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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 2262886" data-attributes="member: 9213">Just to start, for me: Star Wars: 9 The Empire Strikes Back: 9.5 Return of the Jedi: 6 (The first half of this movie is almost PERFECT. It's after they rescue Han from Jabba it nose dives into the potty.) Phantom Menace: 2 (Pod Race and the final duel were the only things that I liked from this movie. Otherwise, Bantha Poodo)Attack of the Clones: 6 (The Jedi battle on Geonosis was enough to give this movie a 5 rating) Revenge of the SIth: 6.5ROTS was a disappointment. Structurally the movie is pretty sound. Some people complain about the appearance of the Wookies and how there was no need for them to be in the film. And I agree to an extent, but the bottom line is that they served a purpose, the are what drew Yoda away from the Jedi Temple. For the sake of the story he needed to be elswhere. My biggest beef with this movie (aside from the lightsaber duels, which were pretty weak) is that I couldnt buy Anakin's conversion. Funny, becasue I totally bought Palpatines mind games and thought that of all of the characters, Palpatine came off the best. Hayden's portrayal of Anakins conflict was convincing, but his actual turning I didnt buy. And the movie pretty much hinged on that for me. Let me make it clear once again, the EMOTIONAL strugle was handled very well and the interplay between Palpatine and Anakin is very good. You can see Anakin struggling to work things out in a way that hurts no one, but in the end benefits him, but it's when he had to make that fatal choice, I didnt buy that moment. It seemed forced and unneccesarily so. Good things:I'm really not a fan of cutesy moments, but Artoo totally HANDLED those droids at the beginning. The opening is probably the best opening of any Star Wars film ever. I'm talking from the opening shot to the time they land on Coruscant. Dooku's Fate. D00d, HARSH.Obi Wan's solution to dealing with the Grevious. "Are you here to help us master Anakin?" and Anakin's response. Obi-Wan's parting Words to Padme just before he leaves her apartment. Palpatine. I know that I listed a few things that I did like, but overall I was let down. There were moments that shone on an emotional level for me but Lucas didnt take it far enough for my tastes. You could virtually see scenes that were begging for a better director who has a guiding hand for actors. Thing I hated: The lightsaber duels, all of them. Vader's "scream" of anguish.Grevious. (He was soooooooo bad ass in the Clone Wars series. In the movie? Straight punk. The Palpatine Yoda fight. Meh. The "reason" Padme dies. Ugh. This movie could have been so much better. It was ok, but it really could have been glorious.</blockquote>

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