review was terrible. it says that a positive is that 'we get to see the jedi for the first time' ! wtf!? it ends it by saying, it 'goes back to a galaxy that we thought we would never revisit again'. again, wtf!?!?
and it uses the old 'the OT had bad stuff too' argument.
save for the production values (which were apparently ripped-off from dinotopia), TPM is the worst movie ive ever seen (correction: a case can be made for transformers 3). as a kid, I still wouldn't have liked it because the movie is so damn boring, unless you really find jar jar funny. and 30 seconds of obi-wan vs darth maul.
and for all the talk about how it sets up the saga, I think thats the biggest failure of TPM. it hardly setup anything. maybe i shouldn't hold it against TPM for introducing crap like anakin making 3po, virgin birth and midicholorians - because thats more of a "PT-at-large" defect. but the toothpaste was out of the tube in that movie and irrevocably damaged sw.
and maybe thats the only reason TPM shouldn't be singled out for contempt because the entire PT was a failure in almost every aspect. Its just TPM came first.
maybe judging the PT movies need to come in 4 categories:
-filmmaking craft
-story
-storytelling
-character depth and relationships in its respective stage of the trilogy
example - ROTS probably has best story, but because of the awkward handling of anakins betrayl and stupid padme losing the will to live, the storytelling is not as good.
or AOTC has worst story cuz obi-wans detective story was lame, jango fett making clones was lame and anakin/padme romance was lame. But the filmmaking craft was the best.
or is the love story bad, or is the storytelling of love story bad because of stupid dialog and completely implausible character behaviors?
aw fuck it.