[Elladan and Elrohir]

Yes, George Lucas is one of the worst directors of acting ever to make a big-budget film. It still mystifies me how he managed to get memorable performances in the original Star Wars film. I mean, the acting is not stellar there, but it's not terrible.

At any rate, PJ is a masterful director of actors. As Essex points out, he's big on doing lots of takes and having his actors repeat the lines in every possible way, so that he can pick out which one works exactly. I suppose you could say that in a way, it leaves less room for actors to interpret their own characters. But then again, for a project like this, I'm not sure that's a bad thing.