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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Although i haven't seen The Last Jedi i do think for me it will have the same problems The Force Awakens did and to a lesser extent Rogue One.
The original trilogy story lines were fairly linear. The action took place largely in three places for each film - Tatooine, The Death Star, space (battle) - Hoth, Dagobah, Bespin - Tatooine, Endor, Death Star.
These new films are all over the place. jumping from planet to planet and escapade to escapade. Just stop. Take a look at things, let your characters develop. Slow down. And see what made the original films so popular.
Damn. Even the prequel films worked that out, even if you didn't like characters such as Anakin. |
That's about right. When a film like this keeps jumping all over the flipping place, you instinctively know that the plot went out the window from the beginning. On a techinical level The Last Jedi looks superb. I think Dem you've observed right. The original films allowed the auidence time to take in each character and you actually felt fully invested in the storyline. A good, solid fluidity flowed through The Empire Strikes Back. The story wasn't pushed to the background, and the visual effects aided the story rather than being the dominate force, excuse the pun. It's a difficult feet to achieve today, especially when the audience expects thrills every 2 mins in the film itself. They expect everything delivered quickly and without the notion of thought. Solid character development seems to have gone out of the window. It's very much a reductionist vision today of what went before.
Is the art of great storytelling dead?