Maybe it's just me, but I haven't found what's so great about his "acting style". Any thoughts?
Not a big fan of mr.christensen's...in fact im unpleasantly reminded of justin timberlake when mr.christensen expresses his "acting technique".
is it just me or did it seem as if hayden was called in to shoot all his scenes in episode 2 the same day he was notified he would be young anikan skywalker? or maybe they shot all his scenes right after the screen tests...or were all of his scenes just taken right from the screen tests and put into the computer while a little cgi here and there does the rest?
also fuck me if i'm wrong but in the scene where hayden and ewan have their backs to us looking out on the balcony, did that not resemble the beginning of an N'SYNC music video before they break out dancing? ahhhh i dunno...maybe it's all in my head.
Maybe there's some underlying sexual tension between Obi-Wan and Anakin that has yet to be explored yet. Where's God Damn Im Da Man?
Quote from: life_boyMaybe it's just me, but I haven't found what's so great about his "acting style". Any thoughts?
is there anything? He was a poor choice for SW2, although anybody else probably couldnt have saved it
using only Star Wars as my ActOmeter...he can't do any internal thought whatsoever...the ActOmeter gives him a (-4).
Watch "Life as a House" and you'll see the boy can act if he's given material.
I'm a Star Wars Whore, but Uncle George should be the guiding force (heh heh) and not the writer/director, but you know - all in all it's his movies so we can whine and cry all we want about them, but using Clones as a litmus test for Hayden's acting and of course you'll wonder what the hubbub is about. But even Natalie and Ewan and Sam and Liam and on and on look fairly flacid compared to what we know of their abilities. :twisted:
Michael beat me to the punch. He was great in Life as a House. He was still definitely Hayden - no question there. But the role fit him much better than the Star Wars role seems to. I think he was a bad casting choice for Star Wars, but in the right role, Hayden isn't bad.
Yeah but I didn't like him in Life As a House either. I didn't understand why people were talking about that performance so much and getting a SAG nomination and everything. It wasn't the lifeless mess that Star Wars is/was, but it wasn't great either, in my opinion.
Quote from: life_boyYeah but I didn't like him in Life As a House either. I didn't understand why people were talking about that performance so much and getting a SAG nomination and everything. It wasn't the lifeless mess that Star Wars is/was, but it wasn't great either, in my opinion.
You're obviously drunk :wink:
Life as a House was an overrated piece of shit that was one of the few movies I've ever had to turn off because of sheer hatred. A lot of the hatred stemmed from the awful, cliched script, most of it came from our young jedi in question, Mr. Hayden Christensen.
Quote from: bonanzatazLife as a House was an overrated piece of shit that was one of the few movies I've ever had to turn off because of sheer hatred. A lot of the hatred stemmed from the awful, cliched script, most of it came from our young jedi in question, Mr. Hayden Christensen.
Quote from: michael alessandroYou're obviously drunk
Quote from: mogwaiGeorge Lucas couldn't wait 15 years for the little kid to grow up. :wink:
who was even worse.. :shock: ...
There are way too many smileys on this page.
QuoteHe was great in Life as a House. He was still definitely Hayden - no question there. But the role fit him much better than the Star Wars role seems to. I think he was a bad casting choice for Star Wars, but in the right role, Hayden isn't bad.
I liked Life as a House very much... except for Hayden. It was written well, but tell me you couldn't put "It's Obi Wan's fault! He's holding me back," after every dramatic line in Life as a House. Hayden has two settings as an actor--Creepy and Bitchy.
Quote from: RaikusHayden has two settings as an actor--Creepy and Bitchy.
Yeah, so do women with PMS.
Now that you've made that correlation... do you think that... nah, nevermind.
Hayden Christensen is just like most actors; given really poor writing, he's going to deliver a really poor performance. George Lucas is a really poor writer, therefore NO ONE in the last two Star Wars movies (except Ewan MacGregor, who is somehow immune) gave a decent performance.
Now, "Life as a House", despite being a piece of crap movie, at least had a well-written character for him to play, and I thought he was pretty good in it.
Quote from: RaikusHayden has two settings as an actor--Creepy and Bitchy.
Totally agreed. Remember the scenes in Star Wars where he gets flipped out about Obi Wan stepping on his shoelace or something and Amidala's like, "Dude, chill out." So he calms down and puts on this creepy smile where he looks more like Amidala's stalker than her lover. There was not even a hint of chemistry between those two, they seemed repulsed by each other.
"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That made me laugh.
Quote from: life_boy"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth."
Oh my god. I watched SWE2 on my friend's new High-Def widescreen Saturday night, and that line made me writhe in pain. However, you can't blame Hayden for that. That's all George's fault.
And the death stick reference was way over the top.
If he wasn't George Lucas, I'd go on a rant about how bad he is. But that would just be wrong.
Quote from: life_boy"Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth."
I think it was "not like you." I guess Amidala was flattered by being contrasted with sand.
Anakin's a creepy dude.
This thread is sad because it reminds me of how the star wars series drained Natalie Portman in giving a good performance and to think, for the last 4 to 5 years, she has revolved most of her acting career around just making these movies. I hear she may be in a very good movie coming up this year. Well, I hope so because I can't take just another where the heart is or anywhere but here as standing as the good points since Beautiful Girls. She could be so much more.
~rougerum
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanQuote from: life_boy"Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth."
I think it was "not like you." I guess Amidala was flattered by being contrasted with sand.
Yeah, I thought that sounded a little odd but I cut and pasted this from IMDb "memorable quotes" section for
Episode II.
hopefully Natalie Portman does full frontal nudity soon. But on to topic, Life as a House was an awful sap fest, Hayden wasnt great but to me he was at least likeable.
I know the script is George's fault, but it's Hayden that brought the script to life!
And if it wasn't Star Wars no one would buy this fucking shit for a second. But, we have to bend over and take it nice and hard because we loved the originals (which seems like a wet dream now, with this talk of more 'special treatment' for the DVD's). It's a sad state of affairs, this bullshit galaxy we're a part of now.
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetThis thread is sad because it reminds me of how the star wars series drained Natalie Portman in giving a good performance and to think, for the last 4 to 5 years, she has revolved most of her acting career around just making these movies. I hear she may be in a very good movie coming up this year. Well, I hope so because I can't take just another where the heart is or anywhere but here as standing as the good points since Beautiful Girls. She could be so much more.
~rougerum
Ray of light maybe?
Columbia Pictures has set Mike Nichols to direct an adaptation of Patrick Marber's acclaimed play Closer, with a script penned by the playwright, reports Variety. Jude Law and Natalie Portman, who both just starred in the Anthony Minghella-directed Cold Mountain, are near deals to star.
The drama revolves around two couples. When the guy from the first couple links up with the girl from the other couple, the group dynamic turns ugly.
Marber also recently penned Asylum for Paramount Classics, and he is scripting About the Author for DreamWorks.
Law is about to topline and produce the Kerry Conran-directed sci-fi adventure The World of Tomorrow, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie. Portman will next star with Zach Braff in Large's Ark and then make her third "Star Wars" film this summer.
Actually Duck Sauce, she has done full frontal nudity already, in ways. A couple of years ago, she was caught by paparazzi topless on a beach. I saw the pics, and they weren't that bad.
~rougerum
Quote from: life_boyI know the script is George's fault, but it's Hayden that brought the script to life!
But can you imagine
any actor saying the damn "sand" line and making it work? Maybe Gilbert Gottfried, but let's face it, he's too old for the role.