Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Advantages: Excellent Special effects,good introduction to the Star Wars characters Disadvantages: Slow in places
I like all the StarWars movies, I found to be good fun to watch. It’s not quite as good as the first 3 movies, but it has a great story line with amazing light sabre fights and excellent battles.
This movie is set thirty years before the original StarWars movie, it introduces young Anakin Skywalker a boy with special powers.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, the dedicated and legendary Jedi from the original series is an apprentice to his master Qui-Gon. Together they are assigned to protect young Queen Amidala of Naboo, whose planet is under invasion by the Trade Federation. During the siege of Naboo, the scheming Neimoidians try to force the strong-willed Amidala to sign a treaty that would legitimise a brazenly illegal occupation. Amidala refused, and was sentenced to a prison camp. En route to incarceration, Amidala is freed by ...
As a fan of StarWars, I am disappointed with this film as a whole. If you take this as a film on its own, I would probably say that it was just above average, but comparing it to the original StarWars films is ludicrous at best.
For a start, using CGI for so many characters spoilt the traditional use of people in costumes, most of the CGI looked false. Other effects would have been better suited to other films.
Why o why the pod racing???? It was out of place in a StarWars film. Such things as this made a mockery of StarWars as an institution.
After all that though, some of the fight sequences were good, but there were too few of them. Such as the evil Darth Maul who was only seen for 8 minutes.
If you have a couple of hours to spare and are really bored, go watch it. True StarWars fans should stay away from it ...
Advantages: Introduction to characters Disadvantages: Poor plot
The PhantomMenace is a 1999 film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first film in the prequel StarWars trilogy, that tells the story of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader and the Jedi council, before the events of the three original films.
The story follows the two Jedi's, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), as they try to protect Queen Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) of Naboo, from evil trade federation, who are being supported by a strange shadowy figure.
On their journey to Coruscant for political assistance from the republic, the Jedi's and Padme are forced to land on Tatooine, to make repairs on their spaceship. They end up meeting a slave boy who shares the same ability of the Jedi's in the magical force. They also have to face an evil warrior, Darth Maul, who also shares the ability in ...
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.
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DVD
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20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
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Main Language
English
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Dolby Digital
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The first of three prequels to George Lucas's celebrated STAR WARS films, EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE is set some 30 years before the original STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE in the era of the Republic. Naboo, a peaceful planet governed by the young but wise Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman), is being threatened by the corrupt Trade Federation, puppets of an evil Sith lord and his terrifying apprentice, Darth Maul (Ray Park). Jedi knights Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor, performing an amazing vocal imitation of Alec Guinness, the older Obi-Wan) are called on to intervene in the trade disputes. Along the way, they acquire an apprentice of their own in the form of young prodigy Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), or as STAR WARS fans know him, the future Darth Vader. They also encounter Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best), a goofy, lizardlike creature who has been banished from his underwater world for clumsiness. When the Trade Federation launches an attack on Naboo, the queen and her allies must battle hordes of robot troopers while Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan face off against the sinister Darth Maul. One of the most anticipated films of all time, THE PHANTOM MENACE sets the stage for the tumultuous events to come. Lucas fills the screen with detailed sci-fi creatures and locations, revealing the most creative and exquisite sets, costumes, and character designs to hit the screen since the original trilogy.
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