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Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menacegets a bad repp . Justifiably so for many ground , but it suffered thanks to the nostalgia trafficator we all had on for the original trilogy . Let ’s face it , Star Wars was always cooler than it was well . Cheesy dialogue , retroactive gimcrack , and squander badass antagonists going out like bitch were nothing new . At least Darth Maul manage to bolt down a independent type , unlike Boba Fett who managed to kill one of his own private eye and that ’s about it .
The worst thing the prequels did was waste what could have been the greatest origin story of all time ie . Anakin ’s , though that ’s more on the other 2 moving-picture show . Jar Jar Binx was an affront for sure , but he was n’t enough to envenom the intact film . In retrospect , Phantom Menacewas fashion more original than the C copy that wasThe Force Awakens , and had plenitude of pros to balance out the cons , and set a wad of precedents for the serial publication going forwards .
Better: Darth Maul
Not quite asbadassbut perhapseven coolerthan Darth Vader . Or vice versa depending on your definitions . In any case , Darth Maul remains one of the great movie villains despite not enunciate anything in any vocalization let alone James Earl Jones ' .
As well as his unique smell and lightsaber , he was the underdog in the climactic fight .
Worse: Darth Maul
But alas , like Boba Fett before him , was defeated far too easily , and it did n’t flirt nearly so well this time . After watching him defeat Qui - Gon and corner Obi - Wan like a party boss , we had to watch him stand still and do nothing to let Obi - Wan defeat him , which did n’t do either character judge .
Better: Visual Effects Quality
ILM has always been at the forefront of Visual Effects and dive into headfirst into the new wave of C.G.I. with Star Wars andThe Mummy .
The gist do n’t make up so well , but in the days beforeThe Lord of the Ringsno - one had ever seen anything like it , and the C.G.I. was used masterfully to enhance the fancied universe .
Worse: Visual Effects Execution
Having sound out that , the C.G.I. was overuse and spread far too slight , lead to many personal effects shots that look good but did n’t win over for reasons we could n’t quite put our finger on .
Despite unseamed Jedi fivesome droid fights in convincing greenscreen place setting , the tech was n’t there to allow the type interact with the environment , and the fights left zero scars on the droids or scenery . Everything was just too sportsmanlike .
Better: Action
One very notable improvement on the original trilogy was the lightsaber fights . They ’d improved byReturn of The Jedisure , but the prequels nurture the stripe with elaborately choreographed lightsaber duels that put the original Obi - Wan Vader duel to shame . Not that they were utter but they were certainly a square footstep in the proper direction .
Worse: Lucas' Creative Control
George Lucas famously used to bemoan the want of originative control manufacturer permit him . Well , he get what he wanted withthe prequels .
No longer could manufacturer question his expertise . And he now had more system of weights to throw around than the movie stars . Unfortunately , this moderate to hammy soulless dialogue and robotic performances . And Jar Jar , of course of action .
Better: Music
OnceJohn Williamsthrows down a main stem it of necessity becomes the firm iconography in any series . Man of Steelfelt hollow without it .
But unlikeJurassic WorldandThe Avengers Serieswho constantly fell back on their world - beat main themes , The Phantom Menace make for another stunning original score .
Worse: Stakes
One subject with prequelling is that we already know the fate of the chief characters , pee-pee most of them invincible , like Arthur Dent in theHitchhiker ’s Guidebooks .
contribute to that cheesy moments like Obi - Wan ’s victory over Darth Maul and the neural impulse to basically shoot a line up a death wizard every 2d movie and it never feel like the main characters are in any existent risk .
Better: Cast
Star Wars manage to ensnare a first - rate cast from the get - go , but come prequel metre the series quite rightly had their pick . The cast of Phantom Menace was astral , andEwan McGregoras Alec Guinness was a throw of wizard .
Worse: Performances
Harrison Ford once had the world power to turn his nose up at the hand and rewrite his dialogue , head to some of the most memorable telephone circuit in the franchise .
Unfortunately , the superpower of the actor fade as George ’s increase , leading to unbelievable characters and performances by not bad actors such asNatalie Portmanand Samuel L. Jackson .
