Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[v1101011]

No one dared challenged him on the script or decisions he made. NO ONE. You all see the results- the PT.

That is not entirely true. While he may have stuck to his script and decisions, Lucas himself stated that he'd asked Carrie Fisher and a few others to help him doctor the scripts but everyone turned him down and pretty much said "No, that's your world; do your thing".

 

[jye4ever]

Carrie Fisher can't even finish a sentence without embarrassing herself.

Her lines in this movie must be very minimal or heavily dubbed, I bet they were happy just to get May the Force be with you out of her.

Yeah, wrong person to save the PT.

She probably invented Jar Jar for GL during one of her hallucination psychotic episodes.

 

[karamazov80]

But people can read others pretty well. If George was the type to genuinely welcome constructive criticism, I'm sure it would have been offered. Not sure why he would want Carrie Fisher involved in the creative process anyway, but. . .

 

[abake]

I think he also asked Spielberg, but he turned him down as well.
I think everybody was too scared of the legacy and the impossibly high expectations. It's easier now, since so many fans dislike the PT.

 

[rushmore223]

I think he also asked Spielberg, but he turned him down as well.
I think everybody was too scared of the legacy and the impossibly high expectations. It's easier now, since so many fans dislike the PT.

Poor George! Not a friend to turn to, maybe we should just be amazed the actors had lines and weren't just barking like seals for 2 hours.

 

[xipotec]

Poor George! Not a friend to turn to, maybe we should just be amazed the actors had lines and weren't just barking like seals for 2 hours.

Classic Emperor with New Clothing syndrome.....he was nakid and alone and no one had the balls to tell him so...

 

[Wor-Gar]

Lucas has a nasty habit of not taking notes well, so it's not surprising no one wanted to bother to help. He likely would have disregarded their ideas anyway.

 

[jkno]

Lucas was surrounded by Yes-men so the results can be seen in PT.

 

[meanstreak]

No one really survived those scripts......how about a where are they now for every damn actor who was in those steaming piles .....ruined Ewen forever, Portman has not recovered. Forget Hayden......

Portman had Black Swan so she's recovered. She's terrible in the Thor films though... not sure if that's the writing for her character though or if she's just half assing it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Portman had Black Swan so she's recovered. She's terrible in the Thor films though... not sure if that's the writing for her character though or if she's just half assing it.

As much as I think Natalie is beautiful, she's not really a very good actress without a very strong director holding her hand throughout.

 

[pixletwin]

As much as I think Natalie is beautiful, she's not really a very good actress without a very strong director holding her hand throughout.

Boy is that true. She is not much better than, say, Julia Roberts.

 

[RIDDICK]

Blah-blah-blah...

Happy 64th Birthday, Mr. Hamill!

 

[Johnny Utah]

I'll only remember Natalie for Leon and Closer.

Especially Closer.

 

[jye4ever]

Don't make me whip out the Natalie rap!

 

[a-dev]

Jaysus, Hamill's in his 60s? For some reason that surprised me, it shouldn't have really.


Portman is a very intelligent woman. I can't believe she didn't have a problem with the way Padme was written in ROTS. What a weak-ass exit for her character.

 

[Kamandi]

Padme was always a creepy character to me. She married and had kids with someone she first knew as a child while she was a senator.

 

[Darthrazz]

Padme was always a creepy character to me. She married and had kids with someone she first knew as a child while she was a senator.

Wel.. she was a politician.

 

[jye4ever]

She had an injection of Midichlorians.

 

[K07]

As much as I think Natalie is beautiful, she's not really a very good actress without a very strong director holding her hand throughout.

Leon and Garden State are the only things I like her in. I think she got progressively worse in the prequels.

 

[rushmore223]

Leon and Garden State are the only things I like her in. I think she got progressively worse in the prequels.

Garden State - love the soundtrack, hate the movie,