But it gets overshadowed by some terrible writing, which cannot be overcome by the actors. "Anakin, you're breaking my heart" is the worst that comes to mind right now.
Because I thought that line worked great and so did Portman's acting. I actually choke up each time I see it. It touches me.
I'll admit that a couple of romance dialogs in the beginning of Ep.3 are horrible, though.
But yeah, different lines appeal to different people, it's probably impossible to write something everyone loves. I love Firefly, but a couple of lines make me shudder in embarrassment, for example.
Mine is Stargate. I love Amanda Tapping, but she was given some truly awful lines there in the beginning.
Like I said, I'm glad the prequels work for some people, and I wish I was one of them. I don't typically pick movies apart and I went into the prequels wanting to like them but there were just lines that killed me. Episode II was worse I think, but just when III started to take off there would be a line that pulled me out of the moment. I try to watch them now and just appreciate the story as my son loves them.
So, we had a Star Wars Marathon last night
08/08/2010 10:22:52 AM
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I love when I am vindicated.
08/08/2010 11:33:34 AM
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Re: I love when I am vindicated.
08/08/2010 11:34:36 AM
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I take it you are among those wise people who deny the existence of the second trilogy?
08/08/2010 11:40:16 AM
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The Hayden Christensen ghost kills me
08/08/2010 12:06:16 PM
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LOL
08/08/2010 01:00:19 PM
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Yeah I figured the reasoning
08/08/2010 04:01:40 PM
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Agreed about HC.....I believe Ryan Phillipe was the runner-up for the part.
08/08/2010 08:39:53 PM
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Yes, I heard this explanation as well.....and it makes sense to me.
08/08/2010 08:35:42 PM
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Probably because it's the voice of his father/clone. Makes sense *shrugs*
08/08/2010 12:56:00 PM
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The voice can be explained logically, but it still sucks balls. (and not in the good way)
08/08/2010 02:50:34 PM
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What's wrong with Greedo shooting first?
08/08/2010 04:00:24 PM
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What's wrong is Han shooting first said a lot about his character.
16/08/2010 11:54:19 PM
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You know ... I don't get why everyone loves Boba Fett so much. *NM*
09/08/2010 03:09:34 AM
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I agree
09/08/2010 12:04:41 PM
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I <3 Boba, and I'm not even sure why.
09/08/2010 02:06:27 PM
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Damn you are old. *NM*
09/08/2010 02:56:13 PM
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Right
09/08/2010 02:23:35 PM
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Troopers
09/08/2010 02:35:13 PM
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You know what I don't understand?
09/08/2010 04:15:49 PM
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2nded.
09/08/2010 05:07:25 PM
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And how exactly is Jens "wrong" about the films?
09/08/2010 11:20:02 PM
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greebo? Boba Fett's voice
09/08/2010 11:36:04 PM
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Plus the three films we don't talk about and shouldn't exist. *NM*
10/08/2010 12:33:40 PM
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Episode III was as good as any of the originals.
10/08/2010 06:37:28 PM
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Yep, close to it, at least.
10/08/2010 09:46:22 PM
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I set aside nostalgia to watch the first trilogy and was disappointed. *NM*
11/08/2010 07:25:31 AM
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I don't know about that. Fisher, Ford and Hamill could act.
11/08/2010 03:00:26 PM
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To be fair
11/08/2010 03:24:36 PM
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I think that is one of the biggest differences
11/08/2010 04:28:56 PM
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Good point, that's perhaps an even more important difference...
11/08/2010 04:29:34 PM
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there ain't nothing wrong with JarJar
12/08/2010 12:35:17 AM
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JarJar was a shell of a character and directly responsible for the rise of the Empire. *NM*
12/08/2010 06:53:35 PM
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The story was as good.
17/08/2010 12:00:58 AM
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See, that's where personal taste comes into play to the degree that discussion is pointless
17/08/2010 12:51:41 PM
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True.
17/08/2010 07:18:43 PM
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