Davnes007 said:

I stand corrected. It's still a shitty scene, though.

No argument there.

this was one of the very few non-action scenes that had some creating filmmaking by having the camera follow mace as he is entering the chamber and witnessing the proceedings along with yoda. 99% of the time, its just usually a 2 or 3 people walking very slowly - one person says something, another responds (usually disagreeing) and then the first person offers one final comment before the scene closes. RLM exposed this beautifully. In any other movie, it probably would not be noticed, but because so much of the PT is sterile and without any creativity, it sticks out.

so it starts off as an interesting scene - the problem i have now is that theres a logical flaw:

before, Organa said the senate would never vote for a clone army (which in itself is a plothole but thats another topic) and Palpatines aid says with emrgency powers, he can bypass the senate.

So Jar jar proposes emergency powers - and the entire senate falls in line and goes along with it!?!? if the senate would not approve the army, why would they go along with emergency powers knowing that palpatine would then order an army right then and there!?

the whole clone plot of AOTC falls flat on its face long before this scene. And maybe its nitpicking compared to the more glaring flaws of the PT. But with PT apologists raving in awe over the "machiavellen", "intrigue","slieght of hand" plots, it needs to be pointed out that palpatine can only do this because everyone around him is dumber than a bag of rocks and acts completely illogical. and not just illogical given the circumstances, but also against their own emotions.