Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Episodes 1-3) (6 Discs)

Well? What do YOU expect? If you are in your 30's and are expecting these films to match the originals, you are going to be dissapointed. Not because (despite what many narrow minded reviewers claim) they don't, but because you are not that little kid anymore, and your expectations are WAAAY too high! Nothing will match the feeling of seeing the original trilogy as a kid. The fact is, this new trilogy is as good as the original, it's just that we have moved on - my 11 year old son thinks these are the absolute bee's knees, and that is after all the target audience - and it always has been. Yes Episode III is the darkest of the lot (arguably even more so than Empire...) but given the subject matter that is hardly surprising. The films are beautifully shot, the effects groundbreaking (and yes like many others I missed the practical effects - it gave the original trilogy so much charm.... but times have changed people!), the musical scores breathtaking - it's just that we aren't… more »

Well? What do YOU expect? If you are in your 30's and are expecting these films to match the originals, you are going to be dissapointed. Not because (despite what many narrow minded reviewers claim) they don't, but because you are not that little kid anymore, and your expectations are WAAAY too high! Nothing will match the feeling of seeing the original trilogy as a kid. The fact is, this new trilogy is as good as the original, it's just that we have moved on - my 11 year old son thinks these are the absolute bee's knees, and that is after all the target audience - and it always has been. Yes Episode III is the darkest of the lot (arguably even more so than Empire...) but given the subject matter that is hardly surprising. The films are beautifully shot, the effects groundbreaking (and yes like many others I missed the practical effects - it gave the original trilogy so much charm.... but times have changed people!), the musical scores breathtaking - it's just that we aren't children any more! Give Lucas a break. We have grown up. Now lets start acting like it.

Lets start this with Im only giving this 3 stars for episode 3 and the fact me being a big star wars fan and when I found out the prequels were being made I was so excited. Thats where the happy moments ended went to see ep1 and the only thing that stopped me walking out of the cinema was that it was star wars what a load of tripe the appauling acting and the shoddy plot just made me angry its only saving grace was liam neeson being the only good actor and he was great by the way and the pod race.
Ep2 I didnt think they could make a film worse than ep1but low and behold they did the acting, well i may as well have got my old toys out and acted it out with them it was cringingly bad a perfect example of sfx over story poor.
Ep3 was a breath of fresh air!!! George Lucas took every one to acting class and the story finally drawed me in do yourself a favour buy Ep3 cos it tells you everything you need to know about the old movies without making you want to kill yourself watchin… more »

Lets start this with Im only giving this 3 stars for episode 3 and the fact me being a big star wars fan and when I found out the prequels were being made I was so excited. Thats where the happy moments ended went to see ep1 and the only thing that stopped me walking out of the cinema was that it was star wars what a load of tripe the appauling acting and the shoddy plot just made me angry its only saving grace was liam neeson being the only good actor and he was great by the way and the pod race.
Ep2 I didnt think they could make a film worse than ep1but low and behold they did the acting, well i may as well have got my old toys out and acted it out with them it was cringingly bad a perfect example of sfx over story poor.
Ep3 was a breath of fresh air!!! George Lucas took every one to acting class and the story finally drawed me in do yourself a favour buy Ep3 cos it tells you everything you need to know about the old movies without making you want to kill yourself watchin the other 2 SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!