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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8941236" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>I have also had the experience of re-starting on Star Wars as I watch it with my kids. If had to describe The Phantom Menace in one word it would be: goofy.</p><p></p><p>I'll agree that the spectacle of Star Wars was definitely upheld in TPM. The special effects mostly hold up. Pod racing is exciting. Lots of lightsabers. But part of the magic of A New Hope was that it wasn't just a splashy special effects romp. Under the veneer, it was a solid adventure story. OTOH, when you look under the shiny bits and at the fundamental story of The Phantom Menace its just, well, bizarre. Lots of jumping around to random locations. People show up and disappear. The tone is all over the place. Things happen in TPM because the narrative demands they happen, not because it makes any logical sense in terms of a plot.</p><p></p><p>But it really is the goofiness that stood out to me. Young Anakin pulls some Little Rascal hijinks to wind up in a starfighter and does "fun tricks" that end up accidentally blowing up a trade federation mothership. Jar Jar took takes down battle droids by stomping his feet around in random directions to fire lasers with deathly precision. Tatooine is a tough world of slavery, but it's the fun kind of slavery where kids still build hot rods in their garage with friends. And as fun as pod racing is, it's basically on par with Speed Racer in terms of realism.</p><p></p><p>Comparing that to the drama of Luke blowing up the Death Star or the battle of Hoth, TPM is barely in the same genre. Even compared to the ewoks in Return of the Jedi, TPM is a joke (that's somehow built around complex intergalactic politics).</p><p></p><p>The funny thing is that the kids were first introduced to Jar Jar and other elements of The Phantom Menace from Lego Star Wars before the movie. The were viewing it from a POV of slapstick and cartoons. And from that POV, it was exactly what they expected to see. So they took the goofiness in stride without question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8941236, member: 7808"] I have also had the experience of re-starting on Star Wars as I watch it with my kids. If had to describe The Phantom Menace in one word it would be: goofy. I'll agree that the spectacle of Star Wars was definitely upheld in TPM. The special effects mostly hold up. Pod racing is exciting. Lots of lightsabers. But part of the magic of A New Hope was that it wasn't just a splashy special effects romp. Under the veneer, it was a solid adventure story. OTOH, when you look under the shiny bits and at the fundamental story of The Phantom Menace its just, well, bizarre. Lots of jumping around to random locations. People show up and disappear. The tone is all over the place. Things happen in TPM because the narrative demands they happen, not because it makes any logical sense in terms of a plot. But it really is the goofiness that stood out to me. Young Anakin pulls some Little Rascal hijinks to wind up in a starfighter and does "fun tricks" that end up accidentally blowing up a trade federation mothership. Jar Jar took takes down battle droids by stomping his feet around in random directions to fire lasers with deathly precision. Tatooine is a tough world of slavery, but it's the fun kind of slavery where kids still build hot rods in their garage with friends. And as fun as pod racing is, it's basically on par with Speed Racer in terms of realism. Comparing that to the drama of Luke blowing up the Death Star or the battle of Hoth, TPM is barely in the same genre. Even compared to the ewoks in Return of the Jedi, TPM is a joke (that's somehow built around complex intergalactic politics). The funny thing is that the kids were first introduced to Jar Jar and other elements of The Phantom Menace from Lego Star Wars before the movie. The were viewing it from a POV of slapstick and cartoons. And from that POV, it was exactly what they expected to see. So they took the goofiness in stride without question. [/QUOTE]
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