A prequel to Star Wars which introduces the main characters; a young boy with special powers called Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The galaxy is threatened by war and the Jedi Knights must keep the peace at all costs. Jedi warrior Qui-Gon Jinn sets out to save the planet of Naboo from the Trade Federation. Read more
| Starring | Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd |
|---|---|
| Director | George Lucas |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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A prequel to Star Wars which introduces the main characters; a young boy with special powers called Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The galaxy is threatened by war and the Jedi Knights must keep the peace at all costs. Jedi warrior Qui-Gon Jinn sets out to save the planet of Naboo from the Trade Federation.
| Starring | Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August, Oliver Ford Davies, Terence Stamp, Brian Blessed |
|---|---|
| Director | George Lucas |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 15 Oct 2001 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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No matter how hard George Lucas has tried to recapture the magic of the original films, that vital sense of wonder is missing from this first prequel to the original Star Wars films. Instead, Lucas provides a welter of incident, cosmic dilemmas, cryptic forebodings and idiotic dialogue. It's absolutely phenomenal on the visual front, but completely mindless in the story department as characters are placed in position to explain what we already know. Forget the overworked plot about Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) trying to stop the Trade Federation invading her peaceful planet with help from Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Marvel instead at the state-of-the-art technical wizardry and fizzing action that's just enough to keep nostalgic wistfulness at bay.
Having started the saga in the middle of things with the original Star Wars, there's a lot of static exposition here to explain what came after. The human actors tend to play supporting roles to the often dazzling special effects and computer-gener
The original trilogy introduced special effects never done before on screen; but twenty years later, ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) improved what George Lucas wanted on his masterpiece trilogy. In 1999, now with technology being more advanced, Lucas, has made a film not only of epic storytelling but of visual effects as well.
The film starts out with a Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and a young Obi-Wan Kenobi who disguise themselves as ambassadors for Queen Amidala, which doesn't go well as planned. A droid reveals their identities leaving the Jedi's no choice but to attack. They find out that there's an imminent invasion with the Gungan's, and Jar Jar Binks becomes an aide.
Jar Jar, I'll admit is one of the most annoying characters but thankfully doesnt appear in any of the other SW films.
The Phantom Menace is a very good start to the prequels but when compared with the rest of the saga, its probably the weakest. A fun film nonetheless where there are great fight scenes along the way.
Who was this made for ?
Visually appealing, but totally reliant on computer effects, nothing new or interesting really.
What makes the film terrible, is the utterly jibberish baby nonsense dialogue, that, well, may appeal to 6 month old babies, who find cartoons too intellectual.
Really, it is totally dire, and the cast is so badly miscast , it's a joke, cringe is the understatement of the year here.
I stopped watching half way through, I just couldn't take any more of the stupid animated creatures, and the even worse brainless dialogue.
NO idea why Lucas produced such rubbish, this man was a creative genius, but how on Earth did he allow this fiasco to happen ?
This film is Star Wars only in name, it has nothing to do with the original films, and is frankly appalling.
A total embarrasment.
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