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Another thing I hated about the Phantom Anus
That damn pod race seemed to have lasted half the movieLast edited by Mikey; May 27, '09, 12:45 AM.Comment
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The art form was still relatively new at the time, but for the most part, the FX in The Phantom Menace look GREAT: Pod Race Sequence, three-way Lightsaber battle, Space Battle, Coruscant... all of it CGI. The Gungan Land battle definitely looked too... CGI, though.
The plot was NOT about "tax evasion". It was about Senator Palpatine of Naboo (secretly Sith Lord Darth Sidious) making himself look like a hero in the eyes of the Senate as he defended his blockaded / invaded planet. When nominations for Supreme Chancellor came up, naturally the vote would go to him.
It was also an introduction to the Jedi Knights of the Old Republic and the discovery of Anakin Skywalker... very possibly the "chosen one" of Jedi prophecy.
Yes. Some difficult acting moments there. Some even clumsier directing by George Lucas.
Dialogue has always been a bit corny in STAR WARS (Re: "Laugh it up fuzzball", etc.) That didn't bother me.
Yes, quite possibly the most elaborate and adult STAR WARS script of all the movies, dealing with politics, political plotting, metaphysics, etc.
Hmmm... well, I had no issue with the idea of Anakin having an immaculate conception since STAR WARS has always tied into religious themes. But would you have been more comfortable if it had been revealed that Anakin's dad was just some slave Joe-Blow from Tatooine?
No. The Force is NOT a virus. And the prequel films did NOT explain it as such.
The Force is still (as Obi-Wan Kenobi described it) "... an energy field created by all living things..." that "... surrounds us and penetrates us..." and "... binds the galaxy together..."
But what the Prequels clarified was that ALL individuals have microscopic life forms living within them (Midi-chlorians) that serve as the person's link TO the Force. These organisms continuously "speak" to the individual, revealing the Force's "will" for them.
Individuals with a higher Midi-chlorian count have a greater sensitivity to the will of The mystical Force.
???? What's your issue with her? She was fine. DId you have an issue with Luke's Aunt Beru during A NEW HOPE? She basically served the same story function as Shmi.
Yeah. The Battle Droids were a bit corny (even for STAR WARS). They were clunky and ineffective (I guess they were supposed to be), and their preoccupation with someone named "Roger" was a bit off-putting. But the other droids throughout the film were pretty cool. I particularly liked the dangerous, fast-rolling Droidekas! Very interesting concept.
To each his own, I guess. To me, just about everything was good about this movie (with a few notable exceptions). I feel the same way about every film I really like... certainly the classic Original Trilogy.
How? How did Episode I "trash" the classic OT story? How did it "ignore" the classic OT story?
From where I sit, the brilliance of the Prequel films was that they gave you a different perspective of the stuff you thought you knew from the Original Trilogy. The Prequels turned some OT concepts on their ear a bit without "trashing" or even contradicting them (unless you consider some of the stuff that old Kenobi said in the OT from his own "... point of view..." Clearly, that dude is a bit of a liar, liar pants on fire.
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If you own the 1976 novelization of STAR WARS, and if you read the prologue at the beginning of the book, Palpatine's rise to power is chronicled virtually in the same way that it was depicted in the prequel films.
In fact, it's the first and only source that names Palpatine during the OT. virtually all other references (even the classic films themselves) refer to him as simply "The Emperor".I... am an action figure customizerComment
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The Star Wars movies as seen by...Oscar:
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Best Art Direction, Best Costume design, Best Editing, Best Original score, Best sound, Best Visual Effects, Special Achievement.
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Best sound, Special achievement
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Special achievement
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
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...NADDA...
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
...NADDA Pt II
...I smell a trend
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
...NADDA d*mn thing PT III...Comment
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I saw it at a 4AM sneak peak. I fell asleep about halfway into the movie.
Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?Comment
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I didn't know the emporer's name before I saw TPM but as soom as he came on screen I said "hey the emporer". I later found out Kenner had made the name commonly known 2 years earlier with the power of the force figures
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now my daughter (who 13 then) never figured it out right till he is exposed in ROTS but she only saw ROTJ a couple times on video as opposed to the old man who watched them hundreds of times
not sure if that was humor or not but ROGER ROGER is a riff on the military response for "i understand" which is ROGERLast edited by jds1911a1; May 27, '09, 12:53 PM.Comment
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