Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D has now been released to a world that has probably seen the film that many times they know it off by heart.. I remember that day when the original Star Wars was released in 1977, waiting in a queue for a film that was going to be something different and a film that would change Sci-Fi movies forever, followed by two sequels and three prequels, Star Wars still brings fans together for films that stand the test of time.
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Now Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D has been released in a converted 3D format, ok we know that The Phantom Menace isn’t the best in the Star Wars saga, but I suppose George Lucas decided that this time around he would release the films in episode order, rather than before in the original releases of episodes 4, 5 and 6 then 1,2 and 3.
Personally for me I would have liked A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and then Return Of The Jedi released first, but that could be something to do with that’s how I saw them first time around and yes I did see them in their original non-updated releases, which I do prefer!
So anyway, let’s get on to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D, as I said earlier this is probably the Star Wars film that gets a lot of criticism from film goers worldwide, on its original release the critics didn’t like it and poor Jar-Jar Binks came in with so much flak it was hard to believe that a character in a film could be so hated!
But besides that, we have to tip our imaginary hats to George Lucas for bringing the origin of the Star Wars saga to life, though it can be a little daft in places and hugely hated by the professional film reviewers (but hey what do they know anyway!).
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D – Blazing Minds Movie Review
So for this review I’m not going to review the film as new film, because it isn’t, I’m going to review the film on what it is, it’s a relaunch in 3D and that’s the point of the review!
Now I have always been one that will shun a converted 2D – 3D film, but as this is Star Wars, and I do love Star Wars, I did have to see the movie to see if George Lucas had pulled off the 3D conversion process or would it be another one of those films that even in 3D still seemed flat!
Wearing my Pod Racing 3D glasses and ready for a night out at @ApolloCinemas Rhyl, I sat with abated breath for the Star Wars introduction text to appear and get myself in to the Jedi mood, if all else failed I could succumb to the dark side of my Gingerbread latte.
So here we have a 2D converted movie and believe me you can tell, yes the film is in 3D but barely, most of the film still feels “flat” with only a few scenes showing off the depth that a true 3D film would show, which to be honest is very disappointing.
But you are bound to get this with a converted film, but being a Star Wars fan anyway I still enjoyed the experience, it was great to see Star Wars on the big screen again.
My hope now is that as technology advances through the next five years George Lucas will be able to make better Star Wars 3D conversions of the next five films in the Star Wars saga.
But for now, just enjoy seeing the film on the big screen with amazing sound and if you’ve never seen it on the big screen then it an added bonus.
Overall Rating For Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D
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Twitter: matthewkinsella
I am a huge Star Wars fan but when the phantom menace came out it almost destroyed my devotion to Star Wars forever. For that reason I won’t watch it again, whether it’s in 3D or not.
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But will you watch Episodes 4,5 and 6 in 3D?
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I was born in Sep’ 77 when the original Star Wars came out and was one who waited in line for 8 hours to get tickets to the Phantom Menace when it first came out. Though there was so much hatred around Jar-Jar Binks and Phantom Menace, I wasn’t disappointed and really liked how Ewan McGreggor portrayed a young Obi Wan.
I am actually such a fan I watch the Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network which does a great job filling in the gaps between The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith and in it’s last season shows how Anakam has been becoming darker and darker, already using force powers to choke opponents he is interrogating.
I didn’t watch the films in 3D because I knew older films cannot successfully be converted to true 3D, they must be shot that way to begin with. I am looking forward to The Hobbit which comes out at end of year and will be fully shot in 3D.
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Thanks for your input Justin, I had my Reviewer tickets to see the fillm and yes 2D – 3D conversation very rarely works, love the Clone Wars, been watching them myself, as for The Hobbit, December is too far away
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Karen, I did watch this trailer in HD. And I promise I’ll watch this series. Should I watch this from starting? As I told you I haven’t.
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If you are going to see the movies in the cinema in 3D then you’ll have to start with Episode 1, but for me personally with the DVDs, I like to watch episodes 4,5 and 6 and then go on to episodes 1,2 and 3
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I’m not sure I’ll watch in 3d or not. But thanks for your suggestion. I’ll follow the order you suggested. Thanks
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It’s sad I’ve never even seen star wars and when I was finally about to I lost my job and couldn’t rick spending any extra money. My friend has it on blue ray and I plan on borrowing it and spending a nice relaxing weekend on my couch.
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I hope you enjoy the Blu-Ray over the weekend Brian, don’t worry, life can only get better, specially with the way BlogEngage is moving along these days
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Yeah I’m pretty lucky Karen, but you know what, when we make it big, and huge, as I know we will because blog engage is an amazing community of members I won’t forget the ones that stuck around and helped make it what it is today.
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The same goes for me, if I ever get to famous, celebrity status
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Karen, just the other day, I was talking about the magic of the original Star Wars movie. There had been nothing like it. The technology was REAL. It had dirt on it and some was broken. The technology wasn’t the star, it was the background. And the worlds. A planet with two suns! Much more exciting, Science Fiction was suddenly a money maker. The great films to come. The Matrix! Movies that did what only my huge collection of science fiction books had done: transported me to a weird, otherworldly experience.
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Nicely said, I was blown away wit the original Star Wars movies, sadly all the ships in the prequels were surprisingly clean
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Oh man when I watch this movie, it is going to be awesome! I just cannot wait, Hope to get enough time to see it soon.
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Hope you enjoy it, but watch it for the experience of seeing Star Wars on the big screen more than watching it because it is in 3D
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Don’t get me wrong I grew up with the original Star Wars too and still love them to this day, but man that George Lucas doesn’t seem to want to give them up and call it quits. I am not a fan of making changes to the classics, but if all they are doing is converting from 2D to 3D I guess I could live with that. However, if you were disappointed by the lack of 3D I won’t be expecting too much. I would like to see what they can do with the 3 true early originals though.
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I do hope that by the time comes around for the originals that he doesn’t decide to add more stuff to them!
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went to see this last night with my little boy as he loves star wars,and had recently watched episodes 1,2 & 3 at home. we also watch clone wars and have various dvd’s with them on! i did feel that the 3D conversion didn’t add very much, aside from it being darker due to wearing the glasses! all the brightness & colour from the film get lost and dulled down. i’m not a fan really of this films for various reasons, from the annoying anakin (‘i know a great trick/ now that’s what i call pod racing’) to the midichlorian explanation, to the demented looking puppet yoda (though i was really pleased to see that has been edited out & a new CGI yoda matching the others is now in place) i will probably go and see the others when they come out, mainly so i can see on the big screen & share the enjoyment of them with my son as i did when i saw Return of the Jedi at the cinema with my mum when it was released.
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It is a shame that the colour is an issue, but this is down to using the Real 3D system, it would be brighter on an Active 3D system, but they are so expensive. I totally agree about Yoda and for me it was just great to see it on the big screen again, it’s going to be a long wait for episodes 4,5 and 6 though