Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Movie Review

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Chris Stuckmann reviews Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, starring Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Ray Park. Directed by George Lucas.

[@JeremyJahns]

Glad i'm not the only one who still has Phantom Menace figures mint in package...holding out for that day when the action figure market spikes, as well as interest in Phantom Menace toys....we are truly the dreamers of the dreams. Nice review.

[@daksheshnimishe1485]

Am i first?

[@patdan10]

***** I don't like to keep figures in package (mostly), because I feel that it kinda negates the purpose. If I'm going to get a cool Darth Vader toy, I'm going to put it with the rest of the figures. It just feels better to me.

[@TheNatureFreak1]

***** ey J.J. u wan sum fuk? PLZ!! :D :D

[@jasontodd4925]

***** I'm*

[@sashabrownpants3979]

Cross over?

[@nightrider8519]

“well that’s good, did you have an athsma attack?” -Christopher Stuckmann

[@GROENAASMusic]

Makes it even funnier when you hear the other one laughing in the background. xD

[@mcoupe69]

“I farted down my cats throat” Me

[@read7465]

@@mcoupe69 No?

[@mcoupe69]

βread yes Bradley..yes

[@kpag3030]

That was a good line.

[@A19csd]

“How you doin Luke?” “Good” LMAOOOO

[@blord9841]

Phantom Menace was the first date I had with a gentleman who would be my husband someday 😊. Back then a lot of people loved it because we had been Star Wars starved for like 17 years. The Maul fight scene is still one of my favorites.

[@mustyHead6]

that's sooo cute hope you guys are doing great together

[@observerares132]

That’s Wholesome

[@mattyc.9332]

That's a kick-ass light saber fight....🤘

[@Halfdanr_H]

I was a little boy back then, the lightsaber fight blew my mind

[@marceloabad8545]

It was an awesome movie, Stuckmann just needed views. You should watch Rick Worley documentary on How To Watch Star Wars.

[@JoaqMan]

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

[@6Rock6God6]

It's like poetry, it rhymes

[@harryplinkett9030]

StupidWizardFilms Fuck you, Rick Berman. You ruined this too?!

[@terminaldogma01]

What is it with Rick's?!

[@Roflmao234234]

StupidWizardFilms What's wrong with your face?

[@TheImSolid]

StupidWizardFilms JarJar is the key to all of this.

[@StewartLanda]

that radio show was adorable

[@PhantomNews01]

Did you get an asthma attack

[@AlexThe1Menace]

I was surprised he kept that after all these years lol.

[@KabukiKid]

+PhantomNews01 That line cracked me up. heh :-)

[@bellarovelli]

+Stewart Landa Those few seconds of that radio show was hands down more entertaining then the entire Phantom Menace.

[@thefakeandgayguy8187]

It was Fake and Gay

[@Wade_Tyler]

Why does it matter if this movie has more than one main character? Pirates of the Caribbean had Jack, Will and Elizabeth as main characters.

[@theanonymouscritic1710]

He’s parroting the Plinkett reviews and is not very intelligent.

[@emoxvx]

Because these """critics""" don't know the first thing about Cinema or Art in general.

[@morenoskindevil6027]

I love that George Lucas was innovative enough to not repeat what was good and he pushed the envelope with the prequels and the special effects still hold up plus they were ground breaking for the end of the 90's era

[@Ninaofthe90s]

I don't like sand.

[@thisguy7449]

***** I understand Anakin not liking sand, i mean cmon, would you want to spend your entire childhood in Tatooine?

[@Flaris]

***** Next time.

[@notabot835]

***** me either. it's course.... and rough..... and irritating..... and it gets everywhere.

[@notabot835]

xD *****

[@finnmcfadden8690]

Not like you :)

[@PlasmidJunkie]

“ He’s one of the best characters because he doesn’t have any lines” Sounds like Boba Fett

[@darrellcovello7917]

And they both have a dying scream as one of their few lines.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Well hey Darth Maul and Boba Fett both appears in THE CLONE WARS obviously.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Boba Fett appears in season two and four and Maul appears in season four and five and REBELS obviously.

[@chucksucks8640]

What is so great about Bobba Fett?

[@niallreid7664]

@ThatPurpleFunk Don't forget one of the coolest helmet designs ever.

[@johannapersson2809]

I liked that the whole plot led to Palpatine/sidious getting to power. So the ”win” in the end is really a loss. And that Anakin loses his mother and the one jedi believing in him - QiGon. The start of his downfall. I also love Yodas ”fear lead to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering”. And Anakin is also full of fear which leads to his downfall into darkness.

[@Lepidopterous.]

Plus the first thing you mentioned is what the movie is named after.

[@shahzadaslammuhammad]

I totally agree with you. It's not as bad

[@Jules2439.5]

I love this movie it’s the perfect window into Anakin’s childhood and worldview and palpatine planting the seeds of his master plan.

[@imheretosayyo3064]

I feel like I'm one of the few people who actually likes the political aspect

[@okayge_]

I think the politics makes the world a lot more realistic and relateable which is great. However, think they should've toned it down and not have so many "sit around and talk" scenes.

[@imheretosayyo3064]

@@okayge_ I think the sit around and talk scenes could've worked if the dialouge actually worked. Just look at the first four seasons of Game Of Thrones

[@drpingpongs2593]

@@imheretosayyo3064 Its war, there are always politics in war. I feel like they could of used the jedi council to speak about the senate shit, since there also tense about Naboo as well. Isnt that we want to see Jedi? Like idk why they were on the backburner for so long and instead we got so much shit about bureaucracy treaties in the most stale way possible. Its just so dumb

[@llla_german_ewoklll6413]

It was like the very political ww1, which wasn’t good vs evil, but more of an empire vs empire. The original trilogy is like ww2, where it’s actually a battle of good vs evil.

[@adriancaruso5546]

Seriously, why do ppl have a problem with this. Those scenes make it feel more real.

[@Everik-ct6pg]

*_Jar Jar is the key to all of this_*

[@darrellcovello7917]

Darth Jar Jar is real

[@kobi-wanaenobi7080]

he will bring the balance...

[@madcourier6217]

He's a funnier character than we ever had before...

[@SuperTonyony]

What is it with Ricks?

[@stevennorris7181]

"I may have went a little too far in some parts"

[@trevorthornley8835]

idc what you say: "the ability to speak does not make you intelligent now get out of here" is actually a pretty good line imo

[@comicsans1689]

And I think it's quite fitting for people like Chris Stuckmann.

[@adriannn3720]

@@comicsans1689 what's wrong with him?

[@flighttrain1189]

@@adriannn3720 nothing he made a great review for this film

[@delete---7593]

What?????????.

[@emoxvx]

@@adriannn3720 What isn't wrong with him?

[@shaedymoses4328]

“Nothing much is going on” in the lightsaber battle at the end... I actually always loved the subtle touch that obi wan’s lightsaber fires a split second before Quigon’s (and before the energy doors deactivate) implying his presient awareness has surpassed his master, a few moments before his master dies.

[@MikeSmith-rs8kr]

Also it called duel of the fates because it’s the fate of Anakin if Qui Qon lived he would not have turned

[@MrZackavelli]

Okay, I appreciate what you're going for, but I highly doubt that Obi-Wan activating his lightsaber before Qui-Gon has any symbolic value.

[@baishihua]

I donno, maybe it could also mean that Obi wan is more impulsive and Quigon more patient and mature?

[@vgrepairs]

@@MrZackavelli every millisecond of a digital effect is meticulously crafted. Then you get the sound effect in there... It's impossible that there wasn't a plan going on there. Lucas is crazy about effects and editing

[@DETHMOKIL]

@@vgrepairs have you watched the behind the scenes documentary of Phantom menace? he is super casual about so many parts, its crazy how inconstant he is. He gets focused on weird stuff man.

[@blindinghornet9079]

The prequels may not be good as the originals, but they're the movies I grew up with. They're the reason I am a Star Wars fan. I'll always love the prequels and the originals.

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

And they're better than Alien prequels

[@ShinbrigTV]

Ray Parker (the actor for Darth Maul) is basically the only person I can think of that has actually killed Liam Nesson.

[@gamestation2690]

ShinbrigTV It's "Park," not "Parker." He also played Toad in the first X-Men movie.

[@ShinbrigTV]

GameStation3 HAHAHA my bad!

[@ShinbrigTV]

***** The train killed him, not Batman. And besides he lived on in his mind.

[@GrantDeezNutz]

ShinbrigTV "I'm not going to kill you. But that doesn't mean I have to save you." Yeah, Batman killed him. Him and Harvey Dent... and a few of those guys in the tunnel chase.

[@johnnyryan8512]

ShinbrigTV He got shot and killed in Micheal Collins. Couldn't tell ya who shot him though.

[@roguetwo5903]

I do have to say the prequels soundtrack is still EPIC! :)

[@CDexie]

Cheetos Hmm mhmmm....Really though? I only remember Duel of The Fates and Battle of The Heroes. Can you direct me to some other scores from the prequels that were really good?

[@djjonasc]

Across the Stars?

[@jamessmith3543]

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[@o.gvlogs4378]

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[@blueg8731]

That's a fact. Good point.

[@iforgot87872]

The left to right thing in the podrace is clearly intentional, just like how Peter Jackson decided to have Frodo and Sam go from left to right in almost every scene. The series of whip pans in a row does feel a bit monotonous though, I remember the section that just has several pans in a row.

[@captaincrunch7126]

I think the reasoning is having the same side and angle means you can just use the same cgi model just at a different angle. Cheaper and lazier

[@iforgot87872]

@@captaincrunch7126 it’s the same model regardless, moving a virtual camera is actually fairly simply. I think it’s a creative choice, personally. They had Industrial Light and Magic making that scene- they aren’t lazy. They made the shots George envisioned for the most part I’m sure and maybe cane up with some others.

[@vgrepairs]

Lucas worked on Grand Prix in the 60s, the podrace is an homage. He copied it shot for shot.

[@twmax6525]

The pod racing camera work is because he wants you to take the perspective of a spectator in the stands

[@twmax6525]

@KiroTheAssassin Even the first time you saw it?? No way…

[@twmax6525]

@KiroTheAssassin You’re a nut. I’m muting you. lol.

[@kevinbl7821]

@@twmax6525 Bro the scene is ass stop crying

[@twmax6525]

@@kevinbl7821 No it wasn't. There's a reason Jeremy from Cinemasins took a few sins off for it in his videos. It's original, has cool sound effects, and gives you a taste of Anakin's future talent as a pilot.

[@twmax6525]

In fact, now that I think about it, the first chase scene in Terminator 2 always had the camera on the left side the whole time, but that was still a kick ass scene, so what about that?? Huh??

[@theFLICKpick]

2:29 I was eating a sandwich and nearly choked to death... Damn you Stuckmann!

[@Manmadespacecraft]

Oh Hi Johnny

[@fobudomh]

Yes that was just great.

[@thisguy7449]

Manmadespacecraft Oh hi Mark

[@A-Dubs398]

a sad bunny Hows your sex life?

[@thisguy7449]

MrKockNoker Can't talk about it

[@KaneSanMiguel]

"The Late, Late, Late, EARLY Show" is actually genius lmao

[@jamescorcoran5862]

His 11 year old humor was more advanced than my current humor

[@75JUNAKI]

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[@Tripfromfacade]

"its 7am right now guys" genuinely laughed at that

[@jamescorcoran5862]

CrazyFish are you really comparing an 11 year old’s joke to a a movie made by a multi-million dollar corporation?

[@Youarekenough]

Very very very very very very very dAngERoUs

[@artman40]

Every Star Wars Phantom Manace review says that everything that's been said about Jar Jar has been said already. Paradoxically, makes it not as talked about topic as taxation of trade routes.

[@MrZackavelli]

Maybe because the taxation of trade routes is mentioned like once? There are no scenes that extensively go over the details of it. It's simple. New taxes angered the greedy bad guys, and they're blockading Naboo as a form of protest. I was 5 years old when I saw this in theaters, and I understood all of it.

[@JahanMisra]

@@MrZackavelli he’s saying the political aspects are talked about more than jar jar when you’d expect it to be the other way around. yeah the taxation of trade routes IS only mentioned once which is why it’s weird people talk about it when reviewing/critiquing the movie

[@fhatheadproductions]

Re: The Pod Race and your “Left to Right” dilemma. Chris. It’s called The Axis Of Action. Look it up!

[@callumdalton9560]

Shut up

[@fhatheadproductions]

@@callumdalton9560 Nah.

[@75JUNAKI]

Callum S No

[@scottbauer71]

NASCAR was really big that year

[@callumdalton9560]

@J T he is a film buff

[@nicks4802]

fun fact: back in '99, my dad ordered pizza hut, it came with a star wars fridge magnet, it had darth maul on it. my mom threw out the magnet instantly, her reason.... "darth maul looks like the devil, and i dont want that in my house" aaaaaannndddd thats why i didnt bother watching any of the star wars movies, my favourite character (before i had even seen the movie) was judge by my mom, and if i couldnt enjoy darth maul, i didnt wanna watch them. if i could go back to when i was 4, and tell my mom "hes an alien, not a hell spawn -_-" im sure it would have changed her thoughts on it

[@ThierryRocksTV]

+Nick Samuel Extremist Christians in a nutshell.

[@nicks4802]

LOL the funny part is, we didnt go to church or anything XD my mom was fine with halloween and such, but that one time she thought it was a bad omen XD

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Nick Samuel No offense to your mum or anything but is she still like that?

[@nicks4802]

no shes not, i walk around in shirts with metal bands and shit on them, nobody says squat

[@nicks4802]

as long as i dont dance around a pentagram everything is fine

[@zacharync3066]

I fucking died when he said "did you have an asthma attack?" 😂

[@dagoss1]

LEGO Star Wars is the only way to experience the prequels

[@chadrasmussen6127]

Yup I play It sometimes

[@legotwoface]

Fuck you

[@gjte2947]

@@legotwoface 😂wtf

[@k1ngk4gl3]

Huh... That's... You may be onto something...

[@helenline1790]

The Clone Wars series...?

[@k9m42]

Jake Lloyd was 10 years old in this film. He did an amazing job especially following the direction of crazy Lucas...

[@thelastmelon9446]

I agree, I have never understood why he got so much hate. He's a kid and acts exactly like a kid would

[@dylanmau6606]

1977: Wow! George Lucas is awesome!!! 1999: I hate that guy... The fans suck and that's all there is to it.

[@nagi159]

I've honestly seen way worse from children actors but I wouldn't say his performance was "good" in any regard. However, considering how insane Lucas is he did an okay job I think

[@toddbradford4700]

Amazing job? You need to switch drug dealers because your current guy is lacing your shit with a dangerous hallucinogenic. Blame the bad performance on Lucas if you want but this was one of the worse performances by a child actor in the history of film. This kid and Jar Jar alone make this movie unwatchable. But don't feel like I am just picking on those characters and actors. The rest of them sucked as well.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Uh Crazy Lucas I would've preferred Hayden Christen as Anakin in The Phantom Maniac.

[@Ajsandborg]

I wasn't a big fan of The Phantom Menace as a whole, but i really have to say that John Williams outdid himself with the soundtrack. Especially the Duel of the fates is one of my all time favorite movie soundtracks and serves its purpose quite well

[@cinematastic1814]

AnSan yes. very true

[@madcourier6217]

I prefer Battle of the Heroes from episode 3 personally.

[@natemanning924]

MadCourier 6 Same here but the soundtrack in the prequels are objectively great and I believe to be the greatest in the franchise.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

The droids theme song is also some stellar stuff, I still have that oppressive melody get stuck in my head every now and again. It's almost as intense as the Imperial March in that respect, though not as iconic.

[@calebsawyer0719]

There is a few scores I liked from the soundtrack, and there are three of my favorites. I bet you can guess which ones are my favorite scores.

[@SuperPierreluc]

Qui gon is clearly the main character of the phantom menace. He's also the only good jedi presentend in the prequels because he doesn't follow what the jedi orders tells him to do but instead does what he thinks is right. Qui gon is a far more interesting character then what he gets credits for.

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

I find the politics to be quite interesting and intriguing even. The whole story of the PT is how Palpatine used politics to plunge everything into a state of war and chaos and then take control once the time was right. In TPM he created a crisis on Naboo to make the incumbent chancellor look weak then take his place once he kicks him out. In AOTC he influenced the Senate to approve the creation of the clones and started a war to distract the Jedi from his true plans. Then finally ROTS is where Palpatine makes his deadly move activating Order 66 making the clone troopers turn on the Jedi. It's brilliant honestly. I'm surprised that reviewers like Chris didn't catch that.

[@ahdamn6287]

Younger Stuckman has points, but his "ranty" tone doesn't do it for me. Maybe I'm older now so watching videos, or listening to older fans just dredge on abt how much they hate something to no end is tiresome. Glad he's mostly changed the way he reviews movies now.

[@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337]

@@ahdamn6287 Agree. I remember when I first watched this and his whole rant about the podrace where he says the camera just pans from left to right. And I'm like dude most race tracks follow a loop over and over until the laps are finished. And it's not like it used that same camera shot repeatedly. It feels really nitpicky no doubt.

[@ahdamn6287]

@@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337 Pod race scene still slaps

[@-curtiscamp]

​@@ahdamn6287I found Stuckmann's channel in early 2019 so like 4 and a half years ago, came back to this review video today and yeah it's kinda strange, he's still great at what he does but his tone and everything just doesn't hit like it did back then.

[@zillobeast5257]

And that is why star wars the clone wars inhibitor chip idea is so dumb, the clones were never meant to be normal humans they always had loyalty to palpatine and knew their purpose from day 1, the clone wars series falsely humanizes the clones when that was never georges original intention for them, they were supposed to be soldiers only almost robotic like and then they came up with the chip idea which just turns them into braindead zombies at the flip of a switch its dumb

[@wakeupscreaming9883]

The irony of darth maul being so popular, is that he was actually written into the story, as he was just originally a fighting coach for the actors.

[@cjhepburn7406]

wakeupscreaming I guess he built his part. Works 4 me.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

They were always going to include a new sith in the movie, so it makes sense that they would just rewrite it go be Ray Park as Maul.

[@officialmonarchmusic]

The point was literally that he would be expendable so I'm not sure what "critics" who say "Darth Maul should've survived" are thinking

[@Hoolagans]

Explains why the fight choreo looked great

[@gamingdragon2361]

Luke skywaler: says good raspingly Interviewer: are you having an asthma attack?

[@gamingdragon2361]

I honestly forgot why I posted this and in what context it was.

[@josephjoe4180]

Are you having a short term memory lost?

[@75JUNAKI]

Gaming Dragon XD that's still funny

[@blueg8731]

6:33 I find your imitation of Jar-Jar disturbing.

[@-curtiscamp]

I find your comment true asf

[@tr1gby]

Young Chris sounds like Charlie Brown

[@andrewparker318]

Omg your right lmao

[@ajgillies]

Why are you comparing the politics of Phantom Menace to an emotionally charged manipulation in Return of the Jedi? Two different focuses. One is a gentle manipulation. The other is an overt one. Politics matters. Dismissing Palpatine’s machinations strikes me as foolish

[@JulianDale94]

Chris is mistaken about a great many things

[@dantuga5412]

Your friends Luke's impressing is SPOT ON!

[@jakewilmot1082]

"did you have an asthma attack?"

[@jotheusu]

_good_

[@solahaze8948]

13:08 "Can you maybe just send a *larger* ship!?" "No. We cannot. We're very busy" "... *All* of the Jedi are busy!?" "Yes. Important Jedi Business we have. Sit here on cushions we must." "... I'm really doing all the work, aren't I?"

[@Simpsfan300]

Hannah Pilkey Star Wars HISHE is my favorite from that channel. That part always gets me.

[@paigerenee4173]

Hannah Pilkey you just reminded me that I haven’t watched any of HISHE’s Star Wars episodes in a while, and now I’m gonna go watch them. Thank you my friend.

[@vadoksam9235]

Mate. I'm born in 03. I really enjoyed watching it again. I wasn't a star wars kid. Got into it at around 13. For some reason I WAY prefer the prequels. I love the politics. The treaties. I love how it all slowly sets everything up for the originals.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

The prequels are the best Star Wars movies.

[@barbzch]

"In my notes I actually wrote: don't hate on it just because redlettermedia told me to". Massive fail ensues.

[@SCHAAAD]

I got phantom menaced by suicide squad 😭

[@joejitsu034]

Yeah me too!

[@joejitsu034]

Still love Harley Quinn though. Gorgeous.

[@emhu2594]

The last jedi was phantomed menaced like never happened before

[@joejitsu034]

Em Hu yep. Unfortunately

[@filmtoppings]

Same and Batman v Superman

[@user-sx4ki7sy7g]

"NO! MEESA STAY! MEESA OWE YOU A LIFE DEBT SCOOBY FLOOBY DOOBY SCOOBY FLOOBY SCOOBY DOOBY"

[@TbYolo]

That part was hilarious hahaha

[@brucelau2023]

A.D.K honestly that part was hilarious gosh

[@ArchangelExile]

Meesa*

[@christiesanchez4013]

I'm one of those rare people who watched the first six Star Wars movies in chronological narrative order, starting with The Phantom Menace, with absolutely NO idea about the plot going in. And I really liked the prequels! I found them much more mature, grounded, and complex than the originals. I remember being shocked to my CORE while watching Revenge of the Sith when I realized that the kindly, grandfatherly Senator Palpatine was the evil Sith Lord who had been causing so much chaos. The scenes between Anakin and Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith were GOLD . . . and that ending, with Anakin killing Mace Windu, and Palpatine issuing Order 66, and Obi-Wan trying to kill Anakin, and Anakin being burned to a crisp on Mustafar . . . it shocked me and horrified me and blew me away in the best way possible. Even the originals (which I watched after the prequels) didn't have that effect. They just seemed so simple and juvenile after all the dramatic intrigues and plot twists of the prequels. And God bless Ian McDiarmid for playing Palpatine so wonderfully . . . even as an unsophisticated 12-year-old, he was the BEST character in the prequels. Even Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan couldn't hold a candle to Ian's out-of-this-world performance.

[@jebatman756]

Am I the only one who didn't mind the Senate meetings and I was still a kid when it came out

[@obgaming101]

I had no idea what was happening

[@jebatman756]

mstep89 I didn’t understand either but I was interested nonetheless

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

Jeb Atman i like it.

[@darkxarchon]

It wooshed when I was young, but I grew to like them. The prequels aren't just about how Anakin became Darth Vader, but also how Palpatine became Emperor. They are important to Sheev's story, and I always get chills when it all comes together and he gets the emergency powers, effectively taking control of the entire senate.

[@diadokhoi5722]

@@darkxarchon people at this point try their best not to understand the movies lol. I'm not joking watch a modern shit talk review on prequels like cosmonaut. Its embarrassing to humanity

[@alexleung842]

Palpatine's plot wasn't to get Amidala to sign a peace treaty. He knew she would never sign it. His plan was to get elected as chancellor by making the galactic senate feel sympathy for Naboo. The peace treaty from the Trade Federation was just a prop to make the situation look more convincing rather than an elaborate plan staged by the future emperor and sith lord.

[@anomalyinc3239]

Thats perfectly put 🍻 And i agree But there are a few minor issues with how it was written

[@theanonymouscritic1710]

Thank you! Finally someone who was actually paying attention to the film.

[@KillBill808]

@@theanonymouscritic1710 hard to do when it's a snoozefest

[@condog209]

stop shitting on my boy Qui-Gon

[@thomasturtle7207]

Qui gon is one of my favorite star wars characters

[@Dralchemy]

11:27 has this guy ever been to an auto race of any kind? the audience watches the race on just the outside of the track, people are watching the cars go from left to right, it's almost as if Lucas wanted the audience to view the scene the way the crowd is watching the race. what an odd thing to do.

[@kapelski104]

I actually think the politics is one of the best things about the prequel trilogy. Palpatine's rise to power is a very accurate depiction of how a fascist ruler takes hold. I always felt that the OT lacked backstory about the empire's motive and I think this war between religious extremes (jedi and sith) fits perfectly. I understand why other people may not like it, but I really enjoy stuff like this.

[@barbzch]

People just repeating talking points. Palpatine is fan favorite, but politics bad, makes no sense.

[@kapelski104]

@@barbzch the politics absolutely make sense. A society so large that it contains many planets is bound to have disputes about trade, which can often lead to populism taking root. Also the attempted arrest of palpatine in episode III is used as an excuse to centralize power much like the reichstag fire was used in weimar germany. Love the allegories here.

[@barbzch]

@@kapelski104 I agree with you. And, it's not even as if the senate related scenes take up that much space. Ian McDiarmid is tremendous as Palpatine. All the subtle changes in colour palette of set and clothes to signal the shift in power is also really well done.

[@mudo6633]

Ewan mcgregor was pretty good imo

[@face1339]

Look up "what if the prequels were good". I forget who does it...but he has a video for each film & what should have been done. Interesting shit. He says that Obi Wan should have been main character throughout with Anakin as supporting role. Obi Wan main character. Maul as main villain not getting killed until episode 3...that alone fixes a bunch.

[@kingmatt2563DABEST]

+FACE Maul is not the sort of villain you could follow for 3 films.

[@face1339]

kingmatt2563 Sure he is. Well...Darth Maul with character development and dialog is. Darth Maul as shown in the film is lame...great fight...lame character (He has more dialog in the trailer than the actual film). He was fleshed out in Clone Wars cartoon and Rebels...he's actually quite a good character. If you watch Clone Wars...then RotS, the Grevious fight hold more weight too as he's giving a ton of development in the cartoon. So you're like, "finally, they take Grevious out" instead of, "who the hell is this guy?" Be it Maul or another Sith...I think if the villain got away in Episode 1, this would hold more weight when he is killed in episode 3...especially as Obi Wan finally kills the guy who killed his master...this is a thread that would loom over episode 2 and part of 3...that Obi Wan feels guilty about losing his master.

[@kingmatt2563DABEST]

FACE The Prequels were centred around Anakins development not really Obi Wans. The first movie was about Obi Wan becoming an independent Jedi. But it shows him as loyal to the force and his master, hence why he kills Maul at the end. The film introduced us to the master, but the prequels are meant to be about the apprentice. Of course Obi Wan was one of the only well acted and scripted characters in the prequels.

[@face1339]

+kingmatt2563 Right...I'm saying that if there was more of a focus on Obi Wan it would be a good thing. Also if Anakin started off as an adult...we didn't need kid Anakin.

[@nitsujjustin]

the late late late late late early show

[@gocanuckurself1]

Justin Nitsuj 7am

[@timv1.082]

The left hand right hand side thing is a humongous nitpick

[@Tonydaling]

It's also called the 180 degree rule in filmmaking and has been a standard for editing and shooting continuity for ages.

[@comicsans1689]

Chris Stuckmann is ignorant on film-making, so of course he will nitpick these kind of things.

[@knightwarrioranimations9656]

@@comicsans1689 I know, of course he will.

[@knightwarrioranimations9656]

It's pretty sad that he analyses everything in each scene, the sound the shots the lighting, that's what he does with his spare time, but why am I saying that's why he's got a million views right.

[@bobinpune]

*Stupid if you ask me.* Pod race is a masterpiece. This stupid youtuber just couldn't find anything "critical" to talk about it. So he comes up with the "left to right" bullshit!

[@himeproductions408]

Even as a kid I liked the politics in the film lol

[@v-trigger6137]

As a kid I always found politics cool, in the movies Lol

[@ambroseburnside1950]

I didn’t know that the politics where ahead of its time as I can relate to them in today's current event's

[@shotbro4998]

Tbh, there r so many people who complain about the politics of the film saying that it’s too difficult for children to follow, but as a toddler, I even enjoyed those scenes. So George Lucas succeeded in what he wanted to do with those films if u ask me

[@iamvengeance2706]

@@shotbro4998 so you were a booooooooooooring kid!!

[@shotbro4998]

My Universe I’m not a rare case of people who enjoyed the politics as a kid. Almost everyone my age who saw this film before the rest felt that way

[@dvass7253]

Spider-Man 3 was my Phantom Menace.

[@SamLizS]

D Vass Amazing Spiderman was mine loved it the first two times then really sat and watched it with out the fan goggles. I felt so ashamed.

[@dvass7253]

Sam Liz You have nothing to be ashamed of. Trust me, there is plenty of Spider-Man material that is far, FAR worse. *cough* ONE MORE DAY *cough*

[@Poopchute]

Every time I see Peter Parker dance I feel like bamboo shoots are being shoved under my nails.

[@dvass7253]

Trevor Tharp Yeah, WTF were they thinking?

[@unkeptmoss3285]

D Vass I used to hate Spider-man 3... then I saw the Amazing Spider-man!

[@lordbizzle2424]

Chris' radio show had more character than The Phantom Menace

[@lordbizzle2424]

How?

[@gearinthemachine990]

Cringe

[@RiderNexus]

Careful mate, you'll trigger a rabid fanboy

[@timsevigney4036]

THE PHANTOM MENACE IS THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME, HOW DARE YOU! POD RACING! DARTH MAUL! OUTSTANDING ACTING! EMOTION! A++ 110/100 IT BREAKS THE SCALE!!!

[@lilgoomy]

Vyacheslav Molotov bro your dumb its not like it was that bad

[@touchstonefan0348]

This was my first Chris Stuckmann video back when it was uploaded, wow time flies

[@kerry53421]

I remember watching this in theatres as a kid and have to agree with you that the diplomatic parts went over my head. When I watched this movie as an adult now, I enjoyed it 10x more. Star Wars has always been about a power struggle and the politics made sense in my eyes. But everyone's entitled to their opinions

[@vgrepairs]

Yeah I was 5 when I first saw the phantom Menace, somehow the politics impacted me because now I love labor history, working class politics, Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez, Jill stein, socialism lol.

[@Corina6235]

The best parts of the prequels: the music and Ewan McGregor’s performance as Obi-Wan!

[@StaticBlaster]

And the lightsaber scenes

[@sharik6862]

And Liam Neeson's Qui Gon and Darth Maul

[@mikehurt3290]

Episode 3 was pretty good the other 2 were horrible

[@magnus4659]

Mike Hurt true

[@bentertainmentproductions8451]

Ewan Mcgregor as Kenobi and Ian Mcdarmid as Sidious were massive highlights to me during the prequels.

[@LegoandmoviereviewsBlogspot]

I was Phantom Menacing after watching Batman v Superman.

[@judemonge8697]

I was Phantom Menacing after the first Hobbit movie.

[@Zzzquil_Lord_v2]

Same

[@tcabi416]

+Jude Monge They were good...

[@judemonge8697]

+Stephen Gontis I am not saying they were terrible films. They were far from that. I'm just saying they were really disappointing. Their execution just wasn't up to par with the LOTR films. I actually enjoy them for what they are.

[@ARGAtheropodfan]

If I may, I think the first and third hobbit movies are Ok. Desolation is good. Not as great Lotr, but still entretaining and fine for what they are.

[@polloduh]

Well, pod racing is like Nascar

[@evertonporter7887]

I love Nascar and Formula One.

[@polloduh]

@@evertonporter7887 ooooooo imagine. Nascars made to look like pod racers!!!. Or formula one cars!!!

[@joethedrumma]

11:55 that's called the 180 degree rule, Chris... break it and you disorient the viewers.

[@imay_9270]

4 years old Chris disappoints and me...

[@spenser9908]

Hey, come on, he found the one thing he could put into his review that he didn't just straight up lift from the Plinkett reviews, let him have it lol. "These are eyes that analyze film" lmfao. Yeah, Chris, shame you weren't aware of one of THE most basic fundamentals of filmmaking.

[@repletereplete8002]

it also reinforces that they are going around a track and will end up back at the starting line.

[@OSGondar]

No its not. You are trying to sound smart. The 180 degree rule has to do with actors talking in a scene and line of sight. Not a race scene. When you film actors talking and face each other. Look it up before you try to sound smart. literally google "film 180 degree rule" which im going to do for you. one sec. "180 degree Rule states that, if character A is looking right at B, then Character B will look to left side of A 180 degree Rule is principally purposed to match the eyeline shot of two characters. ... Don’t Place your camera Above the Imaginary Line (See the Figure 4)."

[@joethedrumma]

@@OSGondar Go to the Wikipedia article and look up examples, hold on, I'm going to do that for you, "Another example could be a car chase: If a vehicle leaves the right side of the frame in one shot, it should enter from the left side of the frame in the next shot. Leaving from the right and entering from the right creates a similar sense of disorientation as in the dialogue example." The 180 degree rule in film applies to simple things like planes facing the right side of the frame if they travel east. You're a fool if you think that the 180 degree rule only applies to dialogue. If you wanna sound smart, and do so by being a pretentious asshole, do your research properly, pal ;)

[@tazoscar]

I can watch this dude talk about star wars all day

[@noahbaia2902]

I know right!

[@joshuatripp2399]

Shut. The. Fuck up you don't. Appreciate. The art from. Star wars

[@nicoufeizi1517]

Joshua Tripp calm down there Christopher walken

[@joshuatripp2399]

Oh ok i calim down

[@thefearlesssword958]

Snoke was Mauled. Disney took a page out of The Phantom Menaces book and it not only cut Snoke in half, it cut the fanbase in half too. Thanks Rian Johnson!

[@magneto44]

Kylo is more interesting than Snoke anyway 🤷‍♂️

[@thefearlesssword958]

I agree... I love Kylo Ren. It's a shame with Snoke because there was this huge mystery behind him and even though we may get an answer in episode 9... no one cares anymore because he's dead.

[@pluntchgunster6156]

I thought the scenes with him were the most intimidating thing I’ve seen in a theater. The way he stands over everyone and his sudden shifts in mood were terrifying. Rain wrote and directed this character extremely well regardless of wether or not he died. Especially Kylo ren, who was made a more interesting character because of it. But I don’t know what jj abrams can do for him what rain did. That’s what concerns me because I did not like the force awakens.

[@WillWright-lx4hf]

Snoke dying actually had an impact on the story and the character arc of kylo Ren, mauls death did nothing.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Rian: Oh thank you fuck you

[@VladStValentine]

Perhaps the pod race scene was shot left-to-right the whole time to imitate what a spectator watching from stands would see?

[@grantcriddle1326]

The main character is Qui-Gon. He is in almost ever scene and drives the plot. Ridiculous statement.

[@grantcriddle1326]

"There is an over reliance on CGI" shows example of miniature model tanks.

[@grantcriddle1326]

"Original Trilogy is timeless because they use real models"- shows images that are actual 2D images

[@grantcriddle1326]

George Lucas did not watch 'Jingle all the way' and pick Jake Lloyd.........guess its easy to be an influencer. Just take laxative and turn microphone on

[@krisbayley9422]

"The Phantom Menace" it's more about Senator Palpatine. Through out his scenes he still is doing his stuff, Making the Trade Federation go at war with Naboo. His attempt to go fron Senator to Chancellor. I had just watched this recently and the Line that he tell the Queen "This is when Chancellor Valorum's strength with disapear" "Then they will elect a new Chancellor one that will not let this Tragedy continue" All of the actor's are unknown of what his actions are, everyone thinks he will do what is best for the Republic. He finally becomes Chancellor then becoming the Emperor in Episode 3 and turning the Republic into the Galactic Empire. The Phantom Menace's title is more about Palpatine. Oh "Agree with you the couuncil dose" the rank of Jedi Master not referencing training the boy.

[@DarkAngelEU]

And so they drive him towards the Dark Side from the very beginning. Anakin was never the Chosen One.

[@filmtoppings]

The question is... who cares about all this Senate bullshit???

[@dallassavage7128]

@@filmtoppings nobody. But had it not been so bad it would have been one of those aha moments. I mean the way they pulled it off was awful.

[@V4Now]

Liam Neeson actually played Qui-Gon very subtly. He was mischievous, cunning and was a renegade by having enough wisdom to not directly follow the Jedi Council's orders.

[@ragejoona431]

But those things are just character traits, that have nothing to do with how he played the character. Or rather how the actor was directed to play the character.

[@75JUNAKI]

RageJoona yee

[@cruddddddddddddddd]

I agree. I really liked Neeson in this, ad Qui-Gon's character. I also like The Phantom Menace. It could've been a better film, but I still like it.

[@ryan.smith01]

Also remember he’s very stern

[@jcplays5831]

I actually enjoy the prequels (not as much as the originals obviously). I understand there are flaws in Phantom Menace like Obi Wan’s lack of a real personality, the terribly outdated CGI, and so on so forth, but I still have a good time with the pod race and and the battle scenes. Also I still very much hate Jar Jar Binks, but I’m a part of the 0.01% that can actually tolerate him.

[@garym6315]

I think it all depends on how old you were in 1999, and how willing to get swept up in it all. I was 21 and got totally in to the video games, board games, snacks/ drinks/cereals promotions, toys, collectables. It was a great time. The movie was far from being a classic, but we had watched the trailer and Duel of the Fates countless times and it became something more than a movie. Ironically, I wish that someone would do a special edition of it, with improved CGI, better editing etc.

[@albertjohnson3875]

I call Darth Maul the "Boba Fett" of the prequels, he looks great, he's a badass, and he doesn't get that much dialogue. I know the difference is that Boba Fett was't a main antagonist but I think they both leave the same impact on people, we wanted to see more of them but we love them for the amount of time we see them

[@mcclapyohands2365]

Never saw it that way, honestly. But side by side, Maul is a little more badass than Fett, especially with the EU lore mixed in. Plus we did get an awesome Maul in The Clone Wars tv series.

[@thomashall6733]

+Jonathan Gonzales yeah, Maul looked great but what in the movie ever suggests that Darth Maul is a badass? Darth Vader's a badass. Asajj Ventress is a badass. Maul is just a wannabe sith lord.

[@Grasspinks]

Justice League (2017) is a Phantom Menace, if you ask me.

[@marcomeme4875]

xTheRealDiscordx most definetly

[@emilykruger2844]

Justice League really is a Phantom Menace

[@colematthews8652]

Wow that's extreme just over a movie

[@cinematastic1814]

KingOfJunx I agree

[@cinematastic1814]

Tanishq Chandra I was more disappointed with Justice League

[@gtoyadhatagyab8013]

To think that The Rise of Skywalker have the same rating as The Phantom Menace. X'D

[@underscore_5450]

Star Wars fans are so fucking entitled, I cannot even fathom how crazy it is that people call the sequels shit but call the prequels underrated gems.

[@jamesthompson9959]

Underscore _ exactly, I bet in 10 years people will be praising the sequels as underrated gems. I personally love the originals, prequels and sequels with a passion

[@jamesthompson9959]

Dowald The Ducc EXACTLY, thank you, finally someone who doesn’t blindly hate the sequels, we will watch you career with great interest :)

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

@@gabrielfarnsworth4666 prequels were great. They get us great world of the Republic and Jedi, told the arc of Anakin Skywalker which gets more sense to OT. And they did the univerce more serious and mature. Of course, the epic star battles and saber fights...If you don't like it because of stupid reasons (Jar Jar, midichlorians, love dialogues), it is such your problem. What sequels gave us? Nothing except ruining old characters and their legacy.

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

@@gabrielfarnsworth4666 I saw many people who were born in 70s and love the prequels. In fact, no one country hates them except for USA...Even the Phantom Menace got big cash in 2011 release... Sequels really make less and less money over the world. Politics is actually basis of the plot, world-building, falling of the Republic and Jedi, Palpatine's manipulation and rise to power, not to mention that it's part of every war... Kids actually like these movies despite the politics (which was also in OT - Imperial council), so what's the problem to adults to actually pay a little attention and think what's happening? Or do you need only action? It's also the best in the prequels. And 90% of their "critic" is really bullshit. Like: Jar Jar? Subjective, what about C3PO? Midiclorians? You are like children, you seriously believed that everyone is Force-sensitive and you can become a Jedi? Spoiler: Force is unreal! And midiclorians are just get contact with Force energic field. Terrible dialogue? Where? "I don't like sand?" Of course he doesn't, he was a slave on desert planet! He also never talked with girls, obviously he isn't James Bond. Acting? Ian McDermid, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Liam Neeson were terrible? Lol... Even Hayden and Natalie were great in Revenge of the Sith. Darth Vader lost everything in his life, why he screams no? Hmmm...Etc. And Chris's "left to right" is basic rule of cinematography and filming races to not confuse audience. They are not perfect, of course, (so is the OT, imagine), but they have story, character arc, logic plot, world-building, originality, consistency, awesome music. Sequels...well..have great visuals...as they are new...that's it. Nothing of their plot makes any sence, half of scenes are copypasted from OT, also they retcon all OT. they won the Empire, defeated the Sith, Han and Leia are happy together, Luke will restore Jedi order...but 7 shows that none of that happened. Comparing them to the prequels is not even funny.

[@strangerthanfiction4014]

Watched it again yesterday, its visually amazing, i wasnt bored for a second. The ammount of hidden Exposition which is in there is impressive. The feel was star wars. The brooding athmosphere comes across well. The podrace is a crazy good scifi sequence. Many good things here.

[@williamdeluca901]

Gotta watch the pod race at least once a year …saw it in the Big screen Last night was def worth it …gotta love sebulba poo-dooo

[@buzzlightyear3678]

"Who's the main character?" What do u mean, it's Jar Jar!!!

[@phelanbutonyoutube]

When i was a kid watching this i skipped to the end fight scene

[@mrprotoman154]

Bruh we all did

[@dreadfathersithis2218]

Yeah, you ain't alone brother.

[@phelanbutonyoutube]

I knew i couldn't be the only one

[@samtyler8087]

phelan gameing I did the same in attack of the clones

[@necroplastful]

Sam Tyler I did it more in AOTC than in TPM now that I think about it. I just can't hate these movies! Yes they are herendous (except the third installment which I adore personnaly) but childhood nostalgia. The funniest thing in this video is the truthfullness in Darth Mawl's lines in the movie. "At last we will have out revenge..." and "UUUmmPH"! I was laughing on the floor litteraly! xD

[@princewill5478]

The reason I thought they were calm during the underwater seen is because they are Jedi and can’t have fear or will lead to dark side and etc

[@trevorerickson5205]

Yeah that’s true but I feel that even the strongest and most experienced of hero’s should be human and have normal human reactions to things. Even in real life the strongest and most successful of people have a lot to fear.

[@SisyphusRedeemed]

Episode 7 basically pretended episode 6 never happened. Episode 9 did the same for episode 8. Abrams dgaf about continuity.

[@spenser9908]

Neither did Rian Johnson apparently. Hence why JJ had to make TRoS.

[@KnightRaymund]

Qui Gon's the best part of the movie. Love that guy.

[@Yobachi2007]

Don't believe you. Qui Gon Jinn had the personality of wonder bread; and scarcely served any purpose in the story.

[@LoN3wOlF5tudi0s]

+Yobachi2007 Just like Darth Maul. At least The Clone Wars TV show tried to fix that by giving him some actual character.

[@Yobachi2007]

LoN3wOlF5tudi0s Maul had flair and style. He had superior bad ass skill and a lot of potential. He was the best thing in that movie to me, just extremely under utilized. And he certainly shouldn't have been killed in favor of Count Dooku. Not that Dooku wasn't a good character, but he was no Maul.

[@LoN3wOlF5tudi0s]

Yobachi2007 All he had going for him was looks and fighting style. He was easily the most shallow character in that movie, and yes, he could've been great. Killing him off was stupid, but it's not like he had any character anyway. What if they kept him in the next two movies? Would he still just be some guy we know nothing about who the heroes fight at the end?

[@Yobachi2007]

LoN3wOlF5tudi0s "All he had going for him was looks and fighting style" Yeah, and that's plenty, especially compared to the cardboard we were told to think of as characters in the rest of the prequels. If he would have actually been built out, instead of having two lines then getting murder in a ridiculous manner in his 4th time on screen, he had potential to be a lot more. He was shallow because he wasn't used. And still wasn't the most shallow. That comment is ridiculous. We don't know what his personality was like. He never got to show it because he didn't interact with anybody, and had only two lines of dialogue.

[@MrJOSH406031]

Hear me out, I can already tell the Grades for the rest of the star wars films that Chris Stuckmann is going to use. Ep.1 = C- Ep.2 = D Ep.3 = B- Ep.4 = A Ep.5 = A+ Ep.6 = A-

[@starkingbiker]

4 and 5 both A+

[@Ethan-de3we]

He's already reviewed the originals. He gave them A+, A+, A.

[@jyu467]

The President He took down his original Star Wars reviews. Probably because he's going to review them again later.

[@Ethan-de3we]

jyu467 Oh really. Makes sense.

[@jyu467]

You're icon makes me proud!

[@OfficialNitro]

I have come to really love and respect the prequels a lot more

[@tombetty1313]

Jacob C I agree and my name is also Jake. Maybe there’s something about that. Minus jar jar of course.

[@pablomu10]

After watching Ep IX, prequels look pretty good if you skip the JarJar, and Episode III is for me top 3 Star Wars movies

[@uscman]

Pablo Muñoz I can watch Phantom Menace because of Liam Neeson, as Qui-Gon Jinn is my favorite Star Wars Jedi.

[@trevorerickson5205]

usc trojans1987 But he has no character though

[@uscman]

Trevor Erickson unfortunately, but for me he’s one of my favorite actors and is actually a really good character only if you read up on him. He’s even responsible for Jedi becoming force ghosts after death.

[@Chloe_Zana]

I'm the first to admit that the prequels are deeply flawed, especially this one, but I still enjoyed it. And seriously, the Darth Maul fight is still hands down the best lightsaber fight in the entire series.

[@treeflip7]

The best lightsaber fight is luke vs Vader in ROTJ, you absolute idiot. It’s not even close. Luke finally snapping and smashing Vader into submission is the culmination of an entire epic.

[@harryplinkett9030]

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

[@getmario64]

Hey whazzup! Plinkka! Where's my pizza roll man! I need some shit right there! Mail you if you can man! I need to refresh this boring "The Phantom Menace" out of my memory! 😆

[@mickyblue011]

Harry Plinkett Where is my pizza roll,Plinkett?! I emailed your webzone and still pizza roll.

[@theFLRN]

Harry Plinkett i mean how much more could possibly fuck up the entire back story to star wars. and wile my son eventally hanged himself in the bathroom of the gas station the unforzunate reallyty of the starwar-preqouels is that they'll be around. ...forever ... they will never go away

[@lysmaticstudios393]

Harry Plinkett Got any extra rope and pizza rolls, i'm stuck on a deserted island to stay far away from this film

[@sleambean]

Harry Plinkett Where's the Plinkett Intro Music

[@GeorgeWroe]

The reason the shots are not on the left hand side of the podracing is because of the 180 degree rule!

[@user-yj9xn8ck2w]

Then break the rule like The Bourne Identity did! (or Tokyo Story with 360 degree rule) Also, isn't 180 degree role only used when MULTIPLE characters talk/interact with each other?

[@GeorgeWroe]

廖浩 Yes, you can break the rule, but it would have been good for Chris to explain that. I don't think he knows about the 180 degree rule. And it's a rule that's always used, not just for multiple characters that are talking with each other.

[@user-yj9xn8ck2w]

+George Wroe Check out his review for The Bourne Identity where he actually explains what 180 degree rule means. Or a Cinefix Video named "Top 10 Rule Breaking Films" to see 360 degree rule I mentioned.

[@GeorgeWroe]

廖浩 Just watched his Bourne Identity review, and I'm pleased that he explains it! I'll be sure to check out that Cinefix video, thanks!

[@simonegreco1958]

The 180 is for dialogues

[@coolstorybro6076]

I was a kid when me and my dad saw the Phantom Menace in theaters (none of us were huge star wars fans!) but we all loved it so much… months after me and my younger brother ran around the neighborhood with the plastic Darth Maul lightsaber… so awesome!!!

[@TheHungrySurgeon]

I was Phantom Menaced by the Hobbit.

[@kathy0165]

Same. I just sat there with my father and asked „this was the Hobbit?“

[@nagi159]

Same.. I quite liked the book and I LOVED The Lord of the Rings books and films, but something about The Hobbit was just off... I think Lindsay Ellis described it best in her The Hobbit: A Long Expected Autopsy review

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

LMAO not even close. Hobbit was a good movie it wasn't nearly as bad as people are making it out to be as they are well made and acted and have great scenes. No way in hell is the hobbit a "bad" movie in the slightest.

[@TheHungrySurgeon]

@@Gadget-Walkmen That is all entirely subjective. Personally I thought it was terrible but if you liked it then good for you.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@TheHungrySurgeon Sure but I just find it unbelievable for it to be anywhere near terrible. Disappointing, sure, but it has too many positive aspects, from likable cast of character, fun humor, good dialogue/acting, and great action to be anywhere near "terrible".

[@grizzlykate]

Hey. If you're planning on rewatching this movie, do what I did. Try to find all the things you actually LIKED about it. (Examples: set design, costume design, the characters of qui-gon and darth maul). Oh, and also, DRINK COPIUS AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL.

[@username45739]

+Kate the bear "Try" That sounds like it's a difficult task ;)

[@grizzlykate]

l GrandusHoopus Lol absolutely. It's tedious and takes an immense amount of patience. And also copious amounts of alcohol.

[@E_Chap]

Yeah I agree haha. I kinda liked the Droid designs, like the destroyers and all that. They were cool to see. There's like 10% of the movie that's awesome.

[@grizzlykate]

Eric Chappell Yeah and "Duel of the Fates"! That score gives me chills every time. :D

[@username45739]

+l GrandusHoopus "That sounds like it's a difficult task ;)" Okay, just real quick, "like it's a difficult task", not "like a difficult task", as in, "try, that makes it sound difficult". It's not a difficult task because, aside from a certain segment that had overwhelmingly negative reactions, I and II were rated above average, and that's with Jar Jar etc. taken into account - so really, you can't throw a rock without hitting several of those things, as with any movie of that general qualitative level.. Anyway, just clarifying what I meant up there, obviously this thread is aimed in a different direction.

[@ixtlguul4578]

6:15 [about Jar-Jar Binks] "Now look, every single thing that could have been said about this 'thing' has been said already" .... except that he might be a hidden Sith Master who is posing as an idiot while manipulating everyone to his own evil ends....

[@ixtlguul4578]

king koopa Not really. I did say "might be". I think it's an intriguing idea, but frankly I doubt George Lucas has that much subtlety.

[@thefakeandgayguy8187]

That Theory is Fake and Gay

[@mihaa94sky]

+ixtl guul That theory is the ridicilous attempt to excuse one of the biggest cinematic disappointments in history. And like you said: Lucas does not have that much subtlety.

[@rochey1010]

+ixtl guul Or he might just be an idiot that is so bad as a character and creation that some fans are desperately trying to explain away and excuse him. LOL do you honestly believe after watching the prequels that George Lucas had some master plan for a moron who was only created so the kids could wear their parents down into buying them everything Jar Jar. cha ching.

[@ixtlguul4578]

rochey1010 I think I already answered that question :)

[@intenseaction]

The prequels are not that bad actually. It’s very nostalgic for me also. I think there very entertaining. I can see from a movie goer, the prequels are very underwhelming and discounting compared to the other ones, but I enjoy watching the prequels. Everyone I know enjoys the prequels.

[@bulldog4574]

You don't know many people then

[@z_monty]

I have rather fond memories of the prequels as we, the first two movies aren't all that good, but they aren't awful either imo. The second was definitely bordering awful but I feel like the experience was redeemed by the third film, the three are pretty solid overall (aside from some incredibly uncomfortable romance and a whole ton of forced comedy in the first two movies). Revenge of the Sith had some great pacing and to this day I still enjoy watching McGregor and Christensen together in RoTS. I'm not huge on numeric scores but I'd give revenge a nice 7 out of 10, only brought down by Lucas's seeming insistence on making romance play a huge part in the story and some corny dialogue choices ("NOOOOOOOOOO"). I got way to carried away writing this, and I realise that I just spent 5 mins writing out a pseudo review of rots on a phantom menace review but yeah

[@z_monty]

as well*

[@diadokhoi5722]

@@bulldog4574 lmao. Its 2020 bud. Not everyone is a gen xer who hates the prequels

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@diadokhoi5722 It’s 2022 man, the Prequels sucked then and they suck now.

[@blitzgnu]

"It is so dense, every single image has so much going on!"

[@tombruncker7013]

“Fuck You Rick Berman you ruined this too? Wait a minute that ain’t Rick Berman what is it with Rick’s?”

[@darkrider189]

@@tombruncker7013 *George Lucas narrates clips of the Battle of Geonosis while ESB Yoda sighs disappointedly*

[@Xelpherpolis]

Episode 1: D+ Episode 2: F Episode 3: C- Episode 4: A Episode 5: A+ Episode 6: B- Update Episode 7: B+

[@TheImran1810]

+Xelpherpolis episode 3 is an A.... and episode 2 wasn't that bad

[@martinsp005]

+Imran1810 "episode 2 wasn't that bad" u on crack boy

[@TheImran1810]

+Martin Parobek I enjoyed all of them...

[@jockkroser6755]

Episode I: C- Episode II: D- Episode III: B+ Episode IV: A Episode V: A+++ Episode VI: A-

[@markmeason1244]

+JockKroser haha perfect

[@menelliee4330]

I love Star Wars, and I actually really liked the prequels.

[@75JUNAKI]

Menelliee respectfully disagree

[@annnee6818]

Cool. I would have liked to love them too.

[@NASkeywest]

Do you have a GED by any chance.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

Episode 1 gives so much more depth to a world that existed before the originals, I don’t understand why people hate them, like what do they want, art has no correct answer

[@supakoen2892]

@@hippiecheezburger5457 bad dialogue, bad acting, boring plot, Jar Jar and bad cgi atleast those are the reasons why I don't like them and like 90% of the people who watched the movie.

[@supermarioromo4518]

If this dude really gets so easily bored of just people talking, then Mr. Stuckmann needs some milk. P.S. One thing that I like about the Prequels is that the original movies don't do all that much is its focus on empathy and grief. In A New Hope, when Obwan Kenobi dies, Luke doesn't really feel that much for him afterwards, yeah he wishes he was still alive, but we never see it interrupt his life or anything like that. In Attack Of The Clones when Anakans mother dies he feels the suffering, the anger that makes him kill all of the (Tribe that enslaved his mother that I don't know the name of). Yes he did just kill an entire tribe, but even then you still want him to succeed and be ok, and you can understand his perspective.

[@quintinkolstad6684]

SuperMarioRomo Luke knew Obwan for like a day and Anakins mom died...just a massive difference in relationship

[@johnkingston3367]

Quintin K He literally saw Owen and Beru’s charred corpses and doesn’t show any emotion. Instead he just hops on a space ship with Obi-Wan (this guy he met that day) to become a Jedi. No funeral, no tears, nothing to show any real connection to his dead parental figures. I don’t blame him for not being that sad about Obi-Wan but this was a massive oversight.

[@75JUNAKI]

John Kingston At least Anakin felt terrible plus the same thing with Padme were he had a dream of Padme dying during labor and after knowing his last dream was true he fears Padmés life and after she died and Obi-Wan left him , killing the Jedi Order he only has Sidious who promised to helped him and saved his life after he was burnt

[@supermarioromo4518]

@@quintinkolstad6684 I see your point, but still, based off this review, Chris mostly craves entertainment and barely anything else, that is why he doesn't understand TRUE Cinema.

[@tamimahsan3085]

I have started watching star wars for the first time. And i really thought this movie was ok...not great...but the reviews r just too much hate

[@keandredennis6838]

I think you undervalued the actual plot going on in this movie

[@MrZackavelli]

You think? I'm loving how poorly Stuckman's bullshit reviews of the prequels are aging. It's absolutely hilarious to see this fucker exposed as the idiot he is.

[@keandredennis6838]

@@MrZackavelli I don't think he's an idiot, I love Stuckman so much I just don't agree with his opinion on this one. It's a pretty bad movie objectively

[@brandonaguilera5713]

“Jar jar is the key to all this” lol

[@masonbrager4520]

Fun Fact: When Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi are fighting Darth Maul, there's a part during the begining of the fight when Obi-Wan blocks with his lightsaber, but he is not blocking anything. I just thought that was interesting.

[@emmaventura8778]

“Are you having an asthma attack” 🤣

[@mrmang0_508]

The point of the prequels is to put into focus about the politics and one of the highest point in times of the Jedi, if u really liked star wars u would understand that their masterpieces in disguise

[@Maze305]

I don’t care what anyone says about this movie, I’ll never forget my dad taking me to Taco Bell and getting those little character chips and then watching the movie with him and my sisters as a little 6 yr old kid. Happiest times of my life

[@Lepidopterous.]

Those cup toppers were so creepy, man. We don’t get promos like that anymore.

[@Bloopsan]

-makes a star wars review -uses star trek as an example 10/10 IGN

[@samrider1628]

Bloopsan Yes, how dare he use an example from a series that George Lucas said Star Wars would not exist without

[@Bloopsan]

It was just a joke, I love star trek almost as much as I love Star Wars

[@fluffynoses]

any scifi fan worth half their salt has at least an appreciation for both SW and Trek

[@moedanglez]

When George Lucas was writing this I know he thought to himself “yousa in big doo doo now”

[@MrZackavelli]

He wrote the whole story.

[@kthx1138]

I agree about the stately monotonous dialogue: "It is done then." It needs more emotion, passion, humor, clashes between egos, temper outbursts, like in New Hope!