Nostalgia or Actually Bad?

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2014)

Everybody that hates on this film always cites their reasoning as someone that grew up with the originals. But have we not heard the one that grew up on Episode I? (And IV, V, and VI) No they only liked it because they didn't know any better! They were kids they were stupid! It had no storyline! Granted, I have seen Red Letter Media and many others and I actually agree with their points. But there's one thing I would like to say to them. Episode I influenced me to be a writer. It can be told as a short story actually. I would run around with my toy lightsaber pretending to beat up battle droids and my mother would ask me, "Jimmy, do you want to be a Jedi when you grow up?" and I said, "No, Mommy, I want to be the guy that writes the stories." I'd learn new things and words from my mother explaining what was going on. The simple beginning where they just dash through the droids, the pod race was a favorite, as was the epic dual at the end. The sad truth is that you don't feel that way once you're older. You notice flaws and become more aware of the story. Look at it this way, every generation has their own thing. You had the original Star Wars, your fathers had the old westerns, their fathers had classic literature. The generation before doesn't get or like the next one. The reality is that they're all stories. Whichever one influenced you doesn't matter cause all good ideas come from somewhere. I was four years old when I said that I wanted to write. I'm eighteen now and that hope has never for a single moment left me. Cherish that, George Lucas.