You mention that you didn't like Palpatine's quick response to Anakin. I did this purposely. I wanted it to seem like he was almost Interrupting Anakin... as if to say "Stop thinking that. Think this now."
Remember my whole explanation? If I can't show that Palpatine is seducing him into doing evil deeds... I can still show that he is impregnating his mind with this sort of dark, twisted reasoning.
You mention the shot of anakin reacting. I originally didn't have it there. I cut to the next shot of Palpatine talking, but it felt weird to change angles and almost change positions of the actors as well... so I inserted that.
As for the death of Dooku, I completely agree. Had it been one flowing shot it would have worked so much better. Anakin puts the blades to his neck too thoughtfully for me to really do too much. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to remedy this. I've been playing with it trying to get it to work but I'm not sure what I can do.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I've actually played around with the edits a bit so if you'd like, you can view this version now:
Dooku Version 3
I've only done minor edits. Fixing two glitches in the last video and tightening a bit of the editing.