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 TH-cam 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.
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.
@@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?
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!
Definitely had a HUGE connection to star wars because I would watch it all the time with my dad Sorry for your loss but glad you can remember him in moments like this
@@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.
@@leecroft1983 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
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.
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.
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.
What i say about the PT a masterpiece of story construction and world building but an absolute failure in terms of execution. The ST is a masterpiece of film making (the production part) and a disastrous failure of story and world building.
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.
...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!
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.
No THIS is excactly it, The hate started on TH-cam by a yotuber who didn’t like the prequels, they made it funny and entertaining so other TH-camrs 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 TH-cam 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
@@or2130what? The prequels were absolutely hated when they came out. If the TH-camr you're referring to is RLM, those videos came out years after the movies came out. The movies are only popular because of the cultural zeitgeist they started
@@sammyjuarez7136 not where I was from, everyone loved them…maybe they weren’t dressing up like jar jar for Halloween but that’s about it. I will say this though, because ppl seem to forget, the generation that grew up watching the Disney remakes 5-10 years from now will show up in droves in the comment sections defending them. And it won’t be popular to bash them anymore, the same with the prequels
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 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
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!
@@davidplavallee "It provided no tension!" whines hacks like Mike Stoklarsehole and Chris Cuckman. Yeah morons. That was the fucking point! These are the Jedi at their peak. There isn't supposed to be any tension until Darth Maul shows up and goes toe-to-toe with Qui-Gon.
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 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
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.
Cuz he's a hater. He followed the trend of shitting on George Lucas at the time. I knew Disney would fuck it up and Jeremy still praised Disney up untill the last hour while shitting on Lucas.
@@daviddennen7479oh come on. Poeple can change their mind. For example, I used to like them as a kid, but now I recognise that they are flawed with horribal editing choices, wooden acting, terrible diaoluge, tonal inconsistency and unfunny jokes with jaja, simplistic themes explored in a non subtle way (tho all Star Wars other then maybe Andor is like this)
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.
@@Babinho95 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.
Was absolutely phenomenal seeing this in the movie theater again. I took my kids and it was awesome to share this experience with them. They loved it, I loved it, it was a moment and I'm so glad for it.
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.
@@HULK-HOGAN1 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.
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.
Just remember, it was the "fans" that drove George Lucas to sell away *his* creation to Disney after the "fans" utterly destroyed Lucas for "being a hack." And all of a sudden, people are like, "Oh ... they weren't that bad." The Star Wars fanbase is the freaking worst.
No no no - the prequels are still bad. The Disney-sequels are just a different style of bad… the _corporate boardroom infused with DEI_ -bad. The fans gave Lucas the feedback for the prequels his creative staff gave him when he made the OT - when he still had to yield and he couldn’t make all the decisions by himself. It’s pretty well established even the original SW was basically saved in editing, and basically against George’s will. The pushback should have been there when the prequels were made - from the other people involved with making those movies! Yes, the “prequel hate” was kind of all funneled at George, much like thanks for the OT was when those came out - it’s the nature of the beast.
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
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 always loved TPM, from day one, even though I was of the OT generation having seen the first one in '77 aged 11. But the Prequels I got to watch with my own kids ... an amazing gift! But when I rewatched TPM in cinema just a couple of days ago I was amazed by how fresh it still felt (despite seeing it a thousand times on dvd and streaming) , well put together it felt, how well it held up, how wizard the pod race still was and how amazingly brim-full of creativity it is. My appreciation for it has grown over the decades, even though I already liked it in 1999. When the end credits rolled last Friday evening, at the VUE in Leicester Sq, London ... there was audience applause in the theatre.
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).
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 ❤️
Never hated the prequels. Facepalmed at Jar Jar and his pals and some other lower points, but otherwise loved them. Then got to love them even more when, in the wake of their success, we got KOTOR.
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.
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.
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”
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.
when I saw the phantom menace at midnight on premiere night, it was something else. At the end of the movie, my friend turned to me and said "i am a jedi" - people just want to fall in love with star wars again. we need a new hope
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
I was six years old when i saw phantom menace, about to turn seven. Probably the greatest thing I had ever seen then. The plot, didn’t matter, i was only four years or so removed from diapers. The action scenes were exactly what I wanted. The special effects seemed ground breaking. Seeing not just two jedi and two sith but an army of jedi was pretty sweet. And darth maul, being probably my favorite villain ever. Since then it is still great, but come on, revenge of the sith is probably my favorite star wars ever.
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).
The Clone Wars ruined Dooku. Tales of the Jedi saved him. I just wish Christopher Lee had been around for that last hurrah because it was the only time Dave Filoni ever did Dooku properly.
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
I always loved the prequels, I went through a short phase of prequel hate years later after watching video reviews bashing them, then I re-watched them and realised that all my hate was me parroting back what people were telling me to think and as I watched it again with my yard stick, rather than the yard stick of the hate trains. I rediscovered my love for these movies. My restored appreciation for these movies was solidified when I watched it with the commentary shortly after rediscovering them. I recommend listening to George Lucas's commentary tracks on these movies as I feel it really adds incite on what he was going for and for me gave a lot more depth and context for everything.
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.
Prequels are like being married to someone - first you liked them because they were cool and more surface level appreciation But over time you grow to learn and embrace the flaws about them while having a deeper appreciation for what they truly are. I liked them before, i have a deep love for them now
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Prequels were my childhood. I was 13/14 in theaters watching Phantom Menace. I remember the time of the Prequel Hate and I always defended those movies. Pod racing was awesome, the Droid army was awesome, light saber fights were awesome, collecting Coke cans was awesome.
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.
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.
One of the best sword fights ever in cinema. Those guys put so much effort into that fight sequence. In an interview Ewan McGregor talks about it, typically in a fight scene they go through the motions then they speed it up to make it look like a real fight. For that sword fight they actually had to slow it down because those two where going to fast to see it clearly. Amazing dedication, and it shows on screen.
I was just a wee lad when the prequels came out, so they were pretty much my introduction to SW, and I loved them. I saw the OT afterward and loved them, too. As I got older, a lot of the issues of the prequels became more apparent to me, and although I still enjoyed them, and I actually have grown almost more fond of them. There's some bad dialog and Jar Jar Binks, but there's also incredible world building, a top-notch political story, and some of the coolest fight choreography in cinematic history. Thanks to Disney, they are some of the best Star Wars films in the franchise.
I always loved the prequels. I was 8 when The Phantom Menace released, but 9 when I saw it. I grew up with them, and so I wasn't victim to the mentality of not liking them, because "they were different from what I grew up with". I massively respect George Lucas for telling the story he wanted to tell and doing something different, rather than just copying the success he had previously.
More than anything, I loved how Ep 1-3 were able to bring exhilaratingly new concepts to the Star Wars table while never buckling under the weight of the original trilogy’s lore demands. (Almost) everything was polished so well. Lightsaber fights were so much better. The Emperor was written with absolute genius. Podracing, starfighter battles, and so much more… Then Clone Wars (TV) came and created character developments we never knew we needed. Clones were actually human. Characters had important nuance that made them feel more important. Remember the moment when Anakin was about to leave for Coruscant, and you knew it was the last time we would see him before the fall? I wholeheartedly believe that the prequel trilogy deserves its place next to the originals just as much as the Disney trilogy deserves to be impaled on a pole and lifted up as a warning to all future SW creators.
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 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.
The Podrace scene and the final duel with Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul are still awesome to see these days. Episode I is flawed when compaired to the original trilogy, but...I can say to myself that I still enjoy this movie a lot more than one of the sequel movies.
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
I remember I had classmates who called in sick or skipped school on the day the movie came out, and me and my friends all went out to the local cinema to watch it. I remember loving it at the time, but I soured on it over the years. Although considering how flawed the Disney sequels were, Episode 1 is better than all of them except for Rogue One.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Your video sums up my opinions about TPM. I watched it again about a year ago with all the new lenses you described and your reaction was the same as mine: flawed for sure, but with a solid foundation and a cohesive story. And honestly, as a movie, it was pretty well constructed. I liked 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 watch the Skywalker Saga every year....all six movies worth." Well played, sir.
Well played indeed although it was called the 'Complete Saga' before the dark times, before Disney.
He had me laughing so hard when he said that. Haha.
Well played sir.
Was looking for this comment, you did not disappoint! 😂😅
And he didn’t even give any nods or eyewinks. It’s not a joke, it’s a fact.
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 TH-cam 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.
That just further highlights how underdeveloped and underutilized the character was.
@@leithaziz2716nobody has time for a kids show dude
2D character unfortunately
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.
You could eliminate the first 2 prequels and it would be a better story 🤣
No way. @@donovan4222
Took me 3 days to download this trailer back in '99. Totally worth it
I remember having to wait forever for that thing to download and that trailer was magic!
OG ".MOV" files... 🥲
Took me a day to download the South Park parody of TPM. Have that song still stuck in my head lol
Hahaha I remember doing this as well.
Dial-up modem... got cut off when someone phoned and my parents picked up.
Can't beleive I would ever miss the time there was limited Star Wars content.
You are like Doug Walker lol. There was not limited Star Wars content at this time.
@@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?
@@D0CBEE You are making no sense man lol
@@D0CBEE You have no idea about the books do you?
@randomiser2267
Books aren't films and most people well never read them.
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!
Haha what a class memory!
Definitely had a HUGE connection to star wars because I would watch it all the time with my dad
Sorry for your loss but glad you can remember him in moments like this
I'm upset about the assassination. Han is not immortal, human, but the way he departed is a travesty.
It’s nice seeing the life and joy back in Jeremy’s eyes again while talking about Star Wars. All 6 of them
Are you including or excluding the sequels
Add Rogue One.
@@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.
3 through 8 are the ones I would rewatch personally.
@@leecroft1983 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
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.
Seeing it in theaters for the first time since 99 was amazing. Is it perfect? No, but I feel like it’s aging nicely.
Yeah, although it could have been paced and presented better, Palpatine's political manipulation was a cool part of the prequel era
It takes him about five minutes to do it by asking a teenager. Death Note couldn't have done better
Trash in 1999, still trash in 2024
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.
Yes me too... I saw Star Wars in 1977 and I saw the Phantom menace in 1999--The Prequels is a real example of real talent and real heart
Because theyre borderline terrible….
@@Skeletal33 theyre not
@@Skeletal33 The prequels is the best Star Wars absolutely 100 percent and I do know that many fans out there will disagree
The marketing for it was next level
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.
I agree, 1999 was the last really great year for American movies.
All great movies.....except for episode 1
Was it like a sense of "this will be a good last year before the 2000 apocalypse"? Lol
the crow is getting re released may 29th and 30th for the 30th anniversary, jeremy better review it !
Jesus it's such contrast to the trash movies in recent years. Haven't had a good year for cinema like that in a long time.
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.
Agreed.
I've always said George was an elite storyteller. Horrible script writer.
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.
@@kingkiller5325 what character arc does Padme get if you can even call her a character
What i say about the PT a masterpiece of story construction and world building but an absolute failure in terms of execution. The ST is a masterpiece of film making (the production part) and a disastrous failure of story and world building.
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.
Man you make me feel old first finding his Iron Man 2 review back in 10th grade grade in 2010 😂😭
Phantom Menace was pretty hardcore. Finally got to see what a lightsaber can actually do.
...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.
@@SabiJDit's fine to be wrong.
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 Disney Star Wars is just shit
@@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!
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
Such a great story! I was only about thirteen, but I'm taking my kiddo to see it tomorrow as well.
No doubt the Rodent House appreciates your contribution to their coffers, attacking OG fans like they’re so wont to do.
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!
You are a good dad. I hope you have a blast!
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.
"I still say they're flawed, but it doesn't matter."
This is exactly it.
No THIS is excactly it, The hate started on TH-cam by a yotuber who didn’t like the prequels, they made it funny and entertaining so other TH-camrs 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 TH-cam 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
Best line
@@or2130 Critics hated the movie when it released.
@@or2130what? The prequels were absolutely hated when they came out. If the TH-camr you're referring to is RLM, those videos came out years after the movies came out. The movies are only popular because of the cultural zeitgeist they started
@@sammyjuarez7136 not where I was from, everyone loved them…maybe they weren’t dressing up like jar jar for Halloween but that’s about it. I will say this though, because ppl seem to forget, the generation that grew up watching the Disney remakes 5-10 years from now will show up in droves in the comment sections defending them. And it won’t be popular to bash them anymore, the same with the prequels
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.
I worked at Kmart at the time. I'll never forget the hype around the merchandising and toys. We'll never see anything like it ever again.
@@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
You stole Obi-wan's money?? How dare you, sir!
@@MrBlue3rdi worked at KB Toys that summer to get the new Phantom Wave figuress
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
The Clone Wars is great, but that doesn't make the prequel movies better.
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.
legend 👍
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!
Pun intended?
@@DamianHowardTV 😅 no
“We will not survive this.”
@@davidplavallee "It provided no tension!" whines hacks like Mike Stoklarsehole and Chris Cuckman. Yeah morons. That was the fucking point! These are the Jedi at their peak. There isn't supposed to be any tension until Darth Maul shows up and goes toe-to-toe with Qui-Gon.
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 😂.
Oh!! When the double lightsaber ignited!
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.
I doubt he would like the new content. It’s crap.
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.
I never get tired of talking about Star Wars. Thanks for covering it. May the Force be with you Jeremy.
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
While we were all thrashing the films, Ian was having a blast. And I don't blame him. He's so good at hamming it up.
"Sheev" lmaoooi
His name is just Palpatine that sheev crap is garbage Disney fanfic
@@Syfcobra8549 wrong opinion
@@Syfcobra8549 lmao bruh - touch some grass man
@@Syfcobra8549
his name "Sheev" came into play before Disney bought Lucasfilm.
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.
2 weeks? can only imagine the stench
And the movie was so bad
But then the movie started...
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.
My buddy and I were sitting in my car waiting to hear the release of Dual of the Fates on the radio. Such a good memory.
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.
Agreed. I love how much freedom Lucas gave to the artists to come up with so many ideas and push technology to the brink.
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.
George is great when it comes to World Building and Episode I showcased it perfectly.
It was all stolen from "Dinotopia", a series of books that Lucasfilm considered making into a film but Lucas had other ideas. Look it up.
Just saw it in theaters last night. Hearing Dual of the Fates in theater surround sound was well worth the price of admission
Jeremy it truly warms my heart to see how much you’ve changed your stance
Cuz he's a hater. He followed the trend of shitting on George Lucas at the time. I knew Disney would fuck it up and Jeremy still praised Disney up untill the last hour while shitting on Lucas.
@@daviddennen7479oh come on. Poeple can change their mind. For example, I used to like them as a kid, but now I recognise that they are flawed with horribal editing choices, wooden acting, terrible diaoluge, tonal inconsistency and unfunny jokes with jaja, simplistic themes explored in a non subtle way (tho all Star Wars other then maybe Andor is like this)
"I watch the entire Skywalker Saga ..All 6 of them" 😂😂😊Gold mate, and you are not alone my friend
Clown
I caught that as well. It was a good slieght towards the sequel trilogy.
I watch all 6 of them too, except I leave off the dogshit boring prequels.
I wonder what are Jeremy's thoughts on The Force Awakens today. He gave it an "awesometacular" and was his #1 movie of that year.
He literally loved 6 and 7 both when they came out. Dude is spineless and just saying this to appease you goofs.
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.
Don't care! 😊
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.
@@Babinho95 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.
Was absolutely phenomenal seeing this in the movie theater again. I took my kids and it was awesome to share this experience with them. They loved it, I loved it, it was a moment and I'm so glad for it.
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.
I've banned my nephew from watching disney Star Wars. I'm taking him to watch TPM too
@@HULK-HOGAN1 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.
@@greenirez2798Honestly I’m glad there will still be some kids who enjoy these movies rather than the sludge nowadays. Thank you guys lol
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.
Just remember, it was the "fans" that drove George Lucas to sell away *his* creation to Disney after the "fans" utterly destroyed Lucas for "being a hack."
And all of a sudden, people are like, "Oh ... they weren't that bad."
The Star Wars fanbase is the freaking worst.
That is so true. Post presequel trilogy, fans wanted him to sell Star Wars.
Even when TFA came out, prequel haters used that as the benchmark for what the prequels SHOULD have been. So funny to think about now.
@@loansharks47 Funny, yet sad.
I would NEVER be a director for ANYTHING related to Star Wars. It's a recipe for trauma.
Don't look at me, I think it turned to shit when the ball of green snot, talking like fozzi bear on opium, turned up.
No no no - the prequels are still bad. The Disney-sequels are just a different style of bad… the _corporate boardroom infused with DEI_ -bad.
The fans gave Lucas the feedback for the prequels his creative staff gave him when he made the OT - when he still had to yield and he couldn’t make all the decisions by himself. It’s pretty well established even the original SW was basically saved in editing, and basically against George’s will.
The pushback should have been there when the prequels were made - from the other people involved with making those movies! Yes, the “prequel hate” was kind of all funneled at George, much like thanks for the OT was when those came out - it’s the nature of the beast.
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
It happens automatically if there's something good. But the prequel trilogy is not that good. It rode the coattails of the originals.
@@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
Bro, your MCU: Endgame though?
@@Ruddline I mean yeah...yeah, I never went to a midnight showing for that. But, it was a pretty big cultural event.
ya'll forgot about Barbie, oppenheimer, and Avatar?
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 always loved TPM, from day one, even though I was of the OT generation having seen the first one in '77 aged 11. But the Prequels I got to watch with my own kids ... an amazing gift! But when I rewatched TPM in cinema just a couple of days ago I was amazed by how fresh it still felt (despite seeing it a thousand times on dvd and streaming) , well put together it felt, how well it held up, how wizard the pod race still was and how amazingly brim-full of creativity it is. My appreciation for it has grown over the decades, even though I already liked it in 1999.
When the end credits rolled last Friday evening, at the VUE in Leicester Sq, London ... there was audience applause in the theatre.
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).
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 ❤️
Never hated the prequels. Facepalmed at Jar Jar and his pals and some other lower points, but otherwise loved them. Then got to love them even more when, in the wake of their success, we got KOTOR.
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.
You mean "somehow" wasn't a great explanation for Palpatine to return?? Best explanation ever! 😅
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.
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.
Thanks for sharing that. Saw it last night with two nephews, and it was a blast!
I saw phantom menace when I was 5 it was the first movie I ever saw in a theater , I remember that it was crazy packed
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.
Most movies we see as children aren't good movies. We all know this right? Kids have shitty tastes
@@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.
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”
Duel of the fates is still the best thing Star Wars has ever done
It elevated the battle to another level. John Williams is the 🐐
Battle of the Heroes is DEFINITELY up there
A Hero Falls also from Revenge of the Sith
@@josephaaron4985and across the stars
Nah amn if it's music it's battle of heroes
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.
Why the EU continuity is goated
@@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.
@@magnenoalex2 because it makes the prequels decent?
when I saw the phantom menace at midnight on premiere night, it was something else. At the end of the movie, my friend turned to me and said "i am a jedi" - people just want to fall in love with star wars again. we need a new hope
25 years??? Holy shit. It doesn’t even feel THAT long ago. I’m 29 and vividly remember watching this in theaters with my uncle
Same age, vividly remember Attack of the Clones in theaters. Saw Phantom Menace on VHS, but Phantom Menace is definitely the better one!
Same age
“If you haven’t seen that then let me welcome you to Earth” had me dying 😂
After that line I expected him to punch us like Will Smith in Independence Day
@@reventon_4442 foreshadowing in a way
@@jwr2904 How so?
Episode 1 will always have a special place in my heart! I was 9 years old and my mind was blown away! So much fun!
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.
They could release a miniseries with that cut
@@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
Damn , is it already 25 years passed? It feels like it was yesterday when i was hyped as child waiting to see this new Star wars movie. Time does fly
Don't care what you think 😊
@@nolancho and I don't care about you not caring 😂
I was six years old when i saw phantom menace, about to turn seven. Probably the greatest thing I had ever seen then. The plot, didn’t matter, i was only four years or so removed from diapers. The action scenes were exactly what I wanted. The special effects seemed ground breaking. Seeing not just two jedi and two sith but an army of jedi was pretty sweet. And darth maul, being probably my favorite villain ever. Since then it is still great, but come on, revenge of the sith is probably my favorite star wars ever.
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).
The Clone Wars ruined Dooku. Tales of the Jedi saved him. I just wish Christopher Lee had been around for that last hurrah because it was the only time Dave Filoni ever did Dooku properly.
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.
Take care 🫡
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
Man I just wish Star Wars could come up with a card or board game that actually met success and wasn't canned.
I enjoyed the D20 RPG….and the CCG card game….and early Star Wars Galaxies….you are among friends
@@MattKayser Not true, the Imperial officers called him Emperor Palpatine once or twice in the OT.
I always loved the prequels, I went through a short phase of prequel hate years later after watching video reviews bashing them, then I re-watched them and realised that all my hate was me parroting back what people were telling me to think and as I watched it again with my yard stick, rather than the yard stick of the hate trains. I rediscovered my love for these movies. My restored appreciation for these movies was solidified when I watched it with the commentary shortly after rediscovering them. I recommend listening to George Lucas's commentary tracks on these movies as I feel it really adds incite on what he was going for and for me gave a lot more depth and context for everything.
that radio impersonation is spot on!
This man is talented!
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.
Prequels are like being married to someone - first you liked them because they were cool and more surface level appreciation
But over time you grow to learn and embrace the flaws about them while having a deeper appreciation for what they truly are.
I liked them before, i have a deep love for them now
I used to remember your old passion for Star Wars and I’m just happy that you’re at least willing to talk about it again.
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 can't believe it's been 25 years of the release The Phantom Menace. It's my fourth favorite movie of Star Wars.
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.
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.
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
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.
Prequels were my childhood. I was 13/14 in theaters watching Phantom Menace. I remember the time of the Prequel Hate and I always defended those movies. Pod racing was awesome, the Droid army was awesome, light saber fights were awesome, collecting Coke cans was awesome.
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.
I get it from watching the animated stuff and Andor, but a lot of the live action stuff doesn’t have that magic that Lucas’ films have.
A fair amount of the disney shows are quite good. Just ignore the films and you are fine.
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.
Disney is the best thing that happened to star wars since 1977
I think it’ll take George Lucas’ sequel trilogy to regain that magic again. To some degree, at least.
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.
You forget the main piece of technical uniformity it has with the Originals, the fact that it was the only entry of the trilogy that was shot on film.
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.
One of the best sword fights ever in cinema. Those guys put so much effort into that fight sequence. In an interview Ewan McGregor talks about it, typically in a fight scene they go through the motions then they speed it up to make it look like a real fight. For that sword fight they actually had to slow it down because those two where going to fast to see it clearly. Amazing dedication, and it shows on screen.
I saw it on the big screen rather than TV for the first time yesterday and it blew me away
Right? It was awesome and this time I paid attention to the plot and it still made sense, I don't get all the hate, it's a classic.
@@drewescobar3847 Totally
When phantom menace was released it was closer to the first Star Wars release then we are closer to the release of phantom menace, Times flying!
I was just a wee lad when the prequels came out, so they were pretty much my introduction to SW, and I loved them. I saw the OT afterward and loved them, too. As I got older, a lot of the issues of the prequels became more apparent to me, and although I still enjoyed them, and I actually have grown almost more fond of them. There's some bad dialog and Jar Jar Binks, but there's also incredible world building, a top-notch political story, and some of the coolest fight choreography in cinematic history. Thanks to Disney, they are some of the best Star Wars films in the franchise.
Now this is pod racing!
Let's try spinning! That's a good trick
@@josephaaron4985 I love those lines. Never bothered me, personally.
My testies hide in my body when I hear that line
25 years later I still hate it... for me it's on the level of Canto Bight, over the top ridiculous and mostly pointless...
At first I thought it was pog racing
Years ago.😄
I will always die on the hill that Phantom Menace is a fantastic Star Wars movie
I always loved the prequels. I was 8 when The Phantom Menace released, but 9 when I saw it. I grew up with them, and so I wasn't victim to the mentality of not liking them, because "they were different from what I grew up with". I massively respect George Lucas for telling the story he wanted to tell and doing something different, rather than just copying the success he had previously.
An Austin Powers 2 VHS Flex?!?! On Star Wars Day?!?!? How dare you sir!!!!
He got away in that rocket that looks like a giant-
@@WH250398 -Chewy! Pay attention! We almost hit that fighter that looks like a long-
@@anthonyfrancois-ospinaDick? Is it you?
Thanks Jeremy, may the force be with you.
More than anything, I loved how Ep 1-3 were able to bring exhilaratingly new concepts to the Star Wars table while never buckling under the weight of the original trilogy’s lore demands.
(Almost) everything was polished so well. Lightsaber fights were so much better. The Emperor was written with absolute genius. Podracing, starfighter battles, and so much more…
Then Clone Wars (TV) came and created character developments we never knew we needed. Clones were actually human. Characters had important nuance that made them feel more important. Remember the moment when Anakin was about to leave for Coruscant, and you knew it was the last time we would see him before the fall?
I wholeheartedly believe that the prequel trilogy deserves its place next to the originals just as much as the Disney trilogy deserves to be impaled on a pole and lifted up as a warning to all future SW creators.
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...
So the best part about the prequels is that is actually led to good material?
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.
Im a 90's baby and until recently (probably 5 years) The Phantom Menace was my fave prequel. I always loved the trade federation scenes 😅
"All six movies worth." Indeed, sir. Indeed.
😂
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.
wtf
The Podrace scene and the final duel with Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul are still awesome to see these days. Episode I is flawed when compaired to the original trilogy, but...I can say to myself that I still enjoy this movie a lot more than one of the sequel movies.
watching it in theaters again was like going back to 99, wish I could go back and witness the hype again
The best thing about the sequels is that they make you realize the prequels aren't that bad.
And neither are the Sequels..........NOT
True... When you eat turds, the rotten food you normally eat don't seem so bad either . I still prefer fresh, chef-prepared food though
They are *that* bad. It's just that the sequels are even more that bad.
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
Prequels had a purpose
I remember I had classmates who called in sick or skipped school on the day the movie came out, and me and my friends all went out to the local cinema to watch it. I remember loving it at the time, but I soured on it over the years. Although considering how flawed the Disney sequels were, Episode 1 is better than all of them except for Rogue One.
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 🖤🎥
Loved it then as a kid, love it now as an adult. I watch the prequel movies at least once a year
"They're still a product of true passion and imagination from someone who actually loved and respected the characters." Wow, this is truly it.
" 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
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
I remember the 1977 Star Wars in theatres. Not the opening, because nobody had heard of it. But about a week after it opened.
I loved the prequels, never even watched the 1st 3. 😂
They're the reason why I got into Star Wars in 1999 when I was 14.
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.
Except Lucas took much of it from Dune.
I think only Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), can top Lucas when it comes to world building
@@HilversumbornIf we're including literature just look up the amount world building Tolkien was able to cram in the History of Middle Earth.
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
"prequel hating era" "all six movies" - its like poetry...
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
The hype before Phantom and the hype before Force awakens were incredible
That’s the thing. They were both flawed as movies, but participating in the experience was a lot of fun!
1000 years from now the dual of the fates will still be concidered epic
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.
The Naboo Star fighter is the most stunning ship in SW. Not surprising as it came from the most stunning planet in the series.
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.
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.
Your video sums up my opinions about TPM. I watched it again about a year ago with all the new lenses you described and your reaction was the same as mine: flawed for sure, but with a solid foundation and a cohesive story. And honestly, as a movie, it was pretty well constructed.
I liked it 😊
This is why I’m glad Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy is finally getting a lot of love over the years. Those were god tire movies for cinema. 🎬
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.
Yup.
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.