Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace 3D
I gave this film a positive review when it first came out. I was young; I was prone to huffing paint; I didn’t have my priorities straight. That, or this just felt better going down in the late ’90s. Or maybe seeing it in crap 3-D brings out the worst in the film. It’s a little harder to accept Jar Jar Binks when he’s coming at you in three (or, really, 2 1/2) dimensions. The 3-D sort of punches one’s eyeballs around, especially during the pod races, which now look blurry due to the 3-D retrofitting. Liam Neeson’s wig doesn’t benefit from the 3-D, either; it is far too vivid and obviously fake. The Darth Maul battle is still cool, but that’s about the only true enjoyment in this visually abrasive version. I am not excited about Attack of the Clones in 3-D. Not excited at all.
By Bob Grimm
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Credits
Director:
- George Lucas
Cast:
- Liam Neeson
- Ewan McGregor
- Natalie Portman
- Jake Lloyd
- Pernilla August
- Frank Oz
- Ian McDiarmid
- Oliver Ford Davies
- Hugh Quarshie
- Ahmed Best
- Samuel Jackson
- Ray Park
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Ralph Brown
- Terence Stamp
- Brian Blessed
- Sofia Coppola
- Kenny Baker
- Silas Carson
- Dhruv Chanchani
- Celia Imrie
- Anthony Daniels
- Andy Secombe
- Margaret Towner
- Oliver Walpole
- Kristina DaSilva
- Jerome Blake
- Steve Speirs
- Benedict Taylor
Writer:
- George Lucas
Producers:
- George Lucas
- Rick McCallum
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