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The thing is though is that even though Anakin has turned to the dark side, the good part of him hasn't completely been destroyed, and feels conflicted as a result. Look at the scene after Anakin murders the Seperatists. He's crying, clearly distressed at what he has just done. Also, Anakin...

Qui-Gon also passes down the point of view philosophy to Obi-Wan, who in turn hands it down to Anakin and Luke. Also, let's not forget that Palpatine tells Anakin that "good is a point of view" during the opera scene.

Ah yes, from the ROTS comic book adaption. I must say though the cartoony looking letters used for NOOOOOO!!! are even more cheesy than James Earl Jones' delivery. :D

Another criticism some people bring up about ROTS is Darth Vader's "NOOOOOO!" We debated this here a few months ago on the HTF. Some felt Vader's scream seemed cheesy and weak and is not what they remember about Vader in the OT, while others (like myself) have argued that this was Lucas' intent...

I agree. Once Anakin turns to the dark side, the film grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. If there is one weakness, the ending tries a little too hard to tie up all the loose ends leading to ANH. In this regard, the ending to AOTC is superior.

But the character's movements weren't motion captured by an actor, like Jar Jar (and later Gollum and Kong).

That may be so. But what I'm trying to say is that the PT's use of special effects has much more practical application to films, whereas bullet time does not. Look at the digital sets in Sky Captain and Sin City, or CG characters like Gollum or Kong.

I would agree. The useage of CG in the PT (CG characters, virtual sets) is used in numerous motion pictures now. Whereas the use of "bullet time" in films is very rare, and the few times it is used, it's used to comedic effect, often to parody and lampoon The Matrix.

Hey, on the bright side, ROTS won 4 HTF DVD awards, so it does take some of the sting out of the Oscar snubs. :D

I also agree with Chuck. I'm as upset as anyone that ROTS didn't get the VFX nod, but taking cheapshots at Brokeback is unwarrented. It's not like ROTS and Brokeback were competing in the same categories. I also agree that Sin City should have also got a VFX nom. Why is it that this category...

Considering that the Academy tends to pick the VFX nominees based on the film's critical acclaim rather than technical prowess, it's even more puzzling that ROTS was out, considering that ROTS got more critical praise than Narnia.

I must say I'm very upset that ROTS didn't get the nomination for Special FX, as it definitely deserved it. And getting snubbed by Narnia?? That makes it even more perplexing. That said, looks like Kong is going to win.

Another powerful musical moment is the opera sequence. The dark and forboding vocals signify that Anakin is having an audience with the devil, so to speak. And when the music swells when Palpatine proclaims that Plagueis could create life gives me chills every time I hear it.

Exactly. Whereas Zett Jukassa got the jump on the clones and ambushed them (while they were dealing with Bail) and was able to survive longer than Ki-Adi.

But then again Obi-Wan says to Luke in ROTJ: "You're going to find many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

Ian McDiarmid is named one of the Summer MVPs by Entertainment Weekly, along with the likes of Angelina Jolie, Terrence Howard & Cillian Murphy: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/comment...2|1_0_,00.html

I disagree. Vader's turn back to the light side begins when he discovers that Luke is his son. When he finds out Padme is dead, he really has nothing to live for, but when he discovers Luke, some of the humanity that he lost comes slowly creeping back throughout the rest of the OT.

But not Boba Fett -25 Also... prostrating himself to Sideous -10 letting Luke escape and failing to capture the Milennium Falcon -50 :D

I disagree. Anakin soundly whooped Dooku's ass in the rematch in ROTS, and the duel on Mustafar was pretty evenly matched. He only lost because he became too overconfident (which is the Siths' weakness).

I dunno, in the scene where Hayden wakes up from the nightmare, he seemed pretty buffed up to me. One thing's for sure, he's more built than Mark Hamill ever was. :D

Another scene with good LFE is when Anakin Force chokes Padme. In a good theatre the bass rumble is overpowering and definitely adds to the dramatic tension to the scene.

From page 80 of this thread: At the Ziegfeld in NYC which showed ROTS in DD, the sound and bass was mind blowing. At other theaters (even with DLP), the sound was really anemic.

In the beginning of the film, when Anakin & Obi-Wan's starfighters fly into the screen, you can hear their engines coming from the right surround speaker and then moving to the front speakers. That's the only example I can think of right now.

Reminds of the joke in The Incredibles DVD that the film is nothing but people pushing buttons. :D

Happy belated birthday, Chuck! :)

Was the Japanese version the subtitled or dubbed version? If this is for the sub version, perhaps this will be changed for the DVD, like Padme's reaction after falling from the gunship in AOTC.

We did see Obi-Wan use the Force to drop that huge weight on those magnadroids on Utapau. I always thought using the Force to hurl objects at people was a dark side thing.

I disagree. I thought it was reminiscent of Ian's performance in ROTJ, that and his "Good" when Anakin pledges himself.

That is NOT the droid music. It's unused music from the arena scene on Geonosis (when the beasts are brought out to the crowd). It's on the AOTC soundtrack, as well as the AOTC DVD menu. I thought that piece of score fit rather well for that scene.

Anyone notice that the establishing shot of Polis Massa resembles the scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey when the humans encounter the monolith on the moon?