Christ, yeah. For such a big budget blockbuster, so much of it felt cheap and slapdash. It’s like someone was exposed to the Vince Gilligan discography and told “Do exactly the opposite of this”.
The cinematography was such a critical part of the OS and even the Prequels. Big splashy set pieces where everything had this history and character that felt like - if the camera was focused a in a slightly different direction - you could have filmed a completely separate movie off the extras alone. It’s so much of what made guys like Lucas and Spielberg a cut above. I can’t even blame Lucas for falling up his own asshole. He just needed someone to slap the coke out of his nose and reset to the original vision. A shame Carrie Fisher wasn’t allowed to script-doctor the other films (and jump in for a few cameos). After she stepped behind the camera, she was the hidden hand behind so many good movies (the OG Austin Powers was a big one).
Christ, yeah. For such a big budget blockbuster, so much of it felt cheap and slapdash. It’s like someone was exposed to the Vince Gilligan discography and told “Do exactly the opposite of this”.
The cinematography was such a critical part of the OS and even the Prequels. Big splashy set pieces where everything had this history and character that felt like - if the camera was focused a in a slightly different direction - you could have filmed a completely separate movie off the extras alone. It’s so much of what made guys like Lucas and Spielberg a cut above. I can’t even blame Lucas for falling up his own asshole. He just needed someone to slap the coke out of his nose and reset to the original vision. A shame Carrie Fisher wasn’t allowed to script-doctor the other films (and jump in for a few cameos). After she stepped behind the camera, she was the hidden hand behind so many good movies (the OG Austin Powers was a big one).