Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace in 3D

Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace in 3D (2012)
Directed by: George Lucas

Phantom Menace was first released on May 19, 1999, three days after my ninth birthday. Obviously I had a Star Wars themed birthday that year, the main event of which was seeing Phantom Menace on opening night (my hometown theater didn't do midnight showings at the time, plus I was nine...) I don't remember anything about the film from that first viewing, but I do remember the wondrous feeling of sitting in the crowded theater, waiting to experience something magical. Of course at the time we didn't know that Lucas was actually playing a terribly evil prank on the world... But the point is that I have a fond memory of seeing the film, which happens to be my earliest memory of seeing a film in the theater. Thus in honor of this memory I attended the midnight showing of the 3D re-release. Once again I was disappointed by Lucas' abomination, and since everyone knows how terrible Phantom Menace is, I won't repeat every review ever written about the film.
We did get pretty cool custom Star Wars 3D glasses. So that was neat.

1 out of 5 stars
Viewed February 10, 2012