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In one of the final commentaries from George he said that he no longer wants to make anymore movies because every time he makes one, every one puts it down. He said why would he want to make anymore. So, it wasn't George Lucas that "ruined" Star Wars, it's all you over-opinionated, whiny assholes that agree with this redlettermedia jerk. Thanks motherfuckers, now there will never be any new Star Wars anything now. STAR WARS, EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE in theaters Feb. 10th!! VICTORY!!
You're probably joking, but you're repeating the same logical fallacy as that Agahnim guy, and pretty much everyne else that defends these movies, that it is physically impossible for someone to fairly review these movies and think thats they're awful because almost everything in them is horrible. And because they don't like them, they must have some personal vendetta vs Lucas, or are hypocitcally reviewing vs. the originals, or can't see their "amazing complexity" i.e....
...doesn't have a mental disorder that gives them an altered state of reality. And the same critisms aren't being repeated all the way from Roger Ebert down to someone who has never seen the original movies, that "...I was amazed, at the end of Episode II, to realize that I had not heard one line of quotable, memorable dialogue." and "There is not a romantic word they exchange that has not long since been reduced to cliche." or "Wooden characterizations and dialogue don't help."
i agree with you but say this with me ok just so you get it right its PRO-TAG-O-NIST not PROTOGUINESS YOU INCOHERENT CUNT also stars 1-3 suck dick 4-6 were the greatest movies ever
i think the point is, why did Gorge need to make the prequels? when we already knew that Anakin Skywalker was Evil to begin with if we already know whats going to happen then whats the point in wasting everyones time with these shitty boring movies?
@smartass250 Not sure if trolling or somebody actually let a 7-year-old on Youtube...
Aaaanyway, I can see where you're coming from (of course regarding the aspects of your comment that I was able to DECIPHER), and I agree with you on the Obi-Wan part (as he is my fav. character of the Saga) but I see no consistency issue: When they met for the first time, he indeed already was an experienced pilot, he had won the pod race at that point, didn't he?
Ugh. This isn't the place for this. Too hard to argue with the comments constantly scrolling on and the character limit. I'm about the quit this (for good this time :P).
In short, Lucas wanted to tell a certain story, but couldn't fit it in one movie, so people misinterpreted it. He then felt compelled to show the tragedy he failed to bring across by adapting rushed scribbles he didn't care about (because it was a fairly tale) into a new trilogy.
The bottom line is: Everything that happened to Star Wars was inevitable. The story about heroes was only superficial. The badass pure evil Darth Vader you all loved and grew up with, he never existed.
So, Lucas decided to adapt the few pages of backstory he had scribbled with in the original script into a prequel trilogy of movies. To allow people to see the tragedy of Darth Vader as it was originally intended to be. Lucas himself has said this: "I like the idea that the one person you thought was the villain is really the victim, and the story is really about the villain trying to regain his humanity. It ultimately becomes the story of Darth Vader's redemption."
This resulted in that Darth Vader became an icon of pure evil in the first film, cause that was the aspect of him emphasized at that part of the story. This icon took over everything, much more than Lucas intended. If it had been as he originally wanted it like one movie, that wouldn't have happened. He would have been revealed as this pathetic character at the end of the movie.
George Lucas originally wanted to make only one movie. This movie was going to be like a fairy tale, you didn't know what came before or after. You just knew the story, and the story’s subtitle was "The Tragedy of Darth Vader", he was the central character all along and he was a tragic and pathetic villain. Luke was the hero, and the story was about how Luke redeems his pathetic father. But when the story was to made a film it was too much for one movie, it became a trilogy of movies instead.
I just saw the whole saga for the first time this week end. Unlike you I liked the first part, and think the last 3 movies are garbage, actors can't play, story is borring and action scenes are ridiculous, that's like a Power Rangers episode that would be way too long, without the Power Rangers...
This is quite bias at times. And if you are going to interview a random sample of viewers, try and not pick people as clueless as that, I mean the woman didn't even know who qui-gon jin was?? come on, you expect us to take that seriously. If you weren't paying close enough attention to even remember the name of one of the central characters then you obviously lack the intellectual appreciation needed to provide a valid opinion. Try paternal, wise, reserved, kind, strong, content to describe him.
@jollyroger475 The point he was making with the viewers was that none of the characters in the Phantom Menace were memorable and didn't make an impression on the viewers. Even if you know little about the original Star Wars films, chances are you probably know characters such as Darth Vader, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Ben Kenobi. Also, if you actually watched this review to the end, then you'd know that none of those words can apply to qui-gon thingy.
@LordNazgulKing Why would he need to watch this biased review to "know" that those words supposedly don't apply to Qui-Gon Jinn? He obviously watched and listened(!!) to the movie itself to find out what he did. That's the best way to know about a movie, I say. :D
About memorable characters: You will find only what you take with you. If you don't want to meet Lucas halfway and are too distracted reeling over all the new things and kids and squeaky voices, then that's your fault.
@Agahnim18 What the hell are you talking about? "new things and kids and squeaky voices"? You obviously haven't watched the review either so there's no point in trying to make a point to someone who is uninformed.
People don't critize/complain about the prequels because they're "different", they do it because they're bad. If Lucas has made Episodes I-III in the 70's-80's with the same good writing, characters, and storytelling that he made Ep. IV-VI with, then they probably would be have been classic movies. And then if he made IV-VI the same way he made I-III, with horrible writing, acting, bland characters, and a plot that makes no sense, then people's reactions would be exactly the same.
@skip8619 I think only their perceptions would have been the same. As Qui-Gon said, "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." You get what you want to get from things. You do know that when the original films were released critics bashed them for the acting and dialogue, for the incredible amount of cheese in them?
@skip8619 Did you also know that Empire was seen as a soulless, boring, cash-in of a sequel by some, on account of its vastly different feel and story and the fact that it doesn't have a traditional ending? Sounds familiar.
@skip8619 The difference now is that most of the star-gazed kids back then are grown up and have lost the ability to watch films and simply have fun. They demonize those things in the new movies that they'd learned to deify in the originals. Cheesy, melodramatic dialogue and acting, archetypal characters--that's been SW all along. Why are they suddenly bad halfway through the series?
But thats just the thing, the characters in I-III aren't archetypical, most of them are extremly bland, boring, and have no personality. I agree completly with what he said about you not being able to tell who the protagonists is, the antagonist, the lovable scoundrel, the princess, etc. There's way too many characters and they're all white bread. And about hypocrisy, I think thats the worst , but I'm saying the prequels and originals are like night and day, almost nothing alike.
I'm not an expert at reviewing art or anything but its pretty obvious they're not. Could you please give some evidence toward them being so. You talk so much about objectivity, then you do the same thing he asked the people in the video to do. Decribe the characters in the Phantom Menace without saying what they looked like or who played them.
About your argument that people are "grown up" now and therefore hyper analyse the prequels instead of enjoying them like the originals. I was 13 when the Phantom Menace came out and I had watched the originals religiously for many years before then, and when I saw it I thought it was really cool, and then I saw AotC, and right away I thought it was terrible, and then I saw Revenge and I thought it was pretty good but still not the calibur of the originals, so there's an example...
@skip8619 Well, obviously that argument wouldn't apply to everyone. There are tons of reasons people might like or dislike these movies, some more objective and informed than others. :P
You say you were 13, though? You were right on the cusp of losing your childhood innocence after having admittedly watched the originals "religiously" when you were younger. I'm sure that CAN have a psychological effect. >_> That also means you were around 16 and 19 when II and III came out.
You missed the point completly, why is your "objective and informed" standard better than mine or anyone else's. I was saying I was comparing all the Star Wars movies to the same objective standard, not being hypocritical. And the second part of your comment makes no sense, my childhood innocence had nothing to do with my ability to objectivly review the movies. By "religiously" I was speaking figurativly, and it did not impact my partiality.
I was pretty smart for a teenager and still am now. And I've always been good at analyzing works of art, breaking them down, critiquing them. Why is it that when every you say something you're being "objective" yet when ever someone else that disagrees with you, they're being "biased" and "hypocritical". You call everyone else a hypocrite, but YOU are the hypocrite. There is no such thing as pure objectivity, but facts, sound exegesis ect. can make a subjective opinion more objective
But you confuse your subjectivity with objectivity, and then when someone goes against you, you call them a hypocrite for going against your subjective "objectivity" that somehow only you magically posses and no one else has.
I'm not as a whole, no person is, but your underlying argument is the main reason why people have such a high opinion of the original films and a low opinion of the prequels is because they are being biased, and critizing things in the prequels that a re the same in the originals but because the originals are holy or something , they don'thold to the same standard snd are hypocritical. And I'm saying thats absolutly not true, espically for me, I am being objective.
...of someone giving their opinion of the films right as they saw them. Not years later hypocritically hyperanalysing the prequels and leaving the originals untouched because they're holy or something. I compared each movie independently to the standard of what a good movie is, which is subjective of course, but is shared by large wide swaths of people. And the Original movies made that cut and the prequels didn't.
I think the real problem is that most audience members today are so brain dead that they think a movie with big explosions and a few cameos from some "big stars" is a good movie. Its half their fault for keeping on perpetuating it and half the directors' and producers' that keep making movies like that. Episodes I-III are good examples of movies made in our age, where a director can shoot the entire thing on a green screen, write a shitty script and still make a bazillion dollars.
@skip8619 There weren't many big stars in the prequels. Sam Jackson and...who else? What's wrong with green screen? They used blue screens A LOT in the originals. They also used A LOT of miniatures, models, and matte paintings in the prequels. Did you know? What's wrong with the script? This one (for this trilogy) was infinitely more intricate and multi-faceted than the original's.
I was making the point about the stars and SFX as a criticism of all modern films in general, not just Star Wars. "They used blue screens A LOT in the originals." WRONG
"They also used A LOT of miniatures, models, and matte paintings in the prequels." WRONG Where the hell do you get your information from? If you reversed those twostatements you woul be close to the truth. Computer technology was in its infancy in the late 70's very few SFX where done with them in IV-VI.
Episodes IV-VI had old fashoned, tried and true movie making techinques like strong script writing, good cinematography to give emotion and help tell the story, good storyboarding, which back then you needed to make a good movie because you couldn't rely on smoke and mirrors, along withe the cutting edge SFX which tried it all together. But now, because technology is so advanced, filmmakers can abandon all those methods which used to make movies so good and just rely on SFX...
@skip8619 Except that they did heavily rely on smoke and mirrors back then. One of the big talking points back then was the incredible new SFX techniques in these movies. Like it or not, SW has always been a SFX extravaganza. What's wrong with the script? What's wrong with the story? What's wrong with the cinematography?
Once again you completly twist my comment to the exact 180 degree meaning of what it was. The scripts of the prequels for the most part are HORRIBLE, the dialogue is teribel and is just enough to move the story along, but it has no memorable passages and phrases, they have, as the reviewer describes in the video, giant plotholes that make no sense. The cinematography, if it can even be called that, for the most part is awful too cause its all done on a computer on a green screen.
...to dazzle the audience and try to fool them into thinking it is a good movie. Episodes I-III are perfect examples of that along with almost all movies made today, ex. Avatar, IJ: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I wish I could build a time machine and have 1985 George Lucas tell the present day one "Special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story. People have a tendency to confuse them as an end to themselves. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." wow
@skip8619 Hey, just because you're too dazzled by the SFX to pay attention to story and character it doesn't mean they don't emphasize those first. Obviously, without those, there would be no movie. Lucas has stuck by that ideology all along. Why else did he devote so much time to Anakin's rise and fall, the Republic's slow and persistent crumbling, the Jedi's old-fashioned and blinding dogma, etc.? I'll tell you why: Because he was telling a story first and SFX were his tools.
"HEY" I'm NOT dazzled by the SFX as most modern directors want me to be and I do see the character for what they are, vapor, white paper, ambien, nothing. Lucas has absoultly not stuck to the philosophy expressed in that previous statement. He has abandoned all those tried and true filmaking techniques, because he thinks he can just rely on computers to make and win his film for him.
Just for the record, I though Phantom Menace was the strongest of the three movies, Attack of the clones was terrible, and then Revenge of the Sith was good but still had some problems with it. But at least Episode I at least tries to be a standalone movie. II-III are like Lucas just ran out of energy and and tried to slam through the rest of the story before IV as clumsly and horribly as possible. I thought that little kid was better playing Anakin than Hayden Christenson.
Omg I can't believe I have to sit through 7 parts of a review with the voice of a man who sounds like he has been shot in the head with an elephant tranquilizer dart. Please redo a version without the head trauma/voice acting.
I do think Lucas probably wrote the script in no time and no one questioned him on it. He used to be surrounded by talented people instead of yes men.
i really found the 1 episode the most interesting to watch,cause i'm 18 and i enjoyed this movie so much in my childhood,sorry that i will never understand how great the trilogy really is,but the 2nd episoce still sucks balls.just saying
I love this review, and I love RLM, but one thing that bothers me about their review is all the question marks they use, just one is necessary. ? not ????????????
@Hyp3rtech Because I love Star Wars, and I choose to focus on all the things I love about it. And to be honest, no movie is perfect. Well, Empire is pretty close. ;)
@Hyp3rtech Well. I could choose to focus on some of the cheesy dialoge, less than great acting, Carrie's wobbling english accent, the fact that the first rebel transport leaving Hoth just had to fly where the stardestroyer was at. The fact that the empire was defeated by ewoks, Luke crashing next to Yoda in empire, the fact that Stormtroopers are just as worthless as standard Battledroids, or the stupid planning by the empire when building the deathstars and much more. But I don't.
@Hakakedjan yes, those are minor flaws, and the prequels also have minor flaws. however, the prequels have much more than minor flaws. they completely ruin the idea of the force for one thing (midichlorians, and yoda fighting dooku at the end of AotC particularly. see the last part of rlm's aotc for more details), as well as yoda's character. also, the fact that pretty much every character in the prequel trilogy is completely one dimensional and boring.
@Hyp3rtech Please tell me more about these flaws? I am not ignoring any major flaws. Imo midichlorians do not destroy the concept of the force. They themselves are not the force. They are just microscopic life forms making it somewhat easier for "us" to interact with the force. Yoda fighting Dooku a major flaw?? I don't get it. Yoda as a character is not the same Yoda we see in the original trilogy. He failed, went to Dagobah in isolation and spent his time contemplating, meditating.
@Hyp3rtech I do, however, agree with you that some of the characters feel a little one dimensional at times, but mostly in Ep 1 and 2. In Revenge of the Sith, not so much.
As I mentioned earlier, I regard Sith as the second best part of the whole saga.
@Hyp3rtech And I do have to add that im no big fan of Jar Jar. He get's way to much screen time in TPM, but thankfully we hardly see him in the other two episodes. Still, over the years I have gotten pretty used to the guy. ;)
@Hakakedjan i wish i could ignore all the flaws of the prequels, and for most of the minor flaws i can, however it's the major flaws that ruin the themes of the original trilogy which i find it impossible to ignore. i'm pretty jealous of how you can ignore it to be honest, i really want to like the prequels, but for the reasons listed and more, i can't.
hahaha narrator sounds like he should at a elementary school playground asking kids if they want some candy in the back of his van just another douchebag review
Are the people you asked fucking retarded or simply as prejudiced towards the prequels as you are? Even though the characters in Episode I were arguably less developed than cinematic legends like HAN SOLO, anyone who's seen the movies would be able to come up with SOMETHING about Qui-Gon (mentor, patient, committed to what he believes in...)!
here a review from a7year old.i hade the same problems you have&also sew some goog in it or potental.i liked aniken&understoud his hopes of him tring to get out of slavery&the alien in vagon of nabbo or thought it whas&i would have liked to see more of obie wand for one think him7any were supost to be like brother&for the sake of consistentcy.when i first meet your father he already whase an expirenced pilot.he whas,nt even at the pod race
i thought i could teach him the ways of the forc.the boy is dangerous.i talk it up ppon my self to trane him.i gave quigon my word.but in opinion the charctor were basicaly developt but were in the rong place aniken doe understand the batle of naboo&we had to whait will befor seeing luke also quigon whas supost to to be the be the one who talks wise my goerge should have thought more on having him actauly be insitfull even jarjar whas okey in small do,es you ca,nt expect every one in a hole
galixey to be sereus or intigent so ankin is a genus sweet kid onbie wand is smart&strong young man quingon is should have been the wise old man jarjar should have been small comic releif7pada supost to be nice inteligent i get this indea of padimay because some time she is but i say should have becouse some tims she just stupit
I had to stop watching this half-way through and wait to get home, because I started watching it in a public library. I was laughing so hard (and loud) that people started giving me looks, and I knew I needed to get out of there.
Am i the only one who is satisfied with the prequels (Minus CL) just let them be, it's george lucas who created it not you, and who da fuck uses packet mashed patatoes
I think there are some good points here, but I think the reason there isn't one single main character is because it's supposed to be a story told over 3 movies following several people who have interconnecting stories. By itself, of course it seems kind of bad. this was the first movie many characters appeared in, so there wasn't much to build on to describe that character. Han Solo had 3 movies to develop his character and Quigon was in one movie. It's not exactly a fair comparison.
An excellent reminder to stop giving George Lucas our money. Episode I comes out in 3D next month. What a statement it would be if next to no one went to see it!
I mean, after the Star Wars prequels and Indy 4...why should we care? T'would be great if this turd was out of theaters come the second weekend. No artist should be able to make ONE good movie and then make money by rehashing it over and over....
How many times I've watched this Review= this is my 3rd time.
How many times I've watched Episode 1= About maybe 3 or 4 times but that's not much because I've watched the Clone Wars Movie six bajilion times (And not because I like it. I go to bed with it on...)
I disagree with this review video. At the end, random people make fun of the characters. They pretend that the characters are nobodies.
The protagonists are Skywalker & the Jedis. I think this review is more about comedy than accuracy. However, there are tons of people that hate prequels. I think that you need a change of heart. It would take a while for me to explain.
Why does this guy have such a huge following for bashing this film. He spent 70 minutes talking trash about a movie, which makes him appear to have a life, right? No one is saying the film is a masterpiece, but I really enjoyed it and gave it 8.5 out of 10. It had action, amazing visuals, and the characters were not that bad (well, except Jar-Jar). Also, what is up with this guys speech?!? He sounds like he's lazily chewing some cock, as he mumbles. :\
He makes a 70 minute review of why the movie is bad and all you can come up with is "I liked it, the CGI was good and the characters were interesting?" What was interesting about the annoying kid? What was interesting about the Queen? What was interesting about the bad guy with the tattoos?
@Evenflowist314 I'll be honest and say that as much as I hate this movie, I like Darth Maul because I've read his books and I just thought he looked cool. But yeah, everyone else can suck it.
Yeah, I thought he was a cool concept but I shouldn't have to read a novel to know how much of a badass he possibly is. He could have been a great villain if he had been given the right treatment but since Lucas can't write, we get one line of dialogue and some fancy karate.
@JMStheobserver Don`t complain that he mumbles. He`s doing it on purpose. Get your facts right before you start talking shit. He`s putting on a character although the critiquing is genuine.
This is fun, and I hope he reads this. Ok who ever thinks that this guy is right, overall he is, to a certain extent, if you've ever seen four, five, or six, you would know what episode one was going to be good or crap till all six were out. I thought that phantom menace was a double prequel to the clone wars and the revenge of the Sith, setting up the main character for the following two. And I think it was not supposed to make any impressionable characters to connect to, just filler. I don't
4:06 You have yet to be mind-raped by the story that is Sonic 06...
4:29 See? This is why I like Portal 2! The protagonist is a GIRL! Take that, smelly stereotypes! Yeah! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a COMBUSTIBLE LEMON that BURNS YO HOUSE DOWN! *Coughs Heavily*
2:28 Not me. Any sign of Resemblince and I will try to boycott it... Unfortunately, movie making puts a kid like me in EVERY SINGLE FILM MY MOTHER LIKES THESE DAYS!!!
3:51 Are you trying to make it obvious I've been neglected for the first 2 or 3 years of my life and therefore any Positive feeling toward Sexual elements has been ground to dust and burned down with combustible lemons? |:-|
Actually I'm 13 but it's tied for second with A New Hope... The Reveal around the end with Luke and Vader is Classic...!
Phantom Menace is not saved due to boring fights, no main character worth talking about and worst of all, JAR JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR! *Starts shooting a pic of Jar Jar Binks*
I liked Duel of the Fates and Darth Maul though... That's really all I liked
I think the characters have more depth than they're given credit for, they just aren't in any way shallow or transparent so you actually have to think of them as a person to get anywhere, their depth is subtle and realistic, they aren't supposed to seem like cliche overused characters. yes you have to really think to understand exactly what is going on in Anakan's head, that's the f**king point, genius. He's a person, not a character
@bobbycrooksville I'm going to see it just because It's not going to kill me... I WILL see the originals and AOTC but only because I never saw AOTC before...
Have you ever actually encountered anyone who says the Empire Strikes Back is their least favourite Star Wars film? I've met people who say that is isn't their favourite, but no-one who actually thinks it's the worst of the series - hell, no-one who's ranked it lower than their second-favourite. Even as a nine-year-old, Empire was my favourite out of the star wars films I'd seen, and I saw the first two prequels BEFORE the original trilogy. O.o
for any people out there getting pissed off because they might love these films(not enjoy there's a difference) he says at the begining shut the video off. why go into a video about reviewing a movie that has offended the majority of one of the biggest fandoms in the world expecting fair praise when you only probably liked it because it kept you busy one evening.
For me personally this argument isnt valid. I never liked the kind of guy that was described as the basic protagonist in this vid, and Luke Skywalker was always really boring to me. The only thing I like about 4 to 6 is the empire as very epic villians. 1 to 3 has less memorable villians, but better fighting seens, otherwise: no difference. Leia Organa is as flat as Amidala, C3PO as annoying as Binks.
Oh god this is the worst review I've ever seen... It's completely biased and has no real validity.. This guy says that the movie sucks, then goes on to describe why. He uses the lack of depth in character descriptions as his ploy, but unless you're a complete retard, it's just as easy to describe the Episode 1-3 characters as it is the Episode 4-6 characters... I'm sorry, but you're going to have to actually describe WHY the movie is bad, and not just say it's bad and act like a 12 year old.
@Shinta366 You do know there is more than one part, right? I mean, the character explanation alone sufficed for me....but if it isn't good enough for you, then I would suggest watching the other 6 parts as well to get a total idea. Yes, he is biased, but he does explain why.
@Shinta366 It's biased, yes, but it's clearly done by someone who really, really loved the original films and despised the prequels, while also really knowing his films. So rather than giving a balanced review, he decided to go into EVERY detail of why the newer films are awful, taking every aspect of all three films and totally ripping them to shreds and actually being very in-depth of his analysis of the shit in these films.
@Talisguy I'm sorry, but how he interprets his elements are opinion. If you think the Acting is Wooden, then that's how you feel about the acting. If you think the Characters suck, then thats how you feel about the Characters. It all depends on how you see Characters and Acting.
@zachzilla26 It's personal opinion up to a point. A lot depends on your opinion, yes, but if something gets bad enough, then it stops being your opinion that it is bad and starts being an objective FACT that it is bad. The characters might be defensible by someone, maybe, which is why I responded to this guy in the first place. But the acting? If you're talking about anyone in the prequels other than Palpatine's actor, the acting sucks. Objectively.
@Talisguy Objectively, no. I don't find anyone to be terrible except those damn kids making fun of Anakin's podracer. By gawd, the acting there drives me up the wall! :P
I say that if you're going to call out the acting and dialogue in the prequels, you have to do it for the originals as well. I think the prequels, acting and dialogue-wise, are on the same level as ANH and somewhat better than RotJ. ESB trumps them all, but its also got a good bit of cheese. :P
@Agahnim18 You can argue that the acting in the original films was hokey, I won't argue with you there. But they were actually ACTING - not always acting well, granted, but they were at least trying to act. If you ask me, everyone in the prequels other than Palpatine's actor either misses their mark by miles, or cruises through the film without bothering to simulate any emotions at all.
@Talisguy I can't say I agree with you about the acting. They were clearly acting. Angry Anakin looked, sounded, emanated angry to me, for example. But whatever. :/
@Agahnim18 And as for the dialogue...I sort of agree. Sort of. Lucas was never a good writer, and the dialogue's often clunky in the original trilogy too. But in the original films, the actors could ad-lib some of their lines, there was a real sense of fun that helped a lot in carrying the films, and the dialogue was much less political and heavy-handed than it was in the prequels, all of which made the original trilogy's scripts less of an issue than the prequel's scripts.
@Talisguy About ad-libbed lines, I do recall hearing in the bonus material for a couple of the prequel films that a few lines actually were ad-libbed here and there. Don't remember what bonus material, films, or lines they were, exactly, but I do distinctly remember this. Plus, the dialogue is big and melodramatic by design, in all of the movies. I can't fault Lucas much for accomplishing exactly what he set out to do. :P
@Agahnim18 The difference, to me, is that with the original trilogy, Lucas was updating pulp adventure serials using very archetypical characters and plot threads, so you don't need to be a particularly good writer to make it work, just a few new, cool ideas and a fun atmosphere. The original films are simple, and the hokey dialogue and acting don't matter that much because of the fun tone of the film and the feel of adventure.
lol ep. 1 coming to theatres in 3D
chibears26 2 hours ago
Hey! We know some of these people from Half in the Bag! Awesome.
BigBadassR 2 hours ago
Lol at the butthurt Lucas fanboys. Starwars will be better off without him
Melrokk 3 hours ago
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In one of the final commentaries from George he said that he no longer wants to make anymore movies because every time he makes one, every one puts it down. He said why would he want to make anymore. So, it wasn't George Lucas that "ruined" Star Wars, it's all you over-opinionated, whiny assholes that agree with this redlettermedia jerk. Thanks motherfuckers, now there will never be any new Star Wars anything now. STAR WARS, EPISODE ONE: THE PHANTOM MENACE in theaters Feb. 10th!! VICTORY!!
luis6079 15 hours ago
You're probably joking, but you're repeating the same logical fallacy as that Agahnim guy, and pretty much everyne else that defends these movies, that it is physically impossible for someone to fairly review these movies and think thats they're awful because almost everything in them is horrible. And because they don't like them, they must have some personal vendetta vs Lucas, or are hypocitcally reviewing vs. the originals, or can't see their "amazing complexity" i.e....
skip8619 3 hours ago
@luis6079
Oh boo fucking hoo, if he can't take critique why in the hell did he start making movies in the first place?
SolidMike84 3 hours ago
...doesn't have a mental disorder that gives them an altered state of reality. And the same critisms aren't being repeated all the way from Roger Ebert down to someone who has never seen the original movies, that "...I was amazed, at the end of Episode II, to realize that I had not heard one line of quotable, memorable dialogue." and "There is not a romantic word they exchange that has not long since been reduced to cliche." or "Wooden characterizations and dialogue don't help."
skip8619 3 hours ago
i agree with you but say this with me ok just so you get it right its PRO-TAG-O-NIST not PROTOGUINESS YOU INCOHERENT CUNT also stars 1-3 suck dick 4-6 were the greatest movies ever
BrandonNickTaylor 20 hours ago
Darth Maul vs Obi Wan Kenobi is one of the best duels in the whole series.
07plokoon 20 hours ago
Qui Gon is a smart very wise calculating person. He is very cunning but also task risk that normal people would deem crazy.
Anime4Life35 20 hours ago
i think the point is, why did Gorge need to make the prequels? when we already knew that Anakin Skywalker was Evil to begin with if we already know whats going to happen then whats the point in wasting everyones time with these shitty boring movies?
PromiserOfdeath2 20 hours ago
"They get the girl at the end as icing on the cake."
*shows clip of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
...WONKA'S A GIRL?!
TheLMan101 1 day ago 2
@TheLMan101 thatsthejoke.jpg
Zenthik 17 hours ago
yeah 4,5,6 is best no doubt...
MrSprett6 1 day ago
@smartass250 Not sure if trolling or somebody actually let a 7-year-old on Youtube...
Aaaanyway, I can see where you're coming from (of course regarding the aspects of your comment that I was able to DECIPHER), and I agree with you on the Obi-Wan part (as he is my fav. character of the Saga) but I see no consistency issue: When they met for the first time, he indeed already was an experienced pilot, he had won the pod race at that point, didn't he?
FreshKonradore 1 day ago
"they can never be undone" *cries*
SoraQuasar 1 day ago
The only thing that I thought that sucked about the Phantom Menace was Jar Jar Binks.
AZsportshut 1 day ago
@AZsportshut
And everything else.
calmsnowfall 1 day ago
ur voice is too fucked up to listen too
rawnuksoccer 1 day ago
Please release a 3-D version of this review to coincide with the 3-D re-release of Phantom Menace.
MagicLittleFish 1 day ago
Ugh. This isn't the place for this. Too hard to argue with the comments constantly scrolling on and the character limit. I'm about the quit this (for good this time :P).
Agahnim18 1 day ago
4:30 oh dear that was funny
farlcoon 1 day ago in playlist Grey's Favorites
You are just a big nerd.............
fatecannotbechanged 1 day ago
In short, Lucas wanted to tell a certain story, but couldn't fit it in one movie, so people misinterpreted it. He then felt compelled to show the tragedy he failed to bring across by adapting rushed scribbles he didn't care about (because it was a fairly tale) into a new trilogy.
The bottom line is: Everything that happened to Star Wars was inevitable. The story about heroes was only superficial. The badass pure evil Darth Vader you all loved and grew up with, he never existed.
TheNile182 2 days ago
So, Lucas decided to adapt the few pages of backstory he had scribbled with in the original script into a prequel trilogy of movies. To allow people to see the tragedy of Darth Vader as it was originally intended to be. Lucas himself has said this: "I like the idea that the one person you thought was the villain is really the victim, and the story is really about the villain trying to regain his humanity. It ultimately becomes the story of Darth Vader's redemption."
TheNile182 2 days ago 10
This resulted in that Darth Vader became an icon of pure evil in the first film, cause that was the aspect of him emphasized at that part of the story. This icon took over everything, much more than Lucas intended. If it had been as he originally wanted it like one movie, that wouldn't have happened. He would have been revealed as this pathetic character at the end of the movie.
TheNile182 2 days ago 6
George Lucas originally wanted to make only one movie. This movie was going to be like a fairy tale, you didn't know what came before or after. You just knew the story, and the story’s subtitle was "The Tragedy of Darth Vader", he was the central character all along and he was a tragic and pathetic villain. Luke was the hero, and the story was about how Luke redeems his pathetic father. But when the story was to made a film it was too much for one movie, it became a trilogy of movies instead.
TheNile182 2 days ago
"they get the girl in the end as icing on the cake"
bottom right: willy wonka hugging charlie bucket in the glass elevator
lol'd
hexalslug 2 days ago
Jesus, 7 parts. I could just watch the movie and hate it myself.
milkwad 2 days ago
8:59 could not have been said better
2snappedshins 2 days ago
neeohhh
jamiecrottyEFC 2 days ago
fan-freaking-tastic - I've been waiting to see a decent disection of these prequels for ages. Top Job!
kalsolarUK 2 days ago
@kalsolarUK You should check out the Lard Biscuit analyzations, then. They actually pull from what's in the movie, unlike these "reviews".
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@Agahnim18 thanks, I'll check those out!
kalsolarUK 1 day ago
@kalsolarUK :) Hope you enjoy them.
Agahnim18 1 day ago
Haters.
Dontpushthebbutton 2 days ago
I'm under 20, and I think that "The Empire Strikes Back" is the best movie ever made.
TheRevivalMovies 2 days ago
@TheRevivalMovies hipster
volcomstone54 2 days ago
...and Kevin Bacon
mrcokez1 2 days ago
I just saw the whole saga for the first time this week end. Unlike you I liked the first part, and think the last 3 movies are garbage, actors can't play, story is borring and action scenes are ridiculous, that's like a Power Rangers episode that would be way too long, without the Power Rangers...
HammHetfield 2 days ago
What's with your voice?
TheSuperEricWarshot 2 days ago
This is quite bias at times. And if you are going to interview a random sample of viewers, try and not pick people as clueless as that, I mean the woman didn't even know who qui-gon jin was?? come on, you expect us to take that seriously. If you weren't paying close enough attention to even remember the name of one of the central characters then you obviously lack the intellectual appreciation needed to provide a valid opinion. Try paternal, wise, reserved, kind, strong, content to describe him.
jollyroger475 2 days ago
@jollyroger475 The point he was making with the viewers was that none of the characters in the Phantom Menace were memorable and didn't make an impression on the viewers. Even if you know little about the original Star Wars films, chances are you probably know characters such as Darth Vader, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Ben Kenobi. Also, if you actually watched this review to the end, then you'd know that none of those words can apply to qui-gon thingy.
LordNazgulKing 2 days ago
@LordNazgulKing Why would he need to watch this biased review to "know" that those words supposedly don't apply to Qui-Gon Jinn? He obviously watched and listened(!!) to the movie itself to find out what he did. That's the best way to know about a movie, I say. :D
About memorable characters: You will find only what you take with you. If you don't want to meet Lucas halfway and are too distracted reeling over all the new things and kids and squeaky voices, then that's your fault.
Agahnim18 2 days ago
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@Agahnim18 What the hell are you talking about? "new things and kids and squeaky voices"? You obviously haven't watched the review either so there's no point in trying to make a point to someone who is uninformed.
LordNazgulKing 2 days ago
for an underrated reviewer go to johnny oldschool on google hes really good trust me :)
kumashijex 2 days ago
u sound like richard nixon
AMNirvanaFan 2 days ago
protahgoneist
SSJ555 2 days ago
I always wonder what would have happened if Lucas had made Episode I in 1977 instead of Episode IV.
skip8619 2 days ago
@skip8619 I believe people would be complaining about IV, V, and VI being too different, then. :P
Agahnim18 2 days ago
People don't critize/complain about the prequels because they're "different", they do it because they're bad. If Lucas has made Episodes I-III in the 70's-80's with the same good writing, characters, and storytelling that he made Ep. IV-VI with, then they probably would be have been classic movies. And then if he made IV-VI the same way he made I-III, with horrible writing, acting, bland characters, and a plot that makes no sense, then people's reactions would be exactly the same.
skip8619 2 days ago
@skip8619 I think only their perceptions would have been the same. As Qui-Gon said, "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." You get what you want to get from things. You do know that when the original films were released critics bashed them for the acting and dialogue, for the incredible amount of cheese in them?
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@skip8619 Did you also know that Empire was seen as a soulless, boring, cash-in of a sequel by some, on account of its vastly different feel and story and the fact that it doesn't have a traditional ending? Sounds familiar.
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@skip8619 The difference now is that most of the star-gazed kids back then are grown up and have lost the ability to watch films and simply have fun. They demonize those things in the new movies that they'd learned to deify in the originals. Cheesy, melodramatic dialogue and acting, archetypal characters--that's been SW all along. Why are they suddenly bad halfway through the series?
Agahnim18 2 days ago
But thats just the thing, the characters in I-III aren't archetypical, most of them are extremly bland, boring, and have no personality. I agree completly with what he said about you not being able to tell who the protagonists is, the antagonist, the lovable scoundrel, the princess, etc. There's way too many characters and they're all white bread. And about hypocrisy, I think thats the worst , but I'm saying the prequels and originals are like night and day, almost nothing alike.
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 They are archetypal, no matter how exciting you think they are.
Agahnim18 1 day ago
I'm not an expert at reviewing art or anything but its pretty obvious they're not. Could you please give some evidence toward them being so. You talk so much about objectivity, then you do the same thing he asked the people in the video to do. Decribe the characters in the Phantom Menace without saying what they looked like or who played them.
skip8619 1 day ago
About your argument that people are "grown up" now and therefore hyper analyse the prequels instead of enjoying them like the originals. I was 13 when the Phantom Menace came out and I had watched the originals religiously for many years before then, and when I saw it I thought it was really cool, and then I saw AotC, and right away I thought it was terrible, and then I saw Revenge and I thought it was pretty good but still not the calibur of the originals, so there's an example...
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 Well, obviously that argument wouldn't apply to everyone. There are tons of reasons people might like or dislike these movies, some more objective and informed than others. :P
You say you were 13, though? You were right on the cusp of losing your childhood innocence after having admittedly watched the originals "religiously" when you were younger. I'm sure that CAN have a psychological effect. >_> That also means you were around 16 and 19 when II and III came out.
Agahnim18 1 day ago
You missed the point completly, why is your "objective and informed" standard better than mine or anyone else's. I was saying I was comparing all the Star Wars movies to the same objective standard, not being hypocritical. And the second part of your comment makes no sense, my childhood innocence had nothing to do with my ability to objectivly review the movies. By "religiously" I was speaking figurativly, and it did not impact my partiality.
skip8619 1 day ago
I was pretty smart for a teenager and still am now. And I've always been good at analyzing works of art, breaking them down, critiquing them. Why is it that when every you say something you're being "objective" yet when ever someone else that disagrees with you, they're being "biased" and "hypocritical". You call everyone else a hypocrite, but YOU are the hypocrite. There is no such thing as pure objectivity, but facts, sound exegesis ect. can make a subjective opinion more objective
skip8619 1 day ago
But you confuse your subjectivity with objectivity, and then when someone goes against you, you call them a hypocrite for going against your subjective "objectivity" that somehow only you magically posses and no one else has.
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 Not trying to pychoanalyze you, of course. I don't know you. You're not the clean, untarnished slate you make yourself out to be, though.
Agahnim18 1 day ago
I'm not as a whole, no person is, but your underlying argument is the main reason why people have such a high opinion of the original films and a low opinion of the prequels is because they are being biased, and critizing things in the prequels that a re the same in the originals but because the originals are holy or something , they don'thold to the same standard snd are hypocritical. And I'm saying thats absolutly not true, espically for me, I am being objective.
skip8619 1 day ago
...of someone giving their opinion of the films right as they saw them. Not years later hypocritically hyperanalysing the prequels and leaving the originals untouched because they're holy or something. I compared each movie independently to the standard of what a good movie is, which is subjective of course, but is shared by large wide swaths of people. And the Original movies made that cut and the prequels didn't.
skip8619 1 day ago
I think the real problem is that most audience members today are so brain dead that they think a movie with big explosions and a few cameos from some "big stars" is a good movie. Its half their fault for keeping on perpetuating it and half the directors' and producers' that keep making movies like that. Episodes I-III are good examples of movies made in our age, where a director can shoot the entire thing on a green screen, write a shitty script and still make a bazillion dollars.
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 There weren't many big stars in the prequels. Sam Jackson and...who else? What's wrong with green screen? They used blue screens A LOT in the originals. They also used A LOT of miniatures, models, and matte paintings in the prequels. Did you know? What's wrong with the script? This one (for this trilogy) was infinitely more intricate and multi-faceted than the original's.
Agahnim18 1 day ago
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I was making the point about the stars and SFX as a criticism of all modern films in general, not just Star Wars. "They used blue screens A LOT in the originals." WRONG
"They also used A LOT of miniatures, models, and matte paintings in the prequels." WRONG Where the hell do you get your information from? If you reversed those twostatements you woul be close to the truth. Computer technology was in its infancy in the late 70's very few SFX where done with them in IV-VI.
skip8619 1 day ago
Episodes IV-VI had old fashoned, tried and true movie making techinques like strong script writing, good cinematography to give emotion and help tell the story, good storyboarding, which back then you needed to make a good movie because you couldn't rely on smoke and mirrors, along withe the cutting edge SFX which tried it all together. But now, because technology is so advanced, filmmakers can abandon all those methods which used to make movies so good and just rely on SFX...
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 Except that they did heavily rely on smoke and mirrors back then. One of the big talking points back then was the incredible new SFX techniques in these movies. Like it or not, SW has always been a SFX extravaganza. What's wrong with the script? What's wrong with the story? What's wrong with the cinematography?
Agahnim18 1 day ago
Once again you completly twist my comment to the exact 180 degree meaning of what it was. The scripts of the prequels for the most part are HORRIBLE, the dialogue is teribel and is just enough to move the story along, but it has no memorable passages and phrases, they have, as the reviewer describes in the video, giant plotholes that make no sense. The cinematography, if it can even be called that, for the most part is awful too cause its all done on a computer on a green screen.
skip8619 1 day ago
...to dazzle the audience and try to fool them into thinking it is a good movie. Episodes I-III are perfect examples of that along with almost all movies made today, ex. Avatar, IJ: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I wish I could build a time machine and have 1985 George Lucas tell the present day one "Special effects are just a tool, a means of telling a story. People have a tendency to confuse them as an end to themselves. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." wow
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 Hey, just because you're too dazzled by the SFX to pay attention to story and character it doesn't mean they don't emphasize those first. Obviously, without those, there would be no movie. Lucas has stuck by that ideology all along. Why else did he devote so much time to Anakin's rise and fall, the Republic's slow and persistent crumbling, the Jedi's old-fashioned and blinding dogma, etc.? I'll tell you why: Because he was telling a story first and SFX were his tools.
Agahnim18 1 day ago
"HEY" I'm NOT dazzled by the SFX as most modern directors want me to be and I do see the character for what they are, vapor, white paper, ambien, nothing. Lucas has absoultly not stuck to the philosophy expressed in that previous statement. He has abandoned all those tried and true filmaking techniques, because he thinks he can just rely on computers to make and win his film for him.
skip8619 1 day ago
@skip8619 About the plot, well, again, "...your focus determines your reality." Maybe you should attempt to listen to it. >_>
Ahem. This was nothing personal. Don't think I'm out to bash you. I just wanted to get this out there and your post was a nice opportunity. :P
Agahnim18 2 days ago
Just for the record, I though Phantom Menace was the strongest of the three movies, Attack of the clones was terrible, and then Revenge of the Sith was good but still had some problems with it. But at least Episode I at least tries to be a standalone movie. II-III are like Lucas just ran out of energy and and tried to slam through the rest of the story before IV as clumsly and horribly as possible. I thought that little kid was better playing Anakin than Hayden Christenson.
skip8619 1 day ago
Omg I can't believe I have to sit through 7 parts of a review with the voice of a man who sounds like he has been shot in the head with an elephant tranquilizer dart. Please redo a version without the head trauma/voice acting.
AllUrUtubeRbelong2me 2 days ago
Obi-Wan is just like Trunks from Dragon Ball GT...
djf2564 2 days ago
Pro-tag-on-nist
JasonTheContemptuous 2 days ago
I do think Lucas probably wrote the script in no time and no one questioned him on it. He used to be surrounded by talented people instead of yes men.
oldannyboy37 2 days ago
@oldannyboy37 He had the basic story down since the 70s and started the script in '94. Far from "in no time." <_<
Agahnim18 2 days ago
"they'll get the girl in the end."
*Charlie hugs Willy Wonka*
I hope you're not implying what I think you're implying. ಠ__ಠ
NoobHero000 2 days ago 2
@TheArchfiend Thanks for telling me about this it's hilarious
j999arsenal 2 days ago
the moment you mention Johhny Rico, i was like, OMG I LOVE THAT MOVIE
good review so far, Archfiend said this would be a good watch, cant wait to see the other parts
bretthicksomega 3 days ago
and Kevien Bacon LOL
lelo819 3 days ago
i really found the 1 episode the most interesting to watch,cause i'm 18 and i enjoyed this movie so much in my childhood,sorry that i will never understand how great the trilogy really is,but the 2nd episoce still sucks balls.just saying
TruthComments 3 days ago
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS IN 3D!!
By that I mean; I can't wait to never see or care about it's re-release.
TheArchfiend 3 days ago 19
We all know you secretly want to see it Arch.
yourmajesty90 2 days ago
I love this review, and I love RLM, but one thing that bothers me about their review is all the question marks they use, just one is necessary. ? not ????????????
WarVideo 3 days ago
@Hyp3rtech Because I love Star Wars, and I choose to focus on all the things I love about it. And to be honest, no movie is perfect. Well, Empire is pretty close. ;)
Hakakedjan 3 days ago
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Hakakedjan 3 days ago
@Hyp3rtech Well. I could choose to focus on some of the cheesy dialoge, less than great acting, Carrie's wobbling english accent, the fact that the first rebel transport leaving Hoth just had to fly where the stardestroyer was at. The fact that the empire was defeated by ewoks, Luke crashing next to Yoda in empire, the fact that Stormtroopers are just as worthless as standard Battledroids, or the stupid planning by the empire when building the deathstars and much more. But I don't.
Hakakedjan 3 days ago
@Hakakedjan yes, those are minor flaws, and the prequels also have minor flaws. however, the prequels have much more than minor flaws. they completely ruin the idea of the force for one thing (midichlorians, and yoda fighting dooku at the end of AotC particularly. see the last part of rlm's aotc for more details), as well as yoda's character. also, the fact that pretty much every character in the prequel trilogy is completely one dimensional and boring.
Hyp3rtech 3 days ago
@Hyp3rtech Please tell me more about these flaws? I am not ignoring any major flaws. Imo midichlorians do not destroy the concept of the force. They themselves are not the force. They are just microscopic life forms making it somewhat easier for "us" to interact with the force. Yoda fighting Dooku a major flaw?? I don't get it. Yoda as a character is not the same Yoda we see in the original trilogy. He failed, went to Dagobah in isolation and spent his time contemplating, meditating.
Hakakedjan 3 days ago
@Hyp3rtech Ending up as the Yoda we all know from The Empire Strikes Back.
Hakakedjan 3 days ago
@Hyp3rtech I do, however, agree with you that some of the characters feel a little one dimensional at times, but mostly in Ep 1 and 2. In Revenge of the Sith, not so much.
As I mentioned earlier, I regard Sith as the second best part of the whole saga.
Hakakedjan 3 days ago
@Hyp3rtech And I do have to add that im no big fan of Jar Jar. He get's way to much screen time in TPM, but thankfully we hardly see him in the other two episodes. Still, over the years I have gotten pretty used to the guy. ;)
Hakakedjan 3 days ago
@Hakakedjan i wish i could ignore all the flaws of the prequels, and for most of the minor flaws i can, however it's the major flaws that ruin the themes of the original trilogy which i find it impossible to ignore. i'm pretty jealous of how you can ignore it to be honest, i really want to like the prequels, but for the reasons listed and more, i can't.
Hyp3rtech 3 days ago
did anyone else notce the lower right panel when he was talking about "getting the girl as icing on the cake"....
VLargeAndInChargeV 3 days ago
I enjoyed it personally
minermax4444 3 days ago
I've watched this review more times than I've watched Phantom Menace itself at this point. And this one is still is better.
lqcrow 3 days ago
hahaha narrator sounds like he should at a elementary school playground asking kids if they want some candy in the back of his van just another douchebag review
sklerek23 3 days ago
Are the people you asked fucking retarded or simply as prejudiced towards the prequels as you are? Even though the characters in Episode I were arguably less developed than cinematic legends like HAN SOLO, anyone who's seen the movies would be able to come up with SOMETHING about Qui-Gon (mentor, patient, committed to what he believes in...)!
FreshKonradore 3 days ago
here a review from a7year old.i hade the same problems you have&also sew some goog in it or potental.i liked aniken&understoud his hopes of him tring to get out of slavery&the alien in vagon of nabbo or thought it whas&i would have liked to see more of obie wand for one think him7any were supost to be like brother&for the sake of consistentcy.when i first meet your father he already whase an expirenced pilot.he whas,nt even at the pod race
smartass250 3 days ago
i thought i could teach him the ways of the forc.the boy is dangerous.i talk it up ppon my self to trane him.i gave quigon my word.but in opinion the charctor were basicaly developt but were in the rong place aniken doe understand the batle of naboo&we had to whait will befor seeing luke also quigon whas supost to to be the be the one who talks wise my goerge should have thought more on having him actauly be insitfull even jarjar whas okey in small do,es you ca,nt expect every one in a hole
smartass250 3 days ago 2
galixey to be sereus or intigent so ankin is a genus sweet kid onbie wand is smart&strong young man quingon is should have been the wise old man jarjar should have been small comic releif7pada supost to be nice inteligent i get this indea of padimay because some time she is but i say should have becouse some tims she just stupit
smartass250 3 days ago 2
And now its being re-released in theaters in 3-D!
Yippie.... I'm going to go shoot myself!
TheGodhand79 4 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
I'm proud to say I'm stupid
brenden43561 4 days ago in playlist Grey's Favorites
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UnseenNinja52 4 days ago in playlist Grey's Favorites
is zoidberg doing this critique?
thegreatcolon 4 days ago 61
I had to stop watching this half-way through and wait to get home, because I started watching it in a public library. I was laughing so hard (and loud) that people started giving me looks, and I knew I needed to get out of there.
This. Is. Priceless.
GalacticGirl1990 4 days ago
Am i the only one who is satisfied with the prequels (Minus CL) just let them be, it's george lucas who created it not you, and who da fuck uses packet mashed patatoes
JFKlayProductions 4 days ago
I think there are some good points here, but I think the reason there isn't one single main character is because it's supposed to be a story told over 3 movies following several people who have interconnecting stories. By itself, of course it seems kind of bad. this was the first movie many characters appeared in, so there wasn't much to build on to describe that character. Han Solo had 3 movies to develop his character and Quigon was in one movie. It's not exactly a fair comparison.
NHBeiserJ 4 days ago in playlist Grey's Favorites
Green lightsaber under the view count. :3
thatnerdyrefrenceguy 5 days ago
seriously i want all episodes 1-6 remade
ojvyll 5 days ago
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An excellent reminder to stop giving George Lucas our money. Episode I comes out in 3D next month. What a statement it would be if next to no one went to see it!
I mean, after the Star Wars prequels and Indy 4...why should we care? T'would be great if this turd was out of theaters come the second weekend. No artist should be able to make ONE good movie and then make money by rehashing it over and over....
Thumbs up if you WON'T see Episode I in 3D
VforVideo 5 days ago 3
She's Natalie Portman
MaelstromGuy 5 days ago in playlist Grey's Favorites
How many times I've watched this Review= this is my 3rd time.
How many times I've watched Episode 1= About maybe 3 or 4 times but that's not much because I've watched the Clone Wars Movie six bajilion times (And not because I like it. I go to bed with it on...)
GammaWALLE 5 days ago
4:33 DUDE BAD EXAMPLE!
GammaWALLE 5 days ago
Wow... Qui-Gon's beard is more memorable than he is...
Leolady4 5 days ago
This is the third time I'm watching this review, I can't get enough of it. Ironically, I only watched The Phantom Menace once.
VirDiligo 6 days ago
I disagree with this review video. At the end, random people make fun of the characters. They pretend that the characters are nobodies.
The protagonists are Skywalker & the Jedis. I think this review is more about comedy than accuracy. However, there are tons of people that hate prequels. I think that you need a change of heart. It would take a while for me to explain.
ojawall 6 days ago
@ojawall Finally! Someone who Agrees with Me!
zachzilla26 4 days ago
this guy is so funny
lukereck 6 days ago
..Darth Maul rules !..the rest of the movie stunk
moviebuff383 6 days ago
charlie hugging wonka ahahaha
VaJarron 6 days ago
The leader of the trade federation sounds like one of Jackie Mason's comic personas.
extantia 6 days ago
Why does this guy have such a huge following for bashing this film. He spent 70 minutes talking trash about a movie, which makes him appear to have a life, right? No one is saying the film is a masterpiece, but I really enjoyed it and gave it 8.5 out of 10. It had action, amazing visuals, and the characters were not that bad (well, except Jar-Jar). Also, what is up with this guys speech?!? He sounds like he's lazily chewing some cock, as he mumbles. :\
JMStheobserver 1 week ago
@JMStheobserver
He makes a 70 minute review of why the movie is bad and all you can come up with is "I liked it, the CGI was good and the characters were interesting?" What was interesting about the annoying kid? What was interesting about the Queen? What was interesting about the bad guy with the tattoos?
Evenflowist314 1 week ago 19
@Evenflowist314 I'll be honest and say that as much as I hate this movie, I like Darth Maul because I've read his books and I just thought he looked cool. But yeah, everyone else can suck it.
oldfashionedguy91 2 days ago
@oldfashionedguy91
Yeah, I thought he was a cool concept but I shouldn't have to read a novel to know how much of a badass he possibly is. He could have been a great villain if he had been given the right treatment but since Lucas can't write, we get one line of dialogue and some fancy karate.
Evenflowist314 2 days ago
@Evenflowist314 Limited screen time and dialogue didn't stop Boba Fett from becoming incredibly popular. :|
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@Agahnim18
Yeah, it'd be one thing if the movie was written well enough where characters could stand out. In the prequels, no one does.
Evenflowist314 2 days ago
@Evenflowist314 Oh, okay.
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@JMStheobserver Idiot. You obviously haven't watched enough of the video or any of his other work to properly understand the humour here.
thechosennerf 6 days ago
@JMStheobserver Don`t complain that he mumbles. He`s doing it on purpose. Get your facts right before you start talking shit. He`s putting on a character although the critiquing is genuine.
Wafgkji 3 days ago
@Wafgkji It's kind of funny that his "critiquing" is just as shallow and obtuse as people making fun of his intentional mumbling. >_>
Agahnim18 2 days ago
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NinjaButler1 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
Referencing the Rocketeer.
Fucking. YEEEESSSSSS!
CrispyGFX 1 week ago
Gunslinger > Scoundrel.
sariouso 1 week ago
This is fun, and I hope he reads this. Ok who ever thinks that this guy is right, overall he is, to a certain extent, if you've ever seen four, five, or six, you would know what episode one was going to be good or crap till all six were out. I thought that phantom menace was a double prequel to the clone wars and the revenge of the Sith, setting up the main character for the following two. And I think it was not supposed to make any impressionable characters to connect to, just filler. I don't
MrRayman3007 1 week ago
7:35 SCOR 1 FUR TEH ORIGINALS WOOT!
8:27 Darth Maul shouldn't have been in the Prequels... They ruined him, I tell you...
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Epic Fail, George Lucas...
GammaWALLE 1 week ago
4:06 You have yet to be mind-raped by the story that is Sonic 06...
4:29 See? This is why I like Portal 2! The protagonist is a GIRL! Take that, smelly stereotypes! Yeah! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a COMBUSTIBLE LEMON that BURNS YO HOUSE DOWN! *Coughs Heavily*
4:39 You act like it
4:40 No it doesn't. The Cliche sucks, bro
5:10 What do you mean, it's for kids!?!
GammaWALLE 1 week ago
0:58 Yup
2:28 Not me. Any sign of Resemblince and I will try to boycott it... Unfortunately, movie making puts a kid like me in EVERY SINGLE FILM MY MOTHER LIKES THESE DAYS!!!
3:51 Are you trying to make it obvious I've been neglected for the first 2 or 3 years of my life and therefore any Positive feeling toward Sexual elements has been ground to dust and burned down with combustible lemons? |:-|
GammaWALLE 1 week ago
Actually I'm 13 but it's tied for second with A New Hope... The Reveal around the end with Luke and Vader is Classic...!
Phantom Menace is not saved due to boring fights, no main character worth talking about and worst of all, JAR JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR! *Starts shooting a pic of Jar Jar Binks*
I liked Duel of the Fates and Darth Maul though... That's really all I liked
GammaWALLE 1 week ago
I think the characters have more depth than they're given credit for, they just aren't in any way shallow or transparent so you actually have to think of them as a person to get anywhere, their depth is subtle and realistic, they aren't supposed to seem like cliche overused characters. yes you have to really think to understand exactly what is going on in Anakan's head, that's the f**king point, genius. He's a person, not a character
chipiy172 1 week ago
@chipiy172 so.... can you please describe what their characters where?
viicISrotcib 1 week ago
BOYCOTT PHANTOM MENACE 3D! A box office bomb is the only way to teach Lucas a lesson.
bobbycrooksville 1 week ago
@bobbycrooksville I'm going to see it just because It's not going to kill me... I WILL see the originals and AOTC but only because I never saw AOTC before...
GammaWALLE 1 week ago
0:30
Have you ever actually encountered anyone who says the Empire Strikes Back is their least favourite Star Wars film? I've met people who say that is isn't their favourite, but no-one who actually thinks it's the worst of the series - hell, no-one who's ranked it lower than their second-favourite. Even as a nine-year-old, Empire was my favourite out of the star wars films I'd seen, and I saw the first two prequels BEFORE the original trilogy. O.o
Talisguy 1 week ago
@Talisguy Geoge Lucas thinks Empire is the worst. dead serious
TheEpicBieber 1 week ago
@TheEpicBieber .....Please, please say you're kidding?
Well, actually, that would explain a lot about what went wrong with the prequels.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore. ._.
Talisguy 1 week ago
@Talisguy I'm not kidding! You can google it if you want
TheEpicBieber 1 week ago
@TheEpicBieber I saw the story
You really weren't kidding.
Well, there goes my faith in humanity. -_-
Someone really, really needs to take control of Star Wars away from Lucas and keep him as far away from the franchise as possible from now on. >_<
Talisguy 1 week ago
@Talisguy Perk up!!! Didn't ya hear?!?! George Lucas retired!!!!!! xD
boinkmaster2302 1 week ago
for any people out there getting pissed off because they might love these films(not enjoy there's a difference) he says at the begining shut the video off. why go into a video about reviewing a movie that has offended the majority of one of the biggest fandoms in the world expecting fair praise when you only probably liked it because it kept you busy one evening.
hyuthestampede 1 week ago
Does anyone know the name of the behind-the-scenes footage that this review uses?
nikotina2003 1 week ago
There is only one reason why I even watch these movies. That reason is: Natalie Portman
theprankster1account 1 week ago in playlist Liked videos
My girlfriend came up with the most accurate description of Qui-Gon: he means well. Wow.
LeMuppet 1 week ago
For me personally this argument isnt valid. I never liked the kind of guy that was described as the basic protagonist in this vid, and Luke Skywalker was always really boring to me. The only thing I like about 4 to 6 is the empire as very epic villians. 1 to 3 has less memorable villians, but better fighting seens, otherwise: no difference. Leia Organa is as flat as Amidala, C3PO as annoying as Binks.
Dante619lovesMG36 1 week ago in playlist Grey's Favorites
Oh god this is the worst review I've ever seen... It's completely biased and has no real validity.. This guy says that the movie sucks, then goes on to describe why. He uses the lack of depth in character descriptions as his ploy, but unless you're a complete retard, it's just as easy to describe the Episode 1-3 characters as it is the Episode 4-6 characters... I'm sorry, but you're going to have to actually describe WHY the movie is bad, and not just say it's bad and act like a 12 year old.
Shinta366 1 week ago
@Shinta366
There's six more parts that do just that, tiger.
Mudacham 1 week ago
@Shinta366 You do know there is more than one part, right? I mean, the character explanation alone sufficed for me....but if it isn't good enough for you, then I would suggest watching the other 6 parts as well to get a total idea. Yes, he is biased, but he does explain why.
devilsadvocate22289 1 week ago
@Shinta366 you should probably watch the rest of this review before making a comment like this. He does that in the rest of the review.
theawesomegman 1 week ago
@Shinta366 It's biased, yes, but it's clearly done by someone who really, really loved the original films and despised the prequels, while also really knowing his films. So rather than giving a balanced review, he decided to go into EVERY detail of why the newer films are awful, taking every aspect of all three films and totally ripping them to shreds and actually being very in-depth of his analysis of the shit in these films.
Talisguy 1 week ago 3
@Talisguy I'm sorry, but how he interprets his elements are opinion. If you think the Acting is Wooden, then that's how you feel about the acting. If you think the Characters suck, then thats how you feel about the Characters. It all depends on how you see Characters and Acting.
An Opinion is an Opinion. That's the Truth.
zachzilla26 4 days ago
@zachzilla26 It's personal opinion up to a point. A lot depends on your opinion, yes, but if something gets bad enough, then it stops being your opinion that it is bad and starts being an objective FACT that it is bad. The characters might be defensible by someone, maybe, which is why I responded to this guy in the first place. But the acting? If you're talking about anyone in the prequels other than Palpatine's actor, the acting sucks. Objectively.
Talisguy 4 days ago
@Talisguy Objectively, no. I don't find anyone to be terrible except those damn kids making fun of Anakin's podracer. By gawd, the acting there drives me up the wall! :P
I say that if you're going to call out the acting and dialogue in the prequels, you have to do it for the originals as well. I think the prequels, acting and dialogue-wise, are on the same level as ANH and somewhat better than RotJ. ESB trumps them all, but its also got a good bit of cheese. :P
Agahnim18 3 days ago
@Agahnim18 You can argue that the acting in the original films was hokey, I won't argue with you there. But they were actually ACTING - not always acting well, granted, but they were at least trying to act. If you ask me, everyone in the prequels other than Palpatine's actor either misses their mark by miles, or cruises through the film without bothering to simulate any emotions at all.
Talisguy 3 days ago
@Talisguy I can't say I agree with you about the acting. They were clearly acting. Angry Anakin looked, sounded, emanated angry to me, for example. But whatever. :/
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@Agahnim18 And as for the dialogue...I sort of agree. Sort of. Lucas was never a good writer, and the dialogue's often clunky in the original trilogy too. But in the original films, the actors could ad-lib some of their lines, there was a real sense of fun that helped a lot in carrying the films, and the dialogue was much less political and heavy-handed than it was in the prequels, all of which made the original trilogy's scripts less of an issue than the prequel's scripts.
Talisguy 3 days ago
@Talisguy About ad-libbed lines, I do recall hearing in the bonus material for a couple of the prequel films that a few lines actually were ad-libbed here and there. Don't remember what bonus material, films, or lines they were, exactly, but I do distinctly remember this. Plus, the dialogue is big and melodramatic by design, in all of the movies. I can't fault Lucas much for accomplishing exactly what he set out to do. :P
Agahnim18 2 days ago
@Agahnim18 The difference, to me, is that with the original trilogy, Lucas was updating pulp adventure serials using very archetypical characters and plot threads, so you don't need to be a particularly good writer to make it work, just a few new, cool ideas and a fun atmosphere. The original films are simple, and the hokey dialogue and acting don't matter that much because of the fun tone of the film and the feel of adventure.
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