Posted by Jim Beaver on 07/21/07 22:18

"moviePig" <pwallace@moviepig.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 21, 7:42 am, "Jim Beaver" <jumble...@prodigy.spam> wrote:
>> "Dave" <dap...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>
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>>
>> > Compared to any other ones you also dislike, what 1 or 2 (live action
>> > or animated)
>> > film franchises do you regard as the most overrated one/s and please
>> > say why, for each one mentioned.
>>
>> STAR WARS. I saw the first three when they came out and was increasingly
>> bewildered by what audiences could find to like in them beyond a certain
>> (initial) fun with the special effects. Years later, I went back and saw
>> a
>> couple of them again and wondered why I had not hated them any more in
>> the
>> first place. I cannot bring myself to see the new batch. While there
>> are a
>> couple of Gene Autry movies I've enjoyed less, there are no Roy Rogers
>> movies I've enjoyed less.
>
> Imo, the first SW was indeed "initial fun" (with special effects)...
> but, thereafter, we were asked to care, which was an intergalactic sea-
> change...
>
> Meanwhile, though, if you're able to compare kids' movies (like Roy's
> and Gene's) watched at a single-digit age with those from 20-and-up,
> then you're a better man than I am Gunga Din (Charlie Brown, etc.)...

Who said I saw Roy's and Gene's movies as a kid? I didn't. I saw Roy's TV
show as a kid, but not the movies. I saw the Rogers and Autry films
contemporaneously with the Lucas movies, more or less. I try to be pretty
careful in my comparisons. I.E., I didn't compare Star Wars unfavorably to
High School Confidential, which I've only seen as a single digiter. That
wouldn't be fair. ;-)

Jim Beaver

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