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<blockquote data-quote="GoodKingJayIII" data-source="post: 2286027" data-attributes="member: 13804">This quote is several pages back, but I saw it and wanted to say something.&nbsp; I think Portman and Christensen are as much to blame for the terrible love scenes as Lucas.&nbsp; Not that I'm say it was Christensen's or Portman's &quot;fault,&quot; but their chemistry was absolutely nonexistent.&nbsp; They always looked and felt awkward together.&nbsp; McGregor and Christensen, that worked out well.&nbsp; And both of them had some really stupid lines together (McGregor's &quot;I thought we were smarter than this&quot; comes to mind immediately).&nbsp; And yet they still have chemistry.&nbsp; There's communication beyond the words:&nbsp; a gesture here, a facial expression there.&nbsp; Hell, if you told me Anakin and Obi-Wan were in love I'd be more willing to believe it, based on the actors' chemistry.Take the balcony scene, for instance.&nbsp; The writing is terrible.&nbsp; I agree 100%.&nbsp; But the pair really make us aware of that poor writing when they come together.&nbsp; The line &quot;Then love has blinded you?&quot; could have been funny, a lover's joke kind of thing, had it been delivered differently.&nbsp; But it came out like Portman was reading from a teleprompter.It just doesn't make sense to me to &quot;blame&quot; the whole thing on Lucas.&nbsp; There were hundreds of people involved in the making of this movie, and I believe the actors have a big responsibility to work with what they're given.&nbsp; If you can't develop some kind of rapport with your fellow actors and their characters, than that is a big problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GoodKingJayIII, post: 2286027, member: 13804"] This quote is several pages back, but I saw it and wanted to say something. I think Portman and Christensen are as much to blame for the terrible love scenes as Lucas. Not that I'm say it was Christensen's or Portman's "fault," but their chemistry was absolutely nonexistent. They always looked and felt awkward together. McGregor and Christensen, that worked out well. And both of them had some really stupid lines together (McGregor's "I thought we were smarter than this" comes to mind immediately). And yet they still have chemistry. There's communication beyond the words: a gesture here, a facial expression there. Hell, if you told me Anakin and [I]Obi-Wan[/I] were in love I'd be more willing to believe it, based on the actors' chemistry. Take the balcony scene, for instance. The writing is terrible. I agree 100%. But the pair really make us aware of that poor writing when they come together. The line "Then love has blinded you?" could have been funny, a lover's joke kind of thing, had it been delivered differently. But it came out like Portman was reading from a teleprompter. It just doesn't make sense to me to "blame" the whole thing on Lucas. There were hundreds of people involved in the making of this movie, and I believe the actors have a big responsibility to work with what they're given. If you can't develop some kind of rapport with your fellow actors and their characters, than that is a big problem. [/QUOTE]

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