Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace Review

Review by PanamaHat — February 6, 2010 @ 8:05 pm

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

Review by jjrdias — December 22, 2009 @ 2:30 pm

An awesome fanedit, both unbelievably entertaining and educational. RedLetterMedia absolutely dissects the piece of crap that is TPM and, at last, and as TMBTM wrote in the forum, puts the finger firmly on everything that alwats felt wrong about the movie. In one swipe, we get to realise what made TPM such crap and made the original movies so great – hard to understand how they were made by the same guy…

Most of all, it’s brilliantly written, very funny, and, at the same time, brutally honest.

Everyone who ever watched TPM and came away confused as to how and why it didn’t work will finally realise it’s not just Jar-Jar’s fault, and that the roots of the problem lie deeper. The atention to all the details George Lucas missed is extraordinary, and makes us wonder what happened to the supposed genius who created the franchise. Unmissable, this is one to share wildly with friends, as they too, surely, will be amazed.

From a technical standpoint, i really like the editing and overall goofy feel to the edit – soundtrack included. And, taking into account the fact this DVD was built using YouTube sources, Boon23 did a great job in tweaking them, ’cause they hold up even on my 46″ TV.

All and all, a truly great and unmissable fanedit. Thanks to RLM for his “clairvoyance”, and to Boon for taking the time to build a DVD and share it.

Review by ThrowgnCpr — December 22, 2009 @ 3:33 am

This was incredibly enjoyable. I could comment all night on how this guy truly hit home here. I think the video editing could have been tweeked slightly, but overall, every little nuance added to the brilliance of this video. fantastic!!!

What I envisioned at the end is that RedLetterMedia IS GL, and that he had a mega-facepalm, got drunk and made this video :)

This made my night. Thank you RedLetterMedia, and boon23!!!

having recently watched Q2 star wars edits i wanted to re-watch what i believe to be the best star wars fanedit. this is a 70 min review in which our narrator takes apart the film and makes some interesting ideas as to were the film went wrong. it seems many an faneditor uses these reviews as a bench mark for how they'll tackle editing the star wars prequels.

your either gonna love or hate the narrators voice but for me the problem is often with the sub-plot. it's not really needed and often distracts from some interesting observations regarding the film. this is often my problem with the redlettermedia reviews, to often they go off track in order to tell a joke. given the choice i'd rather they cut all the crap and give more time in picking out the many faults in this film. much like the prequels themselves these i feel could do with a fanedit

Review by joebshmoe — April 12, 2010 @ 7:05 am

*This rating was given before reviews were required*