First,
Nobody even pushed the droids to the ground, although that would seem to be the easiest way.
Yes one of the female Jedi did in the arena battle scene. I only saw this once, though. But I guess the reason they don't do that more is beause the droid could just get back up and start firing, better to destroy the droid with the saber or reflected gunfire.
I thought the movie was great. It did feel a little rushed at times, but it was fun following the plot development. The scenes on Coruscant were great as was the car chase scene in the city. I like the sound effects of the silver ship in the beginning of the movie, the theatre I was in reverberated the sound was so loud. The video quality was not great, in some scenes Anakin looks fuzzy and its hard to make out his face. And the scenes that had a lot of blue in them (esp. the one where Padme is sleeping) seemed really fuzzy and coarse. I think George should shoot in a higher resolution for the next movie.
The best part about the movie were the action scenes, there were so many. And I think there were some powerful scenes in the movie, IE: the one in where Anakin's mother is buried. You can see him slipping towards the dark side, but what in the heck does Amidala see in him? He is so blatantly evil she should be alarmed, not falling in love. I guess Lucas depicted her as sorrowful over Anakin's mother's death, but I don't see where that would lead to a marriage. The scene where Portman defies Mace's order and goes after Obi Wan is the only one where her character showed any backbone at all, much different from EPI where she was queen and had a lot of depth.
Overall, a great movie. I hope to see it again, this time at a digital theatre.
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