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YodaFan67
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Are The Prequels That Bad?
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9-Aug-2017, 2:27 PM

I was sick yesterday, (got my wisdom teeth out), so I watched The Phantom Menace, probably my favourtie of the prequels (not saying much). It was worse than I remember. The whole film lacks energy. It seems bored with itself. The force is bored, Obi-wan is bored, Qui-gon is in the midst of galactic turmoil but doesn’t care, Anakin’s whole life is getting turned around and all he does is shed a few alligator tears for his mom. The nemoidians don’t seem to care much either; I’m not even sure what’s at stake for them. The Jedis seem bored and uninterested as well. Anakin is “dangerous”, whatever that means, but Yoda says “eh, we’ll train him, whatever”.

Jabba the Hutt falling asleep at the podrace is basically an apt metaphor for the whole movie. It’s own characters don’t seem to care about the events taking place.

Anyway, rant over.

There was one thing that Phantom Menace had going for it–the special effects. The practical sets used in the movie look pretty good. Scenes like the podrace, Naboo, all look fantastic.

Too bad George decided to ditch it all and go full on videogame by the time Attack of the Clones rolled around.