George Lucas was once considered an unparalleled film genius he then fell from grace

 

"George Lucas was once considered an unparalleled film genius he then fell from grace and was demoted to merely an ideas man the truth lies somewhere in between George Lucas's talents were balanced out his flaws and other areas and it was only by growing so large that the flaws became undeniably obvious that everyone took notice but he also did more than have good ideas when it was said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration will that describes to a Tee Lucas his approach. He was a man who was told that movies had to be made a certain way and American Graffiti prove them wrong he was a man who was told the science fiction films were a waste of time and he made it the number one film he found that special effects were in Decline so we gather people together to change the world of filmmaking he saw that film itself was a crude medium and so set in motion a transformation in how movies could be made. How many individuals two decades of sheer determination to contribute as much as he did to change the way filmmaking happens not just having the idea but throwing time and money and resources and most importantly one Sone hard-fought reputation as a filmmaker to see multiple ideas become not just reality but the new Norm to take the Revolution and make it mainstream it's easy to have an idea even a great idea and idea that can change the world now go out and change the world. Lucas had ideas and acted upon them and you overcame the obstacles that appear before him to make them a reality. Was every idea good? of course not sometimes success has came with failure and is failure came with their own successes there were moments when he sold out and there were moments when he stayed true to himself and ironically the former often saw him as a hero and the ladder of villain that they sometimes lead to failure does not diminish what he accomplished or overshadow his virtues let us be honest though Lucas is not a man without flaws the very things that made him a success also frequently let him down the wrong path a lot of session to Cloud his judgment or blind them to the reality of what was going on around him insecurity and fear drove him to intentionally or not misrepresent himself and alter facts to fit his preferred history it should be no surprise that a man who is so tampered with his signature films has likewise tampered with his own vision of himself and his past and yet having traveled through this long journey with him and seeing all that he has done and accomplished how he is otherwise acquitted himself in that time I believe if you balance the scale of his Humanity all of the bad along side all of the good it's clear to see the ladder to outweighs the former " Charles Sonnenburg #filmmaker #filmmakers #filmmaking #cinephilecommunity #starwarsfans #starwarsgeek #starwarsmeme #starwars #starwarsfan #starwarsnerd