Lucas should have picked Johnathan Brandis as Anakin

People keep dissing Portman's performance too, but I thought she was wonderful. I think a lot of people expected the ROTS Padme to play G.I. Jane and start taking out battle droids. But the character's pregnant! She HAD to stand around and stay out of the fighting this time. So because the character sat on sofas a lot in the film, (that's what pregnant women do, they get a LOT of rest... especially ones carrying twins!) they think she was dull dull dull.

But I think a pregnant character has a greater responsibility than blasting droids, she's got to stay safe. Plus all the events unfolding around her make her almost the central character of the movie, as everyone seems to go to her to check things out. Anakin tells her his nightmares, Anakin lies to her on the veranda before he goes to Mustafar, Obi-wan tells her about Anakin going to the dark side. And finally on the lava planet, Portman's performance was awesome. I choked up with tears the most at that scene, and most of it was due to Portman's performance, and Lucas's writing and directing. Mock Lucas if you want but that scene was unbelievably powerful and I give him credit when it's due.

(To paraphrase a famous play review), Portman is a buzzsaw of an actress and Star Wars is mostly a toothpick of a movie. But the times when both are on, oh man it's a wonder to behold. That's what I love about it.

I can't see anyone BUT Hayden as Anakin. At first I was like, oh here we go, picking some little teen idol pretty boy type, but after seeing him, I was throughly pleased. And in ROTS, I connected with him...I don't mean to sound gay or anything, but I could feel what he felt, I understood his thought process even when he wasn't speaking. The only part I thought he looked uncomfortable in was the part on the couch,"you know i think this war is.." when talking to Padme. Other than that, I don't think anyone could do a better job.

Brandis? C'mon man...have you SEEN Sidekicks? That other little show he was on with water and shit...I don't know the name of it...

He prolly committed suicide because someone made him watch NES2...no, that was mean, sorry.
But no.

And i thought that the guy from Spider-Man looked like him, but would NEVER do as good of a job as Hayden.

And I swear to God, if anyone says Paul Walker, Ill f*ckin scream.

haha..Billy Bob Thorton..."hey bub, I'm the F*ckin darkside now, get me a beer and a sith b!tch with nice t!ts!"

I thought I read somewhere that Brandis committed suicide about a year ago? Wasn't he the actor that starred in "Sidekicks" with Chuck Norris? Please corect me if I'm wrong.

Yup. And it's three years ago, I heard.

who this guy?? he looks like a ***!

Originally posted by spekdah
who this guy?? he looks like a ***!

😆 That's hilarious! 😛

Originally posted by Darth Nepulis
For those who don't know him, he played Bastian in the second Neverending Story.

He's a much better actor than Hayden and would have done a terrific job.

Too bad he committed suicide in 2003.

That kid is like 30 something now. Are you Fuking-A-Stupid?

Oh wait the kid from sidekicks? puke

Originally posted by OB1-adobe
That kid is like 30 something now. Are you Fuking-A-Stupid?

Oh wait the kid from sidekicks? puke

Look him up on Google. He committed suicide 3 years ago, unless you know of a different actor with the same name.

well that could have worked out quite well for ROTS, he could have just allowed himself to REALLY get killed for the film at the end instead of comitting suicide

Don't ****en joke about suicide furious

Enough with that shit. Grow up!

Look who's talking...

People say that they couldn't picture anyone BUT Hayden as Anakin.

Thing is... if say, Mark Whalberg played him... everyone would say they couldn't picture anyone but MARK playing Anakin.

Originally posted by Captain REX
Look who's talking...

Mind pointing out where I've said something that cold-hearted? rolleyes1

Hmm, wasn't talking about that...

Originally posted by Darth Nepulis
Grow up!

Originally posted by Sith Master X
I am a director. Not a hollywood director, but I direct my own films, and study film at school.

I've grown tired of people on here acting as though they know everything about directing, and about Lucas. It's not true.

Let me explain to you guys the role of a director. He is the head creative force behind a film and oversee's all aspects, yes, even the acting. However, bad acting is not always a result of the directors fault. The director tells the actor what he needs to do. However, it's the actors responsibilty to transform themeself into their character and feel that emotion inside of them.

From my own experience working with other actors, there was a scene I wanted done a certain way. I even acted the part out myself to the other person so I could show them exactly the way I wanted it done. The actor that I was working with, did a good job, but didn't match what I was looking for. I went over it again, and he still couldn't nail it dead on. At this point, the director has a few options. Go out and hire another actor, or make do with what you have. Lucas was smart, and made do with what he had. That's something any bold director would do.
Plus, Lucas made it work.

Let me give you an example of this. Why was Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid's acting so good, because Lucas directed them better? No. It's because Ewan McGregor and Ian McDiarmid know how to transform themselves into their character. They understand how to control the pitch of their voice to make their dialouge sound believeable. Some actors have greater sense of emotion than others. It's just the way it works.

I'm also tired of people trashing on Lucas' script writing. Lucas can write, however, if the dialogue is not delivered properly, it destroys the script writing. Take for example Ewan McGregor's "NOOOO!" from Episode I. Everybody liked it. Why, because McGregor screamed it out right. However, everyone came on here and complained about Darth Vader's cheesy sounding "NOOOO!" in Episode 3. It's the same exact word Ewan shouted, but it was just delivered differently, and if it was delivered wrong, it certainly doesn't help out the writing any.

I'm not mad at anyone inparticular here. I've just seen it time and time again, people thinking they know everything about directing, and from a director's standpoint, I thought I should throw my 2 cents in.

I completely agree with you. As an actor myself I know how important it is that the actor meld himself into his role.

People bash Lucas like it was his fault which is was not. Hayden simply is not the best actor around, but he was all Lucas had.

Originally posted by Rayvann
I completely agree with you. As an actor myself I know how important it is that the actor meld himself into his role.

People bash Lucas like it was his fault which is was not. Hayden simply is not the best actor around, but he was all Lucas had.

No sir.

As posted before, GL, RM, Ian, Ewan, and everybody involved said Hayden did his job perfectly.

He played the character EXACTLY as George wanted teenage/young adult Vader to be.

You just didn't like the creative decision George made.

You hate the CHARACTER, not the perfomance of it, which was spot on.

Originally posted by Darth Nepulis
Don't ****en joke about suicide furious

Enough with that shit. Grow up!

maybe he shouldve 'grown up' and asked for help?

Hayden did what he was told and played Anakin the way that George told him to. As I've said before, he wanted to play Anakin differently, but this is what George wanted.

And that was a pretty old picture of Jonathan Brandis that someone posted. He was about 27 when he died.

I dont see why people should question Haydens performance, its not like we're all expecting an Oscar award , at the end of the day its really up to the Director to bring out and guide the actor to his/her best performance or , at least, to the directors expectations of fufilling the story telling.
Its hard is this case cos well all knew the story ( relativly) before we saw it on screen therefore the expectation was always gonna be big, take into account the expectations of ANY Starwars movie also the fact that we all think money is no object and the unlimited possibilties of Digital movie-making, hell , I think we all over expected he greatest movies ever and got good ones none-the-less.
Its didnt help that GL cant direct for sh*t. He's well known as being a 'Directors director' , not an ' Actors director".