Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7)

RedLetterMedia · 11.5M views · 2012-04-10 · 10:00

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Overview

The first of seven parts of RedLetterMedia's long review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. It argues that the film's central flaw is its characters and the lack of audience connection.

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HN commenters recommend it as sharp film criticism and a lesson in filmmaking, and cite it when arguing the prequels failed on basics.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2010–2022

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What people said

raspo · 2022-09 · Strong recommendation
For people who are confused by this, Red Letter Media is a youtube channel that does movie reviews. I have been following them for over ten years and thanks to them I have learned a lot about movies, actors, directors and movie making in general. They have a very particular sense of humor, very dark and full of sarcasm; they like to troll their own audience and don’t care about what youtube wants. They respect my intelligence and never asked me to like and subscribe (unless it’s a joke) and for that, I like them even more. Some video recommendations: - Phantom Menace review - what they are most famous for ( [VIDEO] ) - Jack and Jill - my personal favorite ( [LINK] ) - Bruce Willis fake movie factory - more recent ( [LINK] ) - Scientist Man Explains Terminator: Genisys ( [LINK] ) - Prometheus ( [LINK] )
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smnscu · 2016-05 · Strong recommendation
In case you haven't watched Mr Plinkett's Star Wars reviews, they're the best in the business, and go down hard on George Lucas. [VIDEO]
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everyone · 2015-12 · Criticism
The Phantom menace failed to achieve many basic elements of film. This 7 part review will explain it [VIDEO] or just watch this bit here. Which highlights the soap opera style blocking.. goto 1:20:40 [LINK]
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