Mania.com recently posted a list of six films that, in their opinion, did not live up to their hype. Of course, The Phantom Menace made the list and even the most die hard fans would agree that the film was accompanied by a certain hype, the like we still have not seen again.
There was no way that film could have ever lived up to the hype but it fared well at the box office regardless and set the tone for what most feel is a lackluster trilogy, compared to the original three. I personally enjoyed the prequels but admit that they haven’t aged well with me, Episode III being the best of the bunch. In retrospect, I do feel Lucas went a little too far back and there probably was no need to show Anakin at 9 doing all those things he did. I don’t make the movies, however, and I digress.
The list also contains the last Indiana Jones flick which I enjoyed but thought had a less “organic” feel to it, for lack of a better term. I’m pretty much in agreement with the rest of their choices as well.
I did notice that they implied that “Episode IV” was part of the opening scroll in 1977. Of course, this is not true and a common journalistic error.
