Thanatos9t Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I think Episode 3 would have been great if not for the hamfisted acting ability of Hayden Christensen. "From my persepective the Jedi are evil!!!" *Shudders* "I HATE YOU!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 It's unfair to heap all the blame on the actors. All of the performances were terrible, but obviously there were some excellent actors amongst the cast. The blame should mostly land at the feet of the terrible script and Lucas's complete lack of directorial skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Yeah, if you have a good director you can get the actor's to do wonderful performances well beyond what they could usually do... that's not the case with Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm not so sure Lucas didn't get the performances he wanted from the actors. Lucas was inspired by Serial from his youth... (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taak Farst Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hayden's performance is undoubtedly hated on too much in my view, because I actually thought it was a good job. The script let it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Lucas is an editor. Has no aptitude for directing, which is obvious in pretty much any interview with cast members discussing the subject and in the various prequel behind-the-scenes documentaries. His general approach seems to be to shoot a bunch of takes with no input and then hack them together in post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I like all of the movies, old and new... I retconned my Pnp RPG character up to the prequels and she is far, far more powerful now than before, got a whole slew of new toys to wreak havok upon the universe with. And I know I will lose my SW cred but, I love you midichlorians! (Yes I know the idea sucks but it helped me, so I love it now. ) *Puts on asbestos undies* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Lucas is an editor. Has no aptitude for directing, which is obvious in pretty much any interview with cast members discussing the subject and in the various prequel behind-the-scenes documentaries. His general approach seems to be to shoot a bunch of takes with no input and then hack them together in post. The baffling thing is that he got really good performances out of actors before (To pick a non-Star Wars example Paul LeMat in American Graffiti), so what happened? Were the actors he hired before just that good or could Lucas actually direct at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 And I know I will lose my SW cred but, I love you midichlorians! *Puts on asbestos undies* I do too, now I've read the Darth Plagueis Novel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) How do you guys feel about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 lol, loved it, totally ruined that entire fight sequence rendering it totally lame. Now whenever I see it if I end up watching TPM again, I'll think of this video XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Lol. Synthesised voices are getting pretty good. If they can smooth out the disjointed way some words are strung together, Lucas will finally have his longed for digital actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exile007 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Lol. Synthesised voices are getting pretty good. If they can smooth out the disjointed way some words are strung together, Lucas will finally have his longed for digital actors. Sorry, he already did that. It's not commonly known, but he turned Samuel L. Jackson into a robot for his role as Mace Windu in the prequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) How do you guys feel about this? The only part of TPM that I considered watchable has now been ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 The only watchable prequel movie is Backstroke of the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateHK47 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I've always enjoyed prequels more when I want too see large fights and shiny things, but when im trying to get into a story Epire Strikes Back is for me. I enjoyed Haydens acting but the Anakin in TPM, I cringed . They are meant to appeal to different audiences, and everyone disliking George Lucas (well, some people), hes the one who made the 6 movies. Just my thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 People always use that "they're meant to appeal to different audiences" argument a lot... but we all know these were kids movies from the very beginning... well, maybe not parts of RotS, but mostly... *looks around* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 If I'm not mistaken, the original trilogy did attract a huge fan following from the very age bracket the prequels were meant to attract, and did that while being good films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 If I'm not mistaken, the original trilogy did attract a huge fan following from the very age bracket the prequels were meant to attract, and did that while being good films. QFT, I got in to the OT when I was 4-5 years old, I didn't need mollycoddling to understand them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 If I'm not mistaken, the original trilogy did attract a huge fan following from the very age bracket the prequels were meant to attract, and did that while being good films. That wasn't the point I was making, the point I was making is that GL's vision of what Star Wars is hasn't changed over the years, it's just that his methods have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 If I'm not mistaken, the original trilogy did attract a huge fan following from the very age bracket the prequels were meant to attract, and did that while being good films. I dunno man, I still feel the shift went towards merchandise like toys at Return of the Jedi. Both IV and V almost feel like completely different movies than VI, I, II and III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateHK47 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Thats true. But I don't care, I enjoyed all of them. I don't like comparing, its just 1 big awesome saga. Case closed for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I dunno man, I still feel the shift went towards merchandise like toys at Return of the Jedi. Both IV and V almost feel like completely different movies than VI, I, II and III. This. The mood of the saga totally changed between TESB and RoTJ. I think the spear-chucking teddy bears had a lot to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The other change was his full-on embracing of special effects over actual substance. That actually started before Empire, but there he had the likes of producer Gary Kurtz and director Irvin Kershner keeping him in check. To hear Kurtz tell it, that was the cause of their falling out during the production of Empire, and he subsequently left to work on other projects (like the Dark Crystal). By the time Jedi went into production, Lucas had surrounded himself with yes men rather than people that would challenge him. You can really see this in the behind the scenes footage from the prequels. Nobody has the balls to call him out on anything, even when you can see that they are saying "wtf?" to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Yup, Kurtz and Kershner pretty much hijacked TESB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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