Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace [VHS]

Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace [VHS]
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Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace [VHS]

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Actor: Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid, Jake Lloyd, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman
Director: George Lucas
Cinematographer: David Tattersall
Producer: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas
Editor: Ben Burtt
Editor: Paul Martin Smith
Producer: Rick McCallum
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX
Running Time: 136 minutes
Release Date: 2000-04-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: mediocrity with a few enjoyable moments
Summary: 2 Stars

When this movie was released in 1999, it was one of the most hyped cinematic events I'd ever experienced. Too bad the movie itself didn't live up to it all. It introduced characters and plot elements that proved important later in the series, and that's good. I just wish it had done it with a more interesting story and with better acting. And without Jar Jar Binks. He is the most annoying character! I'm glad they all but eliminated him in the other prequels. Still, the action scenes at the end were pretty sweet, and the race sequence was exciting. On the whole, I'd say this was a disappointing movie.

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Summary of Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace [VHS]

"I have a bad feeling about this," says the young Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Ewan McGregor) in Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace as he steps off a spaceship and into the most anticipated cinematic event... well, ever. He might as well be speaking for the legions of fans of the original episodes in the Star Wars saga who can't help but secretly ask themselves: Sure, this is Star Wars, but is it my Star Wars? The original elevated moviegoers' expectations so high that it would have been impossible for any subsequent film to meet them. And as with all the Star Wars movies, The Phantom Menace features inexplicable plot twists, a fistful of loose threads, and some cheek-chewing dialogue. Han Solo's swagger is sorely missed, as is the pervading menace of heavy-breathing Darth Vader. There is still way too much quasi-mystical mumbo jumbo, and some of what was fresh about Star Wars 22 years earlier feels formulaic. Yet there's much to admire. The special effects are stupendous; three worlds are populated with a m?lange of creatures, flora, and horizons rendered in absolute detail. The action and battle scenes are breathtaking in their complexity. And one particular sequence of the film--the adrenaline-infused pod race through the Tatooine desert--makes the chariot race in Ben-Hur look like a Sunday stroll through the park.

Among the host of new characters, there are a few familiar walk-ons. We witness the first meeting between R2-D2 and C-3PO, Jabba the Hutt looks younger and slimmer (but not young and slim), and Yoda is as crabby as ever. Natalie Portman's stately Queen Amidala sports hairdos that make Princess Leia look dowdy and wields a mean laser. We never bond with Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), and Obi-Wan's day is yet to come. Jar Jar Binks, a cross between a Muppet, a frog, and a hippie, provides many of the movie's lighter moments, while Sith Lord Darth Maul is a formidable force. Baby-faced Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) looks too young and innocent to command the powers of the Force or wield a lightsaber (much less transmute into the future Darth Vader), but his boyish exuberance wins over skeptics.

Near the end of the movie, Palpatine, the new leader of the Republic, may be speaking for fans eagerly awaiting Episode II when he pats young Anakin on the head and says, "We will watch your career with great interest." Indeed! --Tod Nelson

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