DAVID ARNOLD

Yeah, I think the design work is fantastic. I love the retro look of the ships and the gradual evolution toward the style of the old films as the films progress, particularly the large triangular ships in the opening battle scene in the third film. The silver transport ship in The Phantom Menace is a thing of beauty.

When used correctly... yes! Like Ralph and Steven pointed out the design work is exemplary. Some of the birds-eye views of Coruscant are breathtaking. It's the over use of the technology that's off putting.

-Erik-

I didn't say that, I said I like the design. But then again I have nothing against the CGI, there's some excellent shots in the prequels. I just don't like the use of the CGI, that's the issue here (particularly the backdrops which look fine in their own right, but their use looks so fake). Why not just build a set? It's more convincing, it's more believable and therefore gets the audience caring more. It's like watching an extended cut-scene to a game that you can't play.

Edit: I do think The Phantom Menace had the best use of CGI out of all three, even though it's still a poorly made film. There were still some miniatures used, and there seemed to be more actual sets used. It's the other two where things got really stupid.

And don't even get me started on CGI Yoda.

Absolute bollocks. The CGI sets in Space Fights are horrible.

Give me the inside of the Millenium Falcon any day.

sigh

I hope David Arnold will score the new Narnia and will not get replaced at the last moment because his score is too "old-fashioned," causing David Buckley to be brought in to rehash the first score by reversing the notes of one of the themes and calling it the villain's theme...

oh wait...Harry already did that

Maybe not, but you have remember that the first were...well, the first. They paved new ground (in a retro way). Sequels can rarely compete with that.

I still think nostalgia is a HUGE reason for why the prequels are dismissed by people who grew up with the old ones. Not the only reason (as I said, the films have their shortcomings), but far more than any other. As such, they are quite underrated.

I would say the opposite - that they are pretty good films as a whole, but that there are certain elements that don't work so well.

I don't know. I'm thinking that David's already composed a few tracks here and there.

I should really check his twitter account and ask him a few Qs.

The comment about David Arnold's score being old-fashioned is remembering situations like Troy and the Wolfman and other such absurd rejections. The David Buckley part is because he is one of HGW's assistants and it would be ironic if they called him in because Harry was too busy and/or bored with the franchise to score it, as they do with Zimmer and his assistants. And the reversal of themes part was based on the comment by Harry that he created Miraz's theme for Prince Caspian by reversing the notes of the children's theme from the first movie. Harry said this in his interview as if it was clever and ingenious, but it comes across as just lazy to me, given that the theme is completely devoid of personality or feeling...maybe that's the script's fault too, but its the composer's job to inject emotion where it is lacking in the script!

It wasn't a joke so much as an outburst of bitter cynical sarcasm

I love how the bootleg artwork looks better than LaLaLand's artwork.

I disagree. I don't like either artwork and the blue one looks crappy.

...and I forgot to add that neither of them is good.

I read over at FSM that due to copyright issues with the studios (about the film's images), LLL had access to only a very limited number of images which they could use for the cover art.