TheBoost said:But this ROTS review, especially part three, actually crosses the line where it's practically a textbook on filmmaking. I feel I'd be a better filmmaker after I watched this.

Funnily enough, I was thinking the same when I watched the third part. Mental note: don't do this! :D

Some of the comparisons Plinkett made with Citizen Kane were interesting. Whether it really was what was going through Lucas' mind, I don't know, but it was interesting to see someone attempt to find method in the madness.

TheBoost said:For discussions sake, I do disagree that the long opening shot is somehow not impressive just because CGI imagery is now ubiquitous in cinema. I think the opening shot, starting with the two fighters and the slow reveal of just how HUGE that battle is one of the better action sequences in the film and some of the best CGI in the PT.

I agree on both counts. Nonetheless, by this stage in the trilogy one is so sick of CGI that dismissing the sequence as just more of the same is an understandable response, even if it's perhaps not quite a fair one.

But I'll use this opportunity to say, I'd love to see Rick McCallum watch this.

I'd really like to see that.

I really liked the new Star Trek. When I saw it in the cinema, I thought: Wow, this film was more STAR WARS than any of the STAR WARS prequels!!!

You might well be right. :-)