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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: NEESON,LIAM
EAN: 0024543023937
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 22, 2005
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 162
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his young apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi aid the Queen of Naboo in an attempt to thwart the invasion of her home planet; meanwhile, they come across Anakin Skywalker, a young boy with strong Jedi powers.
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: PG
Release Date: 22-MAR-2005
Media Type: DVD
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'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
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Rating:  - The Phantom
Pretty good. Little boy Anakin is great. Much less whiny than his older self. My husband pretty much loves Qui-Gon Jinn and there's that crazy sith with the red and black face paint.
Rating:  - Pleased with purcahse
The Star Wars DVD was what I ordered and expected. It even came a day earlier than I had anticipated.
Rating:  - Not Particlularly Strong with the Force...
By now, everybody will have long made up their mind on whether or not "The Phantom Menace" sucked; while the film continues to boast a number of fans, there's little debate regarding the notion that George Lucas spectacularly under-delivered what could have been one of the biggest films in history. True, it made a mountain of money, but in no way other than a mirrored leap in technology does "Episode I" come close to touching the original "Star Wars" trilogy for being a movie to base an entire generation on.
Two Jedi knights - Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson, "Schindler's List") and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor, "Moulin Rouge!") - are sent to confront the leaders of the evil Trade Federation about their blockade and upcoming invasion of the peaceful planet of Naboo. Before being ambushed and fleeing to Naboo, the Jedi find out that the life of the planet's leader, Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman, "V For Vendetta"), is in jeopardy; they manage to rescue the queen, but following a daring escape, they are forced to land on the desert planet Tatooine. Here, the Jedi encounter a gifted young slave boy named Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), whom Qui-Gon is sure is the answer to an ancient prophecy foretelling of the one who would bring balance to the Force and destroy the deadly Sith - an agent of which (Ray Park, "X-Men") is hot on their heels...
Rest assured, this is not a bad movie, but in trying to live up to the film-defining legacy of its three "sequels", "Menace" ... Read More
Rating: - We miss you Darth Maul.
I, like all of you were SO psyched for this to come out.
Most of you seem disappointed.
I wasn't.
Why?
Darth Maul.
The single greatest super villain since Vader. Period!
The face, the horns, the double bladed saber.
The guy meant business.
I didn't mind Jar Jar either, he was funny and cute. I disagree with people when they say he was annoying.
Would he have annoyed you when you were a kid? Doubt it.
Everything about this movie is good, except Jake is a little grating. And the whole pod race scene could have been cut.
What's bad?
Lucas, I will forever condemn you for knocking off Darth Maul.
He's the main reason the book sold as well as it did.
Everyone went to see him.
I was so looking forward to seeing him in all three and he bumps him off?????
I almost got up and left the theater after that scene.
What a waste and what a travesty!!!
Lucas made the same mistake with Maul as he did with Vader in A New Hope.
Not enough screen time, and not enough lines.
Just my opinion, it should have come down to a fight between Vader and Maul as to who would serve the Emperor.
Christopher Lee is amazing but his character just wasn't necessary.
Otherwise, a great movie and a great start to the new trilogy.
A must see?
Yes, just to see Maul in action.
R.I.P.
Rating: - Prepare for a Loaded Review...
Upon its release in 1999, "Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace" was the first new addition to George Lucas'legendary cinematic franchise in sixteen years.The first in what was to become a series of three prequels relating the backstory to the original Star Wars trilogy, 'Phantom Menace' has as interesting and unique a history in the annals of film criticism as its creator, George Lucas, has had in that successful filmmaking. Nine years on, the Amazon reviews will happily attest to the fact that the film is still being attacked right and left by bitter fans whose "expectations" were bigger than their faculties for common sense, and who apparently have nothing better to do than flog a dead horse with a bent whip.
The basic storyline of the Phantom Menace revolves around a blockade and boycott of the Planet Naboo by the Trade Federation. When Naboo is invaded, two Jedi, Qui-Gon Jinn and apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, rescue the elected ruler of the planet, Queen Amidala, and take her to the capital planet of Courescant to seek legeslative intervention from the the senate of the then-thriving Galactic Republic. Along the way they come across a young boy called Anakin Skywalker, who Qui-Gon insists on taking back with him to be tested for Jedi training. In the distant background is a subplot involving characters Darth Sideous and Darth Maul, which reveals that it was in fact they--"Sith Lords" who want revenge on the Jedi for the near-extinction of their kind--who orchestrated the invasion ... Read More
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