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Summary: George Lucas
Review: This is a review of George Lucas...not his Star Wars series of movies. Amazon. com predicted that I would rate this movie at 4 stars. Actually I rate it at 5. But George Lucas himself dosn't even rate the first star. 24 YEARS TO MAKE 4 MOVIES????!!!!!! Someone wake this guy up and give hime a cup of hot coffee. We could have seen many more of these movies by now even allowing 3 years per movie we would have twice a much Star Wars on our shelves. His marketing sucks. He waited far to long to release Episode 1 on dvd not to mention episode 4,5,&6. Re-releasing movies to suck money out of our pockets. Waiting untill after the original trilogy is released in regular format to release THX wide-screen format. I have the Star Wars trilogy in Beta, Laser Disc and 3 different vhs versions and now he wants my money for DVD, and I'll likely be dead by the time I see the final dvd release of the original 3. Someone please help...George Lucas is subjecting me to a slow death!
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Summary: Star Wars 1: The CG Menace
Review: This is a review of Star Wars 1: The Computer Animated Menace. The computer graphics used in this film looked really phony, and I think the special effects from the old Star Wars films are far better. Not only that the acting and script writing was a lot better back then. The big pod race scene looked like an effort to plug his pod race video game. Not only that what about Jar Jar Binx? Lucas stop trying to be cute and use the force for Petes sake!
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Summary: It is a videogame not a movie.
Review: This is a terrible movie. I love the original star wars trilogy, but this movie is horrible. The acting is stiff, the dialogue is dead and the computer generated graphics are overwhelming, did I mention that the music is nothing special?. It looks and feels more like a videogame than a movie. TERRIBLE.
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Summary: Hint: camping in line for 30 days = too high expectations
Review: This is a three star movie that earns an extra star just for having the STAR WARS majic. Not the best in the series (Empire), but not the worst(Jedi). Special effects were great, however they were used too often. It also felt like Lucas was trying to cash in on the old sereis by having cameo's for R2D2 and C3PO. Here's a hint, people want to see new stuff (i.e. how the empire came into being, the Sith, Obi-Wan, downfall of the Jedi council, etc...) and not re-hash the old series. In the end, the flaws in the movie were outnumbered by great actors and that old STAR WARS majic.
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Summary: A good family film
Review: This is a very decent family film. Parents will especially appreciate the fact that it is very child-friendly, without the graphic violence, sex or language that have become so typical of summer blockbusters. The movie also has fantastic visuals and special effects. However, for this reason I cannot highly recommend this version of the movie. For those who appreciate excellent quality of picture and sound, this version on VHS is sure to disappoint. My family and I are among those who will be waiting for the DVD version. However, I think most people will enjoy the Phantom Menace for it's imaginative story, interesting characters and timelessness.
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Summary: At last...we will have a DVD
Review: This is about as good a DVD as anyone could have hoped for from The Phantom Menace. I won't re-review the actual movie here. Too much cyber-space has all ready been spilled bemoaning the existence of Jar Jar. However, this movie is best when viewed on DVD - one can cue past anything cringe-worthy and just enjoy the good parts of the film. This is not EXACTLY the print that you saw in the movie. Lucas, in finishing some of the deleted scenes, has decided that not all of them should have been deleted after all. He includes more footage of Coruscant, which I feel is an improvement - any excuse to spend more time on Coruscant, the better. Of course, this is a 2-DVD set. There is no great need for this, all the information would have fit on both sides of one DVD, but then that would have cost us less money. One of the prime uses of the DVD is as a "key" to access special footage at the Star Wars web site. However, be warned that this special feature will not work unless your computer is PC. There is about as much behind-the-scenes footage here as you could possibly want: too much for me, actually. Best part: Ewen MacGregor after a fight scene, "My agent asked if I want to be in Star Wars...(...)-A I want to be in Star Wars!"This is just the thing to whet your appetite for this summer's upcoming Star Wars movie.
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Summary: Wasn't happy with the sound
Review: This is about the DVD only not the movie. The picture quality was terrific on the Home Theater System and the DVD special features are great. I was very disappointed with the sound. I expected a lot more for a THX movie. The explosions and other action scenes sounded dampened and not crisp and clear. Certainly did not have my speakers rocking like Independence Day does. I purchased this with Lord of the Rings (which has outstanding sound) and after comparing the two, Star Wars let me down .
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Summary: This Movie is Horrible
Review: This is absolutely one of the biggest, overblown movies ever made. The marketing was brilliant, but the film was severely lacking in substance. Nothing really happened. They found anakin, and the senator (emporer) created a conflict. This could have been achieved in 15 minutes. Darth Maul was only in it for about 5 minutes, and the character of Jar Jar Binks seriously needed to be on the cutting room floor. The special effects were good, and I will buy it anyways. Hey, it's still Star Wars.
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Summary: Star Wars Snoozer ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Review: This is an absolutely horrendous pre-sequel. The first ten minutes are great. From there it slips into an abyss of boredom that even CG effects would not be able to duplicate. Hey! Great battle scenes near the end. Kind of looked like SPARTACUS. The only saving grace was John William's score. No, not the one we heard in the movie. That's right the one on CD. Sounded pretty good to me. But honestly, you have to admit that this film can't come close to Episodes IV, V or VI. There is no innovation here, no magic. CG effects are not the answer. Go back to good old-fashioned scripting, editing, acting and melodrama. I hope the Force is with the next one. As for the letterboxed VHS tape, it was pretty poor. The images were not clear or crisp at all. The quality of the tape itself was rather poor. There were quite a few dropout streaks. Very disappointing. Not a quality product. Bad showing all around. I just watched a letterboxed version of "MOONRAKER" on VHS. It was excellent. It almost looked as good as the DVD. "Well done, James."
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Summary: The first I've seen, and it wasn't the last!
Review: This is an action packed movie with many answers to the original trilogy's collection including Darth Vader's original soul. This Star Wars brings back memories of summer 2000, when I saw this for the first time! It is fun and funny to watch, has more action than A New Hope and Return of the Jedi combined, and has great acting! This is not at all a dissapointing movie to me!
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