would bet on the others doing the same thing, or if you prefer I feel no compulsion to make a whoozssz sound if I am swinging a glowing stick.

If I must do video then the cartoon network short series from 2003 or so. Never read any of the comics, books or the like.

That I am curious to see what will happen to it now as an item of geek culture. Prior to this recent batch then it was noted that when the "have you seen star wars?" question was asked at comic/game/sci fi/other nerdy shit conferences (so a fairly self selected and primed crowd) that many under about 24 (this being in the late 2000s and early to mid 2010s) had never seen any of them or indeed had no real idea of them beyond the name.

 

[Chary]

For a series that only had two good movies (imo) Star Wars sure has hung around for a while. The prequels had fun moments but were kind of a slog overall, and these new ones are a bore.

 

[banjo2]

Probably just my nostalgia (I saw 1999 before 1977), but I chose the third option. 1977 is better as movies, but, I find 1999 to be more entertaining, especially RotS. AotC is kind of a fever dream in some places though, RotS is definitely the best out of the three.

2015 is just kinda "there" to me, not much stands out as great. Not unwatchable or anything like that, but I feel like they could've done more.

 

[Hardline]

1980 Empire strikes back have you miss Costello,its the best movie or i miss the point hmm

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I chose the first, since I liked the first two trilogies, but the newer movies are hot garbage so I wouldn't even consider them to watch.