bigmackdaddy
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Post by bigmackdaddy on Dec 15, 2007 19:19:31 GMT -5
Well?
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Jiren
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Post by Jiren on Dec 15, 2007 19:21:30 GMT -5
NO!!!!!
It's a piece of s***, while the Saber battle was awesome it can't save the film.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 15, 2007 19:23:42 GMT -5
anything with this in it doesn't deserve to be called Underrated, or Even rated.
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The Line
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Post by The Line on Dec 15, 2007 19:24:24 GMT -5
I loved it when it first came out.
Then I watched it again in June or July. I don't think I've ever seen a film that insults its hardcore fanbase's(which is the main fanbase for the franchise) intelligence. It was seriously like Star Wars crossed with Nick Jr.
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on Dec 15, 2007 19:26:57 GMT -5
I voted that it is not underrated but I wouldn't say it's a piece of crap either. I don't think most people go to that extreme. My personal feeling on it is that you could throw it away, and it wouldn't make much difference. You could've started with Episode II and nobody would know the difference. But the film still needs to be part of the saga to survive. Standing on its own there's just not enough there to support an entire movie. It was a waste.
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Post by Rube on Dec 15, 2007 19:27:51 GMT -5
No. It really is that bad. The kid and Jar Jar are unbearable.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 15, 2007 19:27:57 GMT -5
It's the one core SW film I have a hard time watching. It's really bad. It brings down the entire new Trilogy. Ep. II was ok, and I enjoyed III but this one is bad. The only saving graces were the pod race and Darth Maul. That dude was badass!!
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Dec 15, 2007 19:33:51 GMT -5
If weren't for that f***in kid I would love it. Jar Jar doesn't even bother me, but I want to hurt that kid
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Post by seano on Dec 15, 2007 19:39:15 GMT -5
For me, it's gone from "YAYYYYYYYS!!! STAR WARS MOVIE!!!!!!" to "Oh God why did I see that 7 time?" to "Meh" over the last 8 years.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Dec 15, 2007 19:42:36 GMT -5
I loved it when it first came out too (like most others in the collective "It's a new Star Wars movie!" vein).
Watching it now, it has its flaws but there are moments of greatness (Qui-Gon Jinn character, Darth Maul)
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 15, 2007 19:42:41 GMT -5
I-I....yeah, it sucked.
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The Line
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Post by The Line on Dec 15, 2007 19:45:17 GMT -5
I loved it when it first came out too (like most others in the collective "It's a new Star Wars movie!" vein). Watching it now, it has its flaws but there are moments of greatness (Qui-Gon Jinn character, Darth Maul) sadly, neither Qui-Gon or Darth were characters in eps. II or III.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 15, 2007 19:49:06 GMT -5
I feel sorry to a point for the Phantom Menace. There was no possible way in HELL it could EVER have made people happy.
Granted, George could have made it a little less.... Jar Jar, but people freak out over the whole movie. It had to set up something. And sometimes setting up a good story takes a while. When you look at it from the perspective that it's the beginning of an 18 hour Movie (watch all 6 as one movie) then it's actually pretty good.
All of this is pretending there is about 99% less jar Jar.
Although knowing that Jar Jar is in part responsible for the Empire rising to power has made my opinion on him less venomous in recient years.
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AriadosMan
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 15, 2007 19:52:47 GMT -5
Yes, if only because Devin's endless "George Lucas Raped My Childhood" rants have a way of making their intended targets look sympathetic. Devin is the film critics' equivalent of Shane Douglas.
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Post by trixiedust on Dec 15, 2007 20:07:25 GMT -5
Sucks.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 15, 2007 20:50:13 GMT -5
I can go as high as not as bad as I though after the first viewing but I can go no higher than that
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 15, 2007 21:00:32 GMT -5
It wasn't 'bad' as much as it was incredibly dull.
Ok, Jar Jar was bad.
And Lucas was in a tough spot, because he's making films where everyone knows the end before it even starts.
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Post by Sickfit, King Of The Fits on Dec 15, 2007 21:10:13 GMT -5
It was just...that kid.....so obnoxious....and terrible.
And so was Jar-Jar.
And the pod races were kind of stupid.
All and all, no.
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Post by -Lithium- on Dec 15, 2007 21:10:43 GMT -5
And Lucas was in a tough spot, because he's making films where everyone knows the end before it even starts. I was never a big Star Wars fan but knowing I could see Darth Vader be created was pretty much the only reason for me to actually go see Episode 3...
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Post by amsiraK on Dec 15, 2007 21:11:40 GMT -5
As Lucas basically used it as the launch point for whizzing all over the original movies... no. Not underrated.
And I'm not even looking in Jar-Jar's direction. Though he's symptomatic of the entire problem. TPM was supposed to be how he wanted to make the original movies. But he forgets that it's the human story, not the flash-bang effects, that made the first 3 watchable in the first place.
The kid was annoying. Jar-Jar was annoying. Padame was annoying. Darth Maul was disappointing. The only saving graces were Qui Gonn and Obi Wan. And one of 'em didn't make it to the end credits.
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