episodes 1 and 2
I think both episodes 1 and 2 are good in their own right. Most of the fans of the saga hold the original trilogy close to their hearts, and compare the films to these new ones. The actors are different, the characters are different, and the plot lines are different, but it all has a great tie in. It's all part of the "good vs. evil" story. I enjoyed episodes 1 and 2, and like everyone here, cannot wait till 3 comes out! That will end, as you all know, with Vader's emergence in a timeline shortly before episode 4. Then it will be like a big miniseries you'd see on tv, where you can watch the whole series in it's entirety. That's gonna be great!
I've just watched TPM for the first time in about 2 years and when it originally came out I was slightly disappointed, it just wasn't what I was expecting. HOWEVER, now all the hype has died down I can finally watch it for what it is - a movie, and it's a bloody brilliant movie. In fact it might actually be the best of all the Star Wars films. It's certainly better than AOTC. It has so many layers to it with a wonderfully underrated politically driven script and is there ANY other scene more dramatic in the whiole saga when the doors open to reveal Darth Maul? It can certainly rival the "I am your father" moment. I know I'm going to get loads of abuse from people for my views but I know I'm right.
If you really want to know how to edit this movie....
If you really want to know how to edit this movie, I'll tell you.
First you need a computer with a dvd drive, second you need to own the movie in question. If you own Episode I then you can legally make a copy, thus I advise you to search for a freeware program called DVD shrink. DVD shrink decreases the movie size, thus allowing it to fit on a standard 4.7 DVD-R,+R disk. DVD shrink will also remove all security protection on the copy, and it will create an iso file; thus allowing you to burn the copy easier.
Now with a DVD burner burn the copy onto a DVD disk.
Now if you have a video card w/TV input, you should connect up your DVD player and re-record the copy into an MPEG2 format onto your hard drive.
Once in an MPEG2 format you can edit with Windows XP's Windows Moviemaker 2.
Publish your file to your hard drive and convert from the default format of WMV back to MPEG2 with a free version of STOIK file converter.
Burn this new MPEG2 movie onto a disk with NERO and you're all set.
All together this will take you about 8 or 9 hours.
Another option is to just use a freeware version of DVDx when saving a copy of the movie onto your hard drive. But the DVDx freeware is confusing and it will take about 24hours to save the movie to your hard drive.
Then you will spend another 6 hours converting it into a movie maker readable file, thus I suggest you use DVD shrink.
Hope this helps.
I actually liked Jar Jar. At the time people moaned about the lack of characters in TPM but Jar Jar was fantastic as too was Watto. In fact, for a movie which has been criticised for being "too childish" it is perhaps the most mature star wars movie to date. I defy anyone under the age of 14 to fully understand the complexities of the storyline.