Commenting on SW movies is tricky business. For many, SW films are akin to some treasured relic or religious icon. Nobody should ever criticize a SW film in their view since the films are above reproach. (4,5,6 primarily)
Since this is an audio forum, I can draw the analogy to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. DSM charted on the album charts for 17 YEARS, not some mere matter of weeks. It has reached iconic/religious status for many. Criticism of any aspect of DSM will draw the ire of many a Pink Floyd fan.
If you lived the first year of SW 4, you saw movie magic at its best. If you caught DSM when it came out you got to live audio magic in much the same way. What about all those folks born long after the original magic? That's where I think a genuine divide occurs and room for criticism should be allowed.
For those who lived it the first time (like me) SW 4,5,6 are in a special category because of all the context and life stuff they are attached to. Same with DSM: the context of living it as "new" enriches the experience for me. For those born long after, they are just films and a record like so many other films and records our parents got a big kick out of.
I remember my mother going bonkers over movies and records and when I watched them it was more like "meh". For a SW fan (I'm in that camp of 4,5,6 were outstanding and the rest up for grabs) we are going to wake up someday soon and have a grandchild, niece or nephew ask us "WTF is Star Wars?" I've already had it happen for "WTF were the Beatles?"
