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Summary: STAR WARS ON DVD. WELL WORTH THE WAIT.
Review: It was said that Star Wars wouldnt make its way to DVD for years to come. However the demand grew so intence, Lucas decided to feed our hunger, if only for a little while. I got this DVD early from a friend who works at Blockbuster...so i was very excited to be amoung the first to own this film on DVD. Everyone has seen Episode 1 so I dont need to go on about the movie itself, but the special features instead. Disc one has commentary with George Lucas and Crew, but no cast memebers. That itself is the only dissapointing thing on this DVD. It would have been nice to hear Liam Neeson, and Ewan McGregor talk about the experience. Also George Lucas pauses for long periods of time, before speaking again, I started losing interest into what he was saying, and more interested in watching the film again. Disc two has all the good stuff, outside of the movie. You can view the deleted scenes seperately, or they are intergrated back into the movie, if you can catch them. The film itself has many extended scenes at Corousant, and The Pod Race at Tatooine. Each deleted scene comes with an interview with Lucas explainging why it was cut and so on. The rest is all normal features. There are 5 documentaries and a bunch of other toys to play with. Its really a great DVD, with hours of fun. Also each time you put it in, the menu screen changes to a different scene. Its really nice looking. It sounds great, picture looks great. Feels like your back in the theatre again..all you need is movie popcorn. GO GET THIS ONE.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: It was the 2nd best Star Wars movie so far (the best was Return of the Jedi).
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Summary: Menace to society? I think not.
Review: It was the middle of the night. A mob crowded into a tiny space, creating a natural fire hazard. Madmen dueled each other with lightsabers. Others blasted music on boomboxes. Myself, I was holed up in the front row, armed with my trig book, a calculator, and my english texts. 8 hours before I was to take my first final exam of my senior year, I was waiting with bated breath to see the most anticipated movie in history. A few minutes later, I was swept away to another world...well, universe, with the words "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away..." Around 3 a.m., I staggered out of the theatre, utterly stunned. It had been a mesmerizing whirlwind of subplots, character developments, and some of the best martial arts I'd ever seen in movies. I was underwhelmed by some aspects of the movie, but I found myself cheering for the 'bad' guy. Weird, eh? Not really. Once again, George Lucas had created characters that left lasting impressions.
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Summary: GREAT INTRO TO THE STAR WARS GALAXY
Review: It was to be expected this movie would be critized on its story line & character development. But consider this. Episode I has the far from enviable task to introduce the entire SW universe and set the major plot lines that run throughout the whole saga in about two hours.
In all, Episode I is a truly great prequel and yet another benchmark from Industrial Light & Magic. Now a response to alot of misguided fans out there, Ignore the disappointed fanboys who made the mistake of watching this movie with the expectation that Lucas made this movie for that same generation only. They were kids when Star Wars blew them out of their seats and Lucas wasn't going to betray a considerable part of his original target audience.
And all the Episode I-bashing isn't going to cause Lucas to make the mistake of trying to redo, or even outdo the first trilogy.
He's adding to his vision of what it should be. And in all fairness, Lucas owns SW, he will add to his saga however he sees fit because it was his brainchild in the first place.
Often I've read, "this is not my StarWars!" Well, it's been over two decades since A New Hope and you can't make a new movie look believably vintage. They don't make 'em like they used to, get over it & enjoy Episode II in 2002!
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Summary: It was bad in the theatre...
Review: It will be just as bad on DVD. You have one strike, Lucas.
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Summary: wow.but there's something missing.
Review: it's a good movie.The music's almost perfect for the storyline, the plot is awsome,but this is part of Anakin TURNING TO THE DARK SIDE??????????????? Heck,the only part that gives you a clue is when Yoda says to him "I sense much fear in you." It doesn't seem like all the other movies though.Like it's part of the series.It can be funny at times.VERY seldom times.The only part that seems like it's connected is when Qui-Gon dies in Obi-Wan's arms.Just like when Anakin (not Darth Vader for that short period) dies in Luke's arms.On with the good things.The lightsaber battle between Obi-Wan and Qui Gon vs. Darth Maul is the most exciting one ever, closly followed by episode II's. The only boring parts are on Coruscant with the politics.And I LOVE every part that has something to do with fighting.The fight scenes are the best.
note- for everyone who believes so,Darth Sidious is NOT (if I could it would be underlined and bold letters too)Chancellor Palpatine. If you don't believe me go to starwars.com and go to the characters section.Look at Chancellor Palpatine (or if I'm wrong they might have Emperor Palpatine) and look at Darth Sidious.Read both of thier profiles and then you'll see..................
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Summary: star wars-episode 1
Review: it's a good start to the star wars story. sure it's not "MATRIX", but what is?
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Summary: Mystical Mumbo-Jumbo or Insight to the Saga?
Review: It's a great movie from start to finish. Buy it and watch is twenty times, just like the first one. And, watch it again in the theater, because the money goes for charitable cause on the re-release. I've seen three major threads of critcism against Star Wars, Episode One: 1. It's not as good as the other movies 2. The acting and dialog are wooden and slow 3. The special effects aren't as good as other movies on the market In order: 1. SW TPM is a great story. If you know anything about the story you are watching unfold, it stands on its own, no problem. If you doubt this, go back and watch the prior three movies, then watch TPM again. Count how many things you missed the first time. Did you notice the personal Palpatine Guard is nearly the same as the dreaded Imperial Guard of Lord Sidious in the last of the series, except for color of the uniforms? Did you see the visual and storyline clues about where Princess Leia comes from (Amidala's daughter, sent to Alderaan to be hidden from Darth Vader; we know she was adopted from the first 3 movies). Sure, there are some major holes in the story, but when viewed as part of the saga, it is far more insightful into what and why things happen in the original trilogy. 2. The dialog is slow - and predictable at times; but remember, most of the plot is emulating Royalty, and precision of words over dramatic flair. The Jedi at times seem dull, because they come across as overly serious - how "perky" would your attitude be if you were a lifetime devotee of one cause, to the exclusion of all else? No, it's not The Lion King or some other Disney Cartoon - it's Star Wars! If you think TPM has slow dialog, again, go watch the original - some of the acting is so awful in SW IV A New Hope, it's laughable. Maybe Lucas just didn't have the number of takes needed to get it right, or the actors really stunk and got better - look at the outtakes from the "Luke Skywalker" screen tests. 3. Fewer things explode spectacularly, true. You have to almost be a computer graphics geek to appreciate how much easier "A Bug's Life" is, or how much easier all "People" films are - try mixing the two - Animated Characters with People on a grand scale and the film is AWESOME! My observation: Jedi skills have obviously slid a bit from the days of TPM.
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Summary: whoever hates this movie I don't care about, I LOVE it!!!
Review: It's a great movie! the plot's a little shabby but the music and fight scenes make up for it.If there's anyone who hates this movie (which is almost impossible) please see the headline once more
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Summary: It's About Time!
Review: It's about time that star wars has begun it's ever soooo sloooow move to DVD. I thought this was a great movie so i am thrilled to see its release, however if this will go like the vhs version im sure that the public is in for a lot of money milking with tons of special releases of special sets of this series... Ahhhh yes the cash cow flood gates have openith.....
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