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From: mr@sandman.net
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<45b80be4-21ff-4eee-9b10-0ca63582fb3d@a4g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,
Duggy wrote:
> > poor actors,
>
> Beside the Anakins they were all pretty good actors.
Well, I like Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor, but no one could blame
Natalie Portman to be a good actress, really. She's done ok in the
movies she's made, but that hasn't been due to her acting abilities.
Plus, Pernilla August was atrocious, Ian McDiarmid is just silly which
makes his appearance as Sidious also silly even though he does the
exact same thing as in RotJ.
> > poor acting,
>
> Yes. When good actors display poor acting you've got to point at the
> director.
No doubt.
> > That was all in there back than and I remember that ROTS was the
> > prequel episode I liked the most. Pffft.
>
> All of those things were worse in TPM and AoTC. RoTS can still be
> crap but better than all those.
Exactly! And if I feel so disappointed by RotS, what would happen if I
watched the other two today? Mind you, I watched them maybe 1 1/2
years ago, but that was with the kids so I'm guessing that that may
not have been the same thing.
> > Maybe I just dislike the entire Anakin story starting when he was
> > eight years old. Maybe it should have started with Attack of the
> > Clones - right into the action. But Anakin being played by an actual,
> > you know, actor. That can act.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > Lucas did direct the original movie that started it all
> > and while its story is simple it's still very captivating and carries
> > the viewer along, thirty years later. Did he just loose the ability to
> > direct a movie?
>
> Before Star Wars he directed THX1138, American Grafiti... then he
> didn't direct for 20 years. If you don't use it you'll lose it.
Tell that to James Cameron. Ok, maybe not 20 years, but directing has
got to be deeper than remembering how to ride a skateboard.
> > Who could direct a Star Wars
> > prequel trilogy that feels true to the original while still bringing
> > that child-like excitement you get when the Millenium Falcon takes off
> > from Mos Eisley?
>
> Problem is, you get that excitement because you were a child. Second
> time I saw TPM was with kids and they were full of child-like
> excitement.
I was very specific to mention the taking off from Mos Eisley scene
which is in fact new in the special edition, at which time I wasn't a
kid. I meant that new material that connects with that child
experience so seamlessly so that it appears to be intended all along.
I remember seeing the blue exhaust of the Millenium Falcon as it rose
above the landing bay and took off and screaming inside "Yes! This is
fucking Star Wars!"
The opening scene in RotS does a pretty decent job of this as well.
Apart from the "buzz droids" the entire scope of the space battle and
the dizzying feeling of following two small fighters through the
mayhem of battle. It was a bit too short, but still very enjoyable.
Other scenes that made me scream out (inside my head) that this is
fucking star wars:
1. End battle with Darth Maul
2. Mace Windu igniting his light sabre on Geonosis
3. Jedi Battle at Geonosis
4. Yoda/Dooku show-off
5. Clone Trooper boarding end scene of Attack of the Clones
6. Opening scene of Revenge of the Sith
7- Closing scene of Revenge of the Sith
I was thinking whether the Obi-Wan/Anakin fight would make the list
but I think it won't. Also missing is the entire Obi-Wan/Jango Fett
scene, which was silly to me.
Do you have more scenes to add to the list or do you disagree with it
entirely? :)
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