As I sat in the immense theatre expecting the film that I had been expecting so long to see, seen so many dawdlers before merely about every other film released this twelvemonth. The prevues before this film seemed 10 times more deadening than they normally were, so like a deafening cloud on the skyline the gap coil began to wing up screen and the traditional Star Wars subject began to play, my head was rushing a stat mi a minuet expecting all the action and particular affects that I saw on the prevues, and besides being a immense Star Wars fan anyhow, I was even more eager to hear what a fantastic narrative line George Lucas had come up with this clip, little did I know that in comparing to the original Star Wars trilogy this film was genuinely bantha fresh fish. the biggest defect in this film in my eyes are the fast pase in enchantress it flows doesn’t debase for people seeing this and holding it be there first Star wars experience to catch most of the wit and of import background information.
The opening scene with Obi-wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jin speaking in the Federation Space Ships meeting room is a perfect illustration of that. Obi-Wan make a comment about “holding a bad feeling” and if you have ne’er seen a Star Wars film before this is nil but a clump of cheep moving to make a sense of fright and uncertainness that you already cognize you were traveling to hold pushed on you in a few minutes when the two heroes are gassed and shot at by conflict droids. This point is besides clear in the pick of Ian Macdermid as Senator Palpatine, and besides as the sinister Darth Sidious. IF you have ne’er seen the Emperor from Return of the Jedi have oning his long black cloaks and speaking in about perfect English how could you patch together the hints left behind traping the char acters together?
Most of the major action and monolithic particular effects were already viewed in either the film dawdlers viewed in theatres everyplace or on the prevues seen on Television I was at a loss when I already knew what the result of every major scene in the film would be. The submerged animals of the great oceans of Adda Gunga where in highly life like, but it lost affect when I had already seen them four clip already. Possibly the greatest portion of this film, the contending scenes between Darth Maul ( Ray Park ) and the Jedi Gui-Gon jin and Obi wan Kenobi ( Liam Neison and Ewan McGregor ) , was shown about in its entireness during the film prevue!
This film was nevertheless non all that bad to a die difficult Star Wars fan like myself. I got lost in the secret plan turns and boding that merely a true die difficult fan would truly understand. The fast gait of this film does non let you to acquire bored, and it did non bog me down with tonss of back information about the other films, but alternatively it seemed to be like an independent movie at the beginning of what could be a great series of films to semen. That one fact is in my eyes what saved this film, George Lucas did a great occupation at doing a film that must in a sense “set the phase” for the other great Star Wars films after the fact that they have already had astronomical success about a decennary before episode one was even a dream in Lucas’ head. When looking from an over all position I would give Star Wars: episode 1-The Phantom Menace- a B+ , but looking from a true fan’s perspective I give it a definite solid A. I guess it all get down to if you haven’t seen this film yet, even after all the media ballyhoo and ware gross revenues predating its release so I recommend you do, you will non be regretful, and who knows for all you people out there who have the sentiment “Star wars suctions” this film may alter your heads.
