Please, stop bashing Lucas and enjoy the movie(s)!

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2005)

I saw the movie this afternoon and, wondering what people were thinking of it, I just give a quick look at the various comments already entered on the IMDb site. I liked the movie and I am therefore glad that most comments are positive. But quite an important number of viewers apparently felt VERY dissatisfied with the movie. My own comment is as much a reaction to these negative opinions as to the movie itself.
I love the original trilogy. I love Episode I, I like Episode II, whose main defect to me is simply the very cheesy special effects (wrong perspective, ...) and I love Episode III. The CGI seems even better than in Episode I, the music is near "perfect" and most of the acting is great (my favorites: Ewan mac Gregor, Ian Mac Darmid and Samuel L. Jackson, of course). And, despite what many people say, the script is VERY well conceived.
The movie has naturally its weak points, but which work has not? Examples of weak points: rushed last 30 minutes, which would deserve some additional 15 minutes (part of them existed, by the way, but it was apparently cut in post-production) and some apparent inconsistencies with Episode VI (and V?), at least in the present form of the OT.
And now to the negative comments. The only people I know personally who have been dissatisfied with the Prequel Trilogy are people who saw the Original Trilogy in the theaters some 25 years ago, transformed it into godlike art by their own childhood (or adulthood) fantasies and who dislike the new movies simply because they are different from the older ones and/or clash with everything these viewers have added to the OT out of their own imaginations.
I just want to ask now: Has ANY of these "disappointed" viewers ever really created anything? Has ANY of them even the slightest idea of what it takes to create out of NOTHING anything even remotely similar to a movie, let alone two trilogies? I seriously doubt so. What Lucas has done is to me quite extraordinary; it is not perfect, but nothing real is. I am not saying the Star Wars movies are the best representatives of the art of cinema, "Sword of doom" is for example a far more artistic movie about a character going on the path of the so-called dark side.(And, by the way, why does not anyone comment on the many similarities between Sword of Doom and Episode III? ). But come on, respect and try to enjoy other people's work! And, naturally, do take the time to meditate on the logic of all 6 movies. It's worth it.
If you violently disagree with my comments, please, forget them, as you might want to forget the PT, and live happy with the movies you love.
A last precision: No, I do not work for Lucas Film and I am in NO way connected with anyone involved in making this or another Star Wars movie!
Peace my friends!