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Summary: Why? Oh Why do you hate this? Oh Why?
Review: How can this movie receive such bad reviews? This is a great film. I still love it. I know because I saw this in the theatres back in 1999. Why Oh Why do you intend to hurt George Lucas for this film? I sense that the palm of darkness weighs you down too much. Anyway! this film is as I said! loved. After I saw this in the theatres! I wanted to buy this! because I like the way George Lucas dirrected this film. I also love learning about the force. I also love Darth Cidious and Darth Mall. This is one of the best films of the Star Wars series. I can't believe this movie is gettin bad reviews. I'm gettin ready for the next episode of the series! Attack Of The Clones. I know because I'm hooked on Star Wars. Have been ever since I got the original trilogy, plus a few Star Wars books on tape. Speaking of which... I have the audio portion of The Phantom Menace. I highly recommend this music to new future Star Wars fans all over The United States and abroad! which means the entire world. Just stop complaining and enjoy this film. PS! Be nice to George Lucas.
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Summary: Excellent DVD
Review: My five star review is mainly for the DVD of Episode I.(The movie itself I would give a solid 3 1/2-no,I don't hate it the way some do)
The picture is very good(in my opinion anyway,I'm not an expert-but I've read some reviews to the contrary),and the 5.1 Dolby sound is simply amazing,with sound filling the entire room.
The bonus materials on the 2nd disc are very entertaining.They include trailers,featurettes and a lot more,plus a VERY interesting documentary(it's actually more of a video diary) about the making of the film.Overall a great DVD release,and even those who absolutely despise the film should be able to find something entertaining here.
Having said that,PLEASE give us the original trilogy on DVD,George!!!!
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Summary: I love this movie
Review: This was a very great movie to watch.I love the podrace and all the cool effects.This is the best Star Wars movie ever made in history.If you haven't seen this movie,you should watch it because its great.
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Summary: Disappointing prequel to a great Star Wars trilogy
Review: "The Phantom Menace" is one of the possibly worst blockbusters of all time. First of all, it's cheap looking, without having a '70s to '80s feel, which would have given the "Phantom Menace" more authenticity to the credit of being a Star Wars prequel. Second, the script and direction are shoddy. Sure, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman are good in this, but the crass, overblown special effects bring the film down. Jar-Jar Binks seems to rule the film with his massive stupidity and his annoying Jamaican frog accent. Third, the storyline is promising, but it's bogged down with the miscasting of Jake Lloyd as the young Anakin Skywalker and the overrunning of special effects on the unnecessary pod race. The movie and the actors are promising, but Lucas's inflated ego seems to be bogging down this film and the film seems more like a insult, rather than a tribute, to the great Star Wars films. Stick with the orginal trilogy instead and let's hope "Attack of the Clones" is significantly better than this shoddy piece of celluloid.
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Summary: Bad movie, great DVD
Review: George Lucas is a punk. He kept saying how he had this movie written and ready to go for years. Fifteen years after Return of the Jedi he gives us an average Sci-fi flick. But despite the weak plot, annoying characters, and complete absence of testosterone, this DVD is a must buy... There are several extended scenes completed just for the DVD, a plethora of promotional material, and reference quality sound, but the crown jewel of this package is the behind the scenes documentary. Not the typical talking head featurette, the hourlong program features some "colorful" reactions of the actors and producers to weather and casting. It also reveals exactly how adamant Lucas was about a creature named Jar Jar. Hopefully he didn't finish the script for episode 2 over a weekend.
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Summary: Yawn. Cough. Yawn. "What time is it?"
Review: Perhaps giving this movie two stars was a bit harsh. But, I couldn't bring myself to give it three. No way. It's just too boring. This is a movie that is truly sleep-inducing. The plot is a muddle--trade federations, knights fighting on behalf of commerce, a race here, a race there, muddle, muddle, seven large, indisinguishable underwater monsters, etc. Even my 11-year old couldn't stay up through it when we saw for the second time (the pain, the pain) on pay-per-view. I truly love the original Star Wars trilogy. But those films were good in all the ways this film isn't. A true fairy tale story form, great acting turns by the entire cast, energy and enthusiasm, and a great set of villains. The worst thing about this film? The AWFUL kid who plays the young Darth Vader. You'd think after an hour of filming they'd have dumped him. Hmmm. He must be related to George Lucas. Rent it if you must, but no need to buy the darn thing.
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Summary: I can't Believe they Call this Star Wars!
Review: This movie was a mockery to all true hardcore starwars fans. It's not that it is that bad of a movie but i think we were all a little disappointed in this one. Maybe it's just me but i would have a higher standard coming from George Lucas himself. Jar-Jar Binks is what sealed the fate of this movie for me. I don't know about you but after waiting so long since the first series i think ol' George might have lost his touch.
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Summary: How Can You Not Love This?!?
Review: I'm still amazed by all the bad press that this movie receives. For anyone who loved the original trilogy, there is no way that you will not enjoy this film.
Granted, the film doen't measure up to A New Hope or The Empire Strikes Back, but it is certainly enjoyable, and in my mind, superior to Return of the Jedi. The main problem with the film is Jar Jar. He is more annoying than the Ewoks in ROTJ, and lacks the intrigue of Chewbacca. But honestly, from the pod race scene on, he becomes a background character. Sure, he still plays a role in the end battle scene, but you don't really mind him here, as the action and special effects overshadow his annoying voice and clumsiness.
Another major complaint is young Anakin, played by Jake Lloyd. Give me a break, people! He's supposed to be a cute, innocent child who loves and misses his mom - and he plays this role convincingly.
Lastly, people complain about the droids. Sure, they lack the "coolness" of stormtroopers, but let's remember, this takes place quite a few years before ANH. It's fun looking at the droids, the ships, and yes, the whole Trade Federation plot, and seeing how all these things evolved and influenced the universe as we're used to seeing it in the other films.
As for the dvd, the special features alone are worth the cost. It is currently the best made, fully-packed dvd on the market.
Give the movie a chance, and see it for what it is - the start of the greatest science fiction story ever told. Give Mr. Lucas a break, and judge the saga as a whole. I guarantee, he knows what he's doing, and when it's all said and done with, he will not disappoint!
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Summary: 2 ½ stars ------ It looks like Lucas may have lost his magic
Review: This movie was almost --- almost ------- as disappointing as "Pearl Harbor." Both are mere shadows of what they could have been had more attention been devoted to the crafting and telling of the story and less concern been devoted to making easy to digest summer blockbusters. By any real standard, "The Phantom Menace" doesn't belong as a part of the Star Wars family of movies. The choice of actors is off the mark. The fight scenes and action sequences are not nearly as thoughtfully staged as they were in the original trilogy. And worst of all, the storytelling is flat. Keen storytelling with good special effects trumps a thin story and excellent special effects every time. The latter is what makes a summer blockbuster. The former is what makes a classic. My hope is that Lucas will invest more time into refining the storytelling in Episode II and obsess less over the CGI and pyrotechnics. On a similar note, less of the hyperactive shifting back and forth between action scenes and smoothing out the editing and letting the scenes evolve a bit more slowly would also be improvements that would serve Episode II well. But that may not be much of a consideration or possibility in light of how much the average attention span in our society has shrunk in the 25 or so years since the first Star Wars. Bottom line: Episode One was shoddy.
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Summary: Hated the movie? ... then buy this DVD
Review: If you hate Jar Jar Binks, as much as I do? Then you will love this DVD. Put it on at home, and yell abuse every time Jar Jar Bings appears on screen! When you first saw it in the cinema you couldn't complain (because of social etiquette)... but now you can swear your head off in the comfort of your own home. DON'T BOTTLE IT UP... LET IT ALL OUT. And believe me, you will feel better for it.
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