STAR WARS TOURNAMENT - Episode 1 : The Phantom Menace (Rate it)

[themanwithnoname]

Smeags said:

5/10

Pros:

• "Duel of the Fates" by John Williams
• Fantastic choreography, music, and action in the final Jedi battle almost makes up for the whole movie. Almost.
• Darth Maul is plain cool. I got shivers when he revealed it was a double-sided lightsaber.

Cons:

• Jar Jar Binks
• Anakin Skywalker
• Eye-roll worthy Space battle (11 year old kid takes down the whole Droid Command Ship... What?)
• Yoda's bulging eyes...
• Trying to connect the two trilogies in ridiculous ways. Anakin built C-3PO? Really?
• Reducing the Force from some mystical cosmic power to an RPG stat in midichloirans.
• Jar Jar Binks
• Anakin Skywalker

I think Smeags nailed it here. "Duel of the Fates" is awesome and if there's anything equally good from the prequels to the original trilogy it's the soundtracks. Aside from that, the lightsaber duel at the end was awesome as was the pod race, and for some reason, I really liked the scene of Jar Jar, Obi Wan, and Qui Gon swimming to Boss Nass. Oh and Liam Neeson's pretty awesome too.

On the bad side, there's Jar Jar, which I won't waste my time ranting about. It also spent way too much time on Tatooine with pretty much nothing happening. That and the space battle was indeed pretty lame. And let's just pretend like nobody notices how similar Sidious's voice and appearance are to Palpatine's.

So overall, probably a 5 out of 10 for me as well. I must admit, darth and boutros baffle me with some of the films that they like.