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				Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | 
			 
				
			
			
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				Film rated 2.4 / 5 
				(Chick rating: 2.6 / 5) 
				(Guy rating: 2.5 / 5)
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		| Young master Vader touching. | 
	 
	
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		| Darth Maul, Essendon supporter. | 
	 
	
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		| Meesa thinksa movie stinksa. | 
	 
	
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		| Villain needs scalp dentist. | 
	 
	
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		| Sith provoke force majeure. | 
	 
	
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		| $100000000 effects. $10 dialogue. | 
	 
	
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		| Darth Maul-ed, Qui Gon-e. | 
	 
	
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		| Queen Portman's attired Nattily. | 
	 
	
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		| Boredom... pod race! ...boredom. | 
	 
	
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		| Young Vader sooooo irritating! | 
	 
	
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		| Franchise continuation: Double-edged lightsaber. | 
	 
	
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		| Young Vader: 'mostly harmless'. | 
	 
	
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		| The Force's first, fourth. | 
	 
	
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		| Forget the force, George? | 
	 
	
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		| Midichlorians? What's Lucas smoking? | 
	 
	
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		| Underwater Rastafarians befriend Jedi. | 
	 
	
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		| Jar-Jar: Best character?! | 
	 
	
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		| Me-sa worse-a than-a Ewoks! | 
	 
	
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		| No phantoms menace anyone. | 
	 
	
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		| Darth Vader still innocent. | 
	 
	
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		| Bad hairdos are hereditary. | 
	 
	
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		| Vader was called 'Annie'! | 
	 
	
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		| Young Darth says 'Yippee'? | 
	 
	
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		| Haploid Anakin, mucho midi-chlorians. | 
	 
	
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		| Maul mauls Qui-Gon fatally. | 
	 
	
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		| Unbearably long pod race. | 
	 
	
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		| Race overrated, trilogy embarrassed. | 
	 
	
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		| George Lucas's phantom script. | 
	 
	
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		| Piss-poor trilogy prequel. | 
	 
	
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		| Kid Darth built C3PO?????? | 
	 
	
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		| Lucas's 'Star' gets Jarred. | 
	 
	
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		| 'Menace' to original trilogy. | 
	 
	
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		| Meesha wantta shoots Binks! | 
	 
	
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		| George Lucas's fandom menace. | 
	 
	
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		| 'Force-fully' undoes previous perfections. | 
	 
	
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		| Anakin prefers older women. | 
	 
	
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		| Dennis the Phantom Menace. | 
	 
	
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		| Darth dearth, Binks stinks. | 
	 
	
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		| Disney film with lightsabers. | 
	 
	
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		| Junior Jedi befriends bullfrog. | 
	 
	
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		| Midichlorians: what the hell? | 
	 
	
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		| Force survives Menace, Jar-Jar. | 
	 
	
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