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Nick Cage: Hayden Christensen's Star Wars performance was "Edgy, dark & Soulful".
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shinobi602
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I miss Nicholas Cage.
The Rock and Face Off were great.
The Rock and Face Off were great.
Nealand Liquor
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Hayden takes way, way too much flack for Georgie-boy's fantastically shitactular directing and fanfic level fedora inspired dialogue. Besides, any good director can coach a great performance out of a rock. Many pure as shit actors *cough* Sharon Stone, Courtney Love* have turned out great performances under great directors such as Coppola , Tarantino, Kubrick and so on and so on.
To quote Harrison Ford on George's writing "You can type this shit, but you can't say it."
To quote Harrison Ford on George's writing "You can type this shit, but you can't say it."
thecouncil
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Not exactly right, but what a great line anyway.
Christensen, beyond the lines he was saying, had such a goddamn bizarre way of delivering those lines. Great stuff though.
Extra Sauce
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I'm just going to keep posting this in every Nic Cage thread until someone somewhere actually watches the movie:
Dénouement
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His acting in general is already ~meh~ but the writing really did drop him another several levels.
And while we're on the subject of scenes that ruin his acting even more:
"Anakin, I wanna have our baby our Naboo ..."
"You are so ... beautiful."
"It's only because I'm so in love."
"No, it's because I'm so in love with you."
"So love has blinded you?"
"That's not exactly what I meant."
"But it's probably true."
[end scene]
Like why.
And while we're on the subject of scenes that ruin his acting even more:
"Anakin, I wanna have our baby our Naboo ..."
"You are so ... beautiful."
"It's only because I'm so in love."
"No, it's because I'm so in love with you."
"So love has blinded you?"
"That's not exactly what I meant."
"But it's probably true."
[end scene]
Like why.
This exactly. His casual, eerie way of delivering his lines is in my opinion what made him so good at the role. I mean he is playing a once good, brainwashed, conflicted man. There has to be something "off" about him. And I think Hayden delivered brilliantly in regards to this.
I really disagree. The lines about hating sand could have been delivered in many different ways. Rather than legitimately sounding depressed about the things sand reminds him of, Anakin whines about it.
-Pyromaniac-
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helllllsyeahhhh
I seen it. Cage and the kid were both great in the movie.
PerezDeCorcho
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I think we get too caught up in the bad dialogue before judging his performance.
Personally, I think he was just fine in Episode III. Episode II is a different story.
Personally, I think he was just fine in Episode III. Episode II is a different story.
Dictator93
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I could really feel anakin's emotion and love for padame (sp*) when he was talking about coarse-grained ortho-silicate.
Why? Because it's course and rough... And it gets everywhere?
He must hate going to the beach...
...Anakin's totally an indoors type, it would seem, a shut in perhaps...
...almost predestined to spend the rest of his future cooped up in a box.
It's hard to remember these days, however Cage is actually a fantastic actor. He even won an oscar and was nominated for another.
If I recall he had some sort of tax problem which in part explains his choice of recent movies. His acting style in recent movies I honestly wonder if it's just him trying to have as much fun with a role as he can.
thesoapster
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I can't wait to watch Outcast.
Hyperborean
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When I watched Shattered Glass, I still thought he acted like Anakin Skywalker. I was suprised as everybody writes that it was this film that showed he could act.
Sorcerer
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To be fair to Hayden, George is known for not being generous on second takes. If the actors can say the line, then cut, print.
If Hayden delivers his lines awkwardly, he probably wasn't given a second chance to make it better.
As for Nic Cage, he was starting to make a comeback in 2013. Frozen Ground, Joe, The Croods, it was a great year for him.
Joe is fantastic by the way and Frozen Ground is good. Haven't seen The Croods.
Then he kind of throws it away with left behind in 2014.
If Hayden delivers his lines awkwardly, he probably wasn't given a second chance to make it better.
As for Nic Cage, he was starting to make a comeback in 2013. Frozen Ground, Joe, The Croods, it was a great year for him.
Joe is fantastic by the way and Frozen Ground is good. Haven't seen The Croods.
Then he kind of throws it away with left behind in 2014.
Like Ami said:
It's a well-casted part, which isn't the same as well-acted.
boiled goose
good with gravy
The writing is what sucks the most.
"I hate you"
"From my perspective the Jedi are evil"
Or w.e
Can't do much with that.
"I hate you"
"From my perspective the Jedi are evil"
Or w.e
Can't do much with that.
PepsimanVsJoe
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I had to look that up.
The budget for that bomb was only $16 million. If Nic could say he got even a 1/4 of that, it'd be brag-worthy.
At this point he's probably just in it because A) he'll never get his finances in order and B) he can't imagine a life where he isn't constantly acting. Dude has to be one of the busiest guys in Hollywood.
The Croods is great btw.
TimorousPanda
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Agreed. I wasn't expecting much from the Croods, but I ended up really enjoying it.
Delta Assault
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Star of The Wicker Man praises star of the Star Wars prequels.
Sounds about right.
Sounds about right.
Escape Goat
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He said "sort of"
dapperbandit
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FROM MY POINT OF VIEW NICHOLAS CAGE IS EVIL!
I think by Revenge of the Sith he'd actually started to get his performance in the right direction. But like others have said, you can't out act a Lucas script.
Totally agree. The script was bad. There's only so much he could do.
LSauchelli
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Eh, I thought Christensen's performance was OK. His lines were crap, though.
I'm thinking more that Star Wars killed any chance he could have had for good movies. He delivered his most praised performance - Shattered Glass and Life is a House - before any casting director saw Episode II.
plasmawave
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unholyrevenger72
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yep
Mrs. Manky
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This is Cage shilling for his movie with Hayden.
Also, Cage putting up the "Cast me in one of the new Star Wars movies, Disney!" signal.
Also, Cage putting up the "Cast me in one of the new Star Wars movies, Disney!" signal.
It certainly would have been interesting to see what a decent script and director could have got out of him.
Personally I think he is a very meek actor who didn't have one decent line reading in either film, but then Lucas sapped the life out off everyone, it's hard to know for sure. Certainly his performances in Star Wars destroyed his career.
Personally I think he is a very meek actor who didn't have one decent line reading in either film, but then Lucas sapped the life out off everyone, it's hard to know for sure. Certainly his performances in Star Wars destroyed his career.
Agent Gibbs
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I'm inclined to think whilst Hayden was not the best actor, even the worlds greatest actor couldn't have done much with Lucas' hammy terrible scripts and directing
I don't like Nicolas Cage as an actor if I'm honest, but I loved him in Joe and Adaptation.
edit:
Gary Poulter might've outdone Cage in Joe but still!
YES! That's what I came here for.
Marvel
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Pretty much.
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ShadowKingpin
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I actually really enjoyed his performance in Revenge of the Sith. Sadly, with a bad Director and a terrible script, he had to make do with what he had.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Well this is as good as a time as ever where I get to use this gif
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