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At what point during your first viewing of The Phantom Menace did you realize it sucked?
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:08 pm
My 11 year old self was giddy going to Phantom of the Menace in theaters. I thought the opening scene was badass. Finally, multiple Jedi in action showing all their powers! Even after Qui Gon used Jar Jar to get to Gungan City I thought was great.
It wasn’t until that fateful decision where Qui Gon decided to honor his life debt to Jar Jar that I realized fricking Binks would be around the whole movie.
Qui Gon singlehandedly sunk the prequels by saving Jar Jar, even my 11 year old self realized it at that time it was over.
It was solidified during Anakin and Padme’s first talk on Tattoine that we were fricked.
It wasn’t until that fateful decision where Qui Gon decided to honor his life debt to Jar Jar that I realized fricking Binks would be around the whole movie.
Qui Gon singlehandedly sunk the prequels by saving Jar Jar, even my 11 year old self realized it at that time it was over.
It was solidified during Anakin and Padme’s first talk on Tattoine that we were fricked.
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Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:12 pm to Frac the world
i was whipped and had my star wars glasses on for the first few viewings. I saw it 7 times in the theater, and about the 4-5th time i started noticing.
Now its cringe worthy. The acting and dialogue is so wooden and stale.
Now its cringe worthy. The acting and dialogue is so wooden and stale.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:14 pm to Frac the world
It probably took me a about a year. I wanted to like it too much to admit it sucked.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:23 pm to Frac the world
IV and V are the only good ones IMO. Even Jedi was just ok.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:24 pm to Frac the world
Pod-Racing was pure cringe.
The capper was when they killed Darth Maul.
The capper was when they killed Darth Maul.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:28 pm to Frac the world
As soon as I realized the entire movie was CGI on par with A Bug’s Life
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:32 pm to Frac the world
I really wanted to see. Apologized for the people i dragged there with me. A mess from the get go.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:55 pm to Master of Sinanju
I really like Jedi. I think the original 3 are well above the others.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:59 pm to Frac the world
When they had the discussion about midichlorines.
Just awful
Just awful
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:59 pm to Frac the world
Once the internet told me it was bad
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:09 pm to Frac the world
I knew a guy who was friends with someone who worked at the theater and he watched it in an empty theater before the crowds came in.
I asked him the next day at work and he said:
"Oh, my god, as soon as it ended I asked him to play it again and we watched it again."
Then I saw the movie and realized this was just blind Star Wars nostalgia.
Everyone tried SO HARD to like it. From the get go, people lied to themselves.
I think as soon as Jar Jar appears, most people just sort of slightly sighed and said frick, these movies are gonna suck.
I asked him the next day at work and he said:
"Oh, my god, as soon as it ended I asked him to play it again and we watched it again."
Then I saw the movie and realized this was just blind Star Wars nostalgia.
Everyone tried SO HARD to like it. From the get go, people lied to themselves.
I think as soon as Jar Jar appears, most people just sort of slightly sighed and said frick, these movies are gonna suck.
This post was edited on 3/8/19 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:11 pm to Frac the world
I don't remember if it was the first time I realized it, but the scene with Anakin in the starfighter on Naboo stands out as incredibly stupid. Anything with Jar Jar in it is too easy.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:13 pm to Frac the world
Around 2004?
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:13 pm to Frac the world
I was bored with the majority of the film. The only part I loved was the lightsabre battle.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:20 pm to Frac the world
Honestly the moment they went to the Gungan underwater city I was like this doesn’t look anything like Star Wars.
It was early on, but the whole thing had been pretty much green screen CGI at that point, and that didn’t change throughout the movie except for Anakin’s home on Tatooine, and even that was filled with CGI Sebulba and pod racing.
That was always my biggest problem with the prequels. I can deal with the cheesy dialogue, the bad acting, even the fricking midochlorians. The original trilogy had plenty of that stuff.
But this just felt like a completely different “galaxy” and no connection at all to the movies we wanted more of.
It was early on, but the whole thing had been pretty much green screen CGI at that point, and that didn’t change throughout the movie except for Anakin’s home on Tatooine, and even that was filled with CGI Sebulba and pod racing.
That was always my biggest problem with the prequels. I can deal with the cheesy dialogue, the bad acting, even the fricking midochlorians. The original trilogy had plenty of that stuff.
But this just felt like a completely different “galaxy” and no connection at all to the movies we wanted more of.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:21 pm to Frac the world
Either Jar Jar or the pod race.
Felt like nothing but a push to sell toys.
Felt like nothing but a push to sell toys.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:24 pm to Korin
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Lucas decided to maximize marketing for kids
Yep. It didn't have the darkness and suspense that Empire had.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:27 pm to Frac the world
Phantom Menace and Clone Wars are average popcorn flicks. They “suck” only in relation to the hype surrounding them due to the 15 years of pent up fanboy frustrations.
Jar Jar was terrible, the pod racing was a flop and Natalie Portman as Padme is arguably the most miscast role in major movie history. The movie has its moments though. The opening scene is great and the epic ending lightsaber battle is, IMO, one of the best parts of the entire franchise (at least until Maul gets cut in half).
Revenge of the Sith is actually pretty decent IMO. It would be downright good without the Padme/Anikin scenes.
Jar Jar was terrible, the pod racing was a flop and Natalie Portman as Padme is arguably the most miscast role in major movie history. The movie has its moments though. The opening scene is great and the epic ending lightsaber battle is, IMO, one of the best parts of the entire franchise (at least until Maul gets cut in half).
Revenge of the Sith is actually pretty decent IMO. It would be downright good without the Padme/Anikin scenes.
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