HA!!!! Several times before I talked about the acting in EPI, about how I found it rather 'wooden'. Long-timers here might remember that, and for those who disagreed with me I found this rather interesting bit on TFN:
"Admittedly," Neeson said with a wane smile, "we all come across as pretty wooden. But a lot of that was interacting with blue screen, which was difficult and was also a great challenge, you know, to try to make it seem as an everyday thing that (you're with) a winged beast that talks."
Interesting that Neeson rather criticised AOTC, in the sense that "That last (Star Wars movie) was just pyrotechnics, you know," Neeson said of Episode II -- Attack of The Clones, lamenting that the "computerized stuff" fails to connect with either the actors or audiences.
But he loved working on SW, and with George Lucas. So not just negativity there.
Ewan definetly got better in II, all of his Kamino scenes are top notch. On the I DVD theres a deleted scene of young Greedo fighting with Anakin over cheating in the race, i'm sure a lot of you saw it, that had the WORST acting i've ever seen. I know its hard to work with blue screen and interact with people who aren't there, but I thought that's why people become actors-for the challenge and to use their imaginations...kinda just seems lazy to me.
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I thought Liam & Ewan were great!!
And Nat (maybe I'm a little biased there), Jake was the one that annoyed me a little bit. I know he's a kid playing the young version of Darth Vader and, as a child actor, he did ok. But at times I felt he was trying too hard. I dunno, just my opinion.
Liam and Ewan were definately good. Dont expect much from child actors these days. Compared to AOTC, id say the acting in TPM was actually better, some awful miscast's in AOTC, take Temuera Morrison as Jengo Fett for example.. just awful.
Liam obviously didn't think he was that good in TPM. I thought his acting was wooden too. I still cringe at that line "The negotiations never took place". Maybe it's my deformity from making television programmes, but I am 100% certain that line was completely shot separately for a single shot and perhaps it even took a few takes, but it really sounds like a one off line without anyone there.
As for the acting in the Greedo fight, imagine that that particular scene was even shot on the Tunisia set, not in front of a blue screen.
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No... well, I cannot agree with either yours or even his interpretation; I thought that Liam, alongside the duo of Maul, was the best thing in the film.
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Ah no, I don't agree there because Ewan was much better in AOTC and Christopher Lee was superb as well- though he should have been in the film from an earlier point.
Ian McDiarmid is also great but that was obvious; with any luck he will be in III enough to make more of an impact.
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Well i dont think the acting in AOTC, apart from Ewan, was any better. The thing that made this movie better was the more serious tone. Shying away from the almost 'kids flick' Ep I was.
Oh yeah, almost forgot Ewan. I do think he's the only noteworthy actor in this movie. And although I like Christopher Lee; his role felt like a 'filler' for the movie. You know he's not going to stick around for EpIII (Just like what they did to Darth Maul's role).
But alas, no matter how much Ewan McGregor or Christopher Lee tried their darnest to make their characters shine, it's never enough to salvage the rest of the motley crue (Not to mention the rest of the stinkin' movie).
Sorry for the harsh comments to the rest of the SW fans.
It's just I still can't get over the fact that the last two movies dissappointed me big time. After all those years thinking how it would be like...
Well, that's reality for ya.
Dejio, get on with your life.....
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