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Summary: George Lucas is a techie more than an artist.
Review: There are some really, exciting wonderful effects in this movie. It just doesn't have the HEART or artistry it should. A little Jar Jar Binks goes a long way, and I understand the need for comic relief and the attempt to amuse the kids, so I wasn't overly bothered by him. Some restraint was needed, however, and that wasn't there. And in the extra material on the DVD it is sooooooo apparent George Lucas picked the WRONG KID. He must have fancied himself such a "Great Director" that he could make Jake Lloyd look like a junior Jack Nicholson. George Lucas does technical/visual stuff very well ("we'll fix it in post"), but he is not artistic enough to get heart and soul performances out of his actors -- who of course play second fiddle to the effects. He tends to stunt an actor's creativity. That's common knowledge. But from what I hear, G.L. learned from his mistakes and redeems himself in "Attack of the Clones" to a great extent. Let's hope so!
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Summary: A DVD set worth purchasing
Review: Leaving the movie commentaries aside, I consider this an excellent DVD set. The video and sound quality are excellent, the second disc provides a considerable amount of extra material, including TV spots and theater trailers, deleted scenes, various documentaries, picture galleries, an introduction to animatics and how they were integratedd in the movie, the making of the movie, plus the fantastic and highly emotional "Duel of the Fates" music video. It is a very well organized disc, very easy to navigate and full of interesting goodies. In the Making Of you can see George Lucas in action during various crucial moments of the movie's filming and producing, including casting, editing, plus inside videos of various crew and cast members. It turns out to be highly educational for movie fans. The movie disc together with the second disc makes this DVD set worth purchasing and that's why I humbly recommend it to you. Enjoy this classic.
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Summary: Why? Why? Why?
Review: The fact that the first three films were a overly simplistic is understandable because Lucas was new to film making and had a limited budget. They had potential but ultimately Lucas didn't expand the Star Wars Universe to satisfy people who want some depth in their movie experience.
So what's his excuse now? Rather than grow up with his audience and create a prequel that would stimulate some brain cells he simply created a movie as an excuse to sell more toys. I mean come on, doesn't he have enough money to get some real writers and pay for some special effects that don't look like special effects?
When I saw all the Star Wars fans getting so excited over the coming of this movie, (many of them going so far as to actually buy tickets for Meet Joe Black just to see the coming attractions for the Phantom Menace and then walk out) I was almost certain that Lucas wouldn't let them down.
At this point if the next two movies are even remotely interesting I'll be very surprised.
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Summary: The Phantom Garbage
Review: I can't believe I actually paid money to see this in the theaters. Horrible acting, terribly annoying characters and a super digital feel. Nothing about this movie is worth the money you'll spend. Save your money for something more worthy like a bad haircut.
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Summary: Very banal writing, Great Visuals
Review: The Phantom Menace failed some people, I guess I'm one of them. Stealing jokes from Looney Tunes and writing bathroom humor for 'JarJar Binks' was horrendously insulting, why should children have to be exposed to such mindless, typical humor? I prefer serious or dark scenes to that. In short, TPM has many things thoroughly wrong with it, and some CGI that is nice, the plot and acting is mildly interesting for a step below a 'B' movie. Many lines are cringe-inducing, turn your brain off or just try to laugh at what could have been worthwhile dialogue. When I first saw this film and heard the introductory aliens speaking, I thought someone was joking and that that was a pre-film scene spoofing Star Wars, honestly I did. TPM merely sets up what is going to happen and it makes it very disinteresting to watch, it should have stood on it's own, not recreating the originals or simply trying to tie it together. What I loved about the original was the darkness, good versus bad, capturing an enemy would mean torture, and the other, more interesting way to capture an enemy was mentally. The aliens were cool/strange looking and the heroes were put into awesome situations, like Jabba's palace which was just so forboding I couldn't stand it as a kid (and loved it so much at the same time). TPM does create a great, lovable environment like Naboo and GunGun city, the fun of the original isn't here, because there's few characters to abhor (beyond some wooden acting), it's all very political.
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Summary: The Force is Strong in This One.............................
Review: This is my favorite movie so far in the Star Wars Series!It's The Best!Though I do understand that older fans may not enjoy it as much as the kids,because really,it was a kids movie!Here's whats Happening:
Queen Amidala is a 14 year old girl who's the Queen of a peaceful planet called Naboo...Naboo,is the victum of a blockade by the Trade Federation,who is blocking and destroying any ship's trying to leave the planets atmosphere...That's Why Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Won Kenobi,are sent for Negotiations with the Federation...After a close call with the Federation,The 2 Jedi hitch a Ride down to the Planet of Naboo where war is stirring....The Federation is rapidly sending troops down to the surface to conquer the people....The 2 Jedi Manage to get the Queen out of the planet on a ship that just passes through the Blockade,but the ship is badly Damaged,they have to stop to repair it...They choose the Planet of Tatooine,and meet a Young Boy who may be the Answer to all of there Problems..................
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Summary: lightsabers take me apart
Review: This movie was the most amazing movie ever. I own it and i keep it safe and no one touches it besides me, I thought ewan/obi wan was great in the movie..i loved the lightsaber battles to, and you gotta love the make up of darth maul.
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Summary: very good documentary but the rest........
Review: hi all , ,well the only good thing about this dvd is that the actual documentary which shows us the story behind the movie.perfectly made!!!!!!!now the movie itself? well i saw star wars when i was 6 1/2 years old and i loved it ,good characters nice story line,iloved even more empire strike back even if it was more dramatic,iwas 12years old then came "return" were i find it a litle too cheesy , it should have been a warning of things to come......
anyhow i was with the other milions waiting eagerly for the prequel and when i got out of the theater i was fuming.
this movie is a insult to all children and beyond,it seems now lucas thinks that a child can not apreciate a good movie if it has strong character even controversial (han solo)or a bit of drama (empire)instead he gives us likes of Jar Jar bings which is a huge waiste of money brings nothing good to the movie.
the actors can't act ,very bland.the only thing good are the special effects but that alone does not bring a movie to greatness.i expected lucas to have some respect towards the old generation of fans which brougth him were he is in the first place but he failed dearly.hes next project should be at least better then the toddler movie he gave us 2 years ago and if its a dude i wont feel sorry for him.
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Summary: best DVD
Review: all of you people who hate Jar Jar are bigots because he was played by a black man and also the viceroys were played by foreign people also and your bigots for hating them too
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Summary: Obi-Two
Review: This is the best DVD I have seen! All people who think it is bad must be ignorant or something. The DVD has so many extra feautures and that absolutely makes up for the terrible acting by Jake Lloyd and Ray Park as a short stub villian
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