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Summary: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.
Review: Those words have become apart of American culture almost like rock and roll . The names Skywalker, The Force, and Jedi Knight have been mentioned in more movies, books or interviews than anyother piece of art (except the Bible). In this first installment of the Star Wars epic, George Lucas skillfully creates a world full of exotic creatures and grand cities. This is the world, of course, before the dark times. Before the rise of the Empire. Just like Tolkien, Lucas uses mythology combined with the Human spirit. Those who have seen the original trilogy will love the new charecters. Those who havn't seen them will marvel at the art work. In this movie, their is no Luke Skywalker, or Han Solo to save the world. It takes place a few years before the outbreak of the Empire. The charecters here create a new, remarkable band of heros. Watch this movie. Don't listen to the idiotic critics. Form your own opinion, bask in the world of George Lucas And then ask yourself "Who was destroyed, the master or the apprentice?" Maybe we'll find out in 2002.
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Summary: A great video reproduction of a fantastic journey
Review: The most anticipated (if not quite the best) movie of 1999 appears at last in your living room. This crisp, vibrant reproduction, of what George Lucas would ideally have us all watching in the cinema is a great technical feat, and possibly the most colorful movie ever to appear on your little TV set.The digital production means that colors are so vibrant that the galaxy we are transported to seems almost surreal at times, even on the small screen. Add that to sounds that we have all become familiar with over the past 20 years (the laser blasts, R2D2, lines such as "I have a bad feeling about this...") and you have an audio visual experience that is anything but a passive one. The small screen version thankfully does not show up the 'effects' to be just that, as with Titanic. Somewhat sadly, the storyline and particularly characterisation lacks a little, but the familiarity with certain characters helps many fill in the blanks - it is certainly a worthy introduction to Star Wars for a whole new generation who instead of growing up with Air Hockey and Pong, grew up with Zelda and Mario.
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Summary: Don't believe the hype!
Review: I gotta come right out and say it: Jar Jar ruined the whole movie. The long stretches of exposition, the sluggish pace of the movie (really, this is the slowest and least captivating of the star wars films), the "cute kid", the blatantly "Yellow Peril" Chinese-archetype aliens, and unbelievably CHEESY revelation that "the Force" is genetic... All of these things I could have dealt with and had a good enough time for my money (and patience in line), but every time that-frog thing is in the movie (and that's a lot!) I was just shaking my head in disbelief. Why? Why does it have to be this way? The good things: Ewan McGregor was an awesome young Obi-Wan, Liam Neeson carried himself as always with dignity-even when pretending to scold a stupid Roger Rabbit wannabe, and the fight with Darth Maul at the end has to be the best reason to watch. So all in all, I'm still looking forward to the next movie, but this definitly is not going to be as worn out as my tape of the original Star Wars, if I even decide to get it at all. Sorry, kids.
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Summary: Interesting...........but not that interesting
Review: I've seen the movie twice and I found it much more interesting the second time around. I find the trilogy much more fun than this lack of dialogue and plot movie.
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Summary: Even fans have to admit that this movie totally sucked!
Review: The movie had nice special effects, there I said it. But the rest of this was an insult, fart jokes, stupid characters, lame plot points, bad bad bad acting, and overall just a horrible script. The direction of this movie was a joke, obviously they shot a couple takes then assumed the special effects would distract the audience from this ungodly mess.
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Summary: Just Great!
Review: This is my last favorite in the series, but it is still a good one. Great effects and a well rounded story.
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Summary: If you get any video this year, be it this one!
Review: If you didn't see Star Wars Episode One in the theatre...well then you seriously missed cinema history. So don't miss your chance to own the first Episode in the classic space opera of all time! $20.00 and some odd change for this movie is a steal! Get it now!
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Summary: A good introduction to the series with some flaws
Review: There are many irritating aspects to Episode I, to be sure: Jar Jar Binks being not the least of them. The plot is weak in spots, and we all know that George Lucas's great weakness is effective dialogue. On the other hand, this first prequel to the Star Wars saga has its moments. Ewan McGregor does a fine young Obiwan Kenobi, and Natalie Portman's performance is kabuki-like but effective. Special effects, great. Questions answered and raised, satisfying. Not as bad as Return of the Jedi, this is a worthy introduction to the prequel trilogy. We can only hope that Episodes II and III are much better.
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Summary: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Review: This was a nice way to begin the Star Wars Saga. Immediatly, we are introduced to Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn and of course our main hero, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The film takes off from the Federation Control ship to the awesome Pod Race and then on to the final battle on the planet Naboo. This film is action packed and worthy of being called a Star Wars movie. The characters are well set up for Attack of the Clones and gives us a whole new look on Star Wars. Best Scene: The Three Way duel between Darth Maul, Jinn, and Kenobi is a Star Wars fans dream! "We'll watch your future with great interest!"
- Chancellor Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker
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Summary: prequel?
Review: in this one,there is a council of jedis who rule everything and keep the peace.yoda,ben,some black dude and on like that.a younger ben finds a little kid-who is called anakan and later vadar.that kid wins his freedom with bens help in a very cool pod race.ben recognizes the force in the little one and decides to train him as a jedi.the bad guy is darth maul who has a double bladed light saber-very cool.hes the coolest looking character yet.i think peple came down too hard on jar-jar.hes a dork but there have been a lot worse.the kids will like it.it is the 4th part but the first episode.everybody should go see this one because just anybody will like it.anakans mom was pretty nice if she cleaned herself up.this movie isnt as good as the tv says but they blow everything all out of proportion anyway.this movie is abselutely incredible though.i think the black dude may be in the matrix too.its good too.the special effects are good.after this there is one more.then there is an animated short film.there is also another one on the way next summer.
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