Getting to meet Natalie Portman seems a pretty good reason for doing a movie.
Who cares?
[quote]Of his relationship, for instance, with George Lucas, he says that "We didn't get on at all", going on to say "I didn't rate him that much as a director really. I didn't feel he was a director of actors, he was more interested in stuff and effects". He continued, adding "He didn't interest me and I wouldn't think I interested him".
He told Empire that he'd come from Australia to do the movie, with some persuasion from his agent, and that one of the things that swung it for him was the chance to meet Natalie Portman. Sadly for Stamp, on the day he was due to film with her, he asked George Lucas where she was, and he replied "'That's Natalie', and points to a bit of paper on the wall. It was just boring".[/quote]
That last sentence. I hope JJ Abrams brings about some practical, actual sets.
This is why Empire and Jedi were the strongest films of the saga...Lucas had the least to do with them. Irvin Kirschner and Richard Marquand knew how to work with actors...their attitude was "Okay, you're an actor. You know what you're doing," and let them add whatever "flavor" they felt was needed for their characters/scenes (a great example of this was Kirschner allowing Harrison Ford to ad-lib the famous "I know" response to Leia's "I love you"). Lucas' approach was the infamous "It's written on the page. Just read what I wrote."
Lucas is a great idea man, but he works best when other people do the actual legwork (Lawrence Kasdan's writing, Kirschner and Marquand's directing). And not just with Star Wars...the best Indiana Jones films were great due to Spielberg. Remember that one where Lucas had the most control? Crystal Skull, much like the Prequels, shows that Lucas is at his best when he stays mostly in the background.
Bloody love Terrence Stamp.
[QUOTE=Dippeggs;39399409]I don't even remember him in the Phantom Menace.[/QUOTE]
He was the chancellor in Phantom Menace. Before Palpatine.
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He didn't really do anything except get dismissed by a vote of no confidence or something after being yelled at by a bunch of weird aliens.
[QUOTE=EzioAuditore;39399524]Bloody love Terrence Stamp.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqBO0Cluv_o[/media]
Terrence Stamp is Steel and he is Doom.
When I was younger I used to get Malcolm McDowell and Terrance Stamp mixed up :v:
[QUOTE=NuclearJesus;39399508]This is why Empire and Jedi were the strongest films of the saga...Lucas had the least to do with them. Irvin Kirschner and Richard Marquand knew how to work with actors...their attitude was "Okay, you're an actor. You know what you're doing," and let them add whatever "flavor" they felt was needed for their characters/scenes (a great example of this was Kirschner allowing Harrison Ford to ad-lib the famous "I know" response to Leia's "I love you"). Lucas' approach was the infamous "It's written on the page. Just read what I wrote."
Lucas is a great idea man, but he works best when other people do the actual legwork (Lawrence Kasdan's writing, Kirschner and Marquand's directing). And not just with Star Wars...the best Indiana Jones films were great due to Spielberg. Remember that one where Lucas had the most control? Crystal Skull, much like the Prequels, shows that Lucas is at his best when he stays mostly in the background.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2OoxzYqgNY&[/media]
forgot to mention american graffiti and I found it a good movie.
For THX 1138 I haven't seen it yet so I can't judge all of lucas's early work
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hLXOVCZr-8[/media]
also lucas did write the script for this one
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