I agree that Christensen seemed to try and emulate some Vader mannerism. Even the fact that he really didn't say a whole lot. But I also thought that could be a character trait more akin to an older, likely regretful, Vader.
I disagree with the building of Vader scene though. I thought that whole scene was half-assed except for the 10 seconds where you see him up close, all the sound stops, and all you hear is his breathing. That was awesome and haunting. But the terrible animation, the animated scarred Anakin, and then ultimately the animated Vader. You're telling me they couldn't have put make up on Christensen to make him look burned? Or they couldn't put someone in a Darth Vader costume and get them to scream out NOOO? Just lazy IMO. And endlessly pisses me off in a movie that I actually quite like.
I don't mind Ep. 1. I HATE Ep.2. I think Ep.3 was really good and had the potential to be great, just too many shortcuts. And for a guy that made the first movies with puppets and toys, it really surprises me that Lucas went so bat#### with the far inferior animation. It wasn't even that he used it, its that it looked terrible.
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