• eestileib@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    68·
    5 months ago

    Christensen isn’t a bad actor (he was great working with Hank Azaria in Shattered Glass). Nobody could have saved that direction and dialogue.

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
      32·
      5 months ago

      I think the dialogue and direction perfectly captured a shut-in teenage monk trying to flirt with the most attractive woman in the galaxy.

      • Darth_Mew@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        5 months ago

        there was a lot cut. the cut parts make it make sense and remove some of the cringe. its not a story that the Jedi would tell

        • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
          10·
          5 months ago

          True. Episode 2 had a whole cut sequence where Padme presents Anakin to her family when the two go to Naboo, which adds lots of character to the pair and really drives home how Padme is just as interested in seeing things work as our young jedi.

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Same! I never understood the criticism. Yeah, all of his dialogues are awkward. But they perfectly fit his character.

    • MrFappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      5 months ago

      Check out Life as a House if you haven’t seen it. The kid can actually act. Also, that movie may just fuck up your day, so have the tissues prepped.

    • NessD@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Fun fact: When watching the german versions of the prequels, the acting isn’t a problem anymore, as professional voice actors bring their own take to the characters and make some of it much more tolerable. Hayden was screwed by bad directing. And script of course.

  • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
    41·
    5 months ago

    I can’t say enough nice things about Hayden’s return to the role. He nailed it. It’s a big performance, he and Rosario have exactly the right chemistry - old trust, new mistrust and a tension between. Those scenes are fantastic, and they strengthen the redemption tale aspect of the overall Skywalker Saga by their addition.

          • Notyou@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            Yeah, I figured they would use titular, but that might be wrong for some reason.

            • theRealBassist@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              5 months ago

              Eponymous is a bit more broad.

              Ahsoka is a character in the titular show, Ahsoka.

              Peloponesia is the location of the eponymous war, the Peloponesian war.

              The latter is not a title per se, so it’s eponymous. The former is a title, so it’s either.

      • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        What is he in? This isn’t about the Kenobi series is it?

        Not Kenobi. I had forgotten his cameo in Kenobi. It was fine, but kinda forgettable.

        Minor spoiler for Ashoka Series

        He appears to Ashoka in force ghost form.

    • _NetNomad@kbin.run
      3·
      5 months ago

      it must have been weird for Hayden to return to a role he’s synonymous with to put a capstone on a long and emotional story arc that he had nothing to do with, but you never would have been able to tell by the way he sold it

  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    5 months ago

    I saw D&W yesterday and I was blown away by the acting Hugh Jackman brought to it. I’ve always been a little skeptical of him as Wolvie because I’m a comic fan and Wolverine is supposed to be small and nasty - not tall and pretty and kind and into musicals. Like Hugh Jackman is. When Hugh Jackman hosted the Oscars it hurt my brain to see him pirouetting and tap dancing and singing.

    But after yesterday: fucking respect man. He made Wolverine his. The comic Wolverine is still there and always will be but Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is now legit in its own right in my mind, forever.

    The whole film helped honestly the way they costumed him and choreographed his claws-out squats. But he for sure brought every acting chop there is to the close ups. No one will ever take heartfelt acting seriously in a gonzo film like this, but I did. Tear to my eye.

    Thank you Mr. Jackman. All the respect.

        • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          In one of the original XMen trilogy BTS he acknowledged that he was playing against type. He said he would start his day shooting in the Canadian winter with a cold shower, because it set him on edge and gave him the intensity and low-level anger he needed to play the part. Definitely worth checking out those movies if you liked him here.

      • stoicmaverick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        They actually made one from when he was living in France in the early 1800s. It was before his mutant power’s had fully manifested to the point they are in the comics. It’s called the Les Miserables.

  • TerraRoot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    Thought wesley snipes didn’t do a bad job either. and mother fuckers tryin’ ice skate uphill was goddamn excellent

  • Cagi@lemmy.caEnglish
    121·
    3 months ago

    I’d watch an Anakin/Wolverine show. First half, anakin gets sent to Northern Alberta with nothing but his wits. He meets up with Logan, after a few episodes as rivels they work together and become friends. Second half, they figure out how to get Anakin back and the who the villains who sent him there are. Logan comes with, brcause they are basically be(a)sties now. Logan gets lightsaber claws. Anakin gets even.