To be precise a number of scene's felt they were cut at the wrong time, i.e. when Anakin goes nuts at the Tuskan's - 10 more seconds please. Another one, the fight with Jenga Fett as part of the big battle, he was fighting for like 3 seconds as compared to the well done scene with him and Obi Wan (was logical and a nice fit).
The OVERLY long repeated scenes with Anakin and Padma going over and over the anguish of their situation... we got that point the FIRST scene this happened, then they did that again 2 more times? why, maybe the perception was the acting was average and they needed to force (no pun intended) that down our throat? I dunno.
I'm not criticising the story line at all, just the way it was packaged (edited). The 45 degree disolves between a number of scenes was a classy effect and worked well.
In the middle of the film, the cuts between Anankin on Tatooine and Obi Wan in and near the factory - very hard to follow (do u think that was deliberate?). I didn't see an advantage to doing it this way.
If anything I would have preffered more consistency and generally faster cuts all over in the battle, not one or two fast cuts.
It's just an opinion, I'll pull me head in ok. I gave EP1 a 7 /10 and I'll give Ep 2 an 8.5 so dont think I'm being hard on it, the film rocks, just cetain elements frustrated me, beggars cant be choosers !
BTW when I was young I worked as a film editor and no I'm no expert but you do expect the same quality of the original films and even Ep.1 which was edited better. Was very surprised the inconsistency in particular in this film, maybe it's a by product of digital production or maybe they rushed production...
