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    bonniegrrl: Is it just me or does this sound like a very long kidnapper ransom call? more »
    Faintdreams: He makes some salient points, shame that the toilet and unfunny attempts at humour (a woman bound in the basement really?) stopped me watching during ... more »
    SeeingI: He starts to touch on this question when he ponders the inanity of a slave boy building a protocol droid to help his slave Mom around the house, but t... more »
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Listen: I don't owe George Lucas a damn thing. Even if I had some kind of responsibility to like him, or to be sympathetic to him, or to support him... more »
    allium: Paul Krugman is the only expert in intergalactic trade who's also a Jedi Knight. more »
    d_r_e: If his voice wasn't so annoying (which I know it's supposed to be) then I think I could enjoy this. Everyone seems to really enjoy the review, but I j... more »
    Fedaykin: Simon Pegg tweeted this shit out - it is HILARIOUS!! But more importantly, it is so correct... as I watched it I thought, "I know... Somehow I've alwa... more »
    Allen_Richards: This thing has been going around the net for a week or so and I've been avoiding it, and not 10 minutes ago I find out I know the guy who put it toget... more »
    Loserface: So, I watched like a minute of this and I don't think I can get through it. It just makes me angry as filmmaker... NOT because Episode 1 is admittedly... more »
    JimBonJovi: I like the very end of part 6: "You said it brother. Wait, YOU said that?!" This review is the greatest work of Star Wars fandom that I've ever seen. more »
    Paul_Is_Drunk: I only wanted to watch a little bit when I first got this, but I ended up watching the whole thing in one sitting. I've gotten very analytical about ... more »
    PlanetExpress: This thing is hilarious! And also a great breakdown of storytelling gone awry. I actually watched a couple sections more than once/ Anyone can post... more »
    Elijah: I thought I'd watch a few minutes and be done, but the strange combination of salient criticism, bizarre asides, and the Buffalo Bill voice is goddamn... more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Watch his review of First Contact. It is well researched and thoroughly hilarious. Its only about 40 minutes. more »
    Ged: I don't get it. Why would someone not only publish a review half as long as the movie itself, but do so 10(!) years after said movie was released. Eve... more »
    gods-n-clods: This is a thoughtful and dead-on analysis. If you bear with the comedy, the payoff is some actual poignancy. The looks on those faces after they watch... more »
    byers: As the driving force behind the original movies, Lucas probably gave at least half the people on this site some of the greatest movie moments of their... more »
    dermot: One of the best lines: "The characters of Qui Gonn Jinn and Obi Wan Kenobi should have been merged into a single character, called.....Obi Wan Kenobi... more »
    BadUncle: A little too much schtick. But still, hilarious. To the litany of complaints, I'd add the inclusion of characters from the original movies in the preq... more »
    Lincolnsbeard33: I really love how he uses the interviews and behind the scenes footage. "Special effects are really just a tool a means to help tell the story... A s... more »
  • #starwars

    70-Minute Review of Phantom Menace Is The Only Prequel I'm Ever Watching Again

    This astounding Phantom Menace video review has been making the rounds, and for good reason. This wickedly brutal analysis splits the film wide open, with clever edits and behind the scenes footage including Lucas' melt down at a PM screening. More »
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