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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 230360" data-attributes="member: 99">Although tempted to &quot;fourth&quot; the Natalie Portman thing, I won't.&nbsp; Any more screen time in her skin tight outfits and my blatant gawking would probably have earned a vicious elbow to the ribs from my wife (On second thought, maybe it would be worth it.&nbsp; Cracked ribs can heal, right?).I will say that I disagree that there needed to be more footage of the &quot;Slaughter of the Sandpeople&quot;.&nbsp; If that sequence of the movie needed something, IMHO it was a FAR less cliche scene for the death of Shmi.&nbsp; The way it was done really bothered me because it came off as a death scene written by an 8 year old.The obvious solution (obvious to me at least) was for Anakin to free her and attempt a covert escape only to be spotted by the Sandpeople.&nbsp; They shoot at him, hit Shmi (whom he is obviously carrying, given her weakened condition), she dies, he goes balistic.But I'm not boycotting the movie just because I didn't like that scene and overall, I liked it a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 230360, member: 99"] Although tempted to "fourth" the Natalie Portman thing, I won't. Any more screen time in her skin tight outfits and my blatant gawking would probably have earned a vicious elbow to the ribs from my wife (On second thought, maybe it would be worth it. Cracked ribs can heal, right?). I will say that I disagree that there needed to be more footage of the "Slaughter of the Sandpeople". If that sequence of the movie needed something, IMHO it was a FAR less cliche scene for the death of Shmi. The way it was done really bothered me because it came off as a death scene written by an 8 year old. The obvious solution (obvious to me at least) was for Anakin to free her and attempt a covert escape only to be spotted by the Sandpeople. They shoot at him, hit Shmi (whom he is obviously carrying, given her weakened condition), she dies, he goes balistic. But I'm not boycotting the movie just because I didn't like that scene and overall, I liked it a lot. [/QUOTE]

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