Dudes, seriously. I popped in my Episode III DVD today (temporary brain anuarism) and pretty much chapter searched until I said, "Oh yeah. This scene...lets see...yup. That sucked. Dear god! The dialogue! So...horrible...brain hurting... Hayden...can't...act... *dies*

Good point. The PT would have been so much better if the dialouge had been listenable.

Lastly, I know they're tech films, but way too much green and blue screen shooting. You have to give these poor folks something to work with that allows them to believe that they're a part of this world. You can't just show them a sketch and say, "this is what it'll look like". All day in a green or blue room is one thing, monotonously boring, no matter how good the actors. Once they lose interest in what they're doing, or can't "feel it", that can't be fixed in post. You can't CG performances George. You have to get those the first time around. And if you don't know how to get them, then you hire someone who does.

You hit the nail on the head there. That's what I keep saying to myself. The OT was great because the actors had stuff to work with. No green screens. They were on real sets. That cockpit in the millenium falcon? They were there. That bar in Mos-Eisly? Yep, they were actually there. You can act so much better when you can actually see the things you're supposed to be interacting with.

However, that is no excuse for no one having on screen chemistry with Jar-Jar....