The phantom menace
Publicado em , por macaco
It is a sacred day.
It’s the day that the Phantom Menace opens, and the day I am going to see it for the first time ever.
Thanks to the tranquilizers I’m on, I’m quite calm, but still, filled with atecipation. I can barely begin to imagine what it’s going to be like to see a new Star Wars movie after all these years.
Expect a detailed report later on…. and may the force be with you!
Later….
Well, this pushed the happiness bar for today to the top!
What a treat! Star Wars, Episode I, the Phantom Menace simply kicked butt. The sets are absolutely astounding, the effects are out of this world or should I say galaxy?), and seeing two Jedis in action with their lightsabers is simply too much for a fanatic like me.
I was a bit disappointed by a few things though. Firstly, the movie took 5 months to open here, so I pretty much knew the whole story by the time I actually sat down and saw it.
Then, and this is more movie-related, I think there was someting lacking… I can’t quite explain. But I suppose there was a lot of indefinition in the characters and that Qui Gon was a bit of a waste of time. If Lucas came here to tell the story so we could understand the past behind the three movies already made, then why come up with a main character that has no continuity (meaning, he dies at the end)? I would much rather have liked to see Obi Wan take on a leading role, making it more interesting as a developing character for Episode II.
As a last complaint I’d like to ask for more space in the next movies please… this *is* Star Wars, but someone seemed to have forgotten about the space, there’s but one space battle in which we don’t really get to know the types of fighters involved and all that. The hi-tech centre piece of the movie is the pod race, which is set on land… I think everyone missed the x-wings and TIE fighters whizzing by at incredible speed spitting blaster rays and the Millennium Falcon doing stunts… there just isn’t enough of that.
On the other hand, there is quite a lot furious light saber action, which is a definite plus! Even so…. and even the whole fighting style has been MUCH improved, I still think the final battle between Luke and Vader in “Return of the Jedi” has much more drama to it. There isn’t so much spinning and whirling, but there’s more fury and strenght.
Oh, a small embarrassin note… the whole theatre cheered and applauded when Obi Wan chops Darth Maul in two… I can’t believe it… :/
Anyway, I’m going to see it again next week! Don’t get the wrong impression, I LOVED the movie, it’s fantastic, even Jar Jar Binks wasn’t all THAT bad, it’s just that I think my expectations were set waaaaaaaay to high.
