Worst dialogue
#1
Posted 16 June 2005 - 09:05 AM
One of the worst pieces of dialogue in my opinion is during Palpatine and Anakin's post-Dooku-decapitation conference.
Roughly went like this I believe;
ANAKIN: He was unarmed, its not the Jedi way
PALPS: But its not the first time is it. Remember what you told me about your mother and the sand people .
This bit is not necessary. We saw EpII, we know what the other time was that he's referring to. May as well have a "Previously on Star Wars" section before the opening scrawl.
Anyway, any other nominations for the "I Don't Like Sand" award for worst Episode III dialogue?
#2
Posted 16 June 2005 - 09:10 AM
That was Ep. II; although I think that ghastly bit of dialogue is actually superceeded in sheer awfulness by the "you're so beautiful" bit of dreadful bantering.
koji
#3
Posted 16 June 2005 - 10:23 AM
koji
And also, some awful whistling from R2D2.
Isaac Asimov
#4
Posted 16 June 2005 - 10:57 AM
#5
Posted 16 June 2005 - 11:11 AM
Yep. Also added to how "cold" this scene was. I'm sure any one dying would prefer human contact rather than a droid. Myself, I think the droid was substituting for George Lucas.
#10
Posted 16 June 2005 - 03:40 PM
#11
Posted 16 June 2005 - 04:02 PM
As for Yoda, I think that when they used the more realistic puppet and Frank Oz was under the floor boards, it forced him to make every line count to avoid retakes, hence the better job. I know they used an unrealistic puppet in TPM, but I can't believe it was the same one used in Empire. Something went terribly wrong with Yoda.
And I get a mental image of Jake Lloyd high fiving Haden Christensen on his performance in ATOC and ROTS preserving the "Mannequin Skywalker" continuity....
#12
Posted 16 June 2005 - 05:33 PM
Or maybe "Time to abandon ship!!!"
Heh, reminds me of this ytmnd...
http://silentfilmstarwars.ytmnd.com/
#13
Posted 17 June 2005 - 10:54 AM
Sorry, I disagree with that one. At least there were no Threepio puns this time, as in EpII. Fisto should have given him a force-whupping when he had the chance.
#14
Posted 17 June 2005 - 11:15 AM
The "you're so beautiful" dialoge was atrociously bad, but it takes a back seat to palpatine's "I have waited for this a long time, my little green friend."
He calls him my little green friend? That's just... pathatic, and so childish, too. It sounds like something taken straight out of an 80's cartoon!
#15
Posted 18 June 2005 - 03:54 AM
"Masta Skywalka, they're too many, what are we gonna do?"
Boy, that was dumb.
Kind of felt like that ooold series, "A House on the Prairy", when the indians were attacking, or something.
This post has been edited by Hari Seldon: 18 June 2005 - 03:55 AM
Isaac Asimov