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Originally Posted by Nate the Great
So I've been watching a lot of reaction videos to "Epic Rap Battles of History: Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker " recently, and in one verse Harry says that the Star Wars franchise only has two decent movies...
PNQ: Do you agree with this statement?
Because for me there are four good movies: the original trilogy and Rogue One.
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The first three movies are all good, although I'm not old enough to resent Lucas following up ESB with Ewoks.
Never watched II and III all the way through so can't speak to them. I think TPM isn't that far off from being genuinely good. Tone this and that down and murder that two-headed announcer who turned podracing into NASCAR In Space and it would be much better.
Rogue One doesn't do it for me as much as it seems to for others. But I've only watched it once. The villain is a weak point for me. He's just kind of there. I've noticed this elsewhere, where the villain correlates strongly with how much I like the movie or the book.
You can argue about whether Solo should exist but it's a perfectly fine movie.
I like the sequel trilogy. TFA is a competent play-it-safe movie, TLJ has a couple of key flaws but otherwise held up for me last time I watched, TROS is a great "cheesy movie you laugh and throw popcorn at" experience. You can list the flaws of the trilogy as a whole but I'm taking each movie on its own.
Have not seen hide or hair of the Ewok movies in decades so can't speak to them. But the boy being trapped under the water was effective when I was little.
Great movies? Maybe only two. It's understandable if you feel none of the others meet the standard of III and IV. Decent movies? Plenty of them. Movies as good as the Potter franchise? Plenty of them.