Wow, Ben's rant about lightsabers is amazing.

@detubeme

8 жыл бұрын

+J Wizard Phoenix I think all 3 movies just sort of blended together for him and by the time he saw them whip out lightsabers for the 19th time, he's was just checked out.

I vote for adding all of Ben Mankiewicz's rants to The Phantom Menace dvd extras. I so feel his pain. Hopefully I will heal after December 17.

@DJ-wl5qo

8 жыл бұрын

He should do a full commentary track.

@democrazy69

8 жыл бұрын

+Mariko True Don't get your hopes up. Look at JJ Abraham's Star Treks.

@woooweee

8 жыл бұрын

+Mariko True Just watch the redlettermedia epic reviews, better than the movies by a long shot. /watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

@JoshBlanksby

8 жыл бұрын

+( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°) look at the buzz coming out of the premiere, not a bad thing to be said.

@democrazy69

8 жыл бұрын

josh blanksby Buzz is another word for hype. I'll believe it when I see the movie.

I give it a 10. Of course, I'm referring to Ben's review.

@sirilidionilirium4857

8 жыл бұрын

+Jay Quintana plinkett's review of the phantom manace was better :)

@Nightstalker314

8 жыл бұрын

+Sirilidion Ilirium he put the most relevant arguments into a few sentences

@Adro_Diablo

8 жыл бұрын

+Jay Quintana Ben is right 100%. 3 eps of horrible saber fighting...

@chashofclans3212

7 жыл бұрын

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Lol, Ben ripped this movie to shreds.

@woooweee

8 жыл бұрын

+Vincent Knight that's nothing.. /watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

@Nightstalker314

8 жыл бұрын

+wooo weee yes, we all know this one. so there is no more need for other opinions? also 70 mins vs. couple of sentences.

@JoshuaLoftis

7 жыл бұрын

It deserves it Phantom Menace sucked all kinds of ass.

Christy you're hot. Alonso, you actually look like George Lucas with glasses.

It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on.

@richardatthemovies8791

8 жыл бұрын

I love the trade federation scenes.

@martin43427

8 жыл бұрын

+J Wizard Phoenix Fuck you, Rick Berman. You ruined this, too?

@rbrtchng

8 жыл бұрын

+paul rai What is it with Ricks?

@DrewPBalls

8 жыл бұрын

+J Wizard Phoenix where is that comment from? and why is everyone using it? and why does everyone use everything ?

@criticalgeek9187

8 жыл бұрын

You're the key to all this +J Wizard Phoenix.

I'm not gonna lie,I thought this movie was better than Attack Of The Clones.

@ObeseYeti

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@sofiaa1616

8 жыл бұрын

As much as I dislike Phantom Menace, I have to agree with you.

@Utracia1

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard At The Movies Because it is better, Episode II is the worst of the lot.

@sofiaa1616

8 жыл бұрын

***** What, you didn't find the great romance for the ages compelling? I can assure you that, as a lady, nothing makes me drop my panties faster that when a man tells me he's a fascist and a mass murderer XD

@classactionsteve

8 жыл бұрын

Hero.

"It's a movie for shitty kids." -Ben Mankiewicz 2015

Jar Jar is the key to all of this.

@dvepps6780

8 жыл бұрын

apologist... talk about polishing the cow pie.

@ttvmovies5961

8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Paterson It's poetry. It rhymes. Each Stanza rhymes with the previous one.

@thedashboard9562

8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Paterson It's so dense...

@ttvmovies5961

8 жыл бұрын

DV Epps ***** He's just quoting Lucas from the behind the scenes materials for Th Phantom Menace.

@phaznac

8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Paterson It's gonna be great, it's gonna be great.

It's so funny to see Ben's face throughout this video... thnking to himself, "Why am I even here talking about this movie" LOL.

I can listen to Ben complainin about Star Wars all day.

Matt: "I got Gabe on the Prequels." Alonso: " I'm calling Child Services.

I'm totally with Ben on the lightsaber fights. So many people say of the prequels "well at least the lightsaber duels were better in the prequels". No they weren't! They were sterile and passionless and looked like over-choreographed dance routines fought by characters we never felt at risk. The fights in the originals were not as stylistically impressive, but they were passionate and impactful confrontations between opposing characters, not just flashy action scenes.

Okay even though I know Ben isn't a huge fan of Star Wars he still gets the importance of the original trilogy and is so fucking right about this movie, it's complete trash and hard to watch. Him saying "who fucking likes this movie" at the end killed me.

I genuinely liked this movie when it came out. I was 14 at the time. It took time and reflection to realize how bad it was.

@2nd3rd1st

8 жыл бұрын

+Brendan Beckett No, you just grew up. These are movies for kids, as evidenced by yourself.

@JoshBlanksby

8 жыл бұрын

+2nd3rd1st "these movies are for kids" isn't true, they're for no one, they don't even know who they're for, George put childish elements in them intertwined with the murder of children.

@DADchs13

8 жыл бұрын

+2nd3rd1st no I saw this movie in theaters at 6 with my parents and like Matt's kid, was bored 20 minutes into it. It is awful for kids as well. It was such a bad experience I remember it vividly and cant watch the movie anymore because of it lol

@daAnT1990

8 жыл бұрын

the original Star Wars was for kids as well and you wont find anyone who thinks it is shit now....

say what u will about the film but the pod race scene and the darth maul fight was well executed.

@ohthepeppers

8 жыл бұрын

+Tj toonz The pod race sequence goes on for WAY too long though.

"Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" was the most disappointing thing since my son...

Jar Jar Binks is still around but these days he's going by his new post-op name Sarah Palin.

I refuse to let my kids watch 1-3. We watched Spaceballs instead.

@BIGTENFanatic

8 жыл бұрын

You're a great parent

@Singgen

8 жыл бұрын

+Thessarabian You are bad parent. There are many ones who loved PT. And OT looks outdated now. They ain't gonna like it for sure. The magic of OT was that it was 1st. Now, there are many products same as OT.

@Chillguy99

8 жыл бұрын

+WolverinesNation92 I'm getting really damn tired of this attitude. Since when has it become socially illegal to enjoy a piece of entertainment!? I love this movie. I've been defending the damn thing for over a decade and I will keep defending it. I've hated Jar Jar Binks since the first time I saw him but the positive aspects of this film far outweigh the negatives. The trailers for The Force Awakens didn't impress me at all (and this is coming from a guy whose favorite film is Return of the Jedi). I don't praise the Phantom Menace just to be contrarian, I really think it's a fun movie and I agree with Witson1991 you're a lousy parent for not letting your kids watch the prequels. God forbid they disagree with you and enjoy them.

@jenisedai

8 жыл бұрын

Witson1991 Bite me. You don't know me or how I parent. OT was groundbreaking. PT was "the search for more money" done to pander to an audience he thought was out there- but failed to take the original audience into account. Millennials love PT because it's part of their childhood, but Gen Xers were adults when it came out and can't stand them. Plus Jar Jar was racist as anything, which turns me off even more. My kids have seen clips of the prequels and thought they looked stupid, so I never bothered. They love Spaceballs and are looking forward to the planned sequel. When it comes down to it, we all have our own opinions and that's fine. If you like it, that's great-,if it's what brought you to Star Wars then I'm happy the films exist. I don't happen to like them, and that's my choice. And it's my choice not to expose my kids to them. They're old enough now that if they had any interest in them then they could ask. If they had asked I would have shown them- but they've never asked.

@Singgen

8 жыл бұрын

Thessarabian FROM MY POINT OF VEIW YOU ARE BAD PARENT!!!! Ahah. Sorry. Could not resist. Sure. My comment about your bad parenting was mostly about my intention to be opposite to "WolverineNation92". And your sentence implied to me as first thought that you refused your children to watch PT, when they had a chance and you gone all nuts, like "Nope, I won't let you see it. Cause I hate it. You never gonna watch it. Not until I alive and shit. You gonna watch Spaceball and not this atrocity. I said NO!". Well, now you cleared to me that you just ain't gonna promote SW PT to them. Well. *clap*clap*. Thought there is Internet and ep 7. So eventually they will watch PT if they ever liked SW saga. Sure. OT was groundbreaking and all in it's own time. And what? PT is just about "the search for more money"? Let's forget that every product is about making money(it's only way how a person can measure the product to benefit creator). But just no. PT enhanced SW universe. It showed to us that SW is not just fairy tale with outdated design, it showed us interesting era. When Jedi weren't hunted down. It showed us what is Star Wars. It wasn't just one sandy Tatooine, that it has Coruscant. Now we have an idea how simple folk lives in this universe. It became something bigger. It introduced Jedi Temple and it's organization and so much more about other factors. If not for enhanced universe SW could never compete with LOTR, Warhammer or Warcraft and etc universes. Because it showed us that it have some background. I doubt that we could imagine The Old Republic if not for PT. That's why I love PT more that OT. Even those characters from OT. I don't buy them. I saw and read miriads about same characters. That's why I loved Qui-Gon Jin and Obi-Wan. They had a more complex character to me. More than just a Hero, a Rogue and Princess. p.s. srsly? clips of PT? Considering how everybody just hate them and enforce this opinion on others? There were things that I didn't like and practically knew nothing about because everybody hated them. But my opinion was totally different once I could watch it and judje it myself rather the nlisten to others. p.s.s. And what? I kinda LOLed for good here. Millennials and Gen Xers? Never heard about these err... names? Whose stupid idea it was to name generations? There are new generation and old. That's all to it. It sounds to me like someone tried to bring some pathos to himself. Like, look at me I am from Gen X/Millenial. Uff. Well. Maybe I am wrong and it had some deep meaning and all. Beats me.

I highly recommend RedLetterMedia's review of the Phantom Menace if you really want to know exactly what's wrong with this film.

Ben's rant at 8:18 about Mace's death had me rolling! Yeah, why didn't he land on one of the thousand cars going by all day?!

I love Ben's review. I want his quote as a blurb on the back of the box: "It's a movie for shitty kids."

Ben is right about the light sabers, too many people had them in the prequels and i personally feel like the end battle with maul was too "clean" and choreographed IMO.

Am I the only one that watch this film more than once and still enjoyed it?

Ben's right about the light saber thing, and it applies to pretty much all jedi related things in the prequels as well. They're over-used and they're over powered. The Jedi should've been on the brink of extinction during the prequels, that last remnant of a more elegant time. They should be inferior to the technology of the time, they should be like monks, hidden away, mostly keeping to themselves, but still fight for the good of the universe when Sith reappear.

@edgeninja

8 жыл бұрын

+MrJethroha The Jedi were on the brink of extinction in the period between the prequel and original trilogies. And also, I believe, around the time of the Old Republic.

@MrJethroha

8 жыл бұрын

edgeninja extinction due to the fact that they're out dated, not because they were all unbelievably slaughtered by the clones. Why would monks ever be so numerous or tied into the government? They should be more like Japanese warrior monks, unaligned, and devoted to they're way of life. Instead they're warriors generals diplomats politicians cops spies and everything in between except wise and meditative like Yoda and Obi-wan or passionately good like Luke.

@Brutananadlewski

8 жыл бұрын

+MrJethroha because they arent fucking monks.

@RevolutionCPT

8 жыл бұрын

+MrJethroha With respect, then you want a different movie. What you're asking for is akin to saying that Harry Potter books and movies should focus on the Muggle Prime Minister, and how he deals with day to day, and Wizards coming in from the side. George Lucas wanted to tell the story of the Jedi and the Force with Star Wars. It makes sense that they are at the forefront.

@twiedenfeld

2 жыл бұрын

Your version is a million times better and is something more akin to what I was expecting from these movies. Don't listen to these asshats who just want to see things go bang.

These have been the most fun I've had watching any of your reviews. Great stuff.

My favorite star wars film, its just full of cool bits

Angry Ben is inspirational. His hand movements alone contribute to winning half of an argument.

This movie is an easy 5/7 perfect score.

The worst thing Lucas did was put Jar Jar at the end of Jedi in the DVD releases.

@DJ-wl5qo

8 жыл бұрын

YAY! MEESA FREEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Frahamen

8 жыл бұрын

+FilmFan Frank Two words: Despecialized Version.

@csjcsj2906

8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan Paterson *WEESA

@DJ-wl5qo

8 жыл бұрын

+So Jin Choi Well, exxxcccccuuuuusssse me, princess.

@csjcsj2906

8 жыл бұрын

Dylan Paterson (Tobias Funke style) ...excuse me.

Re-watching these reviews after Rogue One and Ben's reaction to the overuse of light sabers is everything! I so agree. Thank you What The Flick for reviewing all of the Star Wars movies.

I saw this movie in 2000, I was 10, and I loved it.. Now when I watch it I can see the plot mistakes and the cheesy acting, but I still can't bring myself to hate it.

@sugarcane1234

7 жыл бұрын

Neither can I. I kind of feel the same way.

Yeah that poor kid, he was sold from the get go. Kid actors are a 100% reliant on their director guiding them through it. You get a director who just sits on his ass and drinks coffee the kid doesn't have prayer of a chance.

Haha to all the people who say "You just hate the prequels cause of the original trilogy nostalgia", listen to what Ben Mankiewicz has to say!

ben, there is only *ONE* lightsaber battle in the phantom menace, calm down

@notabot835

8 жыл бұрын

well sure, if you want to count the one where they clash blades for like 1 second before Liam Neeson jumps onto the ship and flies away *****

@basquat76

8 жыл бұрын

+doody magoob I think he's talking about the lightsaber battles in all 3 prequels.

I didn't realize this was a bad movie until the second time I saw it. I guess I was in denial the first time because I was just so excited to see a new Star Wars movie.

Ben is on FUCKING point on the lightsaber battles. They are the last resorts of Jedis. Using them every freacking time takes meaning away and shits on the prequel and everything Yoda told us.

"There's fucking Jar Jar Binks."Alonzo's line is right up there with Matt's, "this movie is shockingly half-assed."

Matt is blury af

@ohthepeppers

8 жыл бұрын

+strk Thank fuck it's not just me seeing that- I thought I was having a stroke :P

Good fight scenes are where you understand each fighters abilities and strategies, and the fight goes back and forth and you know why whoever is winning is winning. It's not 20 minutes of stalemate and then somebody suddenly wins for some unknown reason.

Can you review older movies like the ones on TCM?

I know this is unpopular, but I am at the age where the prequels came out when I was in 1st grade and I was absolutely enthralled by all three of them, and love them to death. Maybe because I saw them as a kid, but I fucking love them all. Sorry.

As a kid who watched episode 1, first, I always liked Jar Jar. Always wanted to know what happened to him after the first 3 episodes.

Okay, as some people seem to have their problems with the Anakin/Padmé romance and their age difference, I just want to say, in Phantom Menace the character of Anakin Skywalker is 9 years old and the character of Padmé Amidala is 14 years old.

is Matt a great glass half full guy or greatest glass half full guy ?

is it me, or does Matt look blurry and no one else does. it's like he was filmed in 420p and everyone else is in 1080p.

@xxWickedLifexx

8 жыл бұрын

+MyTubeIsBetter20 It's not just you. I wonder if it's the focus on camera one, maybe because he's sitting closer to it than everyone else?

I see Ben's been checking the plinket reviews :-) aweaome

Everyone seems to have lost the ENTIRE POINT of the first three movies: Queen/Senator Amidala's wardrobe. One of the most amazing line of customs in all of Cinema.

I think this is the only prequel where the problems run deeper than the dialog. Much, much deeper. But in 1999 I didn't give a shit. The film was a fucking feast for the eyes that we'd never seen up to that point. So give it credit for that. I realize that 4 Transformers films later it's difficult to remember there was a time when CGI to the point of visual noise was a thing people actually really wanted to see. Wisest words I've ever heard on this show, though: "Don't start your kids on the prequels". Amen.

So a few comments. First, there was some racial shorthand in the original trilogy, with the British-accented officers of the Empire...but it was definitely not a negative usage. Second, I had a more memorable and epic time waiting in line for 24 hours - I know, I know - to buy tickets for this film than I did during the movie. I, many of us, had such an incredible and unique experience of a kind that is probably even more rare these days, with other human beings of a certain similar mindset, busying themselves in all manner of old-school ways, and doing it together. A group of us learned and played this amazing card game I'd never heard of - I'm pretty sure it was made up in the line - and it was far more satisfying than the film. Lastly on a similar note, this review was more entertaining than the movie - the, sorry Ben, quiet excellent lightsabre battle aside. Well done folks!

@DiddyHack

8 жыл бұрын

Can an american be racist towards the british? They are both caucasian and they are basically from the same country (history-wise). And their cultures are fairly similar.

@michaelsimonson5435

8 жыл бұрын

Racial shorthand is different from racism.

dunno if "classic movie review" is apt. drop the first word maybe :)

@DJ-wl5qo

8 жыл бұрын

What about "classic disappointment review"?

@TrunkMonkey3000

8 жыл бұрын

+DV “Eppish” Epps These guys were probably paid by Disney to do movie reviews of all these old movies to build up hype.

@DJ-wl5qo

8 жыл бұрын

+TrunkMonkey3000 These men are hack frauds.

I love how Ben doesn't like Star Wars as much as the others on the panel LMAO. His apathy is so funny to watch in contrast to their general enthusiasm in the movie reviews.

I recently watched a making of video and Jar Jar is even played by a black guy; it was originally in part a guy in a rubber suit that they eventually completely replaced with CGI, but yeah it is a black doing the floppy legged walk saying those lines.... there's also even a bit where Lucas says "I think I might've taken it too far there but we can't do anything about it now"

For me this is the best of the prequels. Here are my reasons: 1. This is the only prequel where I didn't know what was going to happen. 2. The CGI stuff was groundbreaking and looked very cool at the time. It opened the way to things like Lord of the Rings. 3. I really liked the princess. This was the first time I saw Natalie Portman and I was enamored. She's completely ruined in the next two. 4. The pod racing was the most exciting sequence in all the prequels. 5. Watto is funny. 6. Darth Maul is cool. 7. No Hayden Christensen. There are of course many problems, but I disagree with some of the complaints. The fact that you can measure the Force in a blood test? It's the same as saying "the Force is strong with him". The amount of Force you have in you is just a potential - you still have to develop it. The claims about "racism" are nonsense: these are aliens, and whatever racial identities you ascribe to them is just your own prejudices. Jar Jar Binks? A regular comical sidekick. I find him less annoying than C3PO.

@TopFlightSecurity415

8 жыл бұрын

+arad7613 number 7 is the best reason

@agreatlotrfan6178

8 жыл бұрын

+arad7613 Jake Lloyd was worse than Hayden Christensen in my opinion.

When I was 9, 10 and this movie came out I loved it. These movies are for kids, get fucking over it.

@AnthonyLewis1981

8 жыл бұрын

Kids love trade negotiations!!!!

@TheSpiritOfTheTimes

8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Lewis Only adults notice that part and only adults get bored by it- the kids see freaking CGI aliens talking.

@DJ-wl5qo

8 жыл бұрын

+TheSpiritOfTheTimes Nice try George.

It always pisses me off when people bring up how much better the prequel lightsaber battles apparently are. There is one kind of awkward but also kind of not that bad fight that lasts about 5 minutes in Star Wars (as in 1977, I refuse to call it "Episode IV" or "A New Hope"). The other fights are taught, and character driven and they have heft and physicality. They're few and far between, making them events, and Jedi training ultimately comes off as less sword and more force and even thought orientated. In the prequel trilogy they're superflous, overly frequent, and too obviously choreographed. Did Qui Gon and Obi Wan even know about Darth Maul before facing him? Did they even care? I am have so many criticisms I could wright a whole essay, but to suffice it to say, I agree with Ben.

Ahmed Best (Jar Jar) is my second cousin lol. He is Virgin Islander, that accent was not a stereotype.

The bearded guy brings up a point that I argued even before the prequels were released -- since the original trilogy basically copied World War 2 equipment, I felt it would have been cool if the prequel trilogy copied World War 1 equipment... it would make more sense in the whole technological chronology

Gotta love the passion Star Wars brings into people.

I 'll never forget watching this on opening night. Before lights went out, the theater was at a fever pitch -- honestly, it was like being at a rock concert -- after the movie was over, it felt like all the life was sucked out. But we all rationalized the movie and said it was good. Only one guy had the cajones to admit it was a turd.

Christie's impression of Jar Jar offended me more than Jar Jar's actual characterization.

Revisited this review. So this is why Ben usually doesn't watch the film they're discussing.

BEN IS RIGHT! The lightsabres were overdone and sucked in the prequels. Fuck, I had been waiting for SOMEONE on the panel to say this.

This is the most alive I've ever seen Ben. ...I like it

Hahaha, Christy is such a dork. I love this gang. :)

I watched The Phantom Menace just the other day and loved it. Do little Anakin and Jar Jar Binks kinda suck? Sure. But the film still has imaginative locations, bitchin Pod Race scene, awesome light saber battle, fantastic musical score and some hilariously insentive racial stereotypes. "Mind tricks don't work on me, only money." says the hook nosed alien. Love that scene!

Mankiewicz rocking the Verizon kickstand case

It's rare to see Ben get so riled up about a film. It's healthy to get that genuine emotion flowing.

The phantom menace is a masterpiece. Lucas succeeded in making a Star Wars fim where the good guys are overall in control and the evil is in the background. The politics and world building are all great. I came out saying- 'that was awesome!" and everyone else was saying 'that was shit' I was like "WTF!"

was part VI the first made or part I the first made

Thank you for waiting for Ben!!

The pod race and the light saber fight at the end are the only things worth a damn in this movie.

i know I'm going to love The Force Awakens because it can't possibly be any worse than the prequels

I like the Prequels, but this was a fun discussion. I was hoping at least one of the 4 people liked the movie too, to give a dissenting opinion, but no such luck.

The only way to watch the Star Wars series: Episode 4, 5, 2, 3, 6. Luke is built up then brought down by his father, then flashback to see how the father came to this point, then the redemption at the end. Much better than 1-6.

He is so right. Every lightsaber fight in the prequels sucks. No tension, so stakes. Always overly choreographed to the point that it is so obvious you are watching a fight practiced over and over and over again

Why is Matt out of focus for the main shot with all 4 of them?

1:13 Feels like I'm playing an FMV space shooter from the mid 90s.

One of the saddest parts of Episode I was that it was resolved by accident. The heroes didn't actually have agency in the solution, they had a kid say "I wonder what this button does" and it *just so happened* to accidentally be the right button. Ugh.

I agree. If Anakin had been a teenager, and then a fatter older guy in ep. 3, and if Jar Jar had died in the first scene, it might not have sucked.

Whys is Matt Achity out of focus, he looks really blurry :P

it had like 2 lightsaber fights?

Wildly gesticulating Ben is funny as shit!

You guys thought the Phantom Menace was Darth Maul? You totally missed everything this movie was about.

what is wrong with Matt's image when zoomed out in this video? is he a hologram?

Alonso should watch mr. plinkett's review of the prequel trilogy.

This was very entertaining. I share their concerns about this movie, but I find it much more watchable than they do.

You gotta admit, the scenes in the senate were bad ass!

Christy and Matt's kids have good taste.

Glad I never watched any of the "Prequels". That would have been 7 hours of my life I could never get back. Glad I watched "Ex Machina" & "The Martian". Both were great. And, Ex Machina gave me food for thought to think about It afterwards. Oscar Isaac was brilliant in it.

The least awful prequel. I stand by that. Shot on film. Enough real locations in places like Tunisia and Italy. Great villian (with no Lucas dialogue). Two good action scenes. And a dull but inoffensive lead performance by Liam Neeson. Give me that over Hayden and Natalie eating CGI fruit any day of the week.

@hiimanhuman

8 жыл бұрын

shot on film dosent make a movie good

@Frahamen

8 жыл бұрын

+datboi forthere No, but it does make it a film...

@sofiaa1616

8 жыл бұрын

+nikosvault Honestly, as much as I dislike Phantom Menace, I have to agree with you. I think by far the worst one is Attack of the Clones. Unlike that movie, Phantom Menace at least looks like it was trying to be an actual movie and had what tried to pass for charm (even if it failed). People just claim this one to be the worst one because it's the first in the prequel trilogy (and thus was the most hyped and subsequently disappointing one at the time of its release) and because it has the most Jar Jar. But I would honestly take Jar Jar over that grating Anakin/Padme romance any day.

@MrFishDishWish

8 жыл бұрын

+nikosvault Darth Maul is basically just a cool-looking bad guy with no characterisation at all, he's hardly a "great villain".

@nikosvault

8 жыл бұрын

I am the Table Compared to any other villian in the prequel he is. And I have no problem with the mysterious silent-killer type.

The prequels are boring for the most part. But, that criticism at 10:02 was a bit extreme. Yikes, John Williams' music elevates the fighting sequences to a little more excitement.

I loved Jar Jar, people my age loved him because I was 6. He was like Barney. But people older just didn't understand how genus it was to have a ridiculous character among a bunch of serious characters.

Jar jar sounded Italian to me.

What is enjoyable about the pod race? So kid Vader is gonna win a race against a terrible looking CG animal. Why am I supposed to give a shit about this race? It's so long and boring. Literally more boring than Battlefield Earth.

@sofiaa1616

8 жыл бұрын

IKR? I don't get why everyone loves that scene so much. It goes on for wayyyyy too long and uses the exact same angles at all times.

@hanburgundy4317

7 жыл бұрын

What's NOT to like about the Boonta Eve race? It's a high-speed high-stakes Ben Hur style chariot race through vast deserts and twisting canyons with the twist that the chariots are pulled by jet engines that roar like muscle cars. It's visceral in a way that few other scenes in cinema have ever achieved.

I don't think most of them watched the movie recently. Ben probably has not seen it since 1999, 16 years ago. Tons of movies that came out since TPM, especially ones with clones or droid armies, have taken from this movie. Ben doesn't even like the original trilogy. A 0 is completely ridiculous.

"Mr Blutarsky, zero point zero"

Zero?!?! It's dull pandering snoozefest, but the Dark Maul-Obi-Qui-Gon duel is worth at least two points!

I was starting to dislike Christy for say "beautifully shot" in every review with grat cinematography, but after that impression, how I can?

10:00 Darth Ben Mankiewicz