rad-x Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Everyone was slightly below par in Episode I. Jake Lloyd I do not blame at all. Unless I'm mistaken, he is the first kid in SW. The first kid! He really needed to have more charisma and likability than the rest of the cast put together if he was too make any impact. Ewan McGregor and Christopher Lee were good in Episode II. Hayden C was alright in some places, but his voice lacked little conviction at times, and his rejected face after Padme announces "No, I shouldn't have done that" is awful. Mace Windu's lightsabre technique is really poor. Just before Dooku halts the droids, he is all over the place, leaving his back completely accesible by laser blasts. Check it out in the final shot before Dooku's raised hand when you see the remaining circle of Jedi fighting. Nat P is fine I guess. But it is a very, very young cast when you analyse it completely and anything like that is forgiven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 It's not the actors faults, (except maybe for Lloyd and a little of Nat) that the acting isn't great. Lucas needs to hire someone who can write some decent dialogue. Lucas has even admitted he's not great at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Originally posted by rad-x Mace Windu's lightsabre technique is really poor. Just before Dooku halts the droids, he is all over the place, leaving his back completely accesible by laser blasts. Check it out in the final shot before Dooku's raised hand when you see the remaining circle of Jedi fighting. I agree it's not their fault. If a performance isn't good the director is suppose to direct the actor and get a better one. The problem is George Lucas tries to fix everything in the editing room with computers and you can't(i meant can't I left off the 't) fix a performance with a computer. edit-Hannibal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Damage Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 I just say go with the flow and who cares...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Apprentice Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 Originally posted by Hannibal The problem is George Lucas tries to fix everything in the editing room with computers and you can fix a performance with a computer. Did you mean can or can't? George does do a lot of editing, such as I saw in a documentary that he completely took someone out of a shot and put them in another one. Too much of things like that don't add up to something good. Even though SW is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 IMO he needs to hire a director to replace him. GL is not really a good director. plus it is hard for actors to give a good performance when they are in front of a green screen all the time, instead of in an open envirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi_Monk Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 The acting in the Prequels is at the very least par for the course. Watch Return of the Jedi if you want to see some truly terrible acting; seriously, you can't get much worse than Carrie Fisher saying, "Somehow, I've always known." I think Hayden did extremely well, I really do. And I love that look on his face after Padme says "I shouldn't have done that." He says "I'm sorry" in a very unconvincing tone of voice and makes this look behind her back that's like "What the...?!" I think Hayden pulls off the duality and evolution of Anakin. Lucas' dialogue isn't realistic--neither is Star Wars, so live with it. Would any teenage boy say, "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?!" just off the top of his head? Certainly no teenage boy I know. That's why Star Wars remains timeless: dialogue in one decade, that is realistic in that decade, might not be realistic in the very next one. And Lucas might not be the best actors' director, but he is one of the best visual directors in the business--maybe the best! Lucas turns moviemaking into fine art, and I wouldn't entrust his vision to anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notion Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Very well put ^ Somehow, after the movie has got you hooked for 30 minutes, you seem to forgive every error you come upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I agree completely with everything Jedi_Monk said (as usuall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I just get tired of hearing people complain about the acting.......I mean it was poor, there no question there. But come on, the movie was released almost a year ago, let's move on to something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Originally posted by leXX I agree completely with everything Jedi_Monk said (as usuall). Me too. I saw a comment from Carrie Fisher where she said that she and Harrison Ford had trouble saying the dialogue. The comment was something like: "You can write this s#it, but you can say it." Basically would I got from this is it looks good and sounds good on paper but when the actor tries to get it across they have a hard time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Originally posted by Leemu Taos I just get tired of hearing people complain about the acting.......I mean it was poor, there no question there. But come on, the movie was released almost a year ago, let's move on to something else. This is a Star Wars forum... we're Star Wars fans... we talk about Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 if you don't want to talk about the bad acting in Ep.II, you could always talk about how bad the acting in Ep.III will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echuu Shen-Jon Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 The actors also have to imagine, where they are (in the movie, of course ), because of that blue-screen! But, at last, someone said that the acting was bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 I have to say that some of the acting was quite shocking in Ep1 and Ep2. The only actors who deserve any credit in terms of acting should be Ewan McGregor and Christopher Lee. Then again, they are both British actors, so it's understandable;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 hey! what about liam neeson, and yoda? they are very good actors, IMO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echuu Shen-Jon Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Originally posted by dark jedi 8 hey! what about liam neeson, and yoda? they are very good actors, IMO! Yoda was the best actor because he's computer animated;). Liam Neeson, is it him with "Liam, the curtains!"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Yoda wasn't even an actor...he was a puppet with a stupid voice...but I have to admit, a good puppet with a stupid voice:DLiam Neeson did alright, not as good as I'd hoped though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark jedi 8 Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 he did better than the queen, and that stupid little jake loyd kid. hey what about watto to. i seem to remember that he wasn't that bad, the voice anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 I just found the whole thing a little corny, not like a Star Wars film should be. Everything seemed so fake and there was no natural feel to the acting like the OT. Natalie Portman, although yeah, she's nice to look at, didn't do a great job. Jake Lloyd...hold me back please before I kill the little bugger:mad: Obi-wan was by far the best character in there. Even Samuel L Jackson didn't do that good, and still had that 'bad-dude' attitude like in a lot of his other films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus202 Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 It truley is the director that is teaching them and showing them how to act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rad-x Posted March 27, 2003 Author Share Posted March 27, 2003 Yoda is brilliant in Episode II, after a shaky performance in Episode I. Otherwise, Ewan's accent was a bit Noel Coward, and during the lightsabre fight, I was sure that Christopher Lee was suffering from indigestion. Apart from all that, Liam Neeson was pretty okay. His haircut in the film let him down however. "Are you an angel?" Aargh! Obi Wan = best character in the AOTC, but totally subdued in TPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taos Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Agreed, Ewan was shoved away in TPM....he should have had a larger speaking role. Originally posted by Boba Rhett This is a Star Wars forum... we're Star Wars fans... we talk about Star Wars. *nudges Rhett* I know man. I'm just tired of people saying how crappy this and that was about the movie was because I really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivy Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 i have no complains about the acting in the prequels.. ok so little anakin was abit cringe worthy but then there isn't many 9 year old actors that are oscar material. some of the dialogue was abit cheesy, but then the OT has its share of that too, so if anything it makes feel more like star wars imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinga1 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Originally posted by platypus202 It truley is the director that is teaching them and showing them how to act. um...no...they um go to an acting school to learn to act, or something like that....george lucas did not teach the actors in any way how to act- he just gave them their lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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