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Advantages: It's Star Wars!
Disadvantages: You're having a giraffe, right?

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE 5 Stars - Genius! End of review. What? You need more? But what else is there to say about the starting point of George Lucas' behemoth franchise that hasn't already been said? Countless polls have already established that Darth Vader is the biggest bad arse ever to set foot on celluloid; the Star Destroyer thundering into view over Tattoine is one of cinema's greatest opening sequences; the Millennium Falcon is the coolest ...
...typewriters have already said about Star Wars during the last thirty years. From Leia's bagel shaped ear-muffs, to Han shooting Greedo first, to the comedy stormtrooper who fails to duck under the blast door; in all seriousness, do you really want to hear all that gubbins again? You do! Bunch of mindless gibbons… A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, (Originality raises a lightsaber to its heart and proves it's no match for a blaster at the ... Read review

Advantages: its star wars
Disadvantages: the last star wars movie

...the stuff out of the Star Wars PC games as well, someone called Lucas is running out of ideas I think? Perhaps this is why he won't bother making the last 3 movies) I just sat there thinking "Why show me something I've seen already? Where's all the new stuff?". Ships looking so much like X-wings, Star Destroyers, Tie fighters. Grievous died way too easily, I was expecting something else from him after his death. C**p, George, sheer c**p there. All ...
...It saddens me that the Star Wars franchise was reduced to this, wasted on someone who obviously didn't care what he gave us, as long as he has our money lining his pockets. UPDATE - So I've seen it again and this time I took notes. Why doesn't R2 use his rockets to stop from slipping/falling when the Chancellors ship is crashing? Why does Grievous think 1 light saber is a collection? In order to be flying "Half a ship" they'd need the engines! Palpatine ... Read review

Advantages: all three original films in a nice tin box
Disadvantages: You probaly have them already

...or are a real hardcore star wars fan who have to own anything star wars. The films themselves are brilliant quality taken from the remastered trilogy. the extra disc is crammed with backstage pictures never seen before features and a feature documentry about the making of the films. I would recommend this to people who havnt already got the original trilogy on DVD or those die hard star wars nutter YOU KNOW WHO ARE!!! ... Read review

Advantages: It's still Star Wars...
Disadvantages: Pretty much the weakest of both trilogies...

...what seemed like forever... MORE STAR WARS!!! The problem is that when it arrived, the anticipation of the original trilogy had given us too much to hope for. For some, The Phantom Menace was more of the escapism magic that Lucas had conjured up for us in our younger years... and for others it was a vast, vast disappointment. I personally liked it though it certainly wasn't on par as a whole as the other three films that had preceded it... but then... ...
...the right ways for a Star Wars film. There is still more than enough in this installment to make us feel comfortable and familiar in a galaxy that we already know: ------------------------- Disc 1: Episode I: The Phantom Menace The Plot: There are certainly lots of familiar faces and names in this film to remind us we are still in Lucas's domain... and it's pretty interesting to find out a little more of some character's origins. Of course, ... Read review

Advantages: If you've watched these films as a child you'll love them
Disadvantages: for first time viewers not exactly compelling stuff

...child I've grown up thinking Star Wars is the greatest story ever told from Luke Skywalker's X-Wing blowing up the death star to the biggest revaltion of movie history that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's 'Father'. But when I watched the entire trilogy recently I couldn't help but think if I hadn't loved star wars as a child would I really still believe its the greatest series of movies and as much as it pains me to say this but the answer is no. ...
...the prequels but when you compare the fight scenes you realise exactly how badly made the oiginal fight scenes were. I still love Star Wars but the fact of the matter is there are better trilogies out there and this by no means is the greatest story ever told. ... Read review