The Shrine

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>Oh thank god...2 movies I loved (SW: Ep2 & Spiderman) were almost ruined had DiCapreo not turned down the leading roles in both</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Fuck, on some level I'm wishing that deCaprio WAS Anakin...though I halfway doubt anyone could make that dialogue work...</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>I don't really see what's wrong with DeCaprio. He's no Peter Parker, but he's definitley a better actor than whatsisname in Ep2.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>He's Leonardo DiFaggio, that's what</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>OH MY GOD HE'S NOT THE NEXT ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER LETS DIS THE GUY</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>This from the guy who cried during Titanic. :P</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Nobody gave a shit until Titanic - then suddenly he's the worst thing that's happened to acting in the past century. Go watch Gilbert Grape and shut yo mouth.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I would be ashamed to watch Ep2 if he was Anakin...DeCaprio is the ultimate "pretty boy" or male diva</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>DiCaprio would have been a much better choice than Christiansen. See, DiCaprio can actually ACT...</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Um, no. He was DiFaggio LONG before Titanic. Gilbert Grape (the 1/2 hour I saw) was one of his few actual acting roles. It's not that I don't like the movies he's been in (Romeo+Juliet, Titanic), I just can't stand him. I cheered when he died in Quick and the Dead</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>No, it's because he's a one-dimensional actor who bring nothing to the roles he plays and is highly dependant on the script and supporting actors(kinda like Keanu Reeves).....AND he's the ultimate 13-year-old girl heartthrob. THAT's the icing on the no-talent cake</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>WHO THE FUCK CARES?</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I still don't see a problem with Reeves.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>How many movies have you seen that he has been in?</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Tessian, apparently. Frankly, if he liked Episode II, I don't value his opinion about actors in general too much...</div>

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>I'm a Star Wars fan, sue me. I enjoyed the 2nd movie a lot yes, but it still doesn't beat the book of it and certainly not the New Jedi Order series</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I'm a Star Wars fan as well - but I'm not an unconditional fan. Epsidode II had poor acting and writing.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Am I the only one bothered by "DiFaggio"?</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Most, and not a single one has he actually brought anything to the role other than the one dimensional role he plays. I could start listing them if you'd like...</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>HIs involvment in Star Wars would have ruined it not because of his acting, but because of what he brings with him. Christianson wasn't good at all, but he didn't bring any other crap with him</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I loved Ep 2, but I hated Hayden AND Portman</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>? You mean that I refer to him as that or that you just don't like him?</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>He's Bruce Willis, just with better judgement</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>What does he bring with him?</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>That you refer to him as that.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Eh, I think they pretty much all did. The original trilogy had the saving graces of Ford, Guiness, and Jones, but Mark Hammill is just as big a tool as Christiansen. SW is a cool series, but let's face it, it's no Hamlet at the Globe.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Also notice that Lucas did not direct Empire and Jedi, he did not write Empire, and he only co-wrote Jedi. The man has great ideas, but he's not good at implementing them himself. He also doesn't serve well as his own editor.

You also forgot Carrie Fisher - and don't downplay Fisher and Ford. They took up a lot of screen time, a lot of it with each other. They did a very good job. That would be the equivalent of Christiansen and Portman actually doing good jobs. Episode II has three very good actors - Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Lee. Jackson did a bad job. McGregor was "Eh." Lee did a good job. (I'm not including Portman in there because I've only seen her as a child actress outside of Star Wars.)</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Wrong press, wrong demographic, a persona beyond the role....everything that Star Wars didn't need</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me"</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Who cares? I wouldn't have chosen him, but I think he would have done a better job than Christiansen.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Oh, please. I don't care that you're bashing him, I care about HOW you're bashing him. In my view, that's as bad as any racial slur.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>He's really not a heart-throb at all anymore. The Titanic craze has fizzled out</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Yeah, I think it's probably the writing more than the acting that detracts from Episode II. None of the characters are really given a chance to stand out and give good performances. I still enjoyed it though.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yeah, watch it again. I used to be far more forgiving, then I watched it again.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>But all I can remember of the movie is I really liked Fett and Yoda, and I wanted to slap the taste outta Anakin's mouth everytime he showed up onscreen.

How's THAT for a testament to Episode 2's writing?</div>

<div style='font: 11pt arial; text-align: left; '>Anakin was stupid, but he was at least a hard-ass. Luke annoys me a lot more.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Hey, Luke was a badass at Ep.6.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Hard-ass? Half of his dialouge is whining.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>If you saw The Basketball Diaries or Gilbert Grape I'm sure you'd change your mind.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Anakin was a pussy little bitch. I rejoyced when his arm got lopped off.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Maybe you're right. Always wanted to see both anyways. But of ALL the others I've seen, he's nothing (and I like a lot of those films). But I will see them and make a final judgement then</div>