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re: Is casting a 9 year old as young Anakin the worst casting decision of all time?
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:26 am to OMLandshark
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:26 am to OMLandshark
was there ever any sort of explanation for that scene?
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Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:35 am to Muthsera
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My brother, you must not have seen the test screening footage from Skywalker Ranch - they absolutely knew. Even Lucas could tell it was a disaster. Let me see if I can find it.
If you've watched RLMs Mr.Plinkett then you have seen it all.
The problem wasnt the story or the ideas, the problem was they tried to shove too much shite in the movie to appeal to every single demographic on earth.
They spent a significant amount of time making sure they got in things that attracted female viewers, minority viewers, little kids, teenagers, adults, etc.
Star wars became one giant advertisement.
Hollywood does this with everything now. Representation comes before writing and story quality.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:37 am to BitBuster
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The movie wouldn't have been any better. It would have ruined his life like it it ruined Jake Lloyd's life. The problem isn't the actor, it's the age.
To be fair, the fans ruined Jake Lloyd's life. A lot of them cannot separate the actor from the role, or the writing from the actor.
Both Jake Lloyd and Kelly Marie Tran got shite on SO MUCH, and both were probably so stoked to be in something as massive as Star Wars. Then they get into these terribly written roles, with horrible direction, and do their jobs.
It's the same mentality of when a person screams at a cashier or waiter because of the price of something. Neither of them deserved the abuse they got from it. I mean, how long before Jake Lloyd was willing to act again? Aside from a single movie called Madison, he really didn't speak in front of a camera again until 2015 for a documentary.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 10:55 am to skrayper
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Both Jake Lloyd and Kelly Marie Tran got shite on SO MUCH, and both were probably so stoked to be in something as massive as Star Wars.
I don't know how any actor in their right mind would have turned down those roles in Lloyd or Tran's place.
It's a lot of money and an incredibly high visibility role for an actor/actress who had never really done anything big before. It's a career making role.
Nobody is saying no to that, and neither one has any leverage over the character. Then they become outlets for fan anger vs the creators. It's dumb.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:06 pm to tiggerthetooth
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The problem wasnt the story or the ideas,
Ooooo, yeah. I'm going to have to go ahead and, sort of, disagree with you there.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:45 pm to BitBuster
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The Phantom Menace. What were they thinking? They cast an actor 5 years too young for a role written for a 14 year old. It was an impossible task for little Jake Lloyd. He could have been the best actor in the universe and it wouldn't have mattered because the script wasn't written for a kid.
Is this true? It would have been more interesting for an older kid
But 14 y/o would be way too old for Jedi training right? Or were him and luke both just the oldest?
Posted on 5/5/20 at 8:51 pm to cigsmcgee
Recently rewatched Empire of the Sun. I thought young Christian Bale crushed that role. Phenomenal.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 9:23 pm to BitBuster
the movie made a billion $$$$$$s. movie making is a business. it accomplished its goal.
Posted on 5/5/20 at 11:32 pm to arcalades
quote:That's the problem with Hollywood today. They all think that way. Instead of a love for the craft of making a great film, they are ready to whore themselves out to sling tickets. Quality be damned.
the movie made a billion $$$$$$s. movie making is a business. it accomplished its goal.
Same thing with music.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 12:01 am to Rep520
Trans problem was that she couldn’t deal with her role being stupid so she called everyone who didn’t love it racist.
Not exactly the best approach.
Not exactly the best approach.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 12:42 am to Rep520
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The script really wasn't written for adults, either.
Correct. It was written for nerd retards by a nerd retard.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 12:46 am to BitBuster
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Received a romantic interest from Padme who is obviously 16-ish.
That’s really the primary thing.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 12:49 am to TheTideMustRoll
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Anakin in the prequels should have been a character in the same mold as Dacre Montgomery's Billy from Stranger Things - an arrogant young shithead with a ton of charisma.
frick yes. You deserve MTV board flare for that point.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:11 am to H-Town Tiger
I freakin love that guys takes, warts and all.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:15 am to arcalades
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the movie made a billion $$$$$$s.
The cinematic equivalent of the pet rock
Posted on 5/6/20 at 8:12 am to Purple Spoon
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Trans problem was that she couldn’t deal with her role being stupid so she called everyone who didn’t love it racist.
Not exactly the best approach.
That doesn't appear to be what happened.
Some fans, upset at her character, attacked her on Instagram - a lot of those same people who attacked her race as well.
I tried to find an article that backed your claim, but I cannot find any. Not even message board posts.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 8:22 am to skrayper
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I tried to find an article that backed your claim, but I cannot find any. Not even message board posts.
My mistake then. I didn’t care really. Her bad character was about number 78 on my list of reasons that movie was rediculous
Posted on 5/6/20 at 12:04 pm to BitBuster
Idc, phantom menace is better then the new trilogy
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