THE VIDEO SHELF · film criticism
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7)
The first of seven parts of RedLetterMedia's long review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. It argues that the film's central flaw is its characters and the lack of audience connection.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it as sharp film criticism and a lesson in filmmaking, and cite it when arguing the prequels failed on basics.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- RedLetterMedia
- Topic
- film criticism
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
In case you haven't watched Mr Plinkett's Star Wars reviews, they're the best in the business, and go down hard on George Lucas. [VIDEO]
smnscu on Hacker News · 2016-05
In How George Lucas Lost His Integrity…and Why It’s So ImportantFor people who are confused by this, Red Letter Media is a youtube channel that does movie reviews. I have been following them for over ten years and thanks to them I have learned a lot about movies, actors, directors and movie making in general. …
raspo on Hacker News · 2022-09
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Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
