I've only watched SITH once -- couldn't stomach a second viewing -- but what stuck in my craw the most was...
- I couldn't tell Padme was preggers when we first see her so it seems like she gestates those twins in about a fortnight.
- The Emperor tells Grevous that he should move the seperatist leaders to Mustafa and then we have tons of scenes and Grevious still hasn't moved those guys... This time around it feels like weeks have gone rather than days or even hours -- it didn't sound like he was joking around or giving even a "When you get to it, get those guys over to Mustafa." Thought it'd be taken care of much faster. This action is slowed down horribly by all of the incessant Padme/Annakin scenes in between. If memory serves, it took about a half hour between Grevious appearances.
- Not sure if anything can be done about this but the SFX of Temuera Morrison's head floating around on those clone bodies was just awful.
- Is there a cheesy line about Annakin "disarming" Dooku? If not, there needs to be one.
- "Don't make me kill you.... If you're not with me, then you are my enemy." Yeah, okay, I was getting the George Bush stuff before, you might as well say "Axis of Evil" here.
- "My litte green friend..." We'd be a lot better off without the Emperor cackling as he's trying to slay Yoda. "So funny this is you think your ass will I kick."
- Can someone reverse all of Yoda's sentences so he speaks forwards?
- The references to Qui-Gon need to be removed. Should be, "Got something for you to do on Tattoine -- think of a new name... Ben. Ben Kenobi! Like it?" "Well, uh," "Great! Knew it I did."
Personally, I liked the intercutting of the fight scenes -- reminded me of the good old days of porn where we'd have two sex scenes cut together. More effective and less boring that way.
How I wish there were more of a sense of Annakin revelling in the Dark Side -- really being shown how much fun and power he can have by embracing his wrath. Instead, he just seems to go into a sonambulistic stupor. Overacting is overacting whether it's emoting too much or just not enough.
I'd love if Annakin's dreams of Padme's child were more reminiscent of Alia's premature "enlightenment" scene in David Lynch's DUNE (still feel that he should have directed ROTJ).
Would have liked, too, to have more consideration put into "Darth Vadar"'s name -- "I shall call you.... Flounder." "Why Flounder?" "Why not?" Seems that giving Vadar his name after he was reborn (after his children were born) from flame would have been so much more dramatic and logical. I mean, uh, did Lucas forget that Vadar means "father"?
Also, during that big fight on the lava planet, did anyone else wonder when Annakin was going to have his finger bitten off by Smeagol? I just don't see why they could fight on those floating rocks and not catch on fire while Annikan immolates a few good feet away.
And, isn't it a shame that with all that technology that they hadn't learned to give C-sections "a long time ago"? Might have saved Padme's life.
The only part of ROTS that I actually enjoyed -- that gave me chills -- was Owen and Beru watching the double sunset on Tattoine. That music... it took me back to 1977.
- Mike White
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