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Summary: Not bad, but need work and to be on DVD
Review: When I first saw Star Wars as a young kid I loved. Now after reading lots of Greek stories and studying film. Knowing that the films a rip off a lot of different things books and movie told from a new view. I still love them, there the kind of movie you sit down to enjoy. The two things that hurt this movie was that there was no limit to what could be done. If there was some that George Lucas wanted, he had the money and was in charge. He should have put limits on what he. Thing of Jaws those famous scenes from the point of view of the shark, it was only done that way because the mechanical shark would not work. Limit cause you think of different ways of doing things. And for Jar-Jar as for as much as I did care for him, I would like to see him in the next movie. It would be interesting to see if George Lucas can make him more likeable, even the Jedi didn't like him. But all in all I liked the collector edition of this movie but minus one star for it not being on DVD. But I'm not going to hold my breath for it to come out on DVD. The collector's edition is good enough till the DVD come out in 2006. And by that time the new format with high resolution will be out. And maybe they re-edit the film to get rid of the scene of explaining the force control of beings as a micro being in them.
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Summary: Star Wars: Episode 1 (a real review)
Review: This movie is one of the best. Although this is one of the best movies of all time, the original "Star Wars" movies are the best. As far as sticking to the facts and the future events in episodes IV, V, and VI, the screenwriters have done a pretty god job of keeping on the subject. If you have not seen this movie, I highly recommend it. It has all the great elements found in an extremely good movie. Adventure, tragedy, comedy, romance, drama, great acting, etc. This is also a great stay-at-home family movie.
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Summary: Episode I : The Phantom Menace (Star Wars)
Review: It's important to note that I am only giving this movie four stars because I am an avid fan. You'll see no argument from me in that it was not better than the first three. It still makes an interesting flick.Some of the movie's downfalls are that : 1) "Overkill" on the digital effects. (I still have yet to see a Jabba the Hutt that is realistic and compares to the vile form from Return of the Jedi.) 2) Can't understand what Jar-Jar Binks and his other race members are saying. 3) The first 1/3 of the movie is saved by the Jedi scenes, otherwise it contains rather boring characters. Lucas did score big on his digital effects with the fantastic pod racing scene and the ending jedi knight duel. (Too bad my two favorite characters were both killed.) One aspect that might take away from the movie if you are a Star Wars fan is that some of the intrigue is taken away when you already know what happens in the future. (aka Senator Palpatine becomes the Emporer, Anakin becomes Darth Vader) It's still a good movie that I would rate above other multi-million special effects giants such as Armageddon, Godzilla, Independece Day etc...
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Summary: i'm not into star wars, but I loved it!
Review: i don't happen to be a "Star Wars nerd" who camps by the entrance to the theaters in costume, as another reviewer below suggests you'd have to be to give this movie a 5. In fact, I hadn't even seen the other 3 movies before I saw this one. I LOVED IT. Natalie Portman did a wonderful job. All the other actors were also good, I thought, except Anakin. He was really cheesy in places. Personally, I don't even find Jar-Jar as annoying as the rest of the world. He wasn't my favorite character, but I don't want to gun him down either. I agree that this movie would've gotten much better reviews if people's expectations for it hadn't been so high.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: The first time or five that I saw Episode I, it was awesome. The special effects and visuals were so absolutely outstanding, as was the simple thrill of it being the NEW Star Wars movie. It was such great eye candy and such a neat addition to the whole SW mythos that I was able to ignore the somewhat lame plot, the extremely long, mostly boring and corny tatooine sequence, and the under-representation of Darth Maul. Unfortunately, on video the visual effects really are limited a lot, and since so many of the scenes are so huge and detailed, when it's scaled down to a typical TV screen size the characters are often microscopic. It just doesn't have the impact that it did on big screen, and it gets a lot more boring. Because this movie is entertaining and Star Wars, I give it four stars. It it had been a stand-alone film, it probably would've been lucky to recieve three from me.
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Summary: Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition
Review: I thought this was a great movie. Granted it was not the best Star Wars movie, but hey, its been over 10 years, and I was hiungry for more. This is a great movie for family movie. Lucas did great keeping it at a PG rating. When I compare Star Wars with the Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, I feel the first movie wasn't as good. The Phantom Menace is the first in this series and Lucas has set the level to only make this series better. Only wish it was on DVD. The widescreen edition seems to be missing the top part of the movie. It keepss looking like the tops of the actors heads are getting chopped off.
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Summary: Great Expectations?
Review: I've seen all the Star Wars movies many, many times. I went in to the Phantom Menace expecting exactly what Lucas had provided before, a sort of campy space opera that was just much better than the sum of its parts. And I got just that! The dialogue and acting are not Academy Award quality, and the special effects certainly ARE. The story is rehashed, and has been done ad infinitum (some would say ad nauseum), and Lucas certainly is not one to bring strong characterization to the screen. But, what many people overlook is, that's not what Lucas is good at! He's good at telling a story, and making you feel like you're actually peering in at a different world. And he did that, masterfully. Don't see this movie to see a great piece of modern American Cinematography, which it certainly isn't. See this movie because it's a tribute to storytelling at it's most basic, and certainly a classic in it's own right.
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Summary: May the force be with you!
Review: What a great movie. Jar Jar is funny. I liked the lightsaber duels I really liked last one. Anakin was the best. The last part I really liked Anakin's Jedi buzzcut. Thank you and may the force be with you always!
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Summary: Silly Rabbit, Star Wars are for Kids - Too Bad
Review: Star Wars is facinating due to its ability to adapt and modernize traditional mythic motifs so that they speak to us in the 20th - 21st centuries. George Lucas has proved to be a master at this. Darth Maul is actually more impressive than Darth Vader. To this he deserves much credit. However, after creating such a vivid environment and such wonderful characters he dedicates a good portion of this movie to deliberatley dumbed down characters like Jar-Jar Binks and the Trade Federation cronies. It is like watching Roger Rabbit and Elmer Fudd plodding along in a Warner Brothers cartoon. This is really a temendous movie leaves you feeling a little on the dark side.
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Summary: get the widescreen if you can
Review: On april 4th, I bought the phantom menace in its standard format. I will say that I was slightly disapointed. Two days later, I went back and bought the collectors widescreen edition. This format is the way the movie should be seen. The standard format, cuts out a lot of the action that takes place on the sides of the screen. The widescreen is exactly the way it appeared in the theater, so you see all the action that is on the sides of the screen, and better than the standard format. Plus with the collectors edition you get a book and film strip which are not in the standard edition. So if you have the extra fifteen dollars, get the collectors edition. If not, the standard edition is still a great movie.
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