Quote Originally Posted by Hobbit View Post
Look at 2001 again. All of the spaceships either appear stationary or move in a straight line. The largest special effects breakthrough of Star Wars way making spaceships that had full range of motion in all 3 dimensions.
I made that point earlier, but my contention was that it was simply a sci fi movie with better special effects, it looks much more realistic and much more like you are in space, I didn't say they were more advanced... and that movie does look better, and aside from some nifty flying manuevers and lightsabers it has superior looking special effects, which within the movie is all it needs...

it's just the biggest difference between me and the general movie going public, I don't care how groundbreaking you are if the movie sucks the movie sucks, and in the case of star wars it was just alright, but nothing special... I don't kiss the boots of the makers of pearl harbor because the explosions looked nice, because the movie sucked, I'd much rather watch a talented director doing a space adventure flick with stick figures using stop-motion than watch let's say battlestar galactica... but thats just me, and it doesn't mean I'm an independent film snob, I just think less is more if you aren't going to make a quality movie with that more, and the quality is simply a matter of opinion.