From a head knowledge perspective, yes, it is tragic. What is lacking, for me, is the emotional identification with Anakin that is necessary for it to feel like tragedy. So, I can knowledge that the point of the story is a tragedy, but there is no emotional resonance for me. I don't connect with the characters in a meaningful way, they do not feel like real people in a real situation.
Hmmm. That's pretty much how I feel about Rey and Poe and all them. They feel like calculated products.
Agree to disagree then. If there was ever a time I would be sympathetic with Anakin, it was when AOTC first came out, when he and I were the same age, and struggling with romance. Unfortunately, upon rewatch,, it doesn't ersonate or feel real.
Doesn't that mean that you identified with him at the age you would identify with him most, then identified less as you became less like him?
No, I didn't identify with him even then. No emotional resonance, as I stated before. I did not find the romance believable or realistic. Anakin's motives feel very selfish and do no move past that, so he feels incredibly static, hence, not real.
I would say that they move INTO selfishness after TPM. So no, he's not static.
The very last shot of TFA is bad though. Everything before it is good, but the final shot (for some unfathomable reason) is a grainy drone/helicopter shot.
From AOTC on, he feels very static. Again, as I said earlier, TPM Anakin and AOTC/ROTS Anakin do not feel like the same person, and that's a missed story opportunity to really show that transition.
They totally do though. They feel like TPM Anakin changed by a combination of conflicting philosophies, teenage needs, and deep seated insecurity brought on by leaving his security blanket (his mother) at a young age.
Again, it sounds good. But, there's too much inconsistency in his presentation for the realism of the character. Padme feels similarly, that she makes a large transition between films that we must infer and not be shown.
In my book, this is the cardinal sin of the PT across the board.
It's a close second for me, bu the unrelatable characters is what really sticks out, and how much ancillary material was released to "fill in the gaps" at times.
But we ARE shown. I have already explained this to you (with examples) in previous posts.
No it's implied. As has been stated, by you, we are already seeing Anakin under Palpatine's influence. So, by AOTC he is already on the path and there is no alternating it. There is never a feeling of angel and devel, but just how Anakin will embrace his selfish nature.
Not at all. We are shown Palpatine and Anakin's conversation in the begining of the film, after knowing from the end of TPM that Palp would have his eye on Anakin.
So are we not shown or are we shown poorly?
Source?
