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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Directed by George Lucas
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Overview
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Rated PG | Length 136 minutes
Actors
Liam Neeson | Ewan McGregor | Natalie Portman | Jake Lloyd | Ian McDiarmid | Pernilla August | Oliver Ford Davies | Hugh Quarshie | Ahmed Best | Anthony Daniels | Kenny Baker | Frank Oz | Terence Stamp | Brian Blessed | Andy Secombe | Ray Park | Lewis Macleod | Warwick Davis | Steve Speirs | Silas Carson | Jerome St. John Blake | Alan Ruscoe | Ralph Brown | Celia Imrie | Benedict Taylor | Clarence Smith | Samuel L. Jackson | Dominic West | Karol Cristina da Silva | Liz Wilson | Candice Orwell | Sofia Coppola | Keira Knightley | Bronagh Gallagher | John Fensom | Greg Proops | Scott Capurro | Margaret Towner | Dhruv Chanchani | Oliver Walpole | Megan Udall | Hassani Shapi | Gin Clarke | Khan Bonfils | Michelle Taylor | Michaela Cottrell | Dipika O'Neill Joti | Phil Eason | Mark Coulier | Lindsay Duncan | Peter Serafinowicz | James Taylor | Chris Sanders | Toby Longworth | Marc Silk | Danny Wagner | Amanda Lucas | Katie Lucas | Richard Armitage | Sacha Alexander | Simon Allen | Paul Bannon | Don Bies | Trisha Biggar | Michonne Bourriague | Douglas Bunn | Ben Burtt | Doug Chiang | Rob Coleman | Roman Coppola | Sean Cronin | Zsuzsanna Cseh | Matt Daniel-Baker | Russell Darling | Philip Delancy | Sebastian Dewing | Andrew Doucette | C. Michael Easton | Andrew Elias | Catherine Ernster | Salo Gardner | Andrew Gersh | Patrice Girod | Ned Gorman | Joss Gower | Raymond Griffiths | Nathan Hamill | Tim Harrington | Sally Hawkins | Jack Hayes | Nifa Hindes | Nishan Hindes | Frank Huseyin | Alexi Kaye Campbell | David Knight | John Knoll | Kamay Lau | Andrew Lawden | John M. Levin | Dan Madsen | Iain McCaig | Rick McCallum | João Costa Menezes | Taylor Murphy | Lorne Peterson | Andrew Raven | Steve Sansweet | Mike Savva | Christopher Scarabosio | Jeff Shay | Christian Simpson | Paul Martin Smith | Scott Squires | Tom Sylla | Bill Tlusty | Matthew Wood | Jeff Olson | Michael Dondero | Scott Schumann
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24/2015 | Computer | DVD | Owned | 2 stars |
| (Average) 2 stars |
Viewing Notes
Stranded on the desert planet Tatooine after rescuing young Queen Amidala from the impending invasion of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master discover nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker, a young slave unusually strong in the Force. I remember being amazed and awed with what we saw on screen when this came out in theaters. While we’d gotten a taste of Star Wars on the big screen again a few years earlier with the Special Editions, this was a whole new start to a new trilogy. It was exciting. And sixteen years later, it has not fared well. The effects mostly hold up pretty well, but like most of the prequel trilogy the cg is overused to the point it has this plastic quality everywhere you look. The script is typical to Star Wars in that it’s not great, but the acting overall doesn’t help. The choice for Anakin in this is awful, and there’s a general lack of the fun and adventure the first trilogy had. While we do get some great lightsaber fights you never really get invested with all the political machinations going on which is the driving force for the rest of the fighting in the film. There’s a reason I usually skip this one and haven’t watched it in four years or so. It just feels so disconnected from the rest of the series.
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