Veknoid Ranks the Star Wars Movies

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

I think you picked up on something that runs through the entire prequel trilogy: George Lucas can't be bothered to frame or block a dialogue scene with any sense of style. He just has the actors sit on a couch or walk down a hallway and then cuts back and forth in shot reverse shot (this was hammered home in the Plinkett reviews). It's like he just wants to get the talking part out of the way so he can focus on the visual effects. Lucas has never been an actor's director, but in the prequels he didn't even pretend to try.

Yeah this seems pretty accurate. I did get the impression that Lucas was more focused on the visuals rather than actual character interaction and development, which was pretty disappointing for someone like me, who always treats characters as the biggest draw into any story I read or watch. 

I actually watched that Plinkett review :P though to be fair I always felt like those dialogue scenes felt really awkward. It's like he went as basic as possible to just get them out of the way, like you said.