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scarred:
It takes pure directorial talent to make Natalie Portman seem like a D-list actress.
Well, that and lines like "*crying* You're breaking my heart!" after establishing in the first two movies she is a strong-willed independent woman. derp
Ozymandias:
To be fair, Obi-Wan suffers partially from the fact that it's a prequel and we knew 20 years before the movie that Anakin's gonna be evil.
But...it's not exactly hard to see that coming, I think, solely from the prequels. Obi-Wan still kind of comes off as stupidly headstrong in trying to train Anakin. Plinkett makes the good point that we never actually even get to see the two really do anything not stupid and good and buddy cop movie. Anakin's always arguing with and disobeying Obi-Wan and it's obnoxious and I consistently cannot watch those movies without wondering why he puts up with his shit.
Alex C:
It probably would have helped if they could have established more of a father-son dynamic between the two rather than the weird near equals thing they had going. A long suffering father/prodigal son dynamic is kind of in the works at times, but it's undermined by the timeline and the way the movies skip straight to Anakin being too big for his britches. You can obviously infer this kind of stuff from making some assumptions between titles, but that's hardly the same thing as a movie showing you their bond and making you believe in it.
Ozymandias:
When you actually state it like that, I totally see that and can understand how the relationship can be more compelling. But man, I sure as hell didn't see that while attempting to watch it.
It's interesting, while the first movie has long served as a case of a well done archetypal hero's journey and ESB has served as the go-to incredible sequel and demonstration of a stellar second part of a trilogy, the prequels will forevermore serve as a demonstration of how to do it completely wrong and be referenced as such for many years to come. While there have been many, many, many bad movies, none illustrate it and are as widely known to do so as well.
Alex C:
It definitely is a grim reminder of the "Show, don't tell" maxim.
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