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Summary: boring
Review: This movie had everything: hype, stars,amazing special effects, all the crucial elements that hollywood blockbuster should have. Despite all these elements,"phantom menace" fails to live up to my expectation. Clumsy plot, bad acting, stupid dialogue, I actually fell asleep about half way throughout the movie but couldn't sleep any longer because I paid 9 bucks for it. This movie is drenched with so many special effects, it's boring. Final climactic battle probably the most boring sequence in the entire movie. I think George Lucas should not direct episode 2.
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Summary: Every Generation Has a Legend.
Review: This Movie has awesome special effects and an amazing story. It has alot of our favorite character's from the original Star Wars series, like R2-D2, C3PO, Obi-Wan Kanobi, and more. It has everything, drama, action, adventure, even comedy. This is a movie that the whole family will enjoy.
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Summary: Great Things Come to Those Who Wait
Review: THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN SO LONGLY ANTICIPATED, WHEN IT FINALLY ARRIVED, IT WAS EVEN BETTER THAN WE HAD EVER IMAGINED. ANYBODY WHO CONSIDERS THEMSELVES A DIEHARD, HAS TO AGREE THIS MOVIE WAS FANTASTIC. THE EVENT OF REVEALING ANOTHER SITHIAN WAS ALL THAT IT TOOK FOR ME. DARTH MAUL WAS EVERYTHING THAT VADER CULD HOPE FOR IN COUNTERPART. HE WAS LIKE A JACKIE CHAN AND SCARFACE WRAPPED IN ONE. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT A BIG DARK SIDE SUPPORTER, BUT I FOUND MYSELF ROOTING FOR THE MENACE MORE THAN ONCE.
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Summary: Great special effects, dull human characters
Review: This movie has great special effects, but the human characters are dull. Liam Neeson is a fine actor, but in this movie, he appears listless and bored. Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan, has some potential, but his lines in this movie were too simplistic and banal. Natalie Portman was about as animated as a stone monument, and her costumes and makeup were really bizarre. It made Carrie Fisher's hairdo in Episode 4 look stylish. Darth Maul was an interesting character, but his face makeup and horns were silly looking. It reminded me of a WWF wrestler. I found Jar Jar Binks to be an annoying pest. Jake Lloyd's character was too young for me to believe he could accomplish everything he did in this movie. Let's hope George Lucas learns from his mistakes in Phantom Menace, and makes a more serious, mature film in Episode 2.
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Summary: more then a decade of waiting for this ?!
Review: This movie has it all : ACTION , BIG stars , EXPENSIVE & STUNNING special effects and somehow it doesn't come to be this great movie I've expected it to be .. maybe it is the somewhat childish script and acting ( of Jar-Jar and other CG carachters ) which isn't convincing . While I enjoy watching the 1st trilogy over and over I wouldn't watch this one again .
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Summary: Great dvd, fairly good movie
Review: This movie has perhaps been reviewed more than any other movie in history and the expectations were higher than ever, so let's see if anything can be added to what has been said already.1. The dvd: The dvd is brilliant. Never before has the extra material on a dvd been so extensive. The menu's are beautiful, the deleted scenes are great (special effects added esspecially for the dvd), and the documentaries give a very good insight into how the movie was made without getting dull. 2. The story: Compared to the classic movies the story seems a bit thin. The main story (the battle between the Naboo aided by the Jedi vs the Federation aided by the Sith) serves only as a means to show the state of the Star Wars galaxy at this point in time. A galaxy where the Galactic senate has lost control over it's people and a galaxy where a business organisation (the Federation) can hold a planet hostage over tax disputes without any resistance of the government. The greatest weakness of the story of this first film is that you probably need to see the next two movies to appreciate it's main point, namely that the real bad guy Senator Palpatine aka Darth Sidious uses the confusion he has caused to let himself be appointed Supreme Chancellor of the galaxy. So the bad guys really win at the end of this movie and this is not clear to most viewers when the movie is finished. 3. The Characters: Qui-gon Jinn: Good strong character, the most important person in this movie as it is he who set's the wheels in motion that begin Anakin's life as a Jedi. Obi-wan Kenobi: Good character although a bit stiff. Shows a certain wisdom beyond his age. Anakin Skywalker: Irritating know-it-all. Not nearly as wonderful as everybody thinks he is. "I can fix anything", right! Queen Amidala/Padme: Stiff as the queen, somewhat more interesting as Padme. Some parallel's to Leia in A New Hope. Jar Jar Binks: Overtly present. Sometimes funny, sometimes not at all, but not nearly as annoying as most people say if you don't pay to much attention to him (which is kinda difficult at times). Which brings me to the movies High's and Low's: High's: Podrace (the most important action sequence in the movie)
The political scheming (if you understand the meaning of it all to the larger story). Overall special effects are stunning. Low's: Story not clear enough, Jar Jar (at times), Bad guys don't have enough screen time (Darth Maul is great!).
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Summary: WATTO!
Review: This movie has the first of what will hopefully be many appearances by the greatest acting sensation in the history of the cinema... WATTO! That alone gets the film the highest review possible. Aren't their 6 stars? Watto certainly deserves them.
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Summary: ICK
Review: This movie I must admit had great expectations to live up to, yet even still it was a big dud. The characters either came off as very flat, or simply bad over-acting. My bangs grew out during the overdone and predictable pod racing scene. The movie came off as bloated, overblown, and cartoonish in my opinion. Our MTV mentalities were played to the hilt here, in other words those with short attention spans may adore this flick, because it is just one ludicrous effect after another with a sadly lacking plot. I have to say, no matter the case I expected more than this. Stick with the first one.
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Summary: good but not as good....
Review: this movie is a good set up movie for the sequels, but not nearly as good as the first three films that came out.
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Summary: Fun for everyone....
Review: This movie is a good time.....that is if you and all your friends sit around cheering and hoping that the movie can some how re-script itself and Jar-Jar buys the farm, slowly. It can rate only 2 stars at best only for the fact it bares the Star Wars name, and it has Darth Maul. Other than that this was G. Lucas's way of saying look what i can do with my new software. This mistake can only be erased, well it can never be erased, but hopefully he will redeem himself in the 2nd episode. George, some really good plot twists have to happen in then next 2 movies to tie it all in... a lot of potential lies here....PLEASE don't screw it up!
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