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Summary: Wonderful movie!
Review: This is an awesome movie! It's a great addition to the other 3 SW! Those who hate it aren't real Americans! :-)
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Summary: 25 Word Or Less Review
Review: This is an excellent movie for people with a very low threshold of amusement. I highly recommend this film to the intellectually unambitious.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: This is an excellent movie, with incredible special effects and great background information on a world we were thrown into in A New Hope. Reading the reviews of all the people that are bashing this movie makes me sick. Episode 1 is not so much about action, but about the beginning of a story that will answer all our questions we have about the Star Wars Universe. This is exactly why Lucas made Episode 4 first, he knew that people would not accept a slow starting movie series, so he pushed everyone into the action of A New Hope. Take this movie for what it is, an incredible journey into a galaxy far far away. Who can watch this movie and not be excited about the next two. Only complaint, no DVD.
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Summary: Kevin Smith said it best
Review: This is an excerpt from what Kevin Smith had to say after seeing it. I agree most that if you went in with low expectations you liked it better and that the lightsaber battles were absolutely incredible."Of the film, I can say many things. But the long and short of it is that I liked it - quite a bit. It starts great, ends great, and has great stuff sprinkled in between. Is there too much Jar Jar? For a small stretch, yes; but then the Binks quotient calms down considerably. Is the kid bad? I thought he was okay. He certainly wasn't wooden, as some people have suggested. He was a kid actor - no more, no less. I will say that - while it's probably unintentional, his exhuberance juxtaposes nicely against what he eventually becomes in the stories. Is it a puppet-heavy, CGI affair? There's a great deal of it, but not to the point where it's irritating (though the two-headed pod-race comentator was a bit much). I think the key is to go in with low expectations. I did, and I really dug it. Dug it more with distance. I'd see it again. The stuff I liked: Liam, Ewan, Darth Maul (who's in the 2:10 flick for maybe a half hour, tops), R2's introduction, the reappearance of the Tusken Raiders, the treatment of the Jedi as supreme badasses that are to be feared, the political subplot, the fact that Lucas slows the second act way down to introduce Anakin, and of course, the lightsaber battles. The use of the lightsaber in this flick is astounding; worth the price of admission alone. I'm sure in about a week, it's going to become quite fashionable to bash this flick - hard. But I'd like to go on record as saying I dug it. It's a good movie with great moments. Anyway, see the flick when it comes out. It's better than half the crap out there, and it's got history on its side. In a world of grades: B+ or A-
In a world of stars: 3 or 3 and a 1/2"
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Summary: It's okay
Review: This is an okay movie. It has it's flaws, like every other movie. The story is not the best in the world. Neither is the acting. Still, I think some of the acters did very well. Ewan Mcgregor is very good at his part. Natelie Portman did a fair job. ( She is much better in episode 2.) But Jake Lloyd? I never liked his acting from the first time I saw Jingle all the Way, much less in a Star Wars movie. Jar-Jar Binks is very annoying!
I think him, and Jake Lloyd ruined the movie.
I think people were ecxpecting this to be more like the old ones. But come on, it can't be exactly the same, when it is based
decades earlyer. The dark side has not completly formed yet, so
this movie can't be as entertaining as the old ones. Over all th
is is a prety good movie. In my oppinoin Episode 2 is better.
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Summary: Awe inspiring
Review: This is an unbelieveable DVD. It is LucasArts quality, which isn't anything to shake a light saber at. I am biased in that I have been a lifelong SW fan, but who can't like the epic saga of SW? Cut scenes, featurettes, commentary, this DVD has it all. Admittedly, I was left with many questions after this movie. Like why was Amidala so much older than Anakin, and who the heck was Anakin's "father?" The characters weren't greatly developed, nor was Jake Lloyd's acting inspiring. Some say that Jar Jar was annoying. Also, why was R2D2 and 3PO there? I mean with SW: Episode 4, it was like the droids seemed to have no prior knowledge of Obi-Wan, Anakin, or Yoda. This DVD contains everything a fan could ask for, but SURELY someday a new "ultimate" edition will come out, right? If you don't try to analyze the movie too much, and just take it for what it is, it is highly enjoyable! The special effects themselves are worth the price of the DVD, and will show off the power of your AV Home Theater. Get this one.
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Summary: I've seen better film on teeth
Review: This is as poorly conceived a movie as I've seen in a very long time. Rife with wooden performances, uninspired dialog, excessive CGI, and a stupefyingly irritating alien sidekick, it would appear that Episode I is the product of gross incompetence. But this is not the case. Clearly George Lucas is not an incompetent moviemaker. Watching American Graffiti, it is obvious that Lucas is entirely capable of directing, yet Episode I fails on so many levels that one is guided to the inevitable conclusion that he was simply going through the motions. And why shouldn't he? For even the most cursory analysis will reveal that Episode I is nothing more than a slick 2-hour advertisement for Star Wars toys, merchandise, and video games. That is the ultimate truth and the primary motive behind this soulless waste of celluloid. Industrial Light and Magic, LucasFilm, LucasArts, and the rest of Lucas's companies have grown so large and powerful that Star Wars is a self-perpetuating industry in and of itself. It is a Frankenstein that has gotten up off of the operating table and started walking on its own. As a result, the movies, the video games, the plastic toys, and the television shows must continue, resulting in quality that is inevitably compromised. But there is a bright side: George Lucas is now one of the wealthiest men in the entire world. Bravo, Mr. Lucas!
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Summary: The best of the four!
Review: This is by far the best of the four Star Wars movies-the cast (although Anakin could have been portrayed by a better actor), the soundtrack, and, the effects! This movie makes the past trilogy look like the original Star Trek series! It's great for kids, adults, all ages-I saw it 3 times!
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Summary: Incredible Job but such an OBVIOUS oversight
Review: This is by far the most amazing DVD I own and probably in existence. No other movie puts any work into their deleted scenes but Star Wars Episode I remastered and added all necessary digital artwork in their extra scenes to make them as good a quality as the movie. In the movie itself the picture and sound are uncanny. THis is one of the best DVDs I have.
HOWEVER! On some DVD players (specifically my SANYO) for some reason the "alien" subtitles (that is the translation of all of the alien dialect) does not show up on my scene no matter what i set it on. A sad oversight on the part of FOX and LUCAS FILM. I reccomend renting the DVD first just to make sure you can get the full viewing pleasure out of it. Other than that the DVD is top notch.
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Summary: pearls before swine?
Review: This is episode I, meaning it relies heavily on the five later chapters to fill in the gaps. I know lots of people were confused by all that was happening and to be honest, there were more things going on than we're used to in Star Wars films. The writing, which came under the heaviest criticism, was very similar in tone and nature to the three previous films. The difference is that we were all younger and more forgiving of the simple innocence. It seems out of place in today's cynical atmosphere, but it's to his credit that he kept the tone similar to those that came before. He kept it 'all-ages' rather than marketing it to 13 year olds the way they did with the inferior Matrix. How easily grown-ups forget the way they saw the world as children. This film explores more than we're used to seeing and that can be confusing, especially to the unimaginative. All the 'disappointed' people seemed to be saying they wanted the same thing served up again rather than treading new ground. This galaxy is populated by a mix of aliens, droids and humans. As humans we tend to think of droids and aliens as puppets rather than characters. Again, this is a shortcoming of the audience. The ideas Lucas brings up are also not popular, this probably hurt the film the most. Greed is a terrible thing in Star Wars, but in America we swear by it. Naboo, a beautiful artistic is beyond the realm of Earthlings who litter their environment. The style of this film is beautiful and shows us that film can be art when crafted by visionary directors. The design, the photography, the palette and scope of the film are truly magnificent. There are so many spectacular scenes, places, characters and events in this film, you must see them for yourself. The podrace, though exciting and stunning, is the only part that detracts from the flow of the story. There are so many strong points that more than make up for this. The lightsabre duel between the three warriors is fierce, magnificent and thankfully silent - most directors would fill such a sequence with pointless dialogue to enhance the adversarial relationship. The ground battle between droids and aliens is beautifully done and briefly returns us to the glory days of epic films. When it comes down to it, who are we to say this is not OUR Star Wars? It is George Lucas' Star Wars, always has been and always will be. This chapter fits in to the whole, though we are two more films from realizing that. The Phantom Menace is most like Return of the Jedi in color scheme, mood and atmosphere and I think it'll be part of the story turning full circle. For everyone who said it's 'not what I expected', try opening your mind and not limiting the film to the scope of your own personal vision, and don't make the opinions of others your own. Maybe you'll start to enjoy it.
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