Liam Neeson was cool in TPM! He was the only Jedi I respected in that film.
I found Neeson
super annoying in TPM. He always came across to me as borderline Sith, and it honestly bugged me. I thought the character was wrong, and neeson was wrong for the role. This was supposed to be a time when the Jedi were strong, and you've got this flake, sneaking about, disobeying orders, training up stray waifs. It made no sense to me.
Ewan Mcgregor had a stable trilogy to put out and he was much better in EP II and III. As for his other films, I don't think I'll be watching them. Seriously, I just wanted to see Star Wars.
He seems to be a pretty odd guy. He usually picks odd roles. And he's pretty.
I liked him.
Bleah, same goes for Natalie Portman. I only saw her because of SW. Then I stumbled over her when I saw Leon: The Professional.
Funny, I was talking to my friend about how portman ruined The Other Boleyn girl, and I told her that she could trace it back to GL. It will be fascinating to see what other movies GL ruins, vicariously.
Tom Cruise has shown he can be a good actor when he wants to be....
Everytime I see him, I mistake him for the mayor of crazytown. I can't help it.
Unlike Portman, he does at least *try* to act.
Hayden wasn't bad as Anakin, especially in the beginning of EP III, but I believe it to be more of a demotivated or untalented director that's the problem here. Hayden smelled in EP II for a number of his scenes, but I don't blame him... GL can't do drama or emotional plight.
Are you kidding me? You forget who Anakin was supposed to be! Hayden never grew out of the whiney faze to a mature "holy crap, it's the dark lord of the frakin' sith!!" I found his "acting skills" to be as lacking as the material handed him. Ok, I rate him right at the acting level of a Paul Walker. "HEY!!
LOOK OVER THERE!! WHAT ARE
THOSE JEDI
OVER THERE
DOING??!?" Sorry, I can't do a PW justice. Comparing the progression of Luke from farm boy to Jedi, to Anakin from freak of nature to freak of nature, you can really see how the characters are similar. The problem is, that while Luke eventually grew up, and stopped whining, Anakin never did. It would be different if Anakin wasn't
supposed to be frightening.
Jake Lloyd...Young Boba...
All children shoud have been banned from the trilogy. They were pointless. Like replacing a sitcom character mid-season with an
adorable kid. Vomit.
EP II? That sounds like Christopher Lee. He looks cool on screen and I heard he got some stuntman's lifetime achievement award, but later heard he doesn't do his own stunts?
Also, he is 400 years old.
I can honestly say I hated it when Darth Maul died! He was an elusive character that needed a bit more developing in the sense of the PT, not EU comics and novels. Seriously, what made Darth Vader the villain that we cheer for in the OT? His elusive quality, broken history from Obi-wan, and the desire to know more about him.
I was sad because he didn't get to flip around more. And with his shirt off.
Backstory should have been included for the characters that we're supposed to like and cheer for. Because no real backstory was given to Mace Windu, or his buddies, we didn't really care if they got killed.
You don't even need a backstory, as such, if you have really likeable and compelling characters. Or characters with names. Names help.
"The problem is, you're not a kangaroo... that's a bear... and he's in your pants."
"Maybe artists shouldn't talk about their art."
"Well kids, I guess your father isn't a hermaphrodite."
"Izzy! enough with the rabid smootching!!"