Star Wars did not ruin movies. Not even close.
Star Wars has a plot. A simple plot but a plot.
Star Wars is not wall to wall action.
Star Wars was not filled with explosions. When something exploded, it was rational and advanced the story, not gratuitous for its own sake. Oh, the action was phenomenal, but it was not gratuitious like modern movies where the wall to wall action supercedes any written plot or dialogue.
The Star Wars dialogue was wonderful. The the theme of a guiding force binding all humanity when used, and threatening all humanity when abused, is based on universal human themes.
Today you have gratuitous violence, an explosion every 5 minutes, CGI dominating the budged, writers are non existent at least good ones, plots don’t matter.
I have no clue why the spoiled young brats running the studios have ruined movies over the past 20 years. They have no clue how to make a good movie. Almost nothing that has come out since 2000 could be considered a classic in any way shape or form.
Once in a while a fabulous movie sneaks out and it is brilliantly noteworthy as the exception to the rule.
Young spoiled brat hollywood liberals spewing PC and having no clue how to tell a story or even how to recognize a good story, with no conception of what constitutes true human drama and conflict — that is what ruined movies.
Not Star Wars.
Speaking of which, the Disney installment is simply unwatchable. I will not watch the Last Jedi or any other Star Wars movie as long as Disney is making them. They have compounded what Lucas started with Jar Jar Binks and finished destroying the franchise.
A Pox on all their ilk.
I love the original Star Wars trilogy. A lot of modern blockbusters likely wouldn’t have been possible without them. That’s what I meant by the article. But the original Star Wars was great.