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Originally Posted by zapppop
I never said the acting should be bad in an action movie but the performances in the original trilogy didn't exactly win any oscars either. Frankly, I got bored at time during ESB and ROTJ.
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Really ... go re-watch Return of the Jedi if you want to see a Star Wars movie where all the story is talking heads and the action is simply pasted on.
Don't get me started on Empire Strikes Back, which is one of the worst movies ever made - and I believe the most overrated film in all of history.
Yes, for all the reasons CP said, Attack of the Clones is a bad, bad movie. I think the only reason I enjoyed myself during it was that it wasn't nearly as bad as The Phantom Menace. (Come to think of it, that's the reason I liked Return of the Jedi, too; not as terrible as the previous episode).
I put all the blame for the craptacular prequels on Mr. Lucas. There is no story being told. The precious backstory that does not deserve its own film series is being presented in an absent way which demonstrates why character's backstories are not actually told in films - they are merely backstories. As CP so clearly pointed out, the execution is horrible. Bad script, bad directing, bad ideas - only the production design itself has minor merit. He's even to blame for the terrible acting. Check out other works by CH and NP, subsequent to their Star Wars stuff: they are both fine actors. Star Wars reduces them to crap. (Natalie and Hayden's stints as the worst actors in Star Wars films is a quite a feat, come to think of it.)
At this point, I'm just in it for the pretty visuals and cool sound effects. I want the prequels to end, and I will be happy watching them end. For someone who has been a Star Wars fan for most of his life, I really don't think much of the movies themselves (except for the original, which was a bona fide brilliant film). It's a case of the sum being lesser than the whole of its parts. The films suck, but so many individual elements are so much fun.
Most of all, I'm in it for the Lining Up. The films may be two hours of either horrific torture or mild relief, but the weeks I spend lining up for Star Wars are always some of the most fun weeks of my life. That the prequels are bad is almost besides the point to me.