Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (DVD) Reviews

So, this is where it all begins! In 1999, twenty years after Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was first released at the cinema amidst a wave of fanatical behaviour, followed by episodes V and VI, George Lucas' considerable enterprise starts off the prequel trilogy with Episode I: A Phantom Menace. The film was eagerly anticipated for so long, with ...

The first of all the star wars films. George Lucas should have started with film. the story is based around the young aniken as he grows up with his family and how the sith take a part in the form of Darth Maul who should have been give a bigger part. Princess Armdela is also in this and young obi one plays a little part but the fight scene at ...

Well... After a gap of 16 years, George Lucas finally brought us what we'd been waiting for for what seemed like forever... MORE STAR WARS!!! The problem is that when it arrived, the anticipation of the original trilogy had given us too much to hope for. For some, The Phantom Menace was more of the escapism magic that Lucas had conjured ...

Bad - Advantages: The Duel Between Darth Maul and Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan - Disadvantages: Political, Action doesn't match up to original star wars movies

While a thrilling experience on its initial release, "The Phantom Menace" is one of those films that gets less exciting the more times you watch it (there are also those who say that the movie was rubbish, but those are the people who have been waiting for a long time for this or who wear Boba Fett costumes and go to Star Wars Convention ...

It was a bloody long wait, wasn't it? And away from all the hype and the expectancy, it remains to be seen whether anyone was actually pleased with the outcome. The first three Star Wars films (or last three, if you believe George Lucas' bizarre Episode numbering system and arrangement of prequels), dating back to the late ...

Anakin needs an enema - Advantages: Whole film and extras on the DVD, full of special efefcts and the sounds are good - Disadvantages: not much in the way of a story line

One of the nice things about Episode 2's release was that we could finally bury our disappointment at Episode 1's rambling narrative and Jamaican sidekicks and look at it with something approaching sanity and detachment. We marvelled at the cool wheelie robots and lightsabres, some of us foamed at the mouth with loathing for a certain ...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away , well 1978 to be exact , a phenomenal event took place. That was the release of Episode IV of the Star Wars saga. Now the craze is back with the release of Episode 1 which unmasks Super Villain Darth Vader and tells us how he started out as young boy called Anakin Skywalker. Along for the ride ...

After a long wait we get to see the first of the Star wars movies in DVD, well no the fisrt because the first to be made is the fourth in the saga, but never mind, fot those last three we´ll have to wait till 2006. The Phantom Menace is clearly an above average film compared to the other four that are available. But by itself it´s still a ...

Adding this DVD to my collection was definitely worth it for me. I knew I enjoyed the film and then only had to skim the many special features it contains to find out it was worth the purchase. If you're a fan of Starwars you will like this DVD. It has hours of extra footage including deleted scenes to help you learn more about the story, ...

In the 1970's, the talented writer/director invented the greatest three fantasy movies of all time, known as the Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars instantly became a classic. Brief Star Wars History An evil and oppressive empire ruled the known galaxy with an iron hand. This empire was virtualy invincible, and ...

The Phantom Menace is the first of three prequels to the Star Wars movies which graced our screens two decades ago. The army of fans which these movies had built up over the years is quite stunning so it is little wonder that the new set would be hyped into oblivion before they hit the screens and of course we all knew they would be huge box ...

TPM DVD is among the best at the moment, both for picture, features and sound quality. PICTURE: Fantastic quality throughtout, whichout any trace of pixelation or marks anywhere in the film. The only drawback i can see that it suffers at the hands of edge enhancement however this does not effect the picture much SOUND: both ...

THE FILM George Lucas' healthy respect for the mythic formula and heavy Campbell influences structures Episode with plenty of symbolic and mythological reference, only it is cheapened by a poor script and overdose of CGI. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) are caught up in an ...

George Lucas is a weird guy. He doesn't want to release the original Star Wars trilogy on DVD until all six films in the saga exist. That will be in 2005 at the earliest. But he is quite happy for The Phantom Menace -- the slighty disappointing first episode of the saga, released in 1999 -- to be immortalised on a shiny disc. So thank you ...

Let me just say that all week I've been waiting to write an opinion on the first Star Wars film to grace dvd. Sadly due to the sluggish way the post office are working in at the moment I didn't got my copy until yesterday which has resulted in a nights worth of dvd cramming! Ever since DVD entered the mainstream there has been a ...

Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace. Well it's taken a long time in coming, and was almost a dream come true for millions of fans and fanatics around the world when it arrived in US cinemas in May 1999. A lot has been said about the film, some people liking it, others disappointed by it. I'm going to do two things that are rare ...

This is the most fantastically presented DVD I have ever owned. Managing to get my self one before the release date was definitely worthwhile. The DVD box looks Star Wars, from the spine to the front cover and then... when you open it up. Phenomenal!! words can not describe how I felt as you look at the two discs. Its the best resented DVd ...

Attached the world recognised tag of Star Wars to almost any film and publicity is certainly guaranteed. But what comes with publicity is expectation. After 16 years since the last instalment graced our cinema screens, the expectation planted upon The Phantom Menace is so enormous that it would be impossible to come away from watching it and not ...