TMBTM said:
When he talks about the (awful) dialogue between Anakin and Amidala in EP3:
- You're beautiful
- it's because I'm so in love
- no, it's because I am so in love with you.
- So love has blinded you?
Matthew is condused once again... because he don't understand what it means. Well, I agree this dialogue is really bad written and really bad delivered. But it means something: Padme thinks she looks beautiful because happiness and love in her life makes her look beautiful, but Anakin saying no could be taken as "no, you're maybe not really beautiful, but I'm so in love with you that I see you as beautiful". And Padme is making fun of it.
1. The fact that you took a full paragraph to dissect and analyze that scene for any potential meaning is insane, considering how god-f***ing awful that sequence is (or how piss-poor Lucas is at writing and directing cinematic romance).
2. Matthew is attacking the narrative logic behind the lines and why they're being said:
- Lucas's believe that he could convince an audience that two characters are in love by having them spout dialogue saying that they're in love
- Matthew, however, correctly points out that (based on everything shown so far in these Prequel films) Padme has no real, logical reason to love Anakin considering that he's yelled and bitched her and other people out numerous times, made traitorist remarks about the Republic, has a huge ego and superiority complex, and committed mass murder against women and children all because he got angry.