Hayden Christensen was perfectly cast as Anakin Skywalker.
He's handsome, looks like a leading man heroic character, kinda looks like Mark Hamill, but also successfully carries himself like someone who could be a completely evil psychopath. Also, he is a good actor, if you watch him in other roles, like Shattered Glass.
What screwed him is just that old Georgie is an autist who can't write human-sounding dialogue or direct actors at all. And since Anakin is (supposed to be) the most dynamic character in the trilogy, he comes across the worst. But it's not Hayden Christensen's fault at all.
Prove me wrong.
>Hayden Christensen was perfectly cast as Anakin Skywalker.
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>He's handsome, looks like a leading man heroic character, kinda looks like Mark Hamill, but also successfully carries himself like someone who could be a completely evil psychopath. Also, he is a good actor, if you watch him in other roles, like Shattered Glass.
yea
>What screwed him is just that old Georgie is an autist who can't write human-sounding dialogue or direct actors at all. And since Anakin is (supposed to be) the most dynamic character in the trilogy, he comes across the worst. But it's not Hayden Christensen's fault at all.
nah cope
dont get me wrong, id take George Lucas over fricking Disney any day of the week. But criticism of him is still legitimate, even though id fricking delete every single disney product just for 5 minutes more of George Lucas star wars.
Id probably delete it all regardless
He can't act
>What screwed him is just that old Georgie is an autist who can't write human-sounding dialogue or direct actors at all.
This is true but other actors like Ewan McGregor still come across a lot better
>And since Anakin is (supposed to be) the most dynamic character in the trilogy, he comes across the worst.
This might be somewhat true, but still he didn't sell it at all.
>actors like Ewan McGregor still come across a lot better
George had alec guinness' performance to go off of. I picture him just mumbling to ewan mcgregor "just do what he did. just be like him"
Wrong.
And while on the subject of Haydenson, Jumper is a great scifi flick snubbed for literally no reason
Jumper is fricking garbage dude
It's a fun concept for a while but completely ruined by everything about the movie
Nah it's a fun flick, I kinda feel like Jumper and Push are the same genre. Both decent popcorn flicks that I'd enjoy on a hotel stay, but not really popular on the mainstream for some reason. They were both fun, frick you
>Prove me wrong.
can't
Always thought he was kinda weird looking
Same, that weird male model look who is supposed to be handsome but just comes off as a little creepy.
I think I can kinda see it, models look good in still pictures, but don't look good in movies because their faces don't convey emotions as well as actors.
Not just that their faces can't convey emotions, they just can't act. You can see a lot of female models that transition to acting are shit like Gal Gadot and Cara Delvegne as well. Being pretty doesn't automatically mean you'll be a good actor.
Which is fitting because he ultimately becomes a Sith. I like TPM, but I always thought they should've went with a kid that has a hint of danger or oddness about him.
And one of the kids they auditioned actually had that kind of quality to him, but I forget the name.
Ironically, Jake Lloyd became more suitable for an Anakin-type role later into adulthood.
correct
I love the dialogue in the prequels, it sounds somewhat like a schoolplay, the dialogue is simple so children can understand it, i don't know why people hate the dialogue so much, would you guys prefer if George went all edgelord wrote stuff like:
>"Im going to the fricking darkside Obi-wan...shit... the jedi can suck my dick,"?
If you guys consider stuff like "The Boys" good writing and "deep" then i can see people like you thinking this would be unironically a good idea.
>if you think prequels dialogue is bad you must like The Boys dialogue, because I haven't actually seen any good media with good dialogue
I quit watching The Boys after S1 because that show fricking sucks. idgaf about that stuff
I love the prequels, but they the dialogue IS garbage. They are fun and awesome but could have been so so so much more
Anakin was supposed to be older. Older when he was found and trained as a jedi, and older when he turned. Wasn't supposed to be a pre-teen and twenty something.
i like anakin and the prequels
OP here, i do too
I agree regarding his acting in RotS but not in AotC, that's one of the worst pieces of acting I've ever seen. I don't know if it was his first role or if it was George's fault but it's absolutely awful.
I recently rewatched that scene where he discovers his dying mother and I thought the acting was pretty good. Haven't watched the whole movie in a while though.
I actually liked Hayden's acting in AotC, his acting fits the character of him being an emotional & awkward teen imo. The scene of him and Obi-wan bickering when they first meet Padme again or his attempts to woo Padme feel very much like what would happen if a teenager with super powers was in those situations. I think a big issue is that a lot of people didn't want that interpretation of the character.
>I think a big issue is that a lot of people didn't want that interpretation of the character.
I think it's more accurate to say "a lot of people were bored by a movie revolving around a whiny teenager being a moron and doing whiny teenager stuff, especially when he's being played by an adult actor."
Hayden was 19 when AoTC was filmed and according to a google search Anakin was the same age in the film. His character to in AotC actually makes more sense to me than in RotS. He's let out of the Jedi temple for the first time in 10 years and is on his own with a hot chick he's been told he's not allowed to feel any emotion for whatsoever. Who wouldn't be a total sperg in that situation? Padme's character is the one that totally confuses me tbh.
>perfectly cast
>not blonde like luke or young anakin
its common for kids that had blonde hair to grow out of it when they get older
For me it's Life as a House
Jumper sucks because the mail character honestly is an actual butthole who steals and abuses and is a selfish butthole. Its so bizzarre. He is the villain but the movie acts like he isnt
>Shattered Glass.
Great movie
YOU WILL NOT TAKE HER FROM ME
>Why couldn't I save her, I know I COULD HAVE
I've grown to appreciate his delivery over time. Vader really is a particular kind of spastic robot and George conveyed that properly in the PT, whether intentionally or not.
I agree
>She was ALIVE, I FELIT IT
*FELT
He's so beautiful. I love him so much bros.