Star Wars Fans React To Phantom Menace 1999

[Sunite]

Anyone here just glad that the Darth Maul cosplay guy enjoyed the movie? lol

[nolandavis]

Why can’t we go back to these days. When it was fun to talk about Star Wars.

[jeremyc]

You heard it guys, Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace is officially the eighth wonder of the world

[JustSomeCanadianGuy]

3:14 - Shaq's passion for cinema here is so contagious!!!!

[Whiskeytosparrow]

Phantom menace, the mummy and the matrix all in theaters at once. That’s just awesome.

[kaylenanderson]

"I think Little Anakain Skywalker, and everyone's going to say it, stole that movie"

Oh man, I wish that was the reaction Jake Lloyd recieved.

[BobaFettuccine]

I couldn't imagine sitting behind Shaq and TRYING to see any movie.

[Neckromorph]

I remember going to see Phantom Menace in theaters for my 8th birthday with my dad and brother. Good times. I miss it

[ilyaleadblade]

The Phantom Menace was the very first movie I've ever watched in a theater and I had no idea what Star Wars were at the time. this movie introduced me to the Star Wars universe so it will always have a special place in my heart

[alexudell]

3:07 "it will be a great movie 20 years from

[Bribickhed]

2:07 hits hard, considering the fact the exact opposite happened. The child actor that played anakin (jake loyd I think?) Received so much hate and contempt. Very sad.

[jish]

Yep, for about a month, people loved TPM, but then people online started to complain about the flaws, which in turn led to more people ignoring the positives and focusing on the flaws, which spread from joy, to indifference, to eventual disdain.

[gigantis]

To all the people thinking everyone in this video was wrong, here are a couple of quotes that were absolutely correct:

"Non-stop"
"Non-stop"
"Non-stop"
*The movie in fact did not stop through its entire runtime*

"My heart was beating--it's still beating now"
*She is in fact alive in this video*

*And the guy at the end.*

[invisiblefiddle]

"Eight wonders of the world one of them being this movie!"
- Star Wars fan 1999

"Episode 1 is the worst Star Wars film out of them all!"
-Star wars fans 2007

" it's not that bad."
- Star Wars fans after Disney Trilogy release 2020

Notice how most of the fans really liked the movie after they watched it? People started disliking the movie only after they listened to the tiny minority of the people who complained about it.

[timmyreyes]

"It'll be a great movie 20 years from now". This guy just predicted the cult following the prequels would get.

[TheWaitingRoomTWR]

I worked in the theater during this time in high school, 1999 was a insane year for movies star wars, Matrix, austin powers, eyes wide shut, sixth sense, toy story 2, fight club, blair witch, american pie, Hollywood couldn't miss that year and it was great to have lived through that experience

[vice]

I'm glad the guy with the Darth Maul cosplay enjoyed the movie lol

[JustinCage]

You have to remember that this was during the late 90s. The final "happy days" of America.

[MrFarkasOfficial]

i don't know why people nowadays say that the people didn't like Episode I. i specifically remember how everyone was talking about how much they loved it.

[jasonisourhero]

Everyone was talking about Star wars on a daily basis throughout the 80s and 90s. Imaginary light saber battles down the pub, one liners with the postman, even driving to work imagining I was in a Pod Racer was normal. Back then literally every breathing human on the planet was in on it. I truly do miss the way people were.