What's your signature a reference to? It's seems very familiar.
Thanks for the response!

I was 20 and was obsessed with it.
Bought all the 'making of' + art books in the lead up, the script, the CD soundtrack, action figures galore. Must have seen it clsoe to 10x in the cinema over a 3-4 month period.
Now I'm 37, looking back, it will always hold a special place in my memory, but objectively, its myriad of flaws are glaringly apparant to me now, and have been for some time.
I very rarely watch it these days, perhaps once every 2-3 years.
Mr Annnderson..!

Thanks guys for responding. This has been my most popular thread in my time on these boards. It was nice to hear from all of you. Farewell, and may the force be with you, always

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21. I liked it, but I didn't love it.
    dies ist meine unterschrift

Twenty seven. I remember seeing the original in the theater when I was four or five. I saw Phantom Menace at the midnight showing opening night. Seven minutes into the film I knew this was not Star Wars, I wound up yelling at Jar Jar to shut the hell up during his intro monologue.

a little over 9 and 1/2

In 1999 I was 36 and loved the movie and I still do, its my favorite of the prequels. I was 14 when the original Star Wars movie (Episode IV: A New Hope) came out. Loved that too!

I was 4 years old when it came out and I loved it. It was the film that made me fall in love with Star Wars. As I have gotten older, I've grown to see the flaws in the film and consider it to be the weakest of the Prequels, but I still really like the film.

Long-time Star Wars fan.
I'm 34 now (May 2nd is my birthday) so back in '99, when this came out I just turned 17.
Soyeah, I was 17.
As far as me "Liking it"? Meh
I thought Darth Maul was totally badass. Hell, I still think he's badass. Qui-Gon Jin, also. Maul and Qui-Gon are, in my opinion, the only memorable "new" characters that came from the prequels. Totally sucks that they were killed off in only the first film that they appeared in.
Overall, I was a bit disappointed but I still mildly enjoyed it.
shrug

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I was 29 and found TPM to be a let-down. The OT was filled with humans playing characters and ships that were actually crafted and posed. When ships exploded, there were actually filmed detonations and when you saw hundreds of characters in a scene, they were actually there acting. We moved to set pieces constructed entirely by computer and characters constructed the same way. I appreciate the workmanship of the OT than CGI can never match.

I was 27 when Menace came out and didn't think it was that bad. I was 5 when a New Hope came out, and hooked for life.

I was 25 and I enjoyed it. I remember laughing my ass off at Jar Jar Binks. Seriously.
"Guns don't kill people. I do."

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The haters had a massive head start. Negativity always seems to lead the way, unfortunately. It also gets more attention than positivity.

I must say I'm surprised that most of these replies are people who said it was good/OK. Thought it would be a minority opinion when I started this.

I was 19, and I remember the build up, the excitement. I remember standing in line and anxiously waiting for the tickets to go on sale. I remember standing in line again to see the filmand then I remember the overwhelming sense of disappointment that it didn't live up to even the magic of the re-released trilogy that came up in the three or four years prior.
"Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop."

I was 27 and I saw it 20 times in the theater

I see what you are saying. The other two kind of feel like "roll your sleeves up, we gotta do some brutal stuff"
Probably placing an emphasis on war and politics instead of adventure and cool new lands.
(This is coming from gasp a prequel lover!!!)

I was 13 and it was freakin' awesome!!! I immediately came home humming Duel of The Fates and began to draw pictures of random jedi fighting dudes with red lightsabers. I still think that movie was the best of the prequels. There's alot of magic in it, even if it wasn't well executed.

I was 7 and was very intrigued and excited. I hadn't seen the originals in full, only parts but I had liked them.

I also remember that my dad overall liked the movie but disliked that he couldn't understand what Jar-Jar was saying. I didn't really like or dislike Jar-Jar although I liked a few of his gags.

I don't know why but I always liked that portrayal of obi wan as a young man. It the wildness referenced in empire strikes back. (Can't remember exact line).

9, and thought it was pretty good (although I think I was surprised that Obi-Wan had a pretty small and antagonistic role, but not really displeased with that).