The problem with episode III, beside Hayden's acting, is that the transition from Anakin to Vader was rushed. The movie tried to compress something that in reality would have taken some time into about 2 hours. Episode I should have started around the time when episode II took place. Lucas could have showed Anakin starting to slowly stray from the path of a Jedi with his continued fall in episode II and finally turning in episode III.
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The problem with episode III, beside Hayden's acting, is that the transition from Anakin to Vader was rushed. The movie tried to compress something that in reality would have taken some time into about 2 hours. Episode I should have started around the time when episode II took place. Lucas could have showed Anakin starting to slowly stray from the path of a Jedi with his continued fall in episode II and finally turning in episode III.
I do totally agree with this. I was hoping to see him go through the Jedi trials (not the ghetto ones that Luke did with Yoda) and the "knighting" of Anakin as a Jedi. It could have made a more interesting story. They could have just done flashbacks to the pod race or something to show him as a kid. Then you eliminate the entire Gungan plotline and battle which was lame compared to other battles in the trilogy.
I do totally agree with this. I was hoping to see him go through the Jedi trials (not the ghetto ones that Luke did with Yoda) and the "knighting" of Anakin as a Jedi. It could have made a more interesting story. They could have just done flashbacks to the pod race or something to show him as a kid. Then you eliminate the entire Gungan plotline and battle which was lame compared to other battles in the trilogy.
The only aspect that should be kept from episode I was Darth Maul. That fucker was bad-ass. And yes I agree, it would have been great to see more battles from the Clone Wars and how Anakin became the hero of the Republic while simultaniously falling to the dark side. A slower progression would have made the prequels sooo much better. That and no fucking Jar Jar Binks and 30 minute Pod Race.
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the transition from Anakin to Vader was rushed. The movie tried to compress something that in reality would have taken some time into about 2 hours.
I agree...the only reason to make Episode I instead of telling the backstory through crawl text or dialog in the movie is that GL wanted to show a young apprentice-level Obi Wan and the hesitation amongst the Jedi to train Anakin. I got the feeling GL really wanted us to see those two things instead of just "knowing" about them...unfortunately, that wasn't enough to build a film around. It really could've been a 30 minute prologue if he really wanted to show it. Much more time should've been spent on Anakin as he grew more powerful and more emotionally conflicted.
I agree...the only reason to make Episode I instead of telling the backstory through crawl text or dialog in the movie is that GL wanted to show a young apprentice-level Obi Wan and the hesitation amongst the Jedi to train Anakin. I got the feeling GL really wanted us to see those two things instead of just "knowing" about them...unfortunately, that wasn't enough to build a film around. It really could've been a 30 minute prologue if he really wanted to show it. Much more time should've been spent on Anakin as he grew more powerful and more emotionally conflicted.
Totally agree. he could have done it a la Peter Jackson in LOTR. Speaking of LOTR, and not to stray off target, but is anyone excited about Guillermo Del Toro directing the Hobbit.
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The first 20 min of III were pretty darn exciting.
eh...yea but i really didn't like I-III...lucas jerked off the cgi too much....what can i say....i'm old school
I do totally agree with this. I was hoping to see him go through the Jedi trials (not the ghetto ones that Luke did with Yoda) and the "knighting" of Anakin as a Jedi. It could have made a more interesting story. They could have just done flashbacks to the pod race or something to show him as a kid. Then you eliminate the entire Gungan plotline and battle which was lame compared to other battles in the trilogy.
The only aspect that should be kept from episode I was Darth Maul. That fucker was bad-ass. And yes I agree, it would have been great to see more battles from the Clone Wars and how Anakin became the hero of the Republic while simultaniously falling to the dark side. A slower progression would have made the prequels sooo much better. That and no fucking Jar Jar Binks and 30 minute Pod Race.
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I agree...the only reason to make Episode I instead of telling the backstory through crawl text or dialog in the movie is that GL wanted to show a young apprentice-level Obi Wan and the hesitation amongst the Jedi to train Anakin. I got the feeling GL really wanted us to see those two things instead of just "knowing" about them...unfortunately, that wasn't enough to build a film around. It really could've been a 30 minute prologue if he really wanted to show it. Much more time should've been spent on Anakin as he grew more powerful and more emotionally conflicted.
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Totally agree. he could have done it a la Peter Jackson in LOTR. Speaking of LOTR, and not to stray off target, but is anyone excited about Guillermo Del Toro directing the Hobbit.