Having read other comments about the dual and from how I felt about it after seeing it once, I would have to say that it as well as the ending left me hanging. Sure it was great to get an idea of what Yoda can really do, but the tension and awe just weren't there like the ender saber fight in TPM.
I think CG had a lot to do with that for me. How can you get worried about a hero dying if you know they are just computer generated. The saber fight in TPM, as staged and choreographed as it was, looked real. Why? Because they were real people going at it with amazing feats of acrobatics and swordplay. It was clear at all times just how dangerous that fight was because you could see everything. I found the fight in ATC too "messy". It was difficult follow what was going on since it moved so fast. And then knowing that Yoda wasn't really there would be like watching an actor box a CG character. It may look real, but you know it isn't. So even though Dooku was fighting like mad to fend of Yoda, the real element of danger wasn't there since Yoda was added later to the scene. Kinda like how the Jedi actors deflected blaster bolts that were aimed right at their sabers by the ILM effects guys.
So, basically what I'm saying is that it all comes down the human skill in my mind. TPM saber fight scene was all about human skill, but ATC was not.
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Think how easily supplies disappear from the workplace..... this just makes it easer to fit a "box" of computers in your briefcase/purse. Clemster.
Having read other comments about the dual and from how I felt about it after seeing it once, I would have to say that it as well as the ending left me hanging. Sure it was great to get an idea of what Yoda can really do, but the tension and awe just weren't there like the ender saber fight in TPM.
I think CG had a lot to do with that for me. How can you get worried about a hero dying if you know they are just computer generated. The saber fight in TPM, as staged and choreographed as it was, looked real. Why? Because they were real people going at it with amazing feats of acrobatics and swordplay. It was clear at all times just how dangerous that fight was because you could see everything. I found the fight in ATC too "messy". It was difficult follow what was going on since it moved so fast. And then knowing that Yoda wasn't really there would be like watching an actor box a CG character. It may look real, but you know it isn't. So even though Dooku was fighting like mad to fend of Yoda, the real element of danger wasn't there since Yoda was added later to the scene. Kinda like how the Jedi actors deflected blaster bolts that were aimed right at their sabers by the ILM effects guys.
So, basically what I'm saying is that it all comes down the human skill in my mind. TPM saber fight scene was all about human skill, but ATC was not.