"George Lucas on How His New Film Is Like Star Wars for Girls" Topic

"George Lucas has three daughters. Like any loving father, he wanted to make them a movie; unlike many other fathers, he could do something about it. When he first started thinking about the prospect 15 years ago, he knew two things for sure: he wanted to tell a story about love, and he wanted it to be a fairy tale. "One of the funniest love stories I've ever seen is A Midsummer Night's Dream," he says. Inspired by the love-potion hi jinx in Shakespeare's comedy, Lucas began dreaming up a story about the chaos of a love potion among the fairies and elves—as a musical. The result, Strange Magic, hits theaters today, and in Lucas' eyes is the perfect love letter for his daughters. Anyone's daughters, really. "Just like Star Wars was designed for 12-year-old boys," says Lucas, "Strange Magic was designed for 12-year-old girls."

Lucas filled the film with his own favorite songs, from Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" to "Wild Thing" to "Love is Strange," the 1956 Mickey & Sylvia hit that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey immortalized in Dirty Dancing. "Originally the idea was that I would use all of the lyrics of all the songs, and I'd weave them together so that they told the story," he says. But ultimately the rock opera concept was a little hard to pull off: "We decided that we could actually sharpen the story, tell it faster, and do more emotionally for the characters if we allowed them to speak, rather than just sing."…"
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Armand

I took my ex-wife to see it for her birthday (don't ask; it's complicated). It was okay, but the dialogue was banal, the pacing was just a little off, and the storyline was predictable. Overall, I'd say a C or C-Minus; definitely not something which people will remember five years from now.

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Armand

More proof I think that Star Wars was an accident.

I would give it a D at best. The 'love' story revolved around two characters who fell in love because they fought each other to a standstill. Despite one singing about how evil he is. Very predictable.

I have seen the TV ads for it and the cuts are so fast that I can't really figure out what the heck the thing is about or what they are trying to show me. Looks terrible. +1 on the Commander's post above…

More proof I think that Star Wars was an accident.

Well, he also made Willow. But then, he also made Howard the Duck.