Everyone is judging this film before it is even released!
I can't believe the preconceived notions that people have about this film.
I saw the first Star Wars when I was four with my father, he took me at least six times to see that movie. Not once did I hear, "Oh no, you want to see Star Wars again..." Star Wars is not a movie for kids.
The Star Wars movies appeal to the wonder in all of us, kids just happen to have a little more of that than adults.
Release your preconceptions and see this movie with an open mind, let yourself enjoy it for what it is, not what you think it should be!
Just try to go and see it with an open mind people
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If you go in there expecting the second coming then obviously you are going to be disappointed.
Lucas can never measure up to fifteen+ years of expectations in a two hour film! Just take it for what it is.
I'm hoping that it is a good addition to the originals, from what I am hearing in those reviews it is. Since most people have built up expectations of this movie you will inevitably have them judging it against those expectations.
Admittedly I had no expectations of the Matrix and I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm hoping to go and see the movie with people that aren't so hyped up that they are about to explode, because I know that those are the people that are going to be disappointed.
Empty your mind of preconceptions and see this movie.
Also, I thought Star Wars was the best of them all
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I always liked Star Wars the original better than either Empire or Jedi. Empire is a close second, with Jedi bringing up the rear by far.
This is a letter that I sent a while back in response to the "Report Card" on the video game industry. I thought it was applicable here. Sorry if it is a little long.
To whom it may concern,
The purpose of this message is to try and break through some of the fallacies involved with the analysis of the video game industry as one of the causes of violence and violent incidents in young people and teens. This "Report Card" can be viewed at http://www.mediaandthefamily.org/1998vgrc1.html
The proponents of the Report Card on the video game industry argue that the violence portrayed in video games, which children and teens can be subjected to, is one of the main reasons for violence from these groups. This argument has been used many times in the past to explain away the failings of parents and parental figures to instill in their children the proper morals and respect for individuals. The culprits have changed over the years though, in the past the blame was laid upon role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons and musical influences such as Heavy Metal (Judas Priest etc).
Once again the blame falls on entertainment media for the failings of parents in raising their children. Let me ask you this. Do inner city kids have these video games? Is there gang warfare and violence? Yes! Where are all the video games? Somehow it is assumed that when violence occurs in middle and upper middle class sectors of our society that someone or something other than the parents and parental figures must be to blame!
How is it that inner city parents are to blame for the acts of their children, but when it comes to the middle class it is something else?
Senator Lieberman is especially guilty for perpetrating this fallacy with this statement.
"How many more brutal killings must be committed by kids barely old enough to shave before we confront this connection?"
Confront what connection Senator? That parents can't be bothered to pay attention to their own children long enough to know that they have developed tendencies towards violence and murder? Do you honestly think that playing a video game will cause a person to commit violent acts? That the hatred, apathy and lack of respect for life that causes people to commit murder is instilled in a child by a video game? It takes years of neglect and/or abuse to create such a person. Did the parents of the children that committed these acts honestly know their children? I can tell you that my parents knew me like a book when I was a child! I knew what was right and what was wrong from a very early age because they were there to tell me! Where were the parents of these children, what were they telling their children? Do you honestly believe that a video game has more of an influence on a child than their own parents? The parents of these children would have had to be non-existant for this to be the case.
If a parent can't be bothered to find out what a child is doing on a computer or while they are playing a video game then maybe they should not have had children! Learning for the sake of the child is the parent's responsibility! Educating the child is the parent's responsibility not the entertainment industry's!
I have played video games since their very inception including the very latest (including several on your list) and I can tell you from first hand experience that it never once occurred to me to commit violent acts based upon what I have experienced. Can the Senators involved in this say the same? Have you ever once played any of these games from an unbiased perspective, or at all? This is entertainment, not life! What children experience in life, in reality, is what shapes their minds and hearts!
Please, don't make excuses for bad parents. You are doing a disservice to the children and to current and future parents with your messages.
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Everyone is judging this film before it is even released!
I can't believe the preconceived notions that people have about this film.
I saw the first Star Wars when I was four with my father, he took me at least six times to see that movie. Not once did I hear, "Oh no, you want to see Star Wars again..." Star Wars is not a movie for kids.
The Star Wars movies appeal to the wonder in all of us, kids just happen to have a little more of that than adults.
Release your preconceptions and see this movie with an open mind, let yourself enjoy it for what it is, not what you think it should be!
If you go in there expecting the second coming then obviously you are going to be disappointed.
Lucas can never measure up to fifteen+ years of expectations in a two hour film! Just take it for what it is.
I'm hoping that it is a good addition to the originals, from what I am hearing in those reviews it is. Since most people have built up expectations of this movie you will inevitably have them judging it against those expectations.
Admittedly I had no expectations of the Matrix and I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm hoping to go and see the movie with people that aren't so hyped up that they are about to explode, because I know that those are the people that are going to be disappointed.
Empty your mind of preconceptions and see this movie.
I always liked Star Wars the original better than
either Empire or Jedi. Empire is a close second, with Jedi bringing up the rear by far.
I see people spell that name wrong everytime. Even in real publications?
Is it that hard?
You mean Episodes IV, V, and VI. As that was what, Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi were.
This is a letter that I sent a while back in response to the "Report Card" on the video game industry. I thought it was applicable here. Sorry if it is a little long.
To whom it may concern,
The purpose of this message is to try and break through some of the fallacies involved with the analysis of the video game industry as one of the causes of violence and violent incidents in young people and teens. This "Report Card" can be viewed at http://www.mediaandthefamily.org/1998vgrc1.html
The proponents of the Report Card on the video game industry argue that the violence portrayed in video games, which children and teens can be subjected to, is one of the main reasons for violence from these groups. This argument has been used many times in the past to explain away the failings of parents and parental figures to instill in their children the proper morals and respect for individuals. The culprits have changed over the years though, in the past the blame was laid upon role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons and musical influences such as Heavy Metal (Judas Priest etc).
Once again the blame falls on entertainment media for the failings of parents in raising their children. Let me ask you this. Do inner city kids have these video games? Is there gang warfare and violence? Yes! Where are all the video games? Somehow it is assumed that when violence occurs in middle and upper middle class sectors of our society that someone or something other than the parents and parental figures must be to blame!
How is it that inner city parents are to blame for the acts of their children, but when it comes to the middle class it is something else?
Senator Lieberman is especially guilty for perpetrating this fallacy with this statement.
"How many more brutal killings must be committed by kids barely old enough to shave before we confront this connection?"
Confront what connection Senator? That parents can't be bothered to pay attention to their own children long enough to know that they have developed tendencies towards violence and murder? Do you honestly think that playing a video game will cause a person to commit violent acts? That the hatred, apathy and lack of respect for life that causes people to commit murder is instilled in a child by a video game? It takes years of neglect and/or abuse to create such a person. Did the parents of the children that committed these acts honestly know their children? I can tell you that my parents knew me like a book when I was a child! I knew what was right and what was wrong from a very early age because they were there to tell me! Where were the parents of these children, what were they telling their children? Do you honestly believe that a video game has more of an influence on a child than their own parents? The parents of these children would have had to be non-existant for this to be the case.
If a parent can't be bothered to find out what a child is doing on a computer or while they are playing a video game then maybe they should not have had children! Learning for the sake of the child is the parent's responsibility! Educating the child is the parent's responsibility not the entertainment industry's!
I have played video games since their very inception including the very latest (including several on your list) and I can tell you from first hand experience that it never once occurred to me to commit violent acts based upon what I have experienced. Can the Senators involved in this say the same? Have you ever once played any of these games from an unbiased perspective, or at all? This is entertainment, not life! What children experience in life, in reality, is what shapes their minds and hearts!
Please, don't make excuses for bad parents. You are doing a disservice to the children and to current and future parents with your messages.
I did and it just makes me want to see this movie that much more!!!
I thought I could not be any more excited to see this movie!!
I was definitely wrong!
I can't understand why anyone thinks this movie could in any way suck.
When am I going to see a Quake 2 timedemo on this thing?