If George and co had done their jobs properly the films should make sense watched 456123 or 123456.

The PT was prominently advertised as the first three episodes of the saga (the episode number often taking prominent place to the title).

If reading chapter one of a book ruined your enjoyment of chapter five or created continuity problems with chapter six you would justifiably be annoyed with the author.

The 451236 order is an attempt to remedy this but I'm not convinced.

For me ROTJ is almost as bad as TPM but it has Mark acting his heart out (even if the other big free seem to dragging their heals waiting for the pay cheque).

Everyone acts like a zombie for the duration of TPM or is annoyingly vibrant like an American dub of a Japanese TV cartoon show.

Ian McDiarmid is a plus in both films, he makes even the most awkward dialogue interesting.