Glenn Beck took a break from railing against his political annoyances to turn his ire against one George Lucas. The director's constant tinkering (or butchering depending on your POV) of his much loved Star Wars movies has been met with backlash for years now, but his decision to re-release his already highly maligned prequel trilogy in 3D has left many either completely speechless or fit to burst. I guess Mr Beck falls into the latter category..
If you don't fancy watching the vid, here are a few quotes from Beck..
"Here’s an idea, why don’t the people at your little ranch, why don’t they use all the CGI to make you go away -- with all your influence. You’re wrecking good movies. I don’t know how he does it. Is that the Industrial Light and Magic you’re always talking about, George? You can take somebody like Natalie Portman and all of a sudden she’s awful on screen? Awful!”
Beck said he saw the 3D version of
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace over the weekend, and was stunned at how irritating Jake Lloyd was as a young Anakin Skywalker..
“He could have gotten any kid – any kid – Jesus. Jesus could have been teaching at the temple, on the stairs, and they could have said, ‘Hang on, we’ve been looking for you because George Lucas wants you to play Anakin Skywalker,’ and Jesus would have said yes to that. Who does he get? He gets the worst actor on the planet.”
Harsh words! But true? What do you think?
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