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The Phantom Menace Review

  • Video
  • 2009
  • 1h 9m
IMDb RATING
9.4/10
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The Phantom Menace Review (2009)
ParodyComedy

A serial killer decides to poorly dissect the critically acclaimed Star Wars prequels to determine their TRUE "flaws".A serial killer decides to poorly dissect the critically acclaimed Star Wars prequels to determine their TRUE "flaws".A serial killer decides to poorly dissect the critically acclaimed Star Wars prequels to determine their TRUE "flaws".

  • Director
    • Mike Stoklasa
  • Writer
    • Mike Stoklasa
  • Stars
    • Mike Stoklasa
    • Jocelyn Ridgely
    • Pernilla August
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  • IMDb RATING
    9.4/10
    2.4K
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    • Director
      • Mike Stoklasa
    • Writer
      • Mike Stoklasa
    • Stars
      • Mike Stoklasa
      • Jocelyn Ridgely
      • Pernilla August
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Mike Stoklasa
    Mike Stoklasa
    • Plinkett
    Jocelyn Ridgely
    • Nadine
    Pernilla August
    Pernilla August
    • Shmi Skywalker
    • (archive footage)
    Jay Bauman
    • Self
    Gillian Bellinger
    Gillian Bellinger
    • Self
    Ahmed Best
    Ahmed Best
    • Jar Jar Binks
    • (archive footage)
    Rich Evans
    Rich Evans
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    George Lucas
    George Lucas
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rick McCallum
    Rick McCallum
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jack Packard
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    Hugh Quarshie
    Hugh Quarshie
    • Captain Panaka
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    10Dabnation1738

    Best Film Review of all time

    Although there is a lot of humor, which can often been extremely dark, you can tell very clearly that the main goal of the review isn't to make you laugh, it's to inform you. The humor serves as an effective way of keeping you interested and engaged for 70 minutes.

    Stoklasa clearly has a great knowledge of film and he displays it here by thoroughly breaking down every element of the film to convey why he believes it was so awful.

    It's entertaining and informative.
    1mduhn

    Immature and Amateurish

    What we have here is an amateurish, purile, biased, incompetent, bordering on parody with a bad voice-over and interspersed with horrid "sketches" video posing as an in-depth analysis of an actual professional film by a bunch of wannabe filmmakers who could never write, direct or act in anything remotely praiseworthy.

    The video is full of lies, be it clips taken out of context and edited to suit the narrative, interviews with their best friends acting as "random fans" to support the false narrative, and genuine ineptitude to properly analyse films that are beyond their artistic means. The critiques are pure drivel from a bunch of cinematically illiterate YouTuber reviewers, and NOT real film critics.

    The coward "acting" in the role of "Mr. Plinkett" is also a Star Trek fanboy and not a Star Wars fan, so keep that in mind. And the whole premise of these Prequel-bashing videos are totally invalidated by watching the behind-the-scenes featurettes, not to mention the blatant praise given to the cashgrab, artistically bankrupt, retro reboots that makes up the Sequel Trilogy that "Mr. Plinkett" loves.
    10martinpersson97

    Acquired comedy

    These are of course the infamous documentaries that truly put into words in pretty good fashion what the problems with the prequels were.

    It might appear odd to review a Youtube documentary on IMDb, but I feel that it went a bit beyond that and actually delved more into the professional docu/mockumentary area.

    It can of course appear to be a little too spiteful, which I don't really condone - but at the same time, Redlettermedia brilliantly made it a character so that they could really maximizd the satire and go overboard with the hate - whilst still providing some good points.

    I would not say it reallt showcases any things I didn't already believe oe know about the problems in the film, but that shouldn't be the point. Make up your own mind.

    All in all, however, Stoklasa provides some very entertaining commentary mixed with mockumentary and satire.

    Like other views on the subject, it can get a bit extreme, but if you like me are not a big fan of the prequels - I suggest you give this a watch anyways. It's well crafted and all around pretty funny.
    1borneobrian

    One of the worst film critiques ever.

    Mr plinkett is a hack who ruined online criticism to satisfy his unexplained hatred for George Lucas. This video is nothing more than a pretentious, slandering hit piece designed to ruin George Lucas' reputation and make the film sound worst than it is. He nitpicks the littlest things, has gross segments in between his reviewing and insults people for liking the movie which I cannot stand. His sense of humor is so unfunny and obnoxious I don't know how anyone can laugh at this crap. Most of the stuff he says are blatant lies that anyone can look up to see the truth about. All he does is pander tot he popular opinion and tells haters what they want to hear instead of being nuanced. The fact that people like Critical Drinker, Mauler and Nerdrotic worship him like a god and believe everything he says astounds me. Honestly, I will never understand how this review became popular as it is a total hateful hit piece that should not be taken seriously at all.
    10imdb2-5

    Funniest review I've ever seen and worth the view

    How do I describe this piece of brilliant lunacy. I remember seeing Star Wars I with all the hoopla on the evening it opened. Excitement was in the air, hundreds of people dressed up like characters of the movie and afterwards, most of the audience left with.... a WTF look on their faces. This film skewers The Phantom Menace in hilarious fashion. What's scary is how accurate most of the points are and how difficult it must have been to make a movie this illogical, sloppy and lazy.

    This is like MSTK3000 but using an analytical approach to the entire movie, including some hilarious sideshow bits from time to time. Clearly a great deal of time was spent preparing this lampooning of a very poor movie. While you might think it would get boring quickly... it doesn't. The jokes mostly hit and there is a remarkable amount of hilariously bad material in this film to easily fit into 100 minutes but this film is only about 70 something in total.

    It's no fluke the other reviewers gave this film such a high grade. There is no commercial motive. It's just damn hilarious.

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      Upon its online premiere in December 2009, the review was widely linked to by many people across the internet, including celebrities such as actor/writer Simon Pegg and writer/producer Damon Lindelof; the latter of whom wrote in a Twitter message about the Plinkett review, noting "Your life is about to change. This is astounding film making."
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      Plinkett: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was the most disappointing thing since my son. I mean, how much more could you possibly fuck up the entire backstory to Star Wars? And while my son eventually hanged himself in the bathroom of the gas station, the unfortunate reality of the Star Wars prequels is that they'll be around. Forever. They will never go away. It can never be undone.

    • Connections
      Features Flash Gordon (1936)
    • Soundtracks
      Star Wars Theme
      (uncredited)

      Written by John Williams

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    • Release date
      • December 10, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Red Letter Media
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      1 hour 9 minutes
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      • 4:3

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