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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Tree" data-source="post: 2263618" data-attributes="member: 1455">SPOILERSI gave it a 9.  The first half had the primary problem of Ep.II - it was just a bunch of aimless running around and pointless fights with droids.  But the ending was good enough to make up for that mediocrity.I found the Palpatine vs. Jedi fight particularly chilling, for a reason I can't quite pin down.  Palpatine's fighting style just felt alien and wrong, in an entirely right way for a Sith lord.I also particularly loved the mind-wiping of 3P0, but not R2.  It's as we've suspected all along.Easy: Make them too fast, without much maneuvering or variety.  They were all quick blurs of swordstrokes between two opponents standing next to each other.  They didn't have the fun martial arts or physical maneuvering of the Ep.I duel, nor the cool structured elegance of  the Ep.II Jedi battles.  They were just blurs of quick swordstrokes.Right, and there were a few other masterfully shot an paced scenes in the movie.  The betrayal and purge of the Jedi montage was gorgeously done, as was the intercut birth scene and masking of Vader.  (Not surprisingly, the best scenes are ones without much dialogue). The cutting on the whole was was too quick though, as you mentioned.  Lucas also occasionally falls back into "telling, not showing" a few times.I don't like the dialogue you wrote there, and I like the way the movie actually did end, but I definitely agree that the scene should have lingered longer.  If would have been perfect even if he just collects himself, then stands up straight and tall as his breathing becomes deeper and steadier, and calmly but menacingly walks away, so we can see the final death of Anakin and the birth of Vader as we all know him.</blockquote>

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