Phantom Menace 3D
Discussion
Has anyone who saw it the first time round been to seen this?
Kids wanted to see it and it was as crap as I remember the first time round but made worse by the 3D treatment.
Congratulations George, it now looks worse than a dodgy DVD bought in a pub and the sound reminded me of my transistor radio that I owned in the 70s. In fact it was worse.
At least the kids liked it.
Kids wanted to see it and it was as crap as I remember the first time round but made worse by the 3D treatment.
Congratulations George, it now looks worse than a dodgy DVD bought in a pub and the sound reminded me of my transistor radio that I owned in the 70s. In fact it was worse.
At least the kids liked it.
Yep. I'm a massive Star Wars fan; my then-fiancee, now wife and I actually flew to New York to see The Phantom Menace originally because it opened in May 1999 over there versus a few months later over here.
Enjoyed it at the time, but watching it again with my 6 year old the other day, I couldn't help noticing how boring a lot of it was, with tedious blockade this, discuss that in the senate etc. For a kid's movie, it had far too much boring dialogue.
And George Lucas has stated in interviews that he didn't want the 3D to be the "poke you in the eye" type, where stuff comes out of the screen, but wanted the backgrounds to have depth.
But the overall effect is, why bother?
And funnily enough the sound level at our local "optimised" digital screen was far too low for impact. It all sounded (and looked) much better on my projector at home.
I don't know what feedback and audience figures have been, but I would be surprised if this does well enough to merit converting all 5 of the other films.
Enjoyed it at the time, but watching it again with my 6 year old the other day, I couldn't help noticing how boring a lot of it was, with tedious blockade this, discuss that in the senate etc. For a kid's movie, it had far too much boring dialogue.
And George Lucas has stated in interviews that he didn't want the 3D to be the "poke you in the eye" type, where stuff comes out of the screen, but wanted the backgrounds to have depth.
But the overall effect is, why bother?
And funnily enough the sound level at our local "optimised" digital screen was far too low for impact. It all sounded (and looked) much better on my projector at home.
I don't know what feedback and audience figures have been, but I would be surprised if this does well enough to merit converting all 5 of the other films.
Godzilla said:
Yep. I'm a massive Star Wars fan; my then-fiancee, now wife and I actually flew to New York to see The Phantom Menace originally because it opened in May 1999 over there versus a few months later over here.
Enjoyed it at the time, but watching it again with my 6 year old the other day, I couldn't help noticing how boring a lot of it was, with tedious blockade this, discuss that in the senate etc. For a kid's movie, it had far too much boring dialogue.
And George Lucas has stated in interviews that he didn't want the 3D to be the "poke you in the eye" type, where stuff comes out of the screen, but wanted the backgrounds to have depth.
But the overall effect is, why bother?
And funnily enough the sound level at our local "optimised" digital screen was far too low for impact. It all sounded (and looked) much better on my projector at home.
I don't know what feedback and audience figures have been, but I would be surprised if this does well enough to merit converting all 5 of the other films.
It'll be a shame if that's the case as my son will be a similar age to me when the 'first' one came out. I was looking forward to continuing the tradition.Enjoyed it at the time, but watching it again with my 6 year old the other day, I couldn't help noticing how boring a lot of it was, with tedious blockade this, discuss that in the senate etc. For a kid's movie, it had far too much boring dialogue.
And George Lucas has stated in interviews that he didn't want the 3D to be the "poke you in the eye" type, where stuff comes out of the screen, but wanted the backgrounds to have depth.
But the overall effect is, why bother?
And funnily enough the sound level at our local "optimised" digital screen was far too low for impact. It all sounded (and looked) much better on my projector at home.
I don't know what feedback and audience figures have been, but I would be surprised if this does well enough to merit converting all 5 of the other films.
Went to see it Sunday. Forgot how pants it is. 3D didn't do anything for it, it's was really only one of those 'half 3d' films where the background just looks a bit deeper.
Couldn't believe it was around 2.5 hours long! Wanted to leave when I remembered fully what actually happened in the film - hadnt seen it since it first came out in the cinema.
And it was £13!
Couldn't believe it was around 2.5 hours long! Wanted to leave when I remembered fully what actually happened in the film - hadnt seen it since it first came out in the cinema.
And it was £13!
Yes, this mornings audience were Mums with lots of sub 5 year old kids holding light sabres. To think it used to be us geeks in our 30s back then 
My 6 year old curled up straight away and slept through most of the film but my 9 year old boy absolutely loved it.
I wanted to sleep too but the kid behind me spent the whole 2 and a half hours kicking my seat despite several 'chats' with his mother.
Made the Pod Race more realistic tho'.
The alternative was Chipmunks the Squeequal. Shudder!
My 6 year old curled up straight away and slept through most of the film but my 9 year old boy absolutely loved it.
I wanted to sleep too but the kid behind me spent the whole 2 and a half hours kicking my seat despite several 'chats' with his mother.
Made the Pod Race more realistic tho'.
The alternative was Chipmunks the Squeequal. Shudder!
croyde said:
Yes, this mornings audience were Mums with lots of sub 5 year old kids holding light sabres. To think it used to be us geeks in our 30s back then
My 6 year old curled up straight away and slept through most of the film but my 9 year old boy absolutely loved it.
I wanted to sleep too but the kid behind me spent the whole 2 and a half hours kicking my seat despite several 'chats' with his mother.
Made the Pod Race more realistic tho'.
The alternative was Chipmunks the Squeequal. Shudder!
How the Mighty are fallen when Star Wars gets mentioned as an alternative to Alvin and the sodding Chipmunks...My 6 year old curled up straight away and slept through most of the film but my 9 year old boy absolutely loved it.
I wanted to sleep too but the kid behind me spent the whole 2 and a half hours kicking my seat despite several 'chats' with his mother.
Made the Pod Race more realistic tho'.
The alternative was Chipmunks the Squeequal. Shudder!
For shame
vescaegg said:
Went to see it Sunday. Forgot how pants it is. 3D didn't do anything for it, it's was really only one of those 'half 3d' films where the background just looks a bit deeper.
Couldn't believe it was around 2.5 hours long! Wanted to leave when I remembered fully what actually happened in the film - hadnt seen it since it first came out in the cinema.
And it was £13!
Shame they charged full price for half/crap 3D. Couldn't believe it was around 2.5 hours long! Wanted to leave when I remembered fully what actually happened in the film - hadnt seen it since it first came out in the cinema.
And it was £13!
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