ROTS: Best actor? — Page 2

Author: Tim Lehrbach
Time: 8-Dec-2005 7:20 AM
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I think Ian is a decent actor, the fact of the matter is everyone else has acted like plaster board though these movies, so a decent acting job comes off better than it normally would in other movies...but in ROTS he's hardly above critcism while being the Emperor.

For one thing, I don't understand Ian's portrayal of Sidious/Emperor, I don't know if Lucas told him to act like he was Pi-Polar, but one minute he's refined, the next he's monotone, the next over the top, the next he's the OT Emperor, no consistancy...acting or voice wise. I wouldn't care as much if Lucas didn't already establish the OT Emperor to go by, which through out always seemed refined yet arrogant and confident, even while torturing Luke, or maniacally laughing he doesn't really act like the Prequel Emperor....which probably isn't totally Ian's fault since Lucas probably told him how he should act the part.

I thought Hayden did an OK job, I thought he came off like he was supposed to, conflicted...I don't know about those faces he was making while being named Darth Vader, but I thought he did alright as well as Ewan....Portman and Jackson were still crappy.

I think Smits is a decent actor as well, but never in a million years would I have thought of using Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa, or for that matter Samuel Jackson as one of the great Jedi Masters....Lucas casted well for the OT, but he had no clue for the prequels.

Author: sybeman
Time: 8-Dec-2005 11:23 AM
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Originally posted by: Darth Enzo
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LOL! That's the funniest Star Wars reference I've heard all day.

Author: ADigitalMan
Time: 8-Dec-2005 8:10 PM
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Darth Enzo is my favorite writer and he knows this. Turns of phrase like this are why.

I am fluent in over six million forms of procrastination.

Author: Nanner Split
Time: 8-Dec-2005 8:21 PM
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Originally posted by: Tim Lehrbach
I think Ian is a decent actor, the fact of the matter is everyone else has acted like plaster board though these movies, so a decent acting job comes off better than it normally would in other movies...but in ROTS he's hardly above critcism while being the Emperor.

Actually, Ian is an AMAZING actor. I watched a version of Macbeth from about twenty years ago with Ian McKellan as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth, and Ian played one of the thanes as well as the porter (one of my favorite Shakespearean characters; hilarious, but no point whatsoever). He was stellar, and even had a spot-on Scottish accent as the porter.

Author: Kam
Time: 15-Dec-2005 1:03 PM
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If Hayden Christensen is the best actor of the year then i'm Chtulhu, lieutenant priest of Azathoth, and I frolic in the autumn mist in a land called R'lyeh.

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Fine, mister Lucas, while you're at it why dont you replace Lando with will smith?

Author: Nanner Split
Time: 15-Dec-2005 5:36 PM
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Originally posted by: Kam
If Hayden Christensen is the best actor of the year then i'm Chtulhu, lieutenant priest of Azathoth, and I frolic in the autumn mist in a land called R'lyeh.

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If you really are Cthulhu, then I think I hear you calling.......