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Summary: WOW!!!!!!!!!
Review: I don't care what anyone thinks about this film. People didn't like it cause it wasn't adult enough. I personally think that we have way too many violent and artificial movies out there, that don't deserve half the recognition they get. Some people say that the acting was bad. Well, if you recall a little movie that came out in 1977, called Star Wars, only had one good actor, and his name was Alec. We all seem to forget that a Star Wars movie isn't about acting. It's about taking us to another world. It's about the universal battle of good versus evil. This movie gives us everything we want from a Star Wars movie. Some of it is slow going, but is necesary in order to establish a story-line for the future of this Saga. For those of us who crave action, the last 30 minutes of this film blew me away. The light- saber duel is the best fight sequence I have ever witnesed. And I have seen thousands of fims in my many years. The intensity and power displayed by Liam Neeson, Ewan McGreggor and Ray Park, is amazing. The job that Natalie Portman does as the Queen is at the very least, perfect. The Visual and Sound effects are the best in any movie before it. The fact that The Matrix won the Oscars instead, is a travesty. It had nothing to do with how good the Matrix is, it's just that "Hollywood" is very anti-Lucas. Personally, I think that this film should have won an oscar for Visual effects, Sound effects, Make-up (just look at how many actors were getting dressed up as aliens), costumes (it should have won an oscar for Amidala's dresses, alone), and of course the original score. The Original Score done by John Williams, is spectacullar. It's the only Original Score Soundtrack I own. I find myself humming to some of the music, sometimes. If you're hesitating, don't. Buy this film as soon as you can. It only gets better the more times you watch it. Just let this film wisk you away to a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..........
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Summary: Alonso's review
Review: I don't care what everybody says. This movie is great. I saw it 14 times in the theater and everytime with my star wars t-shirt on. Anybody who doesn't like this movie can go and %&/%"!.
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Summary: The greatest Star Wars movie of them all!
Review: I don't care what the critics say (and keep in mind the original Star Wars movies got bad reviews too), this film is terrific! Jake Lloyd does a fantastic job as Anakin, the cool Obi Wan Kenobi is already showing his promise as a Jedi, and Jar Jar Binks is funny, not offensive! If you haven't seen it, pre-order it now!
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE
Review: I don't even know where to start. What a joke. Did a monkey write the horrid script? Could the acting have been more amatuerish? Lucas lost it after the Empire Strikes Back. The Jar-Jar Binks abomination is the direct descendant of those cuddly little muppets in the sappy Return of the Jedi. What a travesty. One of the worst movies I have ever seen.
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Summary: Great Set Up For A Great Saga
Review: I don't get why people don't get this film.... They say that it didn't live up to expectations but it did. All this film was about was to set up a story for the next two upcoming films. We meet all the characters that are so important to the ulimate fall of Anakin Skywalker at the rise of Darth Vader. We see how Senator Palpatine begins to take over the senate and turn it into the mighty Empire. Even if you go back to Star Wars: A New Hope you can hear one of the officers mention of the total disbandenment of the old Senate. People expected Star Wars all over again but its not. That was about the redemtion of Anakin this is about his fall. And to think that the best is yet to come gives me goose bumps ... Way to go George you did it again.
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Summary: Not Ready For DVD!
Review: I don't go to the movies much anymore. I prefer watching DVD & Laser Discs on my Mitsubishi 16:9 home theater with my 151 lb Rotweiller by my side. Both Dusty & I were very disappointed in the Phantom Menace in VHS letterbox. Aside from the weak plot, the unrealistic special effects were the biggest let down. Many of the computer generated scenes were inferior to those of the average computer game & reminded me of bad comic book art. The sound was also not up to par. Dusty slept through the entire show without stiring. He usually interacts with most DVD releases, i.e., trying to look behind the screen, perking his ears at the surround sound, & sometimes charging outside to repell imagined trespassers. George Lucas was right not to release on DVD. The flaws in "The Phantom Menace" are apalling enough on VHS! In my opinion, this is the worst "Star Wars" installment to date! Junius & Dusty Updyke, Bristol, TN
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Summary: i'm not into star wars, but I loved it!
Review: i don't happen to be a "Star Wars nerd" who camps by the entrance to the theaters in costume, as another reviewer below suggests you'd have to be to give this movie a 5. In fact, I hadn't even seen the other 3 movies before I saw this one. I LOVED IT. Natalie Portman did a wonderful job. All the other actors were also good, I thought, except Anakin. He was really cheesy in places. Personally, I don't even find Jar-Jar as annoying as the rest of the world. He wasn't my favorite character, but I don't want to gun him down either. I agree that this movie would've gotten much better reviews if people's expectations for it hadn't been so high.
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Summary: The saga begins
Review: I don't know why people think that the phantom menace is the wost starwars movie ever. I thank people didn't understand the movie. You see people, this movie tells how the starwars saga begins. When the two other starwars movies comes out, I think the people will understand the phantom menace.P.S. I did't think Jar Jar was gay
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Summary: Not the best StarWars but still underrated
Review: I don't know why so many dis-like this film, sure it's not perfect but it's not bad either. I was a bit disapointed but not enough to hate it. The only bad things about it is that there's no character build-up what so ever. Jah-Jah is annoying, Anakin is too cheerful to believe he becomes Darth Vader. It's way too slow in the middle that when it finally got to the pod race I was almost sleeping in the theater. Plus Anakin blowing up a ship and being a hero like Luke in "A New Hope" doesn't really work. Obi-Wan is so cool too and is better than Luke yet a little kid has more lines and more screen time. What made this film good for me was the visuals, the Pod Race, Darth Maul and the light saber duel at the end. Some fans didn't like Ewoks so much that they didn't like Return of the Jedi. Jah-Jah is so annoying in Episode 1 that he makes you wish Ewoks were in it instead.
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Summary: I even liked Jar Jar Binks
Review: I don't really understand why when this movie came out, everyone seemed to like it alot, especially judging by the crowds in the theaters a month after it's release, and now it seems that the new fashion is to bash on it! Sure the acting may not have been great on Natalie Portman's part, she was young, and besides, carrying on the Star Wars legacy is a daunting task. She could have done a lot worse. How easily we seem to forget Mark Hamill's acting in the first Star Wars! The same can be said for Ewan McGregor! He's playing Obi-Wan for crying out loud! How tough is that to try to fill Sir Alec Guinness' shoes?!?!?!? I think the cast did a wonderful job, Darth Maul was great, Jar Jar Binks was cute and funny, and all in all I thought it was a perfect addition the the Star Wars stories.
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