re: Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace

I thought it was terrible. Could have been summarized in the beginning of Episode 2.

Not to mention the best character got very little screen time, we knew nothing about him, and said two words the whole movie.

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Did you like that movie?

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No. Slow, boring, predictable.

I chalked it up, at the time, to it being a restart, a set-up piece and that Lucas would regain his footing for the remainder.

THEN, I watched Send in the Clones - my G-d what an awful, awful movie. I only went to see Revenge of the Sith for completion purposes. It was better than Clones, but how could it not be?

"Noooooooo!!!!!!!!" - I laughed out loud. I always refer to that character as "Fake Vader", or "The artist that refers to himself as Darth Vader but is, in reality, a whiny p*ussy in Vader's armor."

I'm done with Lucas.

It's a tough rewatch. Even the parts I like, like the pod race or final lightsaber battle seem to drag on too long now.

As an avid fan of the EU books, I thoroughly enjoyed the Jedi action. Thats the way a Jedi is described in combat in the books, action that technology just didn't allow in Star Wars and even to a certain extent Empire. I've always liked the final duel between Vader and Luke, just because of what it meant.

That being said, I saw Phantom Menace 4 times in the theatre. It was cool, because it was Star Wars. Looking back now, its not that great of a movie. Nothing basically happens. Nothing. You could have summed up the events of that movie in the crawl. I have the same issue in the second one. Why the hell would Padme fall in love with Anakin?

Now, I enjoyed Revenge of the Sith, poor casting and one ill timed NOOOOOO aside. The duel between Obi Wan and Anakin was just fantastically done. I watched some of the behind the scenes stuff, and that entire sequence was done 100% with Ewan and Hayden, they spent a ton of time learning the fight choreography. It was extremely intense.

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Yes, I will admit that Jar Jar was absolutely terrible and that the actors playing both young and old Anakin were bad, but I did not let that ruin the movie for me. It had lightsabers and Jedi.

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This is honestly how I feel. I try not to let all of the little things being the films down for me.

It's not his fault, it's Lucas'. He is horrible with dialogue.

Nope. That honor goes to Yoda in #2.

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Nope. That honor goes to Yoda in #2.

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I have to say that that duel is one of the worst things I've ever seen. Yoda should not have a lightsaber jumping around like a chimpanzee.

I don't blame that kid

But Lucas on the other hand should eat my doo doo

I'll admit, I got excited the first time I saw Yoda pulling out that lightsaber. However, I think it would have been MUCH better if, instead of him jumping around all crazy, he simply stood there, calmly side-stepping blows while his lightsaber fought while floating in the air. It would have really punched home the "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter" idea of the force.

But yes, besides a few moments, the prequels were all trash.