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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: September 24, 2015, 08:36:02 PM »
To be honest, I'm really bad at assessing acting quality. I mean, I can tell the difference between Patrick Stewart and Tommy Wiseau, but I'm not comfortable making precise judgments on acting as I do for writing. I also tend to attach more importance to the latter when considering a movie as a whole.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2015, 09:32:55 PM »
Quote from: L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia on September 24, 2015, 09:06:31 PM
Quote from: Californian Tony Returns on September 24, 2015, 08:36:02 PM
To be honest, I'm really bad at assessing acting quality. I mean, I can tell the difference between Patrick Stewart and Tommy Wiseau, but I'm not comfortable making precise judgments on acting as I do for writing. I also tend to attach more importance to the latter when considering a movie as a whole.

Fair enough, but a good or entertaining acting performance goes a long way to save a bad line

Using Star Wars, while this is a trite and cliche line, the way Natalie Portman emotes it still makes it appropriately sad:   I am talking about of course "Anakin, you're breaking my heart"

And a good or serviceable line can be hampered if the actor comes off as wooden or too far over-the-top, the former is what lines given to Mace Windu become. I mean just imagine how this line could've come off if Sam Jackson's signature style was used. "You are under arrest,...my lord". Goodness, it'd probably be something like "You are UNDER AR-REST Jedif*&(!", definitely more appropriate for the scene.

I'm not denying that. I actually need to watch those Star Wars prequel movies in their original English version some day, to see for myself if the acting and writing is as mad as some people make it out to be. It definitely didn't seem so when I saw them in Italian or French (though some moments did seem a bit goofy).
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 10:44:41 PM »
Oh God, I agree with Computer89 on something. Tongue

Time to start typing random 0s and 1s in my posts, I guess. Sad
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2015, 01:10:05 AM »
« Edited: September 26, 2015, 12:46:23 PM by Californian Tony Returns »

Pretty corny, but not really out of place with the series' spirit. Even the old trilogy had its over-the-top moments.
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