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ROTS: Did Anyone Else Laugh....

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when Darth Vader screamed, “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” at the end of Episode III?

When I saw this, I literally was laughing my head off and my eyes were wet with tears. I tried to jam my mouth shut out of respect to everyone else present, but it was so hard.

I was kind of caught up into the movie up until that point, which I thought was just so laughably bad.

-G

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Originally posted by: OmegaSeamaster
when Darth Vader screamed, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" at the end of Episode III?

When I saw this, I literally was laughing my head off and my eyes were wet with tears. I tried to jam my mouth shut out of respect to everyone else present, but it was so hard.

I was kind of caught up into the movie up until that point, which I thought was just so laughably bad.

-G


Too cliched, and the whole lumbering Frankenstein deal as well as ruined the appearance by Vader.

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Originally posted by: Mr.Coffee
the whole theatre laughed


Same with mine- and that was at the die-hard midnight showing on opening day!
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Actually the whole cinema laughed when Hayden and Natalie in Mustafar


"Your breaking my heart" everyone laughed.
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Too cliched, and the whole lumbering Frankenstein deal as well as ruined the appearance by Vader.
I actually thought the Frankenstein walk was a nice little nod by Lucas and perfectly fitting.
The Emperor has taken a "dead man", rebuilt him from various parts and revived him. The biggest difference between the Frankenstein story and the EP3 one is that Dr. Frankenstein did not intend to create a monster, the Emperor did.

However, I have to agree that the "Noooooooo" could have been done in any number of far better ways.

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More dialogue would have been important.
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I think I actually cringed. Didn't laugh, but I thought it was done pretty ham-fistedly.
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it was like watching the begining of the Six Million Dollar Sith, uh, I mean Man.
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Chalk up the silly lumbering to Hayden being in the suit. The guy can't act, plain and simple. I give him props for trying to adopt the speech patterns of JEJ in this movie. That was a subtlety that most aren't giving him due credit for. But on the whole, he just can't deliver dialogue convincingly, and apparently he can't do convincing body work either.

A few months back I suggested that Leo D. should have played the role, because he LOOKED like he could be a young Sebastian Shaw, he IS and A-list actor who can act, and can even convince you he's a teenager still (anybody who doubts that should watch Catch Me If You Can again). Somebody talked about the height issue, and I suggested that height was still a problem with Hayden, and that it could be solved by cutting off Anakin's legs and Vader having mechanical legs.

I had not read any spoiler info, but the height issue was solved just as I thought it should have been. So again, I think Leonardo could have acted the role perfectly with the height issue being resolved exactly as it was.

If only we could digitally replace Jake Lloyd with Haley Joel Osment (at age 10) and Hayden with Leo, I think the prequels could actually work.

So, has Episode III cheapened Vader in anybody else's mind when you go back and watch the OT? It has unfortunately altered my perception of the OT for the worse. This is quite bothersome.
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Everyone in my theatre laughed when Palpatine did his Gollum impression (No..no...no! with the clenched fist)

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

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“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

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I agree with you, ADigitalMan, when it comes to saying that the Vader "mystique" has been cheapened somewhat by the whole PT. I guess we all basically knew for a while that anger at the loss of Mom&Wife would push Anakin towards the Dark Side, and the idea of a backfired plan to save Amidala wasn't all that bad, but dialogue and delivery (even casting while we're at it!) just plain sucked, for all the redeeming worth of ep.III compared to the other two. I try to remember Vader as I envisioned him as a kid, forgetting the PT Anakin: as a mysteriously powerful (almost noble in classy cruelty) and nightmarishly villain.
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I agree with Perfect 5th.

When I was a kid, I always had this image of a (well-built) noble, brave and overly-confident fighter pilot who Obi-Wan befriended on Tatooine. Obi-Wan, thinking he would make a great Jedi, would ultimately recruit him into the Jedi ranks.

However, instead of leaving his training up to the Jedi masters, Obi-Wan would take it upon himself to train Anakin, a decision that would end in some kind of terrible accident. Anakin's disfigurement would make him vengeful, turning him against the Jedi.

When I saw the prequels, I guess they just didn't match up with what I had in mind. This would have been ok if the prequels didn't totally suck. Casting was half the battle for Anakin and Lucas picked someone awful.

I also thought that the clone wars was a large conflict against some invading aliens or armies from another galaxy, and that both Obi and Anakin were Jedi soldiers fighting in the conflict. At some point after the clone wars came Anakin's accident.

Just my take on things.

-G



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Like ADM I didn't laugh, just cringed.
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Originally posted by: OmegaSeamaster
when Darth Vader screamed, "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" at the end of Episode III?

When I saw this, I literally was laughing my head off and my eyes were wet with tears. I tried to jam my mouth shut out of respect to everyone else present, but it was so hard.

I was kind of caught up into the movie up until that point, which I thought was just so laughably bad.

-G


I thought it was terrible, but not really funny, so no I didn't laugh at all. It was like seeing an old lady fall down and break her leg, you don't laugh at that, but it's pretty awful to witness.
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Chalk up the silly lumbering to Hayden being in the suit. The guy can't act, plain and simple. I give him props for trying to adopt the speech patterns of JEJ in this movie. That was a subtlety that most aren't giving him due credit for. But on the whole, he just can't deliver dialogue convincingly, and apparently he can't do convincing body work either.



George told him to do that. Hayden told George that he was having alittle trouble walking in the suit and asked if he could practice alittle bit. George told him that it was perfect, as that is exactly how Vader would be feeling at that moment. Unable to fully use his new body, like a newborn stepping out for the first time.

So don't blame Hayden.
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
Everyone in my theatre laughed when Palpatine did his Gollum impression (No..no...no! with the clenched fist)


A lot of the girls in the theatre starting laughing at this part (suprised the whole movie didn't have them laughing), which then made me laugh, by this point I wanted the movie to just end.
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The Undertaker would have made a far better Darth Vader in suit.
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Originally posted by: Anakin's Mannequin
I know it's already been posted, but this link still makes me crack up....and cringe.

NOoOOooOooOOooOOooOooOOo!!!!!!


Yeah, I've been showing it to all my friends.
The guy should release a CD.
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
Everyone in my theatre laughed when Palpatine did his Gollum impression (No..no...no! with the clenched fist)


I was laughing through the whole scene (basically any time you could see down Palpatine's throat).
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While I didn't laugh at the time I've seen it, the whole "no, no, no!" bit became a big running gag between my friends.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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A lot of the girls in the theatre starting laughing at this part (suprised the whole movie didn't have them laughing), which then made me laugh, by this point I wanted the movie to just end.

Ach...there were a bunch of teenage girls sitting the row behind me when I saw it, and they were giggling throughout the whole movie. Rather irritating.

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

Emperor Jar-Jar
“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition