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M Jackson
Professor
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Another wonderful (yet horribly under-rated) film!
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ShineFusion
Professor
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Yep that's another one. Everytime those flappy ears appeared on Screen it sent shivers up my spine causing an eruption of tears.
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M Jackson
Professor
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Originally posted by fromage: What was so good about Episode 1? I mean, I did not like matrix reloaded at all but I can understand why some people did.
But episode 1 made me feel like Lucas was laughing at me. I can't understand why so many people don't like The Phantom Menace. I remember going to see it for the first time in the cinema with my family and friends and I left spellbound. We all enjoyed it alot. Then I remember being completly confused when I started hearing so much negative feedback, did they see the same film as me!? Just because lots of people found Jar Jar anoying, they write off the whole film! For the record i've never had a problem with Jar Jar, I know it's become this kind of cult fanboy tradition to diss Jar Jar, but i'm not going to say I hate him just for the hell of it because I don't! When the film came out on DVD (several years after the 1999 theatrical release) people started to look at the film in a fresh frame of mind, away from the hype. Episode 1 is rated as a 4 star film by most books and magazines, and appears on many top sci-fi film polls. Empire magazine, the worlds most respected film magazine rates The Phantom Menace as a 4 star film and I totally agree. It's not perfect, the middle section drags slightly (although it's vital to the plot) and not all the characters are given much chance to say or do interesting things (Ewan McGregor spends most of the time looking over Liam Nessons shoulder). But the podrace, and lightsaber battle are some of the greatest moments in the entire Star Wars saga. I love the scene in Watto's junk shop when Anakin first meets Padme. "Are you an angel?" he asks. It's such an inocent thing to say. But it's also undermined by that feeling of inevitabiltity and tradgedy. By meeting each other, both characters have started on the path that will ultimatly lead to their doom, and the rise of the Empire. I think the people who didn't like the film were just mad that they were no longer 12 years old, and it's no longer 1977. Can you honestly say that if the Phantom Menace had come out first instead of Star Wars: A New Hope that you would have the same negative opinion. If so. then I think you're lying. In 20 years time when the people who were 12 in 1999 look book on the film it will be viewed as a classic, and in the same league as the original trilogy. I've seen it many times and I'll probably see it many more times. It's exciting, fun, inventive, and contains some of the best music and visual effect ever! Ignore the sad, and obsessive complaints from a small group of hardcore geeks, and make your own mind up about the film!
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ShineFusion
Professor
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I've got another 2 to add to my list of movies i cried in. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Donnie Darko
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~FazeShift~
Moderator
DOOP Ubersecretary
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Originally posted by M Jackson:*Ginormous post* Hear hear!! Agreed on the saber battles especially, but Jar Jar was a little annoying. Didn't stop me from buying the DVD and failing miserably to find the special 'THX 1138' blooper reel thing on it.
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Andrew Tom
Crustacean
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So am I the only one who shed a tear at the end of Godfather part 2, during the flashback?
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Donnie Zoido
Crustacean
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Terminator 2,Donnie Darko, Chasing Amy.
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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Yeah, I also cried in Return of the King, but not only at the end, also with Theoden's last words and when Arwen has a vision of Aragorn playing with their future son with that beautiful music on the background.
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spacepilot3000
Starship Captain
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« Reply #182 on: 01-12-2004 17:54 »
« Last Edit on: 01-12-2004 17:54 »
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I cried during Titanic, I also cried during the first and third installments of Lord Of The Rings In no 1. when Gandalf fell off the bridge of Kazadune, and when Borimir died.
In No. 3. When the soliders were marching toward Gondor and Pippen was singing a song. And last but not least: The Matrix Revolutions.
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GOD
Crustacean
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I cried at Monty Python and the holy grail
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Pitt Clemens
Urban Legend
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DOUBLE POST! Originally posted by FryBender3000: End of Evangelion, when Asuka dies, than again when Misato dies...
Cries... You're out of line mister! First Misato dies, THEN Asuka.
EoE for me: Shinji:*Cries* Asuka: You disgust me. [The end] Pitt:*Cries* Fuck you, Hideaki Anno.
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