adambatman82
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ORIGINAL: adambatman82 Ill-informed? How so? (I haven't heard it, but unless Kermode hasn't actually seen the film then I fail to see how it could be "uninformed") stuck on the idea that ep 1 begins with backstory? all the SW films begin this way. That doesn't really amount to him being "ill-informed" tho, but simply that he has an opinion on the content of the film under scrutiny (after all, he is a film reviewer, reviewing the film in question). I don't really understand your criticism that he's "stuck on the idea that ep 1 begins with backstory", as that (backstory) is an accurate evaluation of what Episode 1 actually is. As a fan of the film I have to say that I am inclined to agree with him, and I think you seem to be missing his point - the backstory of the film goes back too far (he isn't talking about the immediate opening moments of the film, the scroll, which is what you seem to be implying his complaint is with [as per your "all the SW films begin this way" remark]). I would rather have seen three films temporally connected in the same way that the original trilogy are, with a matter of wells/months before each film, as opposed to the way in which TPM is set over a decade before CLONES. As a result the prequel trilogy have a feeling of disconnection that we don't get with the original trilogy. In short, there is far too much backstory, in the sense that it brings in information that isn't particularly exciting/useful. Save the trade embargoes for the expanded universe.
< Message edited by adambatman82 -- 12/2/2012 11:56:09 AM >
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