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Real Talk: The Podracing scene is still the best scene of all of Star Wars.
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Best scene in Star Wars?! Oh HELL no! Best scene in Phantom Menace?.....Mmmm....debatable. I think Darth Maul vs. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon is still at the top with the podrace being second. Two good scenes in shitty movie vs. no good scenes in Attack of the Clones.
The most overrated fight on Era
And this reminds me of the Raimi Spider-Man threads that would be fine if they didn't say the Raimi movies were unbeatable
It's not bad at all and goes a long way to me having a positive if vague opinion about the sequels.
A moment of levity in a sub-series that is primarily about the banality of evil.
A moment of levity in a sub-series that is primarily about the banality of evil.
The thing that always bothered me about the Obi / Qui / Maul fight is when Maul almost falls over backwards off the walkway. It's very stupid looking.
@:40 seconds in:
@:40 seconds in:
It gets carried by John Williams pretty fucking hard. The fight offers almost no emotional investment for the viewer or interesting character moments.
My man.
MY MAN.
It does me good to see some genuine affection for the prequels.
YOU'RE SHITTING ME RIGHT?! Greg Proops? From Whose Line is it Anyway? He's the announcer?
As a kid, I loved the podracing, but it was far from my favorite scene in the movie.
Tension? You believed for one second that they were going to kill an 8-year-old boy in a horrific crash? Or that he was going to lose? While his mother was watching?
People genuinely thought Toy Story 3 was going to end with all the toys being incinerated, so Anakin losing a race in front of his mom isn't that wild.
Nah. Terrible as a racing scene: I forget which video it is but they made a point that practically every shot is tracked in the same direction. For screaming 600mph+ machines, they lack fury and dynamism. Any Gran Turismo or F-Zero GX can frame better races in their replays.
I watched the Phantom Menace a bunch as a kid, and the two scenes I always went back to were the podracing scene and the Darth Maul fight. I remember abusing my VCR's slow-mo function to admire the special effects and the explosions. It looked really damn cool back then. Not really sure how well it holds up now, though.
I mean Pixar built up that scene way better than Lucas. The gulf in talent there is pretty large.
It's probably in my top 10 Star Wars scenes, but I wouldn't call it my favorite. Still very good, though. I love the sound of the racer going by....
CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU
CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU CHU
The first movie I ever walked out of, (and one of only two movies I've ever walked out of) was Star Wards Episode 1 during the pod-racing scene. Maybe I just wasn't in the right age bracket to appreciate it (it's clearly aimed at children 5 and under), but the movie just kept going from bad to worse, to fucking 20+ minutes of pod racing, to me deciding I'd be having a way better Friday night sitting in the car listening to the Beach Boys...and I'll stand by the decision any day of the week.
Real talk? That movie is my greatest cinematic letdown and perhaps one of my greatest disappointments in my life period. The prequels were trash because of tedious exposition in front of green screen, unconvincing character motivations, action that went too long and added little to the plot.
Regarding podracing specifically - I will give you sound design. At full volume it's a fucking great ride.
Regarding podracing specifically - I will give you sound design. At full volume it's a fucking great ride.
It's sad knowing that Shmi basically got screwed over by a Jedi that could have easily freed her and was forced to live a terrible life as a slave, then tortured to death. 😒
Ugh, no. It's not even the best scene in it's own movie. Duel of the Fates dumps on it from a great height. The podrace sequence could be completely excised from the film and we'd lose nothing, other than 10-15 minutes off the running time of a mediocre film.
Still doesn't sit right with me that Anakin becomes a guardian of peace and justice and yet lets him mother live in slavery for ten years, and doesn't have any contact with her
Fun fact, aside from killing Obi-Wan this is the only time we see Vader killing anyone with a lightsaber
It is a phenomenal scene not the best in that film but its awesome.
This is my favorite scene of all time.
This scene is better.
This is my favorite scene of all time.
It was pretty great. This and the Maul battle were top tier.
Also, Phantom Menace was the best prequel movie.
Also, Phantom Menace was the best prequel movie.
^ ^ Facts.
Darth Maul vs Obi Wan / Qui Gon fight was the best scene in that movie and I also agree Luke vs Vader fight in ROTJ is the best scene in all of Star Wars history.
Yup.
Even without the getup you don't see him killing any Jedi in III, aside from a quick hologram.
He slaughters a lot of Separatists though.
And sandpeople...
But not the Jedi or the younglings.
