Overall, I really liked this move. However ... my main problem was something I read in my last issue of SW:Insider - RotS was supposed to take place over 9 DAYS.
Wait ... 9 days? You're telling me that that girl was 9 MONTHS PREGNANT, with TWINS, no less, and Anakin not only had NO IDEA, but could PICK HER UP AND SWING HER AROUND, and she could RUN?
*BS meter starts going berserk*
Anakin went from agreeing to a Sith in 9 days. Bail sure put a lot of miles on the Tantive IV, since all of that was supposed to take place on the last day. *grrrrrrrrrs* I thoroughly don't buy it.
But ... on to the movie itself.
First, I feel obligated as a chick to mention that there was no way Padme looked like she was pregnant with TWINS. Don't tell me it was the costumes hiding it, because that last one (on Mustafar) sure as heck (swearing on forums bad??) showed her tummy, and I was bigger than that with my daughter - she only weighed 6 lbs. And she RAN?! Mindboggling. And Anakin, Mr. Uber-Midichlorians (another idea I thought was total crap, BTW), couldn't detect two Force-sensitives? Or noticed the basketball she apparently ate? Or her body changing? That leaves male obliviousness at a whole new level. And that birth scene ... oh please. Although a friend of mine on a mailing list did come up with another idea for why the babies were so big - that plastic skirt/privacy guard thing was a "Super-Uber Growth Ray".
How on Mustafar did Leia remember her mother from those two seconds of contact? Shouldn't it have been Luke?
And don't even get me started on the whole "Oh, no, he's turned to the Dark Side, I have nothing to live for, *bucket kicks*" WTF?! Your kids aren't enough of a reason? "Well, Danielle, she's not in ANH!" Fine - have her go to Alderaan for a few years, and then die! That would tie in what Leia said, and not have the warrior chick that took her palace back by force at 14 go out like a complete punk - like, Boba Fett-level punkage. (Yes, I know that in the EU, Boba Fett lives. But in the movie, he's taken out by a blind guy ... on accident. How sad is that?)
I think that Christensen and Portman could have done a lot better if they'd been allowed to improvise, like the OT cast was. However, GL has said, "Dialogue is just the background noise to what's happening on the screen," and that explains how we get things like the mind-numbingly painful balcony scene. "I love you more." "No, I love you more." *gags on a spoon* Please.
However ... beyond all this nitpicking ... I did love this movie:
Anakin ... pardon me, Vader on Mustafar wiping out the Separatists. Beautiful effects, awesome music. Loved it.
The execution of Order 66 and the scene with the younglings made me cry. Yes, I'm a sap, but that poor kid and the look on his face when Vader ignites his lightsaber, and Ki-Adi-Mundi doing the "Come on, guys!" and getting shot in the back ... it's just sad. I still get kind of choked up.
On the same note ... I did get teary-eyed when Vader burst into flames. There's nothing like realizing that your entire life, and everything you've held dear - your wife, your kid, your power - has now been taken from you, and you're probably 90% sure you're going to die extra-crispy next to a lava river to really ruin your day. The music for that was great, as well.
I know everyone has panned the "Noooooo!" ... but it really fit. He just got all these new prosthetic limbs, there's no way he would have been able to bust out a Fred Astaire tap dance, and the "Noooooo!" was the last in a long line of SW "Noooooo!"s.
(Wow, this is really long. I tend to get pendantic when it comes to Star Wars ... probably why I have a Star Wars blog, huh?
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