Re: Star Wars Episode VII
Im sorry, some people may have issues with Abrams (Mainly due to personal nostalgia factor, and some asinine cosmetic issues like lens flare) but the guy definitely knows how to direct, has that 1970's film making style, and all his films thus far have been successful financially, among the mainstream movie populace, and among critics.
Then there's the fact that Michael Arndt is writing (Toy story 3- Probably the one Toy story installment with the most heart and emotional pull of any of the TS films), and Lawrence Kasdan is on board.....Then we have Kathleen kennedy hand picking Abrams.
Sorry, but everything about the new SW is looking good.
Not to pee-pee on your parade, but:
1) He definetly does NOT have a '70s style. He shoots and edits like a hyperactive toddler. He loves 'shakey-cam' far too much, almost as much as Bay it seems. ST to me anyways, demonstrates no ability create a geography for any sequence that remains coherrant. Contrarily, a seventies style would, to me, suggest long takes, deliberate pacing, and editing in a way that one could coherrantly follow an action sequence. See also 'GEORGE LUCAS PREQUEL TRILOGY".
2)His films have been commercial successes, not universally critical successes. Utterly. Meaningless. So was Twilight. So was TPM for that matter. Cloverfield? Super8?
3)Arndt? Don't really understand the love for this guy. TS3 was a retread, covering the EXACT same emotional ground that TS2 did, just less interestingly. Yes, he delivers a master class on why SW is a perfect script/perfect ending, but he has yet to demonstrate any ability to put that into practice in any satisfying way.
4)Kasdan...well, from the recent press release it sounds like Kasdan is basically being paid a chunk of cash to attach his name as a 'consultant' - he's not writing. So what does this mean? Well, Kasdan 'consulted' on Marion's character and dialogue during the final script of KotCS. Yeah....
5)KK's choice. Well, she may simply be looking for a name that won't draw shrugs from people, sees a track record of reinvigorating a franchise that's lost its lustre, and it seems like she got turned down by
everyone else who was asked. Why is the head of LFL having to ask anyone "Please direct Star Wars."?
Look, I'm not saying there's no way this will be decent, I'm just not getting the confidence some people are espousing in its infalibility...or, "unsinkable-ness" if you will.