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Guvernator said:
Halb said:
Indy 4 was st because it was st (so was st Leboef), Harrison wasn't st.
Sorry I have to disagree, his acting was still great but he definitely seemed to be struggling visibly with a lot of the action stuff IMO. In fact there were points where I was wincing in sympathetic pain as he tried gamely to do the physical bits and it was all a bit sad that they felt compelled to put him through the wringer for a 4th outing. I just hope they leave the older actors with some of their dignity intact and relegate them to the "wise old sage" roles rather than trying to get them to do all the leaping around.
Mind you I had the same sense of discomfort with Peter Cushing and Ian Mcdiarmid in the NT. Sorry to all the wiser PH'ers on this thread (I am getting there too) but I just don't think old folks look cool or very convincing when fighting.
I don't remember Peter Cushing having a very active role, he just had to do stand there and exude menace, and every time you see him in close up you have to realise he's wearing comfy slippers.
Halmyre said:
I don't remember Peter Cushing having a very active role, he just had to do stand there and exude menace, and every time you see him in close up you have to realise he's wearing comfy slippers.
I think he meant Christopher Lee. It's an understandable mistake since he and Peter Cushing are so closely associated with each other due to Hammer Horror films. Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 10th June 08:22
JonRB said:
I think he meant Christopher Lee. It's an understandable mistake since he and Peter Cushing are so closely associated with each other due to Hammer Horror films.
Yep always get those two mixed up for some reason :-)Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 10th June 08:22
At any rate I just didn't find his fight scenes believable, especially his 3 way with Anakin and Ben. I know "the force" is supposed to be the deciding factor in a jedi or sith's skill level but in practical terms, it was blatantly obvious that the two younger jedi would have literally run rings around him. They were literally flying around him while he was rooted to the spot. They kept having to use close up shots of his head and shoulders to hide the fact that he just wasn't very mobile. Made for an awkard looking fight scene IMO and the same could be said about the Emperors face of off against Mace Windu and his two pals. The way he dispatched the two jedi again looked very awkward, largely due to the fact that Ian would have been limited in his ability to fling a light sabre around convincingly.
I just hope they have the sense to learn from these scenes and either change the style of fighting or if they insist on sticking with the whirling dervish stylised fighting, realise that that sort of lightsabre duelling is a young persons game.
Halmyre said:
I think both LaBoeuf and Ford have admitted that Indy IV wasn't done very well.
I don't remember Peter Cushing having a very active role, he just had to do stand there and exude menace, and every time you see him in close up you have to realise he's wearing comfy slippers.
LaBoeuf is always saying his films are crap - IIRC he said the same about Transformers 2 - he was right, but it didn't stop him being st in Transformers 3. I'm starting to see a common link between all these st films that LaBoeuf is in.......I don't remember Peter Cushing having a very active role, he just had to do stand there and exude menace, and every time you see him in close up you have to realise he's wearing comfy slippers.
central said:
I opened that story in a tab, then forgot about it and went back to it around 30 mins later, forgetting it was the mash.Thought this bit was real, it could have been.
He added: “It does create a degree of uncertainty, but thankfully this will be the last Star Wars film made by and with real people.”
Halb said:
central said:
I opened that story in a tab, then forgot about it and went back to it around 30 mins later, forgetting it was the mash.Thought this bit was real, it could have been.
He added: “It does create a degree of uncertainty, but thankfully this will be the last Star Wars film made by and with real people.”
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