Yes superfly, I agree that GL would have to be. But there are several parts of the female anatomy that I could classify myself a fetish fan over and did not create.
I think you've missed the point of what GL was trying to achieve with these films. Star Wars was inspired largely from his reading of Joseph Campbell's 'Hero with a Thousand Faces'. The basic premise of this book is that all myths, legends, folk stories, and fairy tales have common threads and themes that are deep within our psyche. Campbell believed that these classic (or as you called it, cliché) myths have been retold throughout history because basically, they need to be retold. Human beings can relate to these stories and themes universally, and we benefit greatly from them (in a psychological and spiritual sense). In the OT, GL took common heroic themes and put his own twist on them. The attitude of Leia vs. the Damsel in Distress, the villain being the hero's father as some kind of twisted Oedipus Complex...I could go on forever.
He was basically admitting to hideous dialogue in the PT, then...not a very good excuse for stuffing up a trilogy that we've been waiting 20 years for, is it? He could have got someone to help him with the dialogue and the directing, like he did with the originals, but nooooooo...he had to do it himself...
As for Anakin being a whiny teenager - that's bullcrap. Shouldn't have happened, simple as that. Anyone trained in the Jedi arts is above hormones and adolescence - what, do you think Obi-wan or Yoda acted like this when they were this age? I think not, certainly not to this extent. All that 'holding me back' crap sounded like Robin in 'Batman and Robin' (which I might remind you, is the worst Batman film EVER).
He stole the show in ROTS, because, surprise, surprise - HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN PT THAT CONVINCINGLY PORTRAYED HIS ROLE!
But I don't place the blame squarely on the PT actors - in fact, I blame most of it on their poor scripts, and having to act in front of a blue screen all the time.
The Anakin and Obi-wan scenes in ROTS actually portrayed a convincing relationship between master and apprentice, and I actually felt pity for Anakin this time around. However, the Anakin and Padme scenes were truly horrendous. The Anakin/Padme dynamic had nothing on the Solo/Leia dynamic.
I don't agree with that one bit. I think Ewan McGregor was the best actor in either trilogy. Most will probably disagree and call out Ford but do they really think Ford portrayed his role better or do they like the role (wise ass space pirate turned good guy) he played more. I would have to say they enjoyed who the character was more. I know that even I would agree with that. Mcgregor was fantastic in front of a blue screen....which is also no easy task. He may have been a little rough in TPM but so was Ford in ANH.
The point is not what the creator is trying to achieve...it's what trilogy we like better. Good info regardless. I enjoyed reading it.
I agree. Ford is a great actor and IMO, carried every last one of those scenes. You put in another actor with Fisher and we may not even be having this discussion. Portman is an OK actress but was stale in the entire PT. Hayden, while convincingly playing the role in RoTS fell short of the mark.
Yoda was training with the baby lightsaber and ball that shoots lasers with the other green puppets by Darth Playgous before he turned to the dark side.
That's how Yoda learned how to teach children how to be jedi in AOTC and how Obi-wan taught Luke in ANH because Han Solo likes to carry jedi training stuff because he's a smuggler.
See, it's like poetry so that they rhyme. Every stanza sort of rhymes with the last one... Hopefully that makes sense.
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