Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Full Screen Edition)

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Summary: Liked it, but I won't buy VHS. Only DVD.
Review: I enjoyed all the Star Wars films and it's great that it's available for those who only have VHS video. But not only does Mr. Lucas stick it to the fans by having to buy a collectors set to get a widescreen copy, he refuses to release it on DVD until 2005(?). I've stopped buying VHS altogether since I purchased several DVD players in the past year, and I refuse to own a VHS copy of either version of Episode I, and what makes you think I'll still have any interest in owning it on DVD by 2005? You have talented staff at Lucasfilm to slap together the films w/ trailers and that will make everyone happy. It's also more money for you, George. Even when you release them a second time by the completion of the trilogy, we'll buy the sets all over again simply because they would be worth collecting! Mr. Lucas, it saddens me to think how you depended on your fans at the time of the original trilogy's release, now you deprive the very fans you depended on of a DVD release. As much as I enjoyed the Star Wars movies, I just won't have any desire to own them in my collection, be it VHS or DVD, if you don't change your mind.

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Summary: Yoda, you look....different
Review: Like most over 19, I was disappointed in Phantom Menace. But what puzzles me most about it -- more than the lack of characterization or drama -- is why Yoda's face was changed. He is a lot uglier with this new face. What was the point of it? To make him look 30 years younger? If anything, he looks older. And anyway, he's supposed to be 800 years old, I think. Would 30 years make any significant difference in his looks, younger or older?

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Summary: Star Wars has come back to the video world........
Review: Yeah, and it is good, we all know that already. If you are a Star Wars fan then you know how great the movie is, but George, we need a frickin' DVD here.

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Summary: George Lucas Strikes Again
Review: Of course, we all knew that he would. George Lucas wrote almost as good a story for Phantom Menace as he did for the originals. The music is wonderful, the charachters and plot are wonderful. My favorite scene is the pod race. I have the computer game, but it gets redundant because I win every time. Everything you would expect from George Lucas and Star Wars is in this movie. The only thing I didn't like was Jar Jar Binks. He annoyed me. Oh, well. It was still a great movie and well woth yyour money.

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Summary: Not perfect, but just great nevertheless.
Review: As any movie director would tell you, it is just NOT easy to produce a flick that would live up to its preceders and the anticaptions of die-hard fans, but this one did succeed in a few places. The scenery is quite breathtaking as well as the special effects, but it's the displacement that put off most fans: imagine being treated to your most beloved story, but only with the well-known characters completely removed and thus replaced by total strangers. You'll get used to it in time, nevertheless. But some of the characters are a good pick, in my opinion. Despite her weirdo hairdos, the pubescent young queen turns out to be a pretty intriguing character with her headstrong determineness and despite what everyone said about the young Anakin Skywalker, I really think he's a little cutie and I bet he would break hearts when he grows up, which you will get to witness in the upcoming movie this summer. And the climax is really ASTONISHING and just plain cool! So yes, Geroge Lucas did put his best effects in producing a sci-fi movie of our dreams, though it didn't come up in tip-top perfection.

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Summary: sheer commercialism
Review: Star Wars used to be a respected franchise...Not Anymore! Interest in the next prequel will be even less than PM after the dissapointment in this one. Also does Lucas really think he can move the market with his VHS only stance? He's only going to be remembered as the Grifter he is to shake more money out of the rabid "fans" out there who need to get a life anyway.

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Summary: Lucas was smart to merchandise before the movie came out.
Review: Lucas, true to form, created a film with special effects intended to dazzle its audience. Action, adventure, nobility, and a little tug on the heart--the formula for a truly memorable film. And perhaps I would have been overwhelmed by its sheer magnitude as I sat watching it from my tiny seat in the theater, if I were ten years old. The writers were way, way too generous with the comic relief, throwing in a juvenile element or two wherever they felt the plot was lack. In which case, they must have felt the same as I; it slacked off quite a bit. Jar Jar Binks and his entire ridiculous clan would have been better left at the drawing board. I found their behavior annoying and felt that Lucas shouldn't have taken off running with the old imbecile sidekick bit. Darth Moul was definitely not menacing. His painted face and false horns did nothing to mirror the mystery surrounding the Great Darth Vader of the Star Wars Trilogy. I was glad to see a few familiar faces such as Jabba the Hut and R2D2, but Yoda, the most memorable character of the first three episodes, seemed out of place in the urban setting. I am, nevertheless, eager to see how the next prequel turns out, and hope that my faith in Lucas is redeemed.

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Summary: Excellence plus..and still more to come
Review: Full marks to George Lucus once again he has brought hope to the universe with Episode 1. After the much anticipated hype and all the professional reviews it was still left to the individual to decide what they thought of the film,after sitting through 120 or so minutes I felt a little dissapointed that it had to end but by the same token I was more than pleased to know that there 2 more instalments to come. I have sat though each of the previous movies at least 40 to 50 times and the current one at leat 20 times and still get the incredible buzz that surrounds STAR WARS. A definite MUST HAVE for any one who gets caught up in the Star wars phenonmenon

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Summary: I don't care that there's no DVD yet !
Review: Ok...Obviously the DVD version of the new (if not all of them) Star Wars movie would've been astonishing, but let's not forget what are we rating here. If you didn't want the video and were hoping for the DVD, well, TOO BAD. Snap out of it, why did you bought the video then? I believe that this was the best Star Wars film yet (in terms of visual effects and sound) and a whole amazing experience. The widescreen edition is superb. I bought both editions (widescreen and Pan n Scan) so I could live the experience in all the ways that I can. Of course I'll buy the DVD version when it's released, but let's enjoy what's here right now while we wait for Episode II.

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Summary: the best Star Wars movie ever!
Review: This is, without a doubt, the best Star Wars movie EVER! Natalie Portman shines as Queen Amdala and one of Queen Amdala's bodyguards, while McGregor and Neeson are outstanding as Obi-Wan and Qui-Non! The best movie ever. Rated PG for adventure-related violence.