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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frilf" data-source="post: 2264608" data-attributes="member: 2791">Wow. It's a 7 in a world where I was hoping for it to be more of an 8 or 9 (Lucas is incapable of perfection, try as he may not). What follows is my rationale (like anyone cares), and there are SPOILERS below, so if you haven't seen it yet - suffice it to say that I felt it was a solid "7" - far better than Eps I & II.OVERALL VISUALS - Incredible! You've never seen anything like it - just incredible!OPENING FIGHT - Right on! Classic Star Wars. This got the film off to a rollicking start and raised my hopes. Then... the death of Dooku. Give me a break!GEN. GRIEVOUS - Grievous was cool (esp. the lightsaber thing later on - awesome!), but he was a bit too wheezy for my taste. Come on! Is he a first-rate butt-kicker or in serious need of an inhaler? I also thought HE was dispatched too easily, but that's standard Lucas (see Dooku, Mace Windu, Boba Fett, Jango Fett, Darth Maul, etc., for further proof of this). MACE WINDU - Um. Not sure what happened here. I guess Lucas just didn't know what to do with the character. Offed like a chump.OTHER MISC. JEDI - Also offed like chumps. I would think that Jedi Masters would sense something wrong with the Force and be able to fend off multiple clone troopers at least for a few minutes - not get shot in the back like dogs! Arrgh. And wouldn't it have been better if Dooku/Grievous/Vader did the killing instead? Why do the generic clones get the honors? Aren't they the chorus in this space opera? I digress.ANAKIN/PADME - Wooden and awkward, but less so than Episode II.YODA - Cool, cool, cool. The fight with Darth Sidious is fun!FIGHT ON THE VOLCANO PLANET - Wicked cool! Nice effects. Anakin is torched! Nice!BIRTH OF VADER - In five seconds, Lucas dashes everyone's opinion of Darth Vader as the ultimate baddie. All I can say here is "Noooooooo!" Pass the cheese. Peee-yoosah!Those are some of the highlights and lowlights (as I saw them) of Episode III. Overall, it's worth seeing, but I felt it was far from satisfying on several fronts. When I see it again, maybe my opinion will change somewhat. Who knows? For my money, though, Lucas should have left the original triology as its own thing and renamed the Episodes I-III (or not have Episode monikers at all). Here's hoping they stop and don't make Eps. VII-IX unless Lucas hires someone else to write and direct them.Cheers!</blockquote>

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