How did people react to this scene in 1999?

How did people react to this scene in 1999?

Attached: 0kw4oth6mal21.jpg (1276x1318, 148.79K)

Other urls found in this thread:

youtube.com/watch?v=LOF8X2Wt8yA
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

>gee Bill

>Wow, this movie is a dumpster fire

I watched it with my younger siblings for the first time a few weeks ago and they went crazy. It holds up so well

lightsabre fetishism is one of the things that killed SW

Because a galaxy far far away is actually hell

say what you want about the prequels but this moment is probably the biggest hype I'd ever experienced in kinoplex.
Especially considering it's accompanied by the best music in star wars

One of my coworkers said he stopped watching movie trailers because this scene spoiled the surprise for him

It was in the trailer, and the movie mostly sucked, so very few people actually cared.

Disappointed groans

I mean the shot was in multiple commercials like every other notable scene so it wasn't impressive by the time you got to the theater.

Like this

Attached: 15958221200110.png (800x600, 79.47K)

KORAAA
MATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
KORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
RAAAATAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Attached: 1592869517458.jpg (462x424, 27.46K)

I only watched it a couple years later, I found it a really got action scene, well coreographed and engaging

>really got
really good

>WHOOOOOAAAAAA DUDE IT'S A LIGHTSABER EXCEPT TWO-SIDED DUUUUUUUDE WHOOOOAAAAAA SOOOOOO BADASS DUUUUUUUUUDE

Attached: 12315452343.png (645x729, 126.8K)

>not a furry
>....but

We were fairly bored up until that point so as I was I think 11 it was like "okay they're actually gonna fight after two fucking hours, finally".

And it was really well choreographed, so pretty good

Attached: episode 1.jpg (480x384, 46.95K)

Theater went fucking nuts. That fight between Maul, Kenobi, and Jin was easily one of the best moments in Star Wars.

I watched it for the first time a year ago (I'm 26) and liked it. If it didn't have the Star Wars name it'd probably be a cult sci-fi film by now.

>watched it for the first time a year ago (I'm 26)
how is this possible

Not everyone is a fan of Star Wars or watched all the movies as a kid.

>everyone says a film is shit
>don't watch it
ez

>oh shit
Young me hadn't kept up with Star Wars after I watched the original trilogy so this had reached dvd by the time I got back into it. I understand the dislike of the prequels but I enjoyed them. Jar Jar gets more annoying with every watch though.

I didn't. I saw the trailer and a lot of the promotional material beforehand. Everyone knew he had a double sided dildo going in

>the only good part of the movie

Why'd he have to die bros?

faggy cartoons don't count

Attached: darth-maul.jpg (640x816, 522.27K)

*glap glap glap* Yayyyy STAR WARS!

true, especially when he had the high ground

I think it's really only a very vocal portion of the audience that soured on the prequels. All kids loved it at the time, and most older adults did too. It was people who went into it expecting something specific that hated it. But the people who went in open minded just interested in being told a story really enjoyed it. I'm glad time is vindicating the prequels, they're very imaginative and well made.

but he didn't! He kept himself alive on pure rage and was behind the syndicate in Rogue One :^)

kek

>patiently waiting for the teaser trailer to load through QuickTime on dialup internet
>different parents actually talking about Star Wars, “you managed to get tickets?”
>the silence during the screening and sense of numbness after exiting the theatre
reached a level of hype and disappointment that the sequels could even dream of
and he was a good friend

>in Rogue One
oh?

I was too young for ep I, but I remember seeing II and III in cinemas and thoroughly enjoying them as a kid - after a recent rewatch of the trilogy it's easy to see that a lot of the politics and character driven stuff went over my head.

There's definitely some mistakes present that shouldn't have been made throughout the PT, but they don't ruin the films like some people claim.

I Was 9 when I seen this in the movie theatre it was awesome

I agree with this notion. No one I knew as a kid disliked the prequels and a lot of adults I knew at the time had been fans since the 70s and 80s.

It didn't surprise anybody.

It was spoiled in all sorts of merchandise, toys, trailers and TV adverts.

Attached: maul.jpg (211x238, 11.23K)

The people in the audience erupted in applause and cheers. This guy was badass. This is going to be epic. Dies 30 seconds later. Theater quiet. Everyone leaves hoping next film is better without the kid.

They certainly have quirks and esoteric elements I think they hold up tremendously. The CGI has aged but no mores so than Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, or any other effects heavy film from the time. They are only really hated but stubborn people who can't accept change.

>people generally liked phantom menace
>attack of the clones generally disliked
>revenge of the Sith extremely well received
>people more or less enjoyed the prequels
>6 years pass
>a bunch of depressed generation x manchildren start reeing about how the prequels weren't a beat for beat remake of the original trilogy
>make autistic multiple hours long videos shitting on the movies and George lucas during the birth of the corporate/normie age of the internet
>now pseuds and plebs think the prequels sucked

t. zoomer who was born in the 2000s

he survived actually

>Dies 30 seconds later.
No he doesn't. That fight lasts for fucking ever, especially considering it's cut with scenes of the Naboo fight, them invading the palace, and the space battle. You're a fucking idiot.

I've seen each prequel once and I dont remember the last one at all.

youtube.com/watch?v=LOF8X2Wt8yA

The fact that people demanded Star Wars be taken out of the hands of an independent filmmaker and cheered when it was given to a studio hack is incredibly disturbing to me. Anyone who complained about the prequels and called for Lucas's head is a consumer through and through. Films aren't about being given exactly what you want, easily digestible products to cheer it, it's a vehicle for artistic expression.

A lot of people have been parroting those fags at RLM and hold up their prequel nitpick videos like they're holy text. The prequels are and have always been at least decently fun movies and the merchandise and spinoff EU material they made were mostly awesome when I was a kid. The sequels being shit only helped to vindicate them and sway the general opinion online in favor of them. The prequels aren't that bad. We didn't know how good we had it until Disney came along.

Attached: muchu shaka paka.jpg (640x800, 446.42K)

Attached: spookyghost.jpg (635x477, 189.99K)

All combined those Plinkett videos are in excess of 4 hours and in all that time Mike fails to make a single valid critique of the prequels. Not to mention the amount of venom and slander he hurls at Lucas for... what exactly? Making a film he didn't like? That anyone would hold RLM or those videos in any sort of esteem is the height of foolishness. They know nothing about film and are basal entertainers at best.

Aside from the Maul fight, I never understood how TPM could be rated higher than AotC

I'm 27 and I haven't seen a single film in the series.

Attached: 1575942706221.png (193x262, 96.17K)

I like AOTC more but TPM undeniably has a more tangible and fairytale feel. There's a lot more whimsy and fun. Depends what you prefer I guess

I was 5 years old at the time, one of my earliest memories. My grandma took me to see it - Got me KFC after. Really regret not being closer with my grandparents.

prequels still suck shit like disney shit, they both are shit and I'll throw that shit up your ass, you nigger.

i was suprised aotc was hated. i found it entertaining

Seething prequel loving Faggot

Bro I got KFC after too lmao

Utter shock on just how bad the movie was. Internally, we all regretted nobody had challenged Lucas on some of the ideas he had. However, Portman's midriff >>>> anything Disney made. So Lucas isn't all bad.