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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Most disappointing films.
Date: 17 Feb 2025 23:26:26 GMT
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In article <f0dc1e8c-b338-1261-cf4d-5ff6d5f503e4@example.net>,
D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>
>On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, William Hyde wrote:
>
>> In a conversation the other day I came up with a list of these, and to my 
>> surprise they were all SF/F.
>>
>> (1) The Return of the Jedi
>>
>> (2) The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi version)
>>
>> (3) Dune (Lynch version).
>>
>> Not that I haven't seen far worse movies, but in each of these cases I was 
>> expecting something better.
>>
>> Of course other people may have different lists.  And I did like Dune 
>> somewhat more the second time I saw it.
>>
>> William Hyde
>
>I agree with Dune. LOTR (b) I saw when I was 12, haven't seen it since, so 
>cannot say. I like 1. On my list are all the new star wars movies. 
>Absolutely horrible! They should have let the original 3 stand, and not 
>produce prequels that dishonored the memory of hte original. =(

Rogue One is pretty good.

I actually quite enjoyed TFA, but then I didn't believe Han was
actually dead (I was pretty sure that with the big build-up on Maz,
her connection with the Force and having gotten a light saber
possibly through teleportational menas that she was going to pull
some mojo that would be revealed later.  TMF me.)
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