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Summary: 16 YEARS OF WAITING AND THIS IS IT
Review: Congratulations Mr Lucas you have succeded in making the greatest toy commercial in history.The Annikan Skywalker doll would have given a more life-like performance,and jar-jar binks is just plain annoying.The first 2 movies were good adveture stories,the next 2 are just to sell toys.All in all(given all the hype)the biggest disappiontment in the history of film.
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Summary: Heroism, Political Intrigue, and Fast-paced action.
Review: The movie lives up to its title. Episode I begins with two Jedi Knights arriving at Naboo to help end a conflict. Even at the beginning, Obi-wan hints of a wider, amorphous, and more sinister force operating behind the scene. This phantom or cryptic menace is embodied in the mysterious, shrouded figure and the demonic-looking Darth Maul. Their activities threaten the authority of the Jedi Council and the lives of the inhabitants of Naboo.While the inhabitants of Naboo are fighting for their survival, there is a second dual in the Senate of the Republic. It is none other than a grasp for the leadership position. I will only comment that the affairs on Naboo and on the Senate 'floor' are intimately connected. Queen Amidala, unbeknownst to herself and others, becomes a pawn for Senator Palpatine. Thus, it is possible to connect this senator to the mysterious, shrouded figure. Of course, people familiar with Star Wars know the actual relationship between them. Besides targeting Naboo, this phantom menace also poses a threat to the Jedi Knights. The activities of the evil side of the force, embodied by the Sith or Darth Maul, are shrouded from the probing minds of the Jedis. But it is certain, as the last scene of the movie reveals, that the dark side of the force has not been vanquished, despite Obi-wan's efforts, and will remain a threat to all Jedis of the present and future. I am very impressed with the special effects, and especially the interaction between Jar-Jar and other characters that are both human and generated by computers. The battle between the two Jedi Knights and Darth Maul is the embodiment of the timeless struggle between good and evil. With special effects and a dramatic piece of musical composition, the battle can only be described as apocalyptic. Jake Lloyd satisfactorily portrays the human side of Darth Vader. Anakin Skywalker is not a semihuman, callous individual, but rather he has a whole gambit of human emotions. He is an adventurous, inventive, resourceful, fearful, and compassionate boy. It is Anakin Skywalker who enables Queen Amidala to continue on her journey to seek relief for her people. If considered by itself, Episode I is complete. A problem is posed at the beginning and is resolved at the end, albeit the problem is only immediate. And the fates of the main characters - Quig-non, Obi-wan, the inhabitants of the Naboo, and Anakin - are known.
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Summary: What a waste of money
Review: Hmm..ok. I sit in complete disappointment at the moment. The sound quality and picture quality of VHS are a complete disgrace. I might have enjoyed the movie if it wasn't for a blurry VHS picture. Lucas, you are a disgrace to your fans. The movie itself is ok, but VHS makes it look worse you greedy person. For all we know, DVD will probably be outdated by 2005. Thanks for persecuting the people who pay your bills George.
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Summary: "...I sense a disturbance in the Force..."
Review: This movie blows. The story is buried under needless sub-plots. The dialog is cheesy. The characters are written without emotion. Most of the acting is stiff. Lucas directs with a clumsy hand, ending key scenes too quickly. The biggest suprise of the movie is the frequency and impunity with which racial sterotypes are employed. "Episode I..." possesses all the telltale signs of a marketing excercise. It lacks the creativity, wit, and adventurous spirit of the first three films. Not convinced? Just tool on down to ANY store and bear witness to all the junk bearing the title "Episode I." Notice the big discount stickers plastered everwhere. What a shame Lucas spent more time and effort on merchandising the product than he did on producing a quailty movie. Why didn't George release it on DVD? Simple- there's a greater market for the VHS format. Lucas sold out. The fans deserved better.
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Summary: Only for kids
Review: I'll make this short -- Episode One is suitable for kids only. However, it's a pity kids today don't have a better film to bond to, like I did over 20 years ago.
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Summary: Good, but a little too accidental
Review: The movie was good but the Jake Lloyd's act annoyed me, I would rather have seen somebody else in his part. In the end everything happened by coincidence and I did not like that. Ian McDiarmid's and Natalie Portman's act were excellent but Jar-Jar was not nearly as good as C-3PO was in the first movies, and I kind of a missed Darth Vader
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Summary: The Chosen One, I think
Review: of Course the original trilogy is the best, but everytime i watch Episode I, it feels like there is a hole in me, and the movie fills it. So theres something great in the film
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Summary: What the hell is that!
Review: Im sorry but I really think that is the flop of the year. It's just a parade of visuals effects and we don't even see the actors. The first trilogy with Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill was terrific and I really think that George Lucas should stop this mess immediately.
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Summary: Too much foreshadowing
Review: After watching this video, I realized that the whole time they were just setting up conflicts to be resolved in the sequels. When I first saw Star Wars: A New Hope, I had no idea that they were going to make more, and I don't think George Lucas did either. All throughout Episode I, they caused all these problems with the young boy, the return of the Sith, and the election of Senator Palpatine, but none of these were resolved. I would have liked to see a little more substance to a movie than just foreshadowing.
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Summary: Has Star Wars lost it's soul?
Review: I recently saw "The Phantom Menace" on video. I had seen it twice at the theatre and thought it was very average. This time around I thought I'd give it another chance. Maybe I was wrong. I wasn't! This film is disappointing in so many ways, it's not funny. Don't get me wrong, I love Star Wars. Saw the first one twelve times when it first came out. Blew my mind. The main thing that attracted Star Wars to me and my seven year old colleagues was tho coolness of this film. Not the special effects, but the cool and more importantly the soul of the film. What am I talking about. I'm talking about Han Solo(say no more),Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Millennium Falcon, the Death Star attack. And it kept getting better!(except for Jedi, enough said)Now we know some of the characters were a bit annoying. You know who they are. But at least there was depth to these characters. These ones are just soulless. There is hardly any moving moments in the whole film, apart from the key sequence when Qui Gonn Jinn and Darth Maul are blocked off from each other in the final light sabre battle. Even when Qui Gonn is killed, there is no sense of disbelief and it actually makes you think that maybe Liam deserved to bite the bullet after appearing in this mess.But to be fair, he does come off the best out of this uneven script with laughable dialogue. When young Anni Skywalker has to leave his mother behind on Tattoine, again, I wasn't deeply moved. Call me cynical, but believe me when I say that the seven year old boy that fell in love with this space opera, was suddenly on holiday after the first twenty minutes into the film. Some people might say, What about Darth Maul?, he had a presence to be reckoned with. Yeah, maybe a bit. But the guy had the personality of George Lucas. Tried to be cool, but we knew that he wasn't.Even Ewan McGregor came off as just a white version of Kunta Kinte. Yes master,three bags full master. The guy was obviously bored and who wouldn't be. Stuck in front of a green screen, talking to a stick. Now lets talk about another element, that a lot of so called film makers think that is vital to movie making. The special effects. I think the more time we distant ourselves from the camera and taking the film making process into an editing suite, the more we distant ourselves from the humanity that is tried to be put up there in the first place(Even if it is a creature from another world)I think The Phantom Menace is a prime example of this. For me Phantom Menace was like a bad cartoon, especially in the war between the Jar Jar Binks brigade and the federation robots. Boy, I thought the roadrunner was going to pop up amongst all this animation mess. How silly that would've been. On the other hand? All i can say now is to cross you fingers for Episode II. On the plus side at least, it will have a diffrent director.
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