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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 17130
Released: March 22, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Begin your STAR WARS DVD collection with STAR WARS: Episode 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE. Packed with over six hours of additional material, including exclusive documentaries and never-before-seen deleted scenes, this 2-disc set provides the perfect showcase for the incredible detail and breathtaking scope of George Lucas's first episode in the mythic STAR WARS saga.
Description of Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Full Screen Edition):
"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-breather 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 mélange 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
Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
Great product! 
2009-12-28 - Not the best Star Wars movie, but I got to have it anyway! I am a Big Star Wars Fan!
Short review it was CRAP 
2009-12-21 - 1- Lacks a main character (no protagonist)
2- Anakin is not introduced until 45 minutes into the movie
3- Lacks a protagonist
4- Jar-Jar Binks in a giant rabbit that steps in poop (literally)
5- Lacks a protagonist.
6- Gin's would have been more interesting as a drunk
7- Lacks a protagonist.
8- The queen is lacks any character at all. Completely flat.
9- The reason for the pod-race makes no sense at all. Or why they are there... or why they need the boy...? Or any of it.
10- This movie is TERRIBLE!
One of the worst movies ever made
2009-12-19 - I suspected this might be bad based on lots of buzz, but it would have to be a lot better just to make it to bad. Certainly there are many low budget bad movies out there, made with unskilled actors and directors, that are worse than this, but for a major motion picture, this movie is in rarified company. This belongs up there with Glitter, Gigli, Showgirls, Ishtar, Any Madonna Movie, Sheena, Godzilla, Popeye, well I think you get the idea.
But don't trust me. The greatest movie review ever made, is about this movie. I'm not joking. It is seriously the greatest movie review ever. It is 70 minutes long and can be found in installments on Youtube. Just search for:
"Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7)", by RedLetterMedia.
It will explain in painstaking, intelligent, and hilarious detail why this movie is junk.
By the way, there are other very good reviews on Youtube that also intelligently dissect this lame movie. Search them out and view all of them. You will have a much more enjoyable time watching the critical reviews of this movie than the movie itself.
Awesome 
2009-11-26 - This is an awesome movie, lets just say one thing Dart Maul And Jar Jar Binks rules, i think they made the movie. i love this movie. this is a sweet movie
Didn't quite do it for me 
2009-10-24 - Although I enjoyed the look of "The Phantom Menace," and found many of the characters intriguing, the overall impact fell just short of 3 stars or my idea of the positive zone. There simply isn't enough depth to the story or characters to enable me to suspend my belief in the face of the unconvincing and slightly ridiculous Star Wars mythology. Maybe the point is not to pay attention to this stuff at all but I can't be satisfied by great action scenes and some nifty sci-fi settings alone.
