The Lord of the Rings vs Star Wars

Atavachron wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Nope. George Lucas actually had little to do with the original trilogy by the end of it. He had the original idea, but a lot of his ideas had to be taken out or changed by better writers and directors than him. We're talking about the man responsible for the prequel trilogies and Howard the Duck. George Lucas had a great imagination, but little skill. He was tempered by some good writers and a great director. Fair enough but he also gave us American Graffiti, THX 1138, and wrote most if not all of Episode 4; If you're gonna knock him you might as well credit him where he's due. And Spielberg sucks eggs.  He hasn't done anything good since Close Encounters and his best film was probably Duel  forty-three years ago.

True about George Lucas. Maybe I went a bit far trying to prove my point about Lucas' hand in SW. But Spielberg is better than Peter Jackson at the very least. To Kubrick he does not compare, obviously.


Edited by Polymorphia - December 08 2014 at 20:34

Star Wars

Polymorphia wrote: Nope. George Lucas actually had little to do with the original trilogy by the end of it. He had the original idea, but a lot of his ideas had to be taken out or changed by better writers and directors than him. We're talking about the man responsible for the prequel trilogies and Howard the Duck. George Lucas had a great imagination, but little skill. He was tempered by some good writers and a great director.

Fair enough but he also gave us American Graffiti, THX 1138, and wrote most if not all of Episode 4; If you're gonna knock him you might as well credit him where he's due.

And Spielberg sucks eggs.  He hasn't done anything good since Close Encounters and his best film was probably Duel  forty-three years ago.





Edited by Atavachron - December 08 2014 at 00:10

Lord of the Rings, hands down.

Nope. George Lucas actually had little to do with the original trilogy by the end of it. He had the original idea, but a lot of his ideas had to be taken out or changed by better writers and directors than him. We're talking about the man responsible for the prequel trilogies and Howard the Duck. George Lucas had a great imagination, but little skill. He was tempered by some good writers and a great director.

If we were simply comparing directors, Spielberg is way way better than Jackson. But. LoTR has the benefit of awesome source material and more or less sticks to the source material. Not to mention, Jackson's special effects back then weren't the high-budget horror they are today.

It's like confronting two different generations, for me obviously Star Wars by a light-year.

TLotR

Lord of the Rings.