Perhaps Mr. Guinness just had a very dry sense of humour (as would be properly English) and it's just going over everyone's head?
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LexX said:
ray_afraid said:
I don't see any of this as Alec being an ass. I think all of these little stories are very funny!
I don't think anyone here thinks he was being an ass? I think the stories are funny, too, but I rarely see any stories where he has something positive to say about SW or SW fans.
(from Wikipedia)
Upon his first viewing of the film, Guinness wrote in his diary:
"It's a pretty staggering film as spectacle and technically brilliant. Exciting, very noisy and warm-hearted. The battle scenes at the end go on for five minutes too long, I feel, and some of the dialogue is excruciating and much of it is lost in noise, but it remains a vivid experience."
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1990osu said:
LexX said:
ray_afraid said:
I don't see any of this as Alec being an ass. I think all of these little stories are very funny!
I don't think anyone here thinks he was being an ass? I think the stories are funny, too, but I rarely see any stories where he has something positive to say about SW or SW fans.
(from Wikipedia)
Upon his first viewing of the film, Guinness wrote in his diary:
"It's a pretty staggering film as spectacle and technically brilliant. Exciting, very noisy and warm-hearted. The battle scenes at the end go on for five minutes too long, I feel, and some of the dialogue is excruciating and much of it is lost in noise, but it remains a vivid experience."
I don't get it. Which lines in the dialogue are excruciating to him, in particular?
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If you took five minutes out of the battle at the end it would be practically non-existent.
All you would have would be the trench runs which would have screwed up the pacing no end.
I wonder if he liked The Dam Busters or 633 Squadron (the battle is basically lifted from those movies).
I imagine he hated all the USC Orientalism (he converted to Catholicism so maybe mysticism without God was a bit distasteful for him).
Mavimao said:
I read a story in Empire magazine when TPM came out about how Alec Guiness, after being approached by a young fan, boasting he'd seen star wars over 100 times, told to said fan to promise him one thing - never watch star wars again.
AntcuFaalb said:
bkev said:
Man, that's a sad story. I've heard a number of things about Alec Guinness that don't really paint him in a flattering light, and this doesn't help.
I agree. It's unfortunate that it clashes so much with the personality of the character he plays in the OT.
I was equally gutted to find out he wasn't a criminal when I
saw him in the Ladykillers.
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