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Well, that's why I put it in quotes, because I'm making a loose comparison. I was referring to the main character's descent into despair, anger, and feelings of revenge. I felt that everything about the character's transformation in Batman Begins was handled far better than Anakin's own change of heart and really drew me in the way Episode 3 failed to. I was disappointed that I couldn't empathize with Anakin's betrayal of the Jedi. The only reason I'm making the comparison to that particular movie is that it is the next one I saw.

And actually, I don't think the problem was as much with Hayden's acting as some do - I agree with Neal Stephenson, who pointed out that he had an almost impossible job with this role, considering the lines they gave him and the plot he had to work within. I've tried to imagine other actors saying those lines well, and they look just as goofy.

I just included the bad dreams line 'cause I thought it was funny, but didn't he wake up in the middle of the night from a dream of Padme dying?

Excellent work in reasons 21-30, Chef. For me, these ten are reasons to hate E3, because they expose shallow character development, juvenile dialog, and simplistic, nonsensical plot lines. I swear that 30 seconds before Anakin said, "You are so.. beautiful." I clearly heard him in my head: "You are so... beautiful.", because a character so two-dimensional could have gone nowhere else in that moment - and then the conversation went downward, sounding like it was written by a fifth grader. I am so disappointed, because I really wanted to "get into" Anakin's fall to the dark side, but there were so many poorly written scenes that my suspension of disbelief didn't have a chance. A poster on Slashdot said that Anakin's turn to the dark side was based on "a couple of bad dreams and a lame promise from a bad guy who couldn't be more transparent if he were twirling a moustache." Reasons 21 - 30 were about where I really started to realize that there was going to be nothing worth watching but special effects.

I saw Batman Begins last weekend, and have been comparing character development between the two movies since. There was a fantastic "fall to the dark side", written correctly.

Yoda's "Mourn them, do not, miss them, do not." was ridiculous and sickening at the same time. Too bad Yoda wasn't there to console Princess Leia when Alderaan was destroyed - "Mourn them, do not, Miss them, do not." That's one master I'd be saying "see ya" to.

And finally, I always wondered why "restoring balance to the force" means wiping out the dark side. Maybe the Jedi really are the bad guys... I prefer Michael Moorcock's Chaos/Order balance.

According to this, it is definitely the "original" Millenium Falcon according to GL.