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XIII_rocks posted...

TLJ and TFA are like, fairly well-acted and visually on a level way way beyond 3. TLJ is also a more surprising watch (inevitably since 3 is a prequel) and has better dialogue. It's really not close to me, the ST are just better-made movies. That's before we even get into how badly 3's CGI has aged (like the entire PT) and how all three of the prequels would be utterly ripped to shreds if held to the exacting, precise standards to which TFA and TLJ have been held. Every line of dialogue in those two movies are used as sticks to beat them with, whereas the prequel trilogy, including 3, are drowning in bad lines, bad writing and bad effects at every turn.

I would say TLJ and TFA are better acted but worse written. Good acting can only help bad writing so much. Also RotS is poorly acted in an enjoyable kinda way, whereas TFA and TLJ are "well acted" in a way that puts them as basically diet variations of your typical blockbusters. Yeah there's some cute banter in there but I have like 50 Marvel movies that do that way better. RotS which is just a more distinctive experience. I feel like I'd be losing something if I hadn't seen RotS, whereas TFA and TLJ are just run of the mill blockbuster action movies that don't really do much of note whatsoever.

Also don't really think TLJ is a more "surprising watch" for whatever that actually means-- no meaningful expectations are really subverted in that movie. Little details were different but as far as the direction of the overarching plot nothing particularly unexpected happened.
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