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Summary: phantom menace
Review: Just so people know, i'm not 12, i'm 14, but the childs review was the only one i was able to get into. i was reading alot of the reviews here on amazon.com,and i'm amazed at what some of them said, i mean sure, it's not like the original trilogy, but HEY! it' s different movie, set in a differant time, with different characters, of course it's gonna be different! i think so many people expected it to be like episode 4-6, and when they didn't get it, they were disappointed. the hype on this movie was just overwhelming, there was no way Mr. Lucas was going to be able to please everyone,i thought it was a well made movie, the special-effects were incredible,and all the different planets were cool, i especially liked Naboo. darth maul's face must have taken forever to do, my brother thought it was sooo cool, and he made me paint his face like that fro halloween.the only person that i had problems with was anakin, and it was for only one part, when Qui-Gon dies, i mean ya think he ould have cried.other than that i didn't have a problem, and i didn't think jar jar wasn't annoying, but my dad thought so,i mean, for heavens sake, he's supposed to be annoying in the movie, even Qui-Gon got a little ticked at him.i do admit though, i miss Han, and i think thats why this movie is not my fave Star Wars one. here's a thought, what if george Lucas had made episode 1-3 first and was making 4-6 just now? don't you think that they would judge those movies by 1-3, if they had been? i think to enjoy this movie, you have to sit back and not judge them by the old ones, if you do that you'll be fine. ENJOY!
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: Kick-butt lightsaber duels, adrenaline pumping podraces and exhilarating space fights push this film to the brink of a billion stars! Just awesome!
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Summary: Fuzzy wuzzy was a universe
Review: King Ewok George Lucas, with his gazillion-dollar, umpteen-years- in-the-making digital wizardry, paints three-dimensional city- scapes, marches thousands of battle droids, and even utilizes a fully formed supporting character - the walking headache know as Jar Jar Binks. When Jar Jar opened his mouth to speak, my first thought was: "You're kidding. For the whole movie?!" If the first Star Wars was a box of Cracker Jacks that was all prizes, The Phantom Menace is a box of Cracker Jacks that's all diagrams of prizes. It's there on paper, but it's waiting to be filled in and jazzed up. Unlike the first, er, fourth film, the acting contains nary a trace of camp. Regrettably, it ain't got much zest, either. Liam Neeson et al are as flat and self-serious an ensemble as the series has yet to see. (I guess computer-enhanced human emotions are still on the drawing board...) Combined with the crappy (or at least half-baked) dialogue, virtually no chemistry among the cast, and a seemingly endless string of BORING expository scenes (the floating platforms in the Galactic Senate do little to distract you from parliamentary machinations that play like an especially dull day on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) the whole thing feels closer to two hours of Sunday school than a rousing sci-fi adventure -- UGH!! And what's up with the Tex Avery droids? There's so much animated madcap hilarity I expected to see coyotes dropping anvils on road runners. C3-Tom and R2-Jerry-2, where are you? What's up with the fresh-faced but acting-free kids? In this galaxy, the cartoons are better actors than the juveniles. Young Darth Vader is the leader of the Huggies Alliance. His job: Escape slavery, save the Universe, and - most importantly - learn to wear big boy underpants. Not necessarily in that order. Look, I wanted to love The Phantom Menace, too. I was once an adolescent boy and would enjoy being one again for a couple of hours. But the movie has a way of deflating all but the most delusional of hopes....
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Summary: SPECTACULAR!
Review: Knowing what is said about TPM, I personally found the movie breathtaking...the lightsaber duels were soooo good, I was completely swept away...I didn't much like Anakin, but thought Yoda, Jar-Jar, Amidala and, of course, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon were fantastic...there was a host of wonderful actors who, though they had little to say, brought life to the characters. No need to talk about how stunning the special effects were - this is Star Wars after all :-D
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Summary: No nearly as good as the original series...
Review: Lacked one major thing, Character Development. Yes the effects were great and I give them props for it, but without knowing where the characters are coming from this movie lacks substance... I waited to see this movie, about 3 weeks after it came out, and I was really disappointed. Having seen the original series only a few days before. There was just too much hype this movie couldn't live up to. All in all I give this movie 2stars for the effects plus 1star for the story. I personally wouldn't buy this movie, but I know in the future it will be one that I would rent a few times.
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Summary: THE PLOT IS THE PHANTOM-THE MOVIE IS THE MENACE
Review: LEAVE IT TO A NEW YORKER TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS. TOMDAN34 WAS DEAD ON. EPISODE ONE IS THE STORY OF MONEY AND THE ART TO MAKE IT ANYWAY YOU CAN. "LET'S MAKE SURE WE CHARGE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT THE WIDESCREEN VERSION TWICE AS MUCH. WHY? BECAUSE WE GOT IT THAT WAY!" IT'S CALLED THE LUCAS LIMBO-HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? HE HAD SIXTEEN YEARS TO INCUBATE THIS TRILOGY. HE FAILED! IN RETROSPECT THE ONLY REDEEMABLE FILM IN THIS WHOLE THING IS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. EVEN THE LUCAS DIRECTED ORIGINAL IS ALMOST TO SHALLOW TO WATCH. THE MAN SHOULD PASS THE TORCH TO SOMONE LIKE DAVID FINCHER FOR THE NEXT ONE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE AND SOMEONE AS TALENTED AS FINCHER PROBABLY DOESN'T WANT TO GET ANY OF THAT ON HIM. THIS DVD EXCUSE IS THE CAKE TAKER. THEY SAY THEY'RE "TOO BUSY" TOO PUT ALL THOSE MOVIES ON DVD. THAT TRANSLATES TO "HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE OUR PROFITS. I'M JUST GLAD ALL THOSE OSCARS WENT TO THE MATRIX. NOT EVEN SPECIAL EFFECTS CAN'T SAVE LUCAS'S CONTRIVED STORIES ANYMORE.
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Summary: A DVD set worth purchasing
Review: Leaving the movie commentaries aside, I consider this an excellent DVD set. The video and sound quality are excellent, the second disc provides a considerable amount of extra material, including TV spots and theater trailers, deleted scenes, various documentaries, picture galleries, an introduction to animatics and how they were integratedd in the movie, the making of the movie, plus the fantastic and highly emotional "Duel of the Fates" music video. It is a very well organized disc, very easy to navigate and full of interesting goodies. In the Making Of you can see George Lucas in action during various crucial moments of the movie's filming and producing, including casting, editing, plus inside videos of various crew and cast members. It turns out to be highly educational for movie fans. The movie disc together with the second disc makes this DVD set worth purchasing and that's why I humbly recommend it to you. Enjoy this classic.
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Summary: Its the first of 3, what did you expect....
Review: Let me clear this up. Did you enjoy the first Star Wars as a kid? You did? Well, if you expect what you remembered as a kid, you're probably going to enjoy this film (my 40 year-old dad has watched this tape more than I have!). If you expect a more mature Star Wars, you're going to be disappointed. This film is a pure graphical feast. I don't know how it lost to the Matrix at the Oscars. There are so many stories behind the story, so many things going on crammed into nearly every frame that its impossible to take it all in in one viewing. And let me tell you, the 'saber battle at the end is one of the best fight scenes ever period! I feel that this film was made to introduce the new characters of this trilogy. And it gets the job done, whether you love em (Qui-Gon) or hate em (Jar Jar). But admittingly, the more I see this movie, the less I hate Jar Jar. Sure he was VERY annoying at first, but after a few veiwings you can actually understand what he is saying, which makes him a LITTLE less annoying. The only way to watch this video is by getting the widescreen version. Sure it costs a bit more but its worth it. And the picture is surprisingly good (especially the colour) for VHS. I can't wait to see what they have in store for us with the DVD. Anyway, this is a good Star Wars film, even if it does stray from prevous films with the diolauge and such. I can't wait to see Episodes 2 and 3!
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Summary: A Good Movie, Underated and Misunderstood
Review: Let me first start out by saying that in no way is this movie inferior to Return of the Jedi, which is perhaps the worst 'great movie' ever made, either that or the greatest bad movie. It's beautifully filmed using f/x that actually manage to fill me with wonder(which is quite a task considering as I'm the Queen of 'oh that looks sooo fake!') and decently acted, especially on the part of Natalie Portman and the superb Liam Neeson. As for the story, I rather enjoyed it's slow pacing. It didn't feel the need to pound you over the head with an "intense" action sequence every 5 minutes. Overall, I think it's a good movie that is underated and should be viewed with more of an open mind. Remember, this movie wasn't made for 20-somethings, it was made for children the age the 20-somethings were when the saw the first one in theaters!
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Summary: This makes me an angry Star Wars fan....
Review: Let me just get it this straight: I'm a fan of Star Wars, but I'm not biased towards thing I'd generally rant and rave is good, I have a pretty good opinion on what I like.
But this I do not like. Why? It treats the audience like idiots. It treats us like idiots with half-efforted and sub-par CGI effects. It treats us like idiots with a bad plot, characters, inane characters (except Maul, Kenobi, and Jinn) and writing, and with a child actor who can't act (so why is he called an actor?).
The thing is, the CGI effects look fake enough, but Lloyd's acting is worst. The thing is, he acted as though he ENJOYED his life of slavery. They should have had Haley Joel Osment to show a more sad, scared, tormented kid like he did in "The Sixth Sense" but the thing is OSMENT AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE AS ANAKIN SKYWALER YET THEY STILL CHOSE LLOYD FOR THE ROLE!! The thing is, they used cuteness over talent when they where on audions, when it should be vice-versa. It was as though Jake Lloyd was throwing animal crackers at me boasting how cute he was.
Ouch. What could possibly be worse?
Wait for it...wait for it...JAR-JAR BINKS!!
This poorly animated character is worst than the Ewoks from "Return of the Jedi". It takes far more than bad Home Alone 3-ish (ig: electricution, etc.) slapstick in TPM to make me laugh, and I'm positive I'm not alone on that opinion. "'I, YI'm Yar-Yar 'Inks!" "Hmph, How wude!!"
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