# AOTC:  The Jedi are the bad guys

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**Created:** [May 24, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aotc-the-jedi-are-the-bad-guys/110668 "2002-05-24T15:46:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aotc-the-jedi-are-the-bad-guys/110668/41 "2002-05-25T15:20:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pldennison \*  
> **I re-watched all three of the OT last week, too, and I will concede that Natalie Portman’s AOTC acting is the worst I have seen in any of the five movies**

Wow! I _really_ disagree. I thought Natalie Portman’s performance in both movies was mostly harmless. Not great, but not bad.

L’il Anakin was pretty damned wooden, but :: shrugs :: there ain’t all that many great kid actors out there. Except for the bad monologue towards the end of Phantom Menace (“Jeepers. What-does-THIS-button-do. Maybe-I-should-press-it.”)\* his performance was mostly cringe-less.

But Big Anakin… :: shudder :: I _hated_ his performance. Every tortured line ("Da sands. O’ Tat. Tew’een, dey arh ruff. But your skin, It is smoot’. ")\* he uttered, every clumsy “Dah scrip sez ta look at da goil here. So I will now look at da goil here” gesture. I never once forgot that whoever-he-was was an actor, not the character. I cringed through most of his “sincere” bits. (He wasn’t bad during the action sequences when he had to keep his yap shut though.)

Fenris

\*Exaggerated for humorous effect

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