Is it nostalgia?
Is it nostalgia?
It's boring but at least it makes sense. I like the podrace and the last 15 minutes.
Lets be honest here, audience scores on RT mean nothing just like the critic scores for any film made this decade.
The darth maul/jedi fights in the desert and at the end were the best part of TPM the rest was filler although tpm is still far superior than the rancid garbage fanfiction disney puts out.
It was the biggest film ever…
Liam Neeson should have been Obi-wan Kenobi, and Ewan McGregor be Anakin.
Spoken as someone who left his star wars passion on the floor of The Phantom Menace premiere, the movie with those cast reversal would have been a better insight in future developments than the whole War of the Clones affair.
The jedi should have been brought down because of corruption, by honest Anakin and Sheev. Only later, the burden of all the galaxies dirt would have made them realize they had been turned into villains in the eyes of the peons.
Don't change Sheev's character you fuck he was the very best part of the prequels. Apart from Natalie Portman's midriff You can't just make him a Machiavellian ruler otherwise it ruins his entire character. I mean I'll be the first that as soon as he shows himself as a Sith he just becomes great. There is such a simple joy to get from a man who is so happy to just be evil.
That's material for a sequel, I'm strictly talking about TPM. If the celebrations on Naboo were shocked by terrorist attacks and Sheev was pulled out, struggling to believe the good Republic had this kind of rot inside, I think it would have laid down his future path better.
Afterwards in a sequel, you can focus on his progressive loss of contact with normalfag morality. It would have been reciprocal, relating to the growing resentment against the Republic. Anakin and Sheev would evolve into villains independently and with different milestones, signaled by their decaying appearance.
No, it's the best Star Wars film and the best fantasy/science fiction kino too.
If I'm ever feeling nostalgic for the moment my enthusiasm for Star Wars was killed, I'm sure I will make a beeline for The Phantom Menace.