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<blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 182434" data-attributes="member: 1645">The newer ads aren't simple action spots.&nbsp; Watch for the one with Anakin and Amidala; the acting's quite wooden.&nbsp; And if those are the 30-second spots they want me to judge the movie by, well, my judgement isn't very high -- and I'm left wondering what's really going on, since I keep hearing great things about this movie.By the way, I disagree that the first trilogy's acting was terrible.&nbsp; Han Solo (Harrison Ford) clearly delivered his lines with great charisma, and Leia wasn't wooden either.&nbsp; Chewie, 3PO, and R2 all &quot;acted&quot; well.&nbsp; All the evil characters certainly seemed authentically evil.&nbsp; I won't comment on Luke.I also disagree that the older scripts weren't well-written and that the dialog was bad.&nbsp; It was fun, and that's what it was meant to be.At any rate, the first trilogy wasn't High Art, but it was good pulp space opera.&nbsp; The Phantom Menace, on the other hand, was not a well-constructed story, it introduced some terrible elements, the characterization didn't work, and many of the special effects weren't so special.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mmadsen, post: 182434, member: 1645"] The newer ads aren't simple action spots. Watch for the one with Anakin and Amidala; the acting's quite wooden. And if those are the 30-second spots they want me to judge the movie by, well, my judgement isn't very high -- and I'm left wondering what's really going on, since I keep hearing great things about this movie. By the way, I disagree that the first trilogy's acting was terrible. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) clearly delivered his lines with great charisma, and Leia wasn't wooden either. Chewie, 3PO, and R2 all "acted" well. All the evil characters certainly seemed authentically evil. I won't comment on Luke. I also disagree that the older scripts weren't well-written and that the dialog was bad. It was fun, and that's what it was meant to be. At any rate, the first trilogy wasn't High Art, but it was good pulp space opera. The Phantom Menace, on the other hand, was [i]not[/i] a well-constructed story, it introduced some terrible elements, the characterization didn't work, and many of the special effects weren't so special. [/QUOTE]

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