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Liam Neeson scoffs at his character's 'namby-pamby' death in “The Phantom Menace”: 'Please, hardly a Master Jedi'
The actor, who starred as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in 1999's Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, has admitted that he wasn't impressed with his character's climactic demise, which occurred during his intense duel with nasty Sith Lord Darth Maul (Ray Park).
The Phantom Menace also leaps to life in its handful of action set-pieces. Sure, maybe the pod-race goes on a bit too long, but the sense of speed, scale and bombastic sound throughout is still ...
But, despite what those criticisms might suggest, The Phantom Menace is frequently astonishing to look at. David Tattersall’s cinematography remains appallingly underrated.
Not everything in “The Phantom Menace” aged well, but that climactic duel is one of those scenes that can be watched and enjoyed over and over again. “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” will ...
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace turns 25 this month, having lived many lives through the pop culture discourse machine to where it's immortal in its polarization.
News stations are treating it like a breaking news event. On May 19, Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace hit theaters, the first movie of the franchise to be released in well over a decade.
Well, chronologically at least. 1999’s Star Wars The Phantom Menace was not without its share of critics, but it has since gotten its flowers along with the rest of the Prequels and particularly ...
In 1999, The Phantom Menace looked state-of-the-art. Even critics who didn’t care for its story praised its CGI. Today, it looks sterile and phony.
Ultimately, “The Phantom Menace” is a movie that spreads itself too thin, not committing itself to characters or politics, and thus, prioritizes reference over substance, symbol over meaning.
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