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Summary: A really fantastic movie!
Review: I can't understand why so many people don't like this movie. It's one of my favorite films of Star Wars. The characters will develop more profoundly in the next two films. The special effects are overwelming. I've seen this movie seven times and every time I see it again there are details I hadn't seen before. My suggestion to all of you is: look at it as you did at the other three films.
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Summary: What a disapointment
Review: I consider myself a big star wars fan, and I wish I didn't waste my money on this DVD. The hype on this is very over rated. All the news on the deleted sense being so great. They were ok but the better ones of course were on the second disk and not part of the movie at all. Who was the idiot that decided that one? I don't know about anyone else but I buy DVD's to see the deleted sense during the movie not separate! Save your money. It's not worth it unless you are a die-hard fan but even then be prepared to be disappointed.
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Summary: Not so good.
Review: I consider myself a pretty darn hardcore Star Wars buff. And I still have to admit that this film was lacking. Pacing was rushed and choppy. I never felt emotionally "there". Sorry all.
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Summary: utter junk
Review: i could hardly make it past 10 minutes of this movie. the original 3 star wars were bad enough, but this one now adds the fact that they can be pompous because it's 25 years later and they're all rich. steer clear at all coststhe only thing of note are some of the all CGI battle sequences. everything else is for waste
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Summary: Fell short of expectations
Review: I could not believe how weak this movie turned out to be after the enormous amount of hype surrounding its release. So many different areas should have been focused on instead of the ones that were. I am now totally unexcited for episode 2 to come out. I am much, MUCH more excited to see the Matrix 2, to tell the truth. And why has it taken so long to release a DVD of this movie? Where are the DVDs for the other episodes? WHERE, Mr. Lucas?!?!?!
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Summary: Dumb and Boring
Review: I could not stay awake through this horrible movie. Had to fast forward through it because there was no way I could make it through the end. I had heard that this Jar Jar Binks character was annoying but I didn't believe he was that bad. A totally unwatchable film. Every actor, including Liam Neesom, Sam Jackson, and EwanMacgregor, mailed in their performance. The sereis would have never made it if this was the first movie introduced. Contrived and BORING!!!
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Summary: Wipe them out... all of them!
Review: I couldn't have anticipated The Phantom Menace more - I waslooking for gossip and rumours for months before Episode I wasreleased at the cinema. Was it worth it? Yes and no. Some of the effects in TPM are awesome - the Podracing scene, the climactic lightsaber duel, the Naboo battle scenes - and there are some classic Star Wars moments (Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon emerging with their lightsabers through a veil of smoke; the Jedi Council scenes on Coruscant). Plus there are some great new vehicles, cities and alien species. The downside of The Phantom Menace is the lack of any characters as good as Han, Luke or *Old* Ben from the original trilogy. Good characters are essential for a good film, and here we just get Jar-Jar instead. Darth Maul is promising, but he's woefully underused and only has two lines of dialogue. But it's a gripping yarn, and it leaves you thirsting for more - so roll on Episode II!
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Summary: A good introductory STAR WARS episode
Review: I couldn't understand why critics put down this movie too much. I believe the movie gives a good introduction of the main characters and the history of the events shown earlier in the first 3 Star Wars movies. Maybe the special effects are a bit superflous and the main characters lack depth in personality, but I believe it's must have been a very difficult task for the movie producers to create a "prequel" to the most successful movies of all time. The story is straight forward, a saga of a clash between the good and the evil. In short, it does its job superbly, i.e. to entertain. All I can say now is that I am bracing myself for the second episode of the movie, and this time, I am bringing my kids to watch the second episode at the movie theatre. Guys, just sit back and enjoy this movie...... Bravo to George Lucas and to his many creative movie associates!
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Summary: Shame on Mr Lucas!!!
Review: I did enjoy the parts of the movie that had the Jedis but the whole thing about Jar-Jar ruined the whole movie for me. Lets hope that if he is in the 2nd movie that he DIES at the first so the movie can be good.
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Summary: Distracted
Review: I did not see this movie until I bought the video. I'm sure it was much more impressive on the 'big' screen. My greatest complaint is that the mostly unintelligible dialogue, as mouthed by Jar Jar and the Ganguns(?), diverted my attention from the movie as I tried to translate/make sense of what had been said. Overall, I think that the movie was entertaining but was too strongly aimed toward a younger (juvenile) audience, hence the PG rating. Guess I wanted a little more than that.
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