He was pretty good in Jumper.

Yeah when you're an inexperienced actor dropped into the lead role of a sci fi film with a horrible script and no direction, you're probably not going to have the best performance. Even with that considered, he did a passable job. It's easy for viewers to see the glaring problems with Anakin's character and just blame Christensen. Natalie Portman went on to win an oscar and her performance was just as bad.

I also don't understand the overwhelming hate for the "I don't like sand" line. It wasn't exactly compelling dialogue but I don't see why it's always singled out above any of the lines between Anakin and Padme that were much worse.

Quote from: Tackel on October 20, 2015, 07:20:59 PM

As others have stated already, it was more a writing and directional issue. Even great actors like Samuel L. Jackson gave a somewhat underwhelming performance.

Hayden is great in his other movies. There's even a recent rumor he'll show up as a spooky ghost in Episode 8, which would be cool.

Is your profile pic what i think it is?

It's Anakin from The Clone Wars, if that's what you were thinking.

Yeah when you're an inexperienced actor dropped into the lead role of a sci fi film with a horrible script and no direction, you're probably not going to have the best performance. Even with that considered, he did a passable job. It's easy for viewers to see the glaring problems with Anakin's character and just blame Christensen. Natalie Portman went on to win an oscar and her performance was just as bad.

I also don't understand the overwhelming hate for the "I don't like sand" line. It wasn't exactly compelling dialogue but I don't see why it's always singled out above any of the lines between Anakin and Padme that were much worse.

RedLetterMedia and some other outlets repeatedly played the line out of any solid context, making it sound terribly silly and absurd. Thanks to them, it spread like fire.