quick question
like everybody else in the blogosphere, i lined up like the good nerd that i am to see star wars on thursday night. so, okay, whatever, it was pretty fucking awesome (at least the last 2/3). but something's been seriously bothering me since i left the movie theather. no, not lucas's depiction of how a man turns to evil; not how lucas made natalie portman look seriously ugly (a feat more amazing and impossible than the entire star wars franchise); not why did badass samuel jackson have to die?
nope. it's got to do with anakin's hair. i present to you a side-by-side comparsion.
now i know my comprehension of the star wars movies is seriously limited, but doesn't star wars 3 take place directly after star wars 2? perhaps i'm mistaken in my chronology there, but if not, that is a serious continuity issue. maybe hair grows at six million times its normal earth growth in the star wars series (that could explain the monstrosity that appeared on portman's head in about every scene); maybe a space badger attached itself at some point to anakin. i dunno.
NEVERMIND! i just asked tommy about this, and he reminds me the rather-awesome star wars cartoon takes place in between the two films, and thus we have the crazy hair. i still don't think it's a good look for anakin, but hey - at least he's not bald.
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re: the monstrosity attached to Natalie Portman's head --
Did it bother anyone else that whenever she had an elaborate 'do, the hair was super-long (like, with a butt-length braid hanging down), but when it was down and elaborately curled (like at bedtime and for the funeral) it only reached just past her shoulders? Could they possibly make it more obvious that she wears hairpieces?
Also, her face looked incredibly fat from where I was sitting (admittedly, on the front row, which distorts the picture somewhat) and positively gruesome in profile. Was it more normal in a better seat?
Natalie Portman was hot, till she started speaking. I've seen her in films where, dammit, she can act. So I can only blame Lucas for the shitty, and I seriously mean shitty, script and poor direction. If it wasn't for Dooku, Sidious & Yoda, I would have walked out of the theatre.
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