I thought Ewan and Liam's performance in TPM were the best acting jobs in the entire PT.
I thought they completely personified their respective characters: A head strong naive apprentice and his wise and compassionate master.
I didn't like how in AOTC and ROTS, that Obi-Wan became somewhat of a softy. I liked the no-nonse, take-action Obi in TPM.
Re: The Star Wars Episode III - All good
Originally posted by JediRobin23It finally featured the supposed darker themed background of SW what Lucas was always talking about before shooting it. But I didn't see much of youngling morons getting killed and the assault on the jedi masters also wasn't that scary for me.
As the best prequal we have to live with, is the best one only cause we know the whole story. Certain things I want to point out..1. Why did EP III seem give a different feeling than the other movies? Meaning, why did I feel different at the beginning of the movie? or why did I nearly cry when order 66 went out, as Yoda dropped his stick? Or even the feeling of Anakin killing younglings? This movie is so obviously different than the other movies. As we all are so brainwashed and think its a good brainwash, cause we think star wars is more than just a good vs evil. Does this star wars brainwashing scheme affect your life. I bet it does cause you think you have the proper ideals in life from knowing what Lucas told you. It works cause of the things that go on in this world. Anyway...I'll continue later...
The real climax for me was the Anakin/Dooku fight and the one of Sidious versus Mace and co. Everything else failed in comparison to me.
here is where lucas failed: empathy
when luke flipped out with rage and almost hacked his father to death, you the audience could feel his rage, and understand it. "then perhaps she will". i felt like shouting "YOU DIRTY MOTHER******!!!!". you could make a connection and understand how one would fall to the darkside. not by a conscious decision, but through passion. anakin decided that to save padme he would slaughter children. that imho took away any sense of empathy for him. therefore, like the entire prequel, the audience is far removed emotionally from the characters. there is emotion for anakin, but no sense of emotion with anakin. no buildup besides a mere childish and rebelious attitude...and then all of the sudden he hacks off maces arm and kills babies. wtf? it would have all been forgivable if lucas just managed to capture that emotion and emulation for the fallen hero, as we had with the nearly fallen hero in ep6. thats what bugs me the most.
Eh, I really didnt care for the cameos of OT characters. I would have been more than happy if R2 and 3PO didnt turn up until epi 3 on the Tantive. Didnt need to see them in epi 1 or 2 let alone know that Anakin created 3PO. Chewbacca in 3 was fluff. Could have had the wookie battle and left him out and it would have been fine. The Aunt Breu and Uncle Owen appearances were about the only thing I was alright with, just wish there was more of an explanation on why Owen doesnt wan Obi-Wan around. You would think the protection would be a good thing. Jar Jar and Grevious sucked total ass.
Originally posted by ESP07
How did he know anything about what happened to Anakin? I guess Obi could have sent a message ahead of his arrival, but im not sure he would broadcast that kind of info.
on the contrary, i think they would have offered owen a damn good reason why they were dropping off their newly orphaned nephew
How about this absurdly simple explanation:
The OT is about a hero's journey.
The PT is about a villain's journey.
People root for the hero, they wannabe him, they cheer when he wins.
While fans love a great villain, they don't wannabe like him, his actions are horrible, and villains can leave a terrible bad taste.