Re: CHAT: I saw it! I saw it! I saw it!

Jim Henry wrote:
>
> On 9 Jun 99, at 17:40, Ed Heil wrote:
>
> > Sally Caves wrote:
> > > And I didn't much care for Anikin.  The future Darth Vader should have
> > > been older, and there should have been something darker about him,
> > > something that would have justified Yoda's sense that he wasn't right,
> > > something that made him a more interesting wundorkind than that cute
> > > button-nosed little thing saving the day all the time.  Marketing.
> >
> > I found Anakin sufficiently creepy, and not particularly cute, FWIW.
> > Couldn't put my finger on it; maybe I was just reading Vader into him.
> >  But it worked for me.
>
> An eight-year old Anikin already obviously evil would have made
> _The Phantom Menace_ more interesting, but would probably hurt
> this trilogy overall.   We need to see how he gets from here to there
> before we can judge the story as a whole.
How about a twelve-year-old Anikin, just on the verge of puberty, lean
and a little Angst-ridden, driven and interesting and potential?  Not
yet obviously evil, obviously... but you know how intense and potential
and compelling some children can be.  This actor just didn't have it.
Yes, we do need to see how he gets from here to there.  Rumor has it
that Leonardo Di Capria is going to be the older Anikin.

Sally