I Love The Phantom Menace (25 Years Later)

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Every generation has a legend. Every saga has a beginning.
In May of 1999, audiences everywhere experienced the film that would forever shift the course of Star Wars. Fittingly written and shot with the working title Episode 1: The Beginning, The Phantom Menace has helped define the generational gap amongst Star Wars fans. Put simply, the old farts who lived and died by the OT thought this movie was ass. But 25 years later a new order of young adults, for whom Episode 1 holds special significance, has emerged to take their revenge. And I count myself among them. So to celebrate its 25th birthday, I want to discuss what works in The Phantom Menace, the great achievements George Lucas and company don't get enough credit for, and my admiration for its many iconic moments. Immense worldbuilding. Great Jedi characters (shout-out to my boy Qui-Gon). An absolute peak lightsaber battle. It's time to put some respect on the first chapter in Lucas's saga.
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@ironmaidenbolivia3973 28 дней назад

I had first seen The Phantom Menace when it first came out, and I was 30 years old, and huge life-long Star Wars fan. AND I loved every second off the Phantmo Menace when it came out and I love it just the same toiday.

@ostalkowitzer 28 дней назад

I was a young teen but feel the same way. I’m curious though, how you feel about the Disney sequels?

@SirZac 28 дней назад

That’s awesome, I love that perspective

@andylausupremacy6478 Месяц назад

The passion project of 2024 is not Francis Ford Coppola's Megapolis, it has to be Sir Zac's "I Love The Phantom Menace (25 Years Later)". Truly honoured to have watched and listened to Zac's face, voice, hand gestures, and occasional clips & stills from the film. The footages of the hard-core fans at the start when the film was released gave me chills. The excitement was unreal! RU-vid owes a PROPER review for "The Phantom Menace" to the whole world since RU-vid wasn't around in 1999, and I was super pleased you made this. The enthusiasm is everywhere in this video, not to mention how you close it with a thought-provoking Qui-ton quote. In all honesty, I do like most of the prequels than the sequels, at least. But I was too much of a baby cinephile to call "The Phantom Menace" the worse Star Wars film. Given how much I've grown to liking critically low films or cheesy action flicks nowadays, I think a rewatch will probably change my mind because of your video essay and make me fearlessly appreciate the late style of George Lucas. Your hype with the practicality of the effects, and the action choreography performed by the real actors might make me change my mind. Thank you for your hard work Sir Zac 🙏

@SirZac 29 дней назад

Thank you Andy! Just doing my part to spread the good word.

@WarlockInTraining 29 дней назад

Love the film too. It's notna great movie but not a bad movie. It's a fun movie. A rewatchable movie. That's all I need. Hater trying to be edgelords hating on this film.

@SirZac 29 дней назад

Exactly! I’d honestly rewatch it more than a lot of objectively better films.

@lukemcnamara5022 Месяц назад

Fun fact, if you play the Duel of Fates on spotify on your laptop, the song progress bar turns into a lightsaber

@SirZac Месяц назад

The same for all other Star Wars soundtracks too!

@jorisdeputter4493 23 дня назад

Loved this film! I just rewatched it. The continuous hate in the online world ended up having me abandon my appreciation for starwars all together, just to escape the negative bullshit. But now.. hmmm oh yes I do love Qui gon! Going his own way, living the way of the force. Also... since you mentioned the fight with darth maul without any dialogue.. It made me think that perhaps this was one of the films strengths as well. We don't know anything about Maul, and we never get to(during this film) I think that makes him so sinister, mysterious and intimidating unlike any other villain in any film I've seen(that I can recall). Anyway, cool video! May the force be with you :)

@SirZac 22 дня назад

Thank you! Yes 100%. There’s a lot to like in Star Wars if you cut out the toxicity.

@13AndreFalcao666 29 дней назад

I went to see it on May the 4th and... I still love it all. Even Jar Jar got... Somehow less annoying this time

@SirZac 29 дней назад

100%

@lukemcnamara5022 Месяц назад

Great to see you back at it SirZac!!

@andylausupremacy6478 Месяц назад

24:10

@thomasjones4570 28 дней назад

The original came out when I was a very young child so grew up on that trilogy. I could never understand the amount of hate this movie got outside of the person to person dialog and stiff acting from some. The story was incredibly solid and that was all Star Wars was. Incredible story telling that holds up to scrutiny. This is also the reason why I cannot stand Disney's Star Wars. It lacks solid story-telling and is easily dismantled.

@MrShakespearefan 19 дней назад

I disagree. I think Phantom Menace and the other prequels can be picked apart if you want to pick them. apart. I think the storytelling is very uneven in the prequels. I don’t care about plot holes, though, which is why I think Last Jedi is the best since Empire.

@thomasjones4570 19 дней назад

@@MrShakespearefan It doesnt matter if you agree or not. I have picked apart the picking apart of the prequel stories for over 20 years. I have not heard a single argument about the STORIES that was not easily shot down. The only things wrong with the three movies are. 1. Lucas cannot write person to person dialog worth shit, as is the case in 100% of the movies where he and he alone wrote the screenplay. And some of that dialog is actually better than most total MORONS know...prime example, the Anakin/Padme dialog. The fucking character is in his teens and was raised by god damn mother fucking religious monks he isnt supposed to sound like fucking Don Juan. Take your typical teen awkwardness of a boy rarely around girls, toss in being raised by twats AND being in love and yes, you should get shit like "I don't like sand". 2. The acting can be stiffer than my cock when I wake up in the morning which is his directing flaw and is in other films he is the director of. 3. He went too far making Jar Jar a source of comedy. None of these things are oversll storyline related.