@@randomiser2267 Haha, unlimited was it? Maybe look up the definition. And my comment was to the video when he mentioned that there were only 3 movies before this, not 9 and countless TV shows / cartoons. Why comment with such a ridiculous statement?
No THIS is excactly it, The hate started on RU-vid by a yotuber who didn’t like the prequels, they made it funny and entertaining so other RU-vidrs like this one got on the train 🚂 to get views, years later the Disney remakes come out it was no longer trendy to hate on the prequels to get views so they moved on. The prequels never sucked (other then maybe clone wars) I grew up watching them, never heard anyone hate on them until years later on RU-vid specifically, at least be honest about it, you got on the train 🚂 to be like everyone else while it was as trendy and moved on when it wasn’t
My brother won 2 tickets, I was on my way to a birthday party, had to stop at a gas station to scream and jump, my brother is 50 and I am about to be 46 tomorrow May 8th. We saw the Phantom Menace when it premiered. So, you can imagine we were pumped! A local beer company was sponsoring the event and we had beers like it was the end of the world. I fall asleep twice and my brother was laughing so hard. I didn't miss the duel, love the chanting and the double light saber glowing all around. We even had a rock concert at the end! On our way home, we talked to much about star wars and how much we love it. We talked about our dad (I miss him so much) when he took us to see Empire Strikes Back at the multiplex on a Sunday Matinee. My dad saw the force awakens and was sad Solo had to die. It was the last star wars movie he saw. That what gets me about star wars, it connected with so many families and individuals all around the globe. Amazing! May the force be with you, Always!
...be used like a glowstick? SW is space fantasy, so Luke's PG rated swipes from Jedi are fine. I prefer the far more simple, straightforward choreography that was grounded in some narrative context. Darth Maul was just a non-entity in Phantom, who barely says a word. The glowstick twirling was a fancy but empty spectacle.
Lucas Star Wars shows a lightsaber cutting limbs clean off and melting steel doors. Disney Star Wars, being stabbed by it, eh no prob. Sometimes you can be stabbed through the gut TWICE and be A-ok Disney Star Wars isn’t real Star Wars.
@@DrViperVideos You do realise that Darth Maul was CUT IN HALF!! but I don't see people raging that Favreau brought him back. SW fans being hypocrites, shocking I know!
Ray Park as Darth Maul absolutely owned every second of screen time he got. The character's visual design was striking but Park's physicality completely brought the character to life and it's one of the best examples of less is more I've seen in a film.
Yeah it’s darn shame the guy gets killed and has NOTHING to speak of his character. That physicality could have been used not only for more fights but to emphasize maul’s personalityy-extremely aggressive, but also tactical when he actually has to clam down. Actually it gets even more frustrating when there’s a fanfic that was animated on RU-vid which tells a “what if the prequels were good..” in that revised prequel trilogy, maul plays a bigger role, becoming part cyborg (he isn’t cut in half I think he choose to do so), he actually acts as a foil to obi wan and becomes a personal enemy of anakin, influencing anakin to be more in awe of the dark side . And it’s him who is killed by anakin in episode 3, replacing dooku for the execution scene. Really maul could have been one of the greatest Star Wars movie villains, perhaps in his own equaled Vader but he did not at all
The nice thing about the Clone Wars show is that they brought him back and Sam Witwer did a great job as Maul. Of course, that doesn't really make up for how the movies themselves treated him if you don't wanna get into outside material. Killing him off in the 1st movie was definitely not the right choice.
I was someone that always loved Phantom Menace. Still do. I remember seeing it in theaters in 1999 and was blown away! It actually legitimately shocked me how much hate the movie and the rest of the prequels got because I had enjoyed them so much.
The Phantom Menace is the most 'cinematic' and entertaining of all the Star Wars movies in its aesthetic, score, and action. Return of the Jedi has many of these qualities as well. TPM is my favorite of all of them.
@@BushinRyuCatI only count four. Rogue One, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and (just about) Return of The Jedi (the cracks were starting to appear with this one) Four movies that tell us everything we need to know about the story.
@@leecroft7311 Rogue One is cool but lets not forget that Kyle Katarn was the GOAT by just invading a base solo to steal the plans. easy in and out job
One of the most thoughtful takes I've seen on the Phantom Menace, especially the whole thing about resetting one's view of the prequel trilogy to be Palpatine's story.
It's cathartic seeing Jeremy having more appreciation for the scenes of Palpatine pulling the strings politically. The scene where he manipulates Amidala to call for a vote of no confidence is so underrated.
Oh definitely. Like he didn't expect the Jedi to essentially rescue the Queen...So he completely changes parts of his plans to still get what he wanted. Manipulating Padme's increasing disappointment towards Valorum to get him kicked out of office was well done. I know the kid in me thought that was boring but glad me currently I can appreciate these scenes with a lot more tolerance towards them....though admittedly still not fun to watch in a sense. Episode 2 may have a lot to discuss about but hoooo man, they were boring to go through.
1999 had the greatest and/or most monumental films. In addition to episode 1, the matrix, green mile, 6th sense, eyes wide shut, office space, American pie, fight club, iron giant and many more. That was a great year.
One thing I love hearing about these movies is when people like yourself will recognize that they're not "misunderstood masterpieces", but that they _do_ have strengths that were sorely overlooked. For all the wooden acting, bitter dialogue, sometimes awkward editing, and certain visual/digital effects that starting aging during the movie's theatrical run, the worldbuilding was arguably the best Star Wars has ever seen. And that's not just an indictment against Disney Star Wars, but against so many movies and franchises that exist today.
There 2 things I appreciated about the Prequel Trilogy now than I did before. 1. It introduced a completely new world different from the original trilogy. Now ofcourse some of that new world was very boring. But atleast it was different. 2. George Lucas had a complete story planned out from start to finish. Now he executed that story in a shit way. But it was a complete story. Every major character has a proper character arc across the trilogy. Every event had build up. And like you said. This is not just an indictment against the Sequel Trilogy. Look at the Jurassic Word trilogy. It had the same issue.
Just took my kids to experience this in the theaters for May the 4th. Let me just say, when the doors open and Maul is standing there lookin excessively evil, the horns for Duel Of The Fates starts goin off, Qui Gon says “well handle this”, that shit hits in the DFX theater. My eyes almost started watering 😂.
I remember watching Rouge One with my father when he was alive. One of my best shared memories with him. I remember him crying when Darth Vader ignited his saber on the hallway scene, now I sometimes cry at some scenes when things are getting emotional just thinking how much he would have enjoyed some of the new content.
Well I know he would have loved Andor and enjoyed Ahsoka, hated BoBF and Obi-Wan Kenobi (that's for sure), and I'm not sure about Mando but I think he would also enjoy it.
My opinion changed when the book "Plagueis" came out by James Luceno. I'm a SW nerd so I read a lot of the books. It really helped this film in particular make a LOT more sense. Where Palpatine comes from, who trained him, how Maul was discovered, etc. Unfortunately it's no longer canon, but it is for me. The Phantom Menace is actually Darth Plagueis and his plan to install Palpatine as the Supreme Chancellor... then as we find out, Palpatine kills him as stated in Revenge of the Sith.
I remember working at Target, and when picking up cash from the till, there was a $5.00 bill, where someone had written,”Ben’s Star Wars money.” I thought it was so nice.
@@MrBlue3rd25 years later I’m buying those phantom menace toys at antique shops for $7 a piece 😂 I’m so hyped to watch this movie on the big screen again
I was 19 when it came out. Taking my son to see it tomorrow. Never thought 25 years ago that I would be taking my son to see this movie in the same theater
My dad took me to see all 3 originals as a kid on their anniversary rerelease. None of the other kids my age could say they saw all the SW movies in theaters it was awesome. He's gonna enjoy it!
I remember doing that with my sons and actually laughing with them the Jar Jar poop jokes. Totally different reaction from me when I first saw it, which was WTF am I watching. Lucas did really wanted to make the PTs for the children.
Dawg. I watched the Transformers 2 review on MovieMan191 when I was in elementary school. Years later, multiple accounts later, there where times when I wouldn’t watch your content for months and times I would rewatch old videos I already saw on a daily basis. I am now 23 and your commitment to your passion, I must say, is absolutely inspiring. You are awesometacular bro.
Got a call the night before premiere, from a friend of mine. He got a reserved spot in line. This was mid-shift at a bar restaurant. I was the only cook. I dipped out the back, never to return. Watched TPM twice back to back that morning.
The thing I always remember is seeing just how powerful a Jedi was, seeing Qui-Gon melt through the blast door for the first time was so epic. You knew that they were a force to be reckoned with!
Just remember, in 15-20yrs there will be a whole generation of young adults who LOVE ep 7-9. And will defend them just like OT and Prequel fans. It’s a SW tradition at this point. “It’s like poetry, it rhymes.”
My favorite bit is how Ian McDiarmid has not only fully embraced the community, but he fully acknowledges how the fandom has specific quotes of his that we all love No other actor, even Mark Hamill, does it like him and I love that it’s Sheev of all people
I think that the reason the Clone Wars works so well is that Lucas ALWAYS wanted to tell that part of Star Wars, where he was hinting at this major conflict since the very first movie. So even though the prequels were hit and miss, it was because you knew there was a much larger story going on that we could only get a small tidbit of as we led up to and skipped to the end of it. The issue with the sequels is that Disney didn't really have any major event going on to really justify the sequel's existence, where it feels like they pulled stuff out their arse to try and have a reason to continue star wars.
Exactly. Disney's thoughts were just oh no a new villain the galaxys in trouble. Up to the Skywalkers to save it because that's what they did before (then you had the skywalkers not be the one to save it). Just completely pointless.
its miss because they are bad at multiple level (stroy, caracters, cinematrography, dialogues...) and so far away from the awesome original trilogy. Granted its not abysmaly bad as the Disneys movies.
Just wanted to reply that I'm your comment's 69th like. Also, very well said, when I grew up, clone wars was the main star wars movie that I was watching was clone wars and phantom menace, and when watching the OT, it was so cool to me that the singular clone wars line from luke to obi wan held so much weight and led to probably one of the coolest eras of SW IMO.
I read somewhere that he always wanted to do a Clone Wars trilogy of movies, but the Clone Wars was more of a footnote in the overall story of Anakin Skywalker
I have always loved the prequels. The Phantom Menace is my favorite Star Wars film. It’s the one I watch the most and continues to be the most rewatchable one. I have no shame admitting it. I like what I like.
I’m relatively new to your content, so I wasn’t aware of your opinion on Star Wars until this video. Seeing you talking about how you appreciate the prequels more gets one reaction out of me: “A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one”
Camped out on Hollywood Blvd for over two weeks so I could be at the 12:01am showing at the Chinese Theater. Everyone went nuts when the Fox logo came on. The first horn blast from the Main Theme started and the Star Wars title card came on screen. The place absolutely exploded. Every single person in the theater was on their feet cheering. I still get chills thinking about it.
Camping out to see a movie... damn, even in my mid sized town we had campers. My "friend" got to see it opening day and made sure to rub it in my face when he got the ticket. I had to try to one up him and do it in IMAX but you can't replace that opening day feeling.
@@papaya32 People didn't actually live there. I went to work everyday. So did most people. You set up your tent to reserve your spot. I only ever slept there twice and one of those times was because I had too much to drink. After work and on the weekends we'd go hang out with the other people in line. We all got to know each other. We'd play board games and order pizzas. Everyone there was a die hard Star Wars fan long before it was cool to be a die hard Star Wars fan. I was a great time.
I think Phantom Menace has some of the most striking and memorable visual designs of any Star Wars film, and they feel totally distinct and unique from the OT's visual language. The Naboo starships, the Gungan city, Queen Amidala's hair, makeup and dress, Darth Maul... Iain McCaig, Doug Chiang and the other concept artists did incredible work, and Lucas deserves credit for encouraging such creativity.
This is what I watch TPM for. Ik it's not the most entertaining film and def has its faults but just to see the designs and visual aspects is really cool. The most interesting star wars in this aspect, it's also my favorite star wars score. This is probably the most distinct star wars got
1000%. I think the backlash from the reaction to the film as a whole meant they totally pulled back on this side of things for the following two films. Which is a shame, for the visual world and design to feel like they did in 1999 after so long of no star wars, it felt (and feels) like this was the way forward for all future star wars media. It felt like the authentic fleshing out of the world George wanted to portray.
Hey Jeremy my friend and trainer at my gym who is 35 years old has not seen the prequels or originals and he watched them last week and he absolutely loves them and we talked all day yesterday and he loved how poetic and spectacular they were. He's a lucky soul, I think we are all jealous of him, I'm 24 and wish i could have the blissful star wars ignorance and love he has lol. Great Vid Jeremy!!!!
Fun walk down memory lane. I remember leading up to the release of Phantom Menace going to see A New Hope in theaters and the line for tickets wrapping around the building…for a movie that was 20 years old. The excitement was palpable.
The flaws from the prequels are still there, the point is that we were jaded wrt to their qualities back in the day (2000's). What changed after the ST was that the prequels qualities feel now unique and are more appreciated, for me at least: - music, fights, scope, history archs for a trilogy, inventive action scenes. The Disney era never offered that.
I didn't like the idea of bringing Maul back from the dead initially but when they actually did something substantial with his character I got over it. That's the difference between bringing him back vs Palpatine.
Maul had 0 character in TPM so bringing him back and actually giving him development was a great move. Maul was pure cool factor in looks only before Clone Wars
Bringing Palpatine back is ok too, it was just done badly is all. Old EU always had The Emperor come back. Besides wanting "UNLIMITED POWER!!!" he wanted to live forever. Those were his 2 main goals.
@@jediryan9454 oh sure I don't completely disagree with that. I probably didn't say it well in the initial comment, but if it were executed better than i wouldn't have had a huge issue with him returning in the sequels.
Watched all movies recently, and thought one of the main issues with the prequel trilogy was killing maul he should have lived and killed by anakin instead of him killing Christopher lee, lees character feels like shit we don't have someone for our heroes to go up against, anakin should kill maul taking his place the same way luke receives the same offer in return of the jedi.
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is one of my favorite movies of all time! So glad we got to see it in the theaters this year! Thanks for talking about it!
I was 6. We were visiting family down in England and it launched when we were visiting. My family had the original 3 on VHS and I watched them back to back in my uncles suggestion. My life course was so dramatically altered that day. So we went to the cinema in July when it came out in the UK (during the summer holidays) and my mind exploded. Regardless of quality of story or anything... This movie (like LotR) forever holds a special place in my heart
I was 9 when this was released, almost 10. I was probably just at the right age to see it for the first time, but I never understood the hate. This isn't just me looking back with nostalgia, I've watched the prequels a few times over the years. I liked them when I was young, they told a cohesive story that we all knew in the broad strokes. Anakin becomes a Jedi, falls in love, has kids, then turns evil after his wife dies and loses said kids who are raised apart. That's what the prequels were supposed to show us and that's what they did show us. The one good thing episodes 7-9 did was make people appreciate these movies more.
A lot of the hate comes from all the political dialogue that never seems to have immediate ramifications (they're always recounting how X, y, or z happened off screen, say how they must believe in democracy or something, then it moves onto the next plot point and nothing that was discussed seems to matter anymore). Then most of the characters were boooooooring. Finally, there was the terribly written romance in episode 2. Felt very forced, and didn't make sense why Padme was so reluctant to act on it. Really Padme should've come onto Anakin, and *he* should've been the reluctant one.
You're right, it told that story. But I never had a problem with the story conceptually. The issue was in the execution - mainly the fact that the acting and chemistry between the actors was lacking. As a story, episode 3 is damn near Shakespearean.
Aside from the very obvious problems with the prequels, the biggest problem I have that it seems never gets discussed is simply - why even tell this story? We already know as you said in your comment what the story is and I think that it’s actually more interesting to keep some mystery surrounding some of these events as they are built up with the OT. Just little nuggets of dialogue about for example - ‘the clone war’ etc… is so much more interesting than actually seeing it. Plus, this stuff is really just all setup for the ACTUAL story so why do we need these as films? What they should do is make new, original stories. This is why I personally can’t stand this whole ‘Skywalker saga’ nonsense. You have a galaxy with all sorts of species and planets, Jedi lore and Sith lore yet the hacks in charge just keep telling the same story over and over again. Do something different. Make a trilogy set centuries in the past or the future which shows us a different battle of good versus evil. The expanded material do this but the movies don’t and I think that is incredibly dull.
@@johnnyfreespeech5815 you act as if the concept of sequels and prequels are inherently boring. You wouldn’t have these complaints about wanting an entirely new story if these sequels and prequels had been done well. The failure is in their execution (for example poor acting in the prequels, or too many nostalgia echoes/no overarching plan in sequels), not the fact that they’re *extensions* of the same story. Something set centuries in the past or future could be done just as poorly. “The hacks in charge” are mostly Producers calling the shots instead of letting creative filmmakers do what they do from a place of genuine passion for the material.
TPM, to me, is the most unique Star Wars movie. It really did feel like you were looking into that "more civilized age" that Ben Kenobi talks about but also looking at the beginning of its corruption with the manipulation, militant corporate entities whose pockets fund the government, and the emergence of the Sith. Wonderful film.
I disagree that The Clone Wars (2008) helped the prequels in any way. It doesn't really expand on the prequels because the Clone Wars Multimedia Project already had been doing that and TCW just retcons most of that with worst material, I'll never pardon what TCW did to Quinlan, Barriss and Greivous. If ever I want to experience the clone war in a cinematic format I'll just watch Clone Wars (2003).
Saw it yesterday. Cinema was packed, we all knew what we were getting, and you know what? It was great! The film is ten times better on the big screen with audience. And i realized for the first time that the themes of sadness, seperation and joy are very palpable. We had a blast, guaranteed. 2/3stayed until the credits were off.
I just started college in 2002, and everyone I knew was into midnight showings of Episode 2, and doing the same for LOTR. As a Culture, we need to bring back those shared experiences
@@esbenm6544 True...but I havn't been to a midnight showing of anything since probably Return of the King. Media is taken in differently now...not like the Olden Days
I recall watching an interview of Jake Lloyd where he discusses his experience on the film, and he says there’s a 9-hour cut that he’s seen when he was younger but it’s forever locked away in the Lucasfilm vaults.
@@jessehcreative They still haven’t released the original pre-edited theatrical cuts of the original trilogy, so the chances of them releasing the unseen Ep1 footage is extremely unlikely unfortunately
Taking my nephew to see this later today, as seeing it in theaters is a core memory of mine. He has seen a lot of Star Wars stuff, but apparently he's never seen Phantom Menace.
@@CrispyHulk1 my nephew is 10, he seemed to enjoy the movie a lot. Laughed at Jar Jar Binks and seemed genuinely excited during the pod race and end battle. Glad I was able to take him to see it. Although I don’t enjoy any of the Disney Star Wars, I still thoroughly love the originals, prequels and old Expanded Universe.
I remember watching these as a kid and they always fascinated me, the prequels made the galaxy far far away feel truly big and alive. It felt like an actual, different world than our own. It was incredible. And I honestly quite enjoy all the sides of it as I've gotten older and it's my favorite period, especially with the addition of the Clone Wars show too (though that was well down the line before I even knew it existed).
Okay. I'm going full geek here. Some of us did refer to the Emperor as Palpatine. Y'see, the Star Wars tabletop RPG (released years earlier) actually stated that the Emperor's name was Palpatine. Okay, going back to the basement now.
Yeah, "Emperor Palpatine" was definitely a known thing, but since it was never said in the films, a lot of people didn't know about it. I thought it was interesting talking with fans at the time who didn't know he would be the Emperor (and were even shocked when it happened in EP III). I kept my mouth shut so they could enjoy it in real time, lol
To give credit to Count Dooku, both the Clone wars and Tales of the Jedi really flesh him out too and they really drive home just how much Qui-Gong Jinn mattered not just to Anakin but to Dooku as well because Anakin lost a father and Dooku lost a son
You what I noticed just now? At the end of Episode 2, count Dooku just waltzes into Corusaunt on his ship without any hustle to meet Palpatine. So, before the empire, ships could just go anywhere without a serial number or anything. Everything past Episode 3 is really regulated. I dunno why I just thought about that but... 🤷
@@walrusArmageddon You know what I noticed coming out of Phantom Menace today, and I knew that Kiera Knightley was the double but even now there are still times I was going, wait, was that Natalie Portman or Kiera Knightley, and I'm talking when both are in the full Queen getup with the makeup and everything
@@Tadicuslegion78 a lot of that is because they dubbed natalie portman's voice over kiera's mouth, I am pretty sure. They look somewhat similar under the makeup, but Kiera's face is much longer and slimmer, and Natalie's is rounder. I knew pretty quickly into the movie that the switch had happened, but I was also 22 at the time. Of course, I knew who Natalie Portman was from the movie Leon, the Professional, but didn't know Kiera until Pirates 1 (never saw Bend it Like Beckham).
I was 9 when the phantom menace came out and it was an amazing experience seeing it in the theatre. I was hospitalized most of my childhood and the 1995 THX remaster original trilogy got me through a lot of it. George Lucas’ Star Wars will always hold a special place in my heart ❤️
Since Disney took over Star Wars I lost that magic feeling I would get when watching Star Wars. Recently I watched the prequels and originals again. I got that magic feeling again and it reminded me why I fell in love with Star Wars in the first place. That feeling will never be matched again.
The sequels were a mess, but that doesn't mean the prequels were good. There's good in there, but nostalgia has clouded how disappointing the Phantom Menace was. There were also things like the Ewoks movies (plural) and cartoon, the Droids cartoon, and the Holiday Special. Meanwhile, we now have Rogue1, Mando, Andor, and some of the shows/cartoons.
I grew up with the prequels, and Revenge of the Sith was and still is my favorite movie experience. Went to go see it on my 10th birthday on opening weekend and it was the first time going to the movies was an experience. The opening crawl started and the fans were cheering, it was just something I didn't know people did at the time. Ended up seeing ROTS 4 times in theaters as a kid and picked up the DVD immediately when it released. Just saw the re-release of Phantom Menace last night and though it was not a crowded theater, there were still cheers with the 20th Century Fox logo and opening crawl combo, and cheers whenever an audience member turned on their lightsaber. No one knew anyone's stance of whatever movie, it was refreshing just to be in a theater with people who loved Star Wars and nothing more. No internet squabbles here, just thunderous applause.
I specifically went my way to watch the movie last night in a crowded theater. It was so nice. Especially the applause at the end, opinions didn’t matter at that point, it was the experience that was worth sharing. I went my way to talk to the guy beside me who told me about dial up and how he had to have a T1 connection at the computer lab to get to download a crappy small video of the Episode I trailer. There was a guy in front of us who geeked out and talked to that dude about T1 connections and all his memories were flashing before his eyes. It was one of the only experiences where I had a nice interaction with a stranger.
@@SynthTerror dude, I still watch the prequels to this day and enjoy them. Maybe you didn't or don't like them and that's fine, but to say most movies people saw as kids are shitty is too broad and vague of a statement to be accurate. It's like saying The Lion King is a shitty movie because we watched it as kids, or How to Train Your Dragon is shitty because kids saw it a decade ago, or more recently the Spider-Verse films are shitty because kids have shitty tastes. Also, kids' tastes for entertainment doesn't automatically equal shitty, it's juvenille because the real world is boring to their imaginative minds. It's pretty narrow-minded to view all media primarily meant for children as an absolute rule that it will be shitty when those kids are older.
Of the prequels, I honestly think The Phantom Menace is my favourite of the three. Like the Clone Wars, Phantom Menace still makes use of a lot of practical sets and models and actually feels closer to the Original Trilogy in terms of tone, story beats and dialogue than the The Attack of the Clones and even Revenge of the Sith (and especially the sequels). Revenge of the Sith had an excessive amount of CGI (which makes sense, considering the scale of the war, but it made it feel less like the OG than the other prequel films). Also, the action and music was epic.
I feel the same way as TPM is shot on film and uses a lot of sets. Lucas decided to do more green screen in the next films plus shot on digital camera. He laid foundation for what we have today. It does not hold up as well but he broke that ground. The story and dialogue are hard to watch at times but at least the prequels are made by a creative guy and not a corporate house like the modern ones are. A new trailer just dropped and Disney will milk every corner between the existing films it can find… I can’t be bothered with it. That is why I give the prequels more praise now. It tried something new. Didn’t work at every level but at least it tried.
Saw this again in cinemas last night, I was in a state of childlike wonder for 2 and a half hours, the prequels were my Star Wars before I saw the OG, and even TPM contains more wonder and feels like star wars than anything released in the last 6 years
Prequels have good ideas but fumble a bit in executing them The entire concept of a Republic rotting to the point that it would rather vote itself into a dictatorship is pretty cool
John Williams's cue, "Duel of the Fates," with the London Symphony Orchestra, and the London singers, is one of my favorite cues of all time from Mr. Williams. John Williams wrote and incredible score that is becoming more and more rare today. Instead of music with strong themes, today, much of the music is ambiguous, with lots of electronic elements. Is it bad? No, that's just the trendy way of scoring films, today.
There are good soundtracks like what Trent Reznor did for Challengers is mindblowing but nothing like that old epic movie style nearer to Classical music than modern and made it feel more regal and classic.
It’s my 2nd favorite.. With Attack of the Clones being the 1st. Although that decision has changed, over the last coupla’ years because Revenge of the Sith used to be my no.1.
I've always enjoyed the prequels and to me, the best part about the prequels was the foundation it created for more Star Wars stuff to jump off of. From book to video games, to the amazing micro series Star Wars Clone Wars by Genndy Tartakovsky. Remember, without the prequels, we would not have Star Wars KOTOR 1 and 2.
See, I'm not sure I buy that the Prequels were the reason we got KOTOR. Multiple Star Wars video games were released every year in the 90's and early 2000's, some of which were great (ex. the "Dark Forces" series, the "Rogue Squadron" games for N64 and Game Cube, etc.) and nearly all of which were highly profitable. I think we would have gotten KOTOR no matter what...
I remember watching it as a kid in the theaters when it first came out. The moment I saw Darth Maul, I knew he was going to be a fan favorite. Phantom Menace had its flaws, but it still felt like a Star Wars universe.
The novel Plagueis does so much for this movie. Showing how the crisis of Naboo was manufactured and the initial stages of the clone wars. Loved the way how Plagueis and Sidious were manipulating events while the events of this movie were happening.
@@magnenoalex2Not really after Endor. Somehow Palpatine still returned and somehow made Luke evil. Don't care if its a short while and it was reversed. Luke's New Jedi Order also gets destroyed.......by a former Jedi Obi Wan left to die in Tatooine.... What in the actual f
@@memecliparchives2254 And then there's the Yuuzhan Vong, the least Star Wars thing in all of Star Wars. And Darth Caedus, who somehow managed to be an even bigger idiot than pre-Vader Anakin and a bigger a$$h0|3 than Palpatine. Still. The EU gave us Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy, KOTOR, and Kyle Katarn. If for no other reason than those, I still prefer the EU to Disney's.
Sooo much to love from the Phantom Menace... The beginning of the saga (1-6)... The greatest villain of all time... Shown as a young innocent child dreaming of a life bigger than himself... Young Obi-Wan coming to fruition as a Jedi Knight... A maverick Jedi in the form of Qui-Gon Jinn... The Podrace... The Jedi on Coruscant... MAUL AND DUEL OF THE FATES... And the greater meaning behind Duel of the Fates as well as the battle of Naboo (the symbiote circle etc...). I love this film 🖤🎥 Just watched it again today! Continuing on with the rest of the saga... 1-6 🖤🎥
" Phantom Menace " came out when I was 5 years old. My dad was a massive star wars fan. We saw it in theatres over 15 times so I'll always have near and dear nostalgia for it. while it's flawed, there's far more good than bad and I'm glad people have come around to acknowledging the great moments instead of just shitting all over it for the dumber moments
Disney really burned people out with the amount of content they put out since getting the IP. even if the content they put out was great its just way to much it doesn't feel special anymore. i know people who hate this movie that still rewatch it because it came out at a time when star wars felt special even bad star wars stuff. i loved the Mandalorian but i honestly don't ever feel the need to ever go back and rewatch it
I said this to my brother. The Sequel Trilogy is the Best thing thay ever happened to the Prequel Trilogy. It made a lot of people look back at the Prequel Trilogy in retrospect and realize the Prequel Trilogy wasn't the worst thing we could get.
I don't get it. People liked The Force Awakens and Rogue One, and The Last Jedi still has its fans. I'm not saying that excuses Rise of Skywalker, but were we supposed to start acting like all of the Disney Star Wars movies were bad?
@@Betta66True. For me the Force Awakens alone is better than all the prequel movies. Most fans just have hivemind complex when it comes to this stuff and are scared to say what they REALLY do and don’t like.
I have never watched StarWars but I'll tell you this much Jeremy, I was seated for this discussion. I like when passionate people share glimpses of their time and their era with something they enjoyed and as long as you talk about that you are always adding something to the conversation in my book.
I was 5 years old when The Phantom Menace came out so I don’t really remember the intense hype around the release date 🤷🏻♂️ But I did grew up watching it as a kid later on and I loved it and honestly still do to this day! Yeah the movie has its flaws but you can tell George Lucas was very passionate about the characters, the lore, the special effects, everything 👍🏻 It’s a movie that I honestly will gladly take over anything Disney has been doing with the franchise recently 🙅🏻♂️😅
I still have all the Phantom Menace pepsi cans with each character that I collected 25 years ago. I used to take a peak in the 12pk boxes to see if it had a character I needed. Last I checked, the full set was worth like $20.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I remember when, after Empire came out, all the unsubstantiated rumors that Lucas had 9 movies planned, 3 of which would be a prequel. Fans had never gotten an explanation, until then, why A New Hope was Episode 4. The excitement, considering the only updates we got were in ET Magazine or on Entertainment Tonight, was palpable. With everything now getting the saturation treatment in social media, I would love to go back in time and relive that excitement. You just gave me chills, my friend. Great video.
They weren't unsubstantiated rumors at all. Lucas made it clear in 1980 that there would be prequels and why he "changed" Star Wars to the title "A New Hope" Mark Hamill was even doing interviews to promote The Empire Strikes Back where he said they would be doing one more film and then George was planning to make Episodes 1 through 3. (Harrison Ford said "We're doing one more and then that's it for our characters.) And I even remember a news cast in New York where they put up a chart with 9 squares like a tic-tac-toe board and showed how the original films were 4 -6 and then they lit up 1 2 &3 and then they lit up 7 8 & 9 and said that Lucas was planning to do those three films after finishing the "prequels" (though they weren't called "the prequels" at that time.
Star Wars music will always hold a special place in my heart. My wife and I got married in December and we played Across the Stars after saying “I do”. It was a special day for sure……we had to kick out my devil of a mother-in-law & sister-in-law before the ceremony for assaulting a bridesmaid
Jake Loyd went to my high school a couple of years ahead of me and apparently people bullied him relentlessly because they hated the phantom menace. For reference, that school had about 5k students
@@jacobscarberry4799 yeah I don’t know why people blamed a guy who was like 6 at the time and didn’t haven’t any actual input on the movie’s writing or directing.
I feel a tiny bit responsible Gen X biggest crime is gatekeeping Star Wars probably and bullying Jake is unbelievable, and also Ahmed Best its all messed up.
again another amazing vid and also was an honor meeting u today at free comic book day ur truly an amazing dude and thanks for taking the time for me to geek out and hope u found ur paints u needed for 40k
I still remember waiting for hours in line at release I was only a kid I remember people wearing little Jedi robes and had anything lightsabers and kids battling out in the front of the theater before the show started. I loved it
George was and will always be the King of world building, he was exceptional at it, the problem is that he got too big when the prequels came around and he was surrounded by "yes" men who didn't critique and help him refine his scripts. The Revenge of the Sith is a testament to that because he actually had other people help him write it.
This yes men point has never, ever been proven. Seriously, read any behind the scenes book, the prequels basically had the same making of story as ESB and ROTJ. ANH is the only one that was a total trainwreck in terms of behind the scenes stuff because George didn't fund it and had Fox being assholes behind the scenes. And its funny you say "oh others helped him write Rots!" No, the only prequel with any non-george lucas script writing credits was AOTC.
A couple years ago I read a biography on George Lucas and when they get to the prequels, Lucas’s original plan was to do what he did with Empire and Jedi and have a director work with him while he did the script, and everyone he talked to say, naw, why don’t you direct it
As a kid, I absolutely loved the prequels. I didn't get a computer until middle school, and we didn't have internet until well after Revenge came out, so I was largely separated from the online discourse about them. When I started looking up forums and discussion boards, I was initially shocked at how poorly received the movies were. Sure, they were flawed, but I didn't quite understand why people were angry. But, being an impressionable young teenager, I took that anger to heart and made it my own. It was easy to be mad about how much of a letdown they were back then, because we didn't know how good we had it. For all the prequels' flaws, they were still pure creative endeavors driven by passion rather than profit. The dialogue wasn't the best and the acting was sometimes wooden, but there were moments that really carried through, and they told a cohesive story. What's more, the world behind them was solidly constructed with a clear vision. I don't blame Lucas for selling the rights to Disney. Now that I'm a little older and I've started making stuff myself, I absolutely know what it feels like to have someone look at your carefully crafted labor of love and turn their nose up at it. That hurts. Now we live in a world where our dissatisfaction led to corporate Star Wars, and we're all worse off for it. I didn't mind The Force Awakens. It felt a little bland, but it wasn't bad. The Last Jedi, for all its flaws, was the only one of the sequel movies that felt like a true artistic endeavor. It took risks and tried to take the series in directions it hadn't gone before, and I could appreciate that. Rise of Skywalker was bad, almost irredeemably so. Disney threw TLJ under the bus and we got an ending that no one was happy with. Would that trilogy have been any better in Lucas's hands? I'm inclined to think they would have been more cohesive, to be sure, but still probably flawed. He's an excellent worldbuilder and producer, but not a great director. I can say with confidence that they'd have been driven by passion rather than profit, if they happened at all. That has to count for something.
I disagree about the prequels not being driven by profit. The prevailing opinion is that George Lucas made the prequel trilogy, and to a lesser extent the Special Editions for the Original trilogy, because he renegotiated the cut he would get from toy sales. That’s why every background character got an action figure.
@@zacharykramer1240every film is driven in some regard to make a profit. The difference is that Lucas wanted to tell a story, and profit was secondary, whereas the Disney films were more about making a profit through the Star Wars movies
I was 24 when The Phantom Menace came out... I was a young GenXer who still had the OG trilogy fresh in his mind. The thing that solidified my appreciation for TPM (and the prequels in general) was the art direction. The ship and architectural designs had enough of a weathered look to tie it to the original Star Wars, but subtly hinted at how this era was the waning days of a "more civilized age." It had organic looking ships like the N1 starfighter and the beautiful city of Theed on Naboo. It was a neat contrast to, say, the X-Wings and Mos Eisley... new looks and settings, yet familiar all at the same time.
We're about the same age, I was 23. Did you like the movie? I was shocked and appalled, and spent so many days in 1999/2000 arguing with middle school and high school kids online about Phantom Menace vs the Originals. Man I felt so old back in 1999/2000, early internet days was dominated more by kids, it's not like today when you see 70 and 85 year olds online. But I was so young, but all the kids online back then made me feel like an old geezer. The look of the movie as you point out, was the one thing I admired. But I thought the story was a mess, as was the kiddie direction Lucas took it into.
@John-ct9zs Yeah, I liked it, even at the time. Honestly, I think that I kept my expectations lower than most for a couple of reasons: I realized that I was 24 years old and not the wide-eyed first grader walking out of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 with my parents like I'd just had a religious experience. I was sort of disappointed in AOTC, but I really liked ROTS. Disney era stuff is barely on my radar, but I liked Rougue One and Mandalorian.
by the end of prequels trilogy, i cared about the era and fall of jedi, a lot of things came into place, it made me CARE.. something i haven't felt in a while
Man, I couldn't agree more with everything you said. Particularly your thoughts on how Clone Wars immensely helped flesh out the prequels and seeing them through a new lens. Great video!
I was working Wizard's of the Coast retail store in Washington state at the time. They play the Phantom Menace trailer non stop. I was finally able watched in the movie theater back 1999 about a month after it came out. I was warned by coworkers to keep an opened mind. What the really meant was keep your expectations low. I did really enjoy it compared 4, 5, or 6. The edge that was Star Wars was lost on 1. I felt that way about the prequels. I prefer the OG movies. I have not watch 1,2, or 3 . in at least 10 years. Now I dig me some Clone Wars. I got both my sons into the Clone Wars!
I'll always love The Phantom Menace and the Prequels as a whole. To me they're just as amazing as the Originals. With regards to the dialogue and acting, the dialogue is the same as the Originals (see Everytime Star Wars Quotes Star Wars on here) and is used in George's films more like lyrics to a song. It's more used to move the plot along with various tones. He tells his stories visually first with music and sound effects. He cares more for the juxtapositions of images than dialogue. It's important but isn't at the same time like some other filmmakers. He's a more pure visual filmmaker versus a literary filmmaker. The acting is also more theatrical from the 1930's and 40's compared to method acting that is commonly used today. George prefers the old style. His style of filmmaking reflects a different sensibility that is less common in the mainstream. Once people see these things I find they begin to see even further what a great director and filmmaker he is. I'll always love and appreciate George. He gave me my childhood, my lifelong love of film, and countless other things!
