Ewan McGregor: "The Prequels were underrated" | Agree to Disagree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDCMos-4QQE
Never saw this cool interview but if you didn't also, it's a fun watch.
No, they fucking suck. This revisionist history is absurd and I'm tired that it keeps gaining steam. It's been going on a while now and not only has it not died down, but keeps growing. Those movies were not liked. I'm sick of Lucas acolytes pretending they were.
I will say though, that TPM ended up being the best one.
Thank you. I remember I was young when they came out. But they were NOT liked. Everyone hated Jar Jar. Everyone hated Hayden's pathetic acting. Overall, they were universally disliked. Now that is not to say they didn't have their defenders and their fans because they did. But enough.
I agree the revisionist history is beyond annoying. NOOOOW everyone is coming out of the woodworks saying how much they like Jar Jar, conveniently after the poor actor explained the death threats and how he became depressed. Noooooooooow everyone thinks Hayden is a brilliant actor who is completely misunderstood.
Like enough people. And yes while i acknowledge the writing was bad I'm beyond tired of the age-old excuse of "it's the writers fault not the actors." It's like in the NFL "it's not the QB's fault it's ALLL the offensive line." I'm sorry I don't buy into that apologetic nonsense and I never will. It's a crutch that too many people use to defend actors they like. I don't buy it. Ewan, and Ian, and Christopher Lee, all starred in the same prequels that Hayden starred in and those three gave quality performances despite the bad writing. But with Hayden it's all the writing. Gotcha.
It's fucking nauseating. Now as someone who does not like his performance in the prequels at all, I'm perfectly fine with him coming back. And he did well. But don't tell me those movies or his performance were good.
"And yes while i acknowledge the writing was bad I'm beyond tired of the age-old excuse of "it's the writers fault not the actors."
Yes!!! I hate that. Never the actor's fault.
I agree with that as well. I'm fine with him coming back and getting a second shot. But yes that doesn't mean we can revise history and magically Hayden is a great actor.
People also forget Hayden has had multiple opportunities Post-Star Wars and his films didn't produce. Awake, Takers, New York I love You, and even jumper. Ironically Jumper was supposed to be a series of films, but that never happened due to the box office failure of that original movie. So the guy had had chances and there is a reason he ended up on the Lifetime network.
And yes the amount of people who cling to that "it's not the actors fault" defense nauseate me to no end. Take George Clooney for example. To this day the man still apologizes for Batman and Robin. He acknowledges the movie was terrible, and he was terrible in it (like a boss). But his fans still insist it was ALLL the writers fault and George has nothing to do with that phoned in, half assed, joke of a performance. Now does that mean Clooney is a bad actor? Not by any means. But it's like baseball. Nobody bats 1000. Everyone strikes out now and then.
To be fair, that scene with Portman when he goes "No, it's because I'm so in love with you" is truly breathtaking stuff...
shareEveryone likes Jar Jar because of the fan theories that came thereafter. Darth Jar Jar. :p
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