Hamill had a much stronger performance than Hayden, but apart from ROTJ, Hayden played the lead throughout two movies as opposed to Hamill's three, so the character development is that much stronger in Luke. I'm much more drawn towards Anakin as a character, and Hayden - i believe, filled in the best parts of that character, but when you think Star Wars, you almost emediately think 'Luke Skywalker' - and Hamill, single-handedly made him an icon
Yup, but Hamill at least achieved anger and disbelief better than Hayden's mere glare. It all looked the same. Angry, sad, fustrated. Then happy, excited, and scared looked the same also. He has three faces. Negative, Positive, and Neutral. Just three
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As do I.
Hayden is a far better actor.
He played the character EXACTLY the way Lucas told him too, and was believable against all the blue screen stuff. (He may have been a whiny brat in 2, but you all belived in him in those places and situations being whiny.)
Unlike Portman, who sometimes looked like she was in a school play, fumbling through her performance.
It's a close call though.
Hamill's peformance is straightforward and honest, just simply expressing the appropriate emotion for whatever scene he's in, and he does it very well.
Hayden's is more sublte, alot about his confusion and motives.
Plus, he had to pattern his speech off of Hamills And Darth Vaders, to effect the slow pronounciation of some of his dialogue.... to give you the impression that its HIS voice in the suit in IV-VI.
I liked Mark's acting better. I also liked his character better (call me a loser, but it's my opinion). The part where Luke chose the Light Side over the Dark Side was just too cool. Anakin was pretty cool, Hayden did a good job, but the way Mark became Luke was just too good.
To me this is the hardest of all these polls so far. I just can't choose between the child bedazzled by the sudden arrival of the OT and the young woman overjoyed by the "comeback" of the PT. However, I remember being in love with Han Solo rather than Luke, so perhaps Hayden had a different effect on me altogether, although Mark's performance managed to give us a wonderfully dramatic evolution of the character. I think the film critic in me would choose Mark Hamill, but the woman would definitely choose Hayden Christensen. Perhaps OB1 already spoke for me.
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Hayden or Hamill
Apr 16th, 2006 10:28 PM
