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Summary: Overhyped
Review: I have absolutely NO interest in buying this DVD. Ever! Save your cash and buy "The Godfather" on DVD. Now THAT'S a real movie!
Rating: 
Summary: It's Like The Right Dress on The Wrong Girl
Review: This DVD, packaged in one of those new (and terrible) hinged flip cases, is like the right dress on the wrong girl -- a satisfying collection of bonus goodies, but all packaged around a disappointing movie. I still say the Terminator 2 and The Abyss packages are best. Lucas was wise to load up this DVD with hours of extra stuff, because otherwise he would simply be cheating us again. There is a large enough number of people who agree that this movie was a major disappointment on ALL levels. All the fancy digital effects on earth cannot cover up for a bad script and stiff acting. But at least by loading the DVD with lots of extras Lucas can, in effect, apologize for it by giving us more for our money than we got when we went to see this turkey in the theaters!
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Summary: One of the Best DVD's Out There!
Review: First of all, with 2 documentaries, several deleted scenes, a music video, poster art, exclusive photos, animatics examples, StarWars.com video vignettes, TV commercials, movie theater trailers, and other goodies, only a FOOL would pass on this DVD of "Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace."My advice to you is to ignore the Jar Jar Binks haters. What they don't realize is that Jar Jar is a technological marvel, worthy of his own documentary, and he is one of the most complex effects elements of the entire film. Jar Jar is motion-captured brilliantly with a performance by Ahmed Best, and George Lucas tells us in the audio commentary that the inspiration for Jar Jar was Buster Keaton, particularly in the Gungan battle against the battle droids. So, there is much more to Jar Jar's character than these haters would have us believe. I was a bit thrown by the fact that Lucas added some of the deleted scenes to the actual film instead of keeping them separate. Otherwise, why not call this a "Special Edition?" All in all, it is a dazzling use of DVD technology, with TONS of extras that will keep the most die-hard Star Wars fan busy for hours and hours. I know I'm still not done with the extras, and it's been a week since I've bought the DVD.
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Summary: Wow!!!
Review: This dvd has it all. Not only does the movie look and sound excellent, (why wouldn't it with George Lucas running the show?), but the extreme amount of extras is just plain overwhelming. There are many hours of documentaries. There are deleted scenes. There's even a great audio commentary by the films producers, directors, etc. Since I'm a big Star Wars fan, of course I'm gonna rate this one high. But for those of you who don't like the Star Wars universe at all, I'd like to say that this has to be one of the best content filled DVD's out there. It's really worth taking a look at.
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Summary: Great DVD!
Review: This is a must have for Star Wars fans and just plain movie fans. It can get you into the mind of George Lucas and the folks who did work on it. Also the second disk is full of cool and funny stuff.
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Summary: Check out the bloopers!
Review: I never knew how good my home theater sound system was until I tried TPM DVD. If you have a Dolby Digital theater sound system, you need this DVD. My favorite features are the "beginning" documentary and the bloopers which are hidden as an easter egg.
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Summary: Movie Blows, But DVD Is Great!
Review: The Phantom Menace storyline was horrible...it's a fact. But I will give Lucas credit for making a really terific DVD! The bonus features, deleted scenes, music videos, are all very cool. It does make the movie a little more enjoyable because the picture and sounds are out of this world. I have a nice setup in my house, and the movie shakes the walls when listened to properly. Movie blows, but it's worth having!
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Summary: Sorry guys, but this one is right down there with the Mummy
Review: I didn't like Star Wars before this movie. I wanted to broaden my horizons and watch one. It was soooo stupid and boring. It was all digital tech and no actor/actress power. You didn't feel anything for the characters. Infact, I remember Jar Jar jumping into the water and I was hoping he was going to drown. I woke up asking who kicked Darth Maul's butt. People, if you want people to like the Star Wars movies, make sure they don't see this one.
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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: I've been A HUGE Star Wars fan since i was a little kid when i saw jedi in the theaters twice and like many kids went to Burger King afterwards for the classic and collectable glasses. I've witnessed the emotional return to the theaters for the re-releases and all the updates on video and was there opening day for Ep.1 and when it came to video. Now George finally gives us a Star Wars film on dvd and it looks amazing! Thsi Film looks so amazing that Jar Jar actually looks pretty darn good and that says alot right there! This is what dvd's are for and finally we have Star Wars film on dvd. Now let me get to what bugs me and it has nothing to do with the actual dvd. The people who call themselves fans are greedy! Of course they've re-released the orginal trilogy quite a few times (the 1st time was with new sound and picture quality-the box set with yoda/vader/s.trooper covers)then they released a box set of the special editions and then they re-released the special editions just to clean some of the stuff up, add a ep.2 teaser (which had many complaining but still had people whining) and put it back into print (the special editions were out of print as was the original trilogy)there are so many box sets because the movies continue to go out of print (it's like disney films...they go out of print and are hard to get a hold of until the re-release-dumbo is being re-released once again soon)george has nothing really to work on with all the re-releases and has been focusing on ep.2 full time since the end of ep.1 so it's not like he's sitting in front of a t.v. each day watching soaps...the guy is busier than most of the complainers! it really makes me mad to hear people complain about the original films on dvd and want them now but george plans on taking his time with those and adding all the cut scenes...which will take time (the special editions took a few years themselves)george can't do everything at one time and it makes me mad to hear people and see people acting so foolish and imature over this. If you want a rushed dvd without good looking bonus stuff (trust me the original trilogy dvd's will blow this one away because so much stuff from those films has yet to be seen in on a screen)you'll be mad when you get it and still complain that george didn't put any effort into it! it takes him over 2 1/2 years to make 1 film and he's busy 24-7 for those years so it's not like he has the free time (of course when he does it's with his family)plus...george really didn't have much to do with the ep.1 dvd. Sure he threw in his input but it's not like he focused on this one 100% (that's why i'm sure there will be a even better ep. 1 when in 2005-2006 when the original trilody hits dvd!)Be happy he gave us this and didn't wait until after he was finished with ep.3! George has gave us more than any other filmmakers have ever have given us and still people want more and more! It's sad! Be happy with what this guy has given us because for a while there he didn't want to do Star Wars anymore and we msy have never been blessed with 3 more films or Star Wars on dvd!
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Summary: A decent movie, a fantastic DVD
Review: Everyone has seen the movie, so this review is mainly pertaining to the DVD itself. First of all, despite what was previously written, the audio quality is fantastic. I am a big fan of DTS, and always buy DTS whenever it is available, but this is the best Dolby Digital soundtrack I have ever heard. It makes tremendous use of the surrounds, and gives a very spatial feel. The center channel seems a bit underutilized at times, but it is not terribly distracting. Secondly, the picture quality is also very, very good. It looks as good as anything I have ever seen, and is very sharp and fluid. Finally, the extra features alone make this disc worthwhile. There are lots of neat extras and some pretty cool hidden features as well. Overall, this is an excellent reference DVD for showing off your system. I only hope that the first three episodes are released with comparable audio and video quality if possible.
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