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Old 05-27-2009, 11:14 PM   #23
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The Phantom Menace is not nearly as bad as some will claim. It had impossibly high expectations.
It isn't as good as the original trilogy, but it's still a very fun movie.
I think it's important to realize it's so different because it's supposed to be. It's a good setup to the whole franchise, and has some great moments. The feel of the movie is right too.
Episode 1 is to the Original Trilogy as the civil war is to world war 2.

It captures a lot of the magic, and explores that. I think one of it's weaknesses is that it spends so much time dealing with that whole side of things, that it forgets the simple elements like swashbuckling.
It's very competently done though, and has some memorable characters.

Episode 2 was the real dissapointment though...
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