Best Review of Star Wars:Episode 1 EVAR!

It’s really interesting how all the hype around Avatar has drawn comparisons to the another “revolutionary” super-hyped sci-fi epic Star Wars: Episode One The Phantom Menace. I think it’s a very valid comparison in the marketing and buildup. Both were huge budgeted super secret films, shot in a revolutionary new way, where we were promised “to be whisked off to a far away galaxy, to see things we had never dreamed of seeing on the big screen.” Both were years in the making by a perfectionist auteur who would accept nothing less than his absolute vision. I remember having the same thoughts as I walked out of Avatar Friday night. But unlike Avatar you don’t have the fanboys renouncing their faith burning their Boba Fett bed sheets, like they did after spending an hour and a half with Jar-Jar Binks. I know personally after walking out of Episode One I lost quite a bit of respect for Lucas, which by Episode 3 had me feeling like an abused girlfriend, who fondly remember how good he was when he was he was The Empire Strikes Back.

I am not the only one who feels this way, there has been quite a few people drawing the same conclusions and thanks to that, I found the greatest review of Episode One ever. It’s a video review and clocks in at over 70 minutes spanning several parts on YouTube. But while it at times can be bizarre, it can also be spot on to the point of “why didn’t I notice that before?” My favorite part is his deconstruction of some of the web documentaries filmed during the production of Episode One(remember those?) where he notes the fear in people’s eyes when confronting Lucas about any decisions involving the production. Episode One was a completely “Independent” production, and Lucas had COMPLETE creative control and we learn how when no one will tell you your ideas sucks; the ideas can get pretty bad. Like when they show the faces of Lucas and his trusted inner circle when he first screened Episode One, they knew that someone should have told him the whole Midi-chlorians thing was a load of BS. I think enough time has passed that we can look objectively at this film and it’s legacy and no matter how creative you are sometimes you need to have an auditor, in case you decide to go basing all your characters on racial stereo-types. So enjoy and be warned some dialog maybe NSFW, so turn you speakers down first.