Funniest Review / Commentary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Yet
While I love RiffTrax, they totally missed the opportunity to dish out on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, IMO. I can probably blame it on them still trying to hit their stride, but the commentary seemed (to me) to be mostly mocking Jar-Jar Binks. Come on guys, that's shooting fish in a barrel. I can do that without buying your commentary!

Sensing, perhaps, a failure to properly riff on the failure that was The Phantom Menace, some guy out in the Internet world decided to do his own. He portrays himself as an ignorant trailer-trash homicidal maniac who can't pronounce "protagonist" correctly. But he savages the film's failures and plot-holes with accuracy and humor, and reveals that - underneath his role - he's actually well-versed in both cinema and the Star Wars universe. And has spent way too much time studying this movie.

So you don't have to!

Parts 1 and 2 cover some broad failures. I thought part 2 was the weakest of the bunch. But in part 3, things really start hopping as he begins dissecting the movie sequence by sequence and glaring inconsistency by glaring inconsisency. And it's hysterical.

I only intended to watch the first part, but I found myself watching all seven. It was that good. Warning - language is harsh here. There is some wonderfully low-key geek rage going on here.

Part 1:


Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7


Enjoy!

Labels: Movies

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