When the Trailer was better than the movie - #1

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Those of us who were Star Wars fans even before the resurgence in the early 90s lived in a minor, tepid state of anticipation for George Lucas to go back and tell the prequel trilogy.
This teaser was the first glimpse anyone had really received of the long-awaited Episode One. And it so tingles with the essence of what made that original trilogy so special.

–You believe it’s this…boy?
–He was meant to help you.
–Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi.

It’s just hard to believe that what we got in the end was Jar Jar Binks, and a space farmboy shouting “yippee!”

But, oh, that first prequel still had so much potential. It was a hard core fantasy story, and Lucas deserves numerous accolades not only of the film’s groundbreaking visual effects, but its stab into a deep mythology built up by so many years of fan anticipation. On its own, it’s great story. The flaws creep in through the telling.

Here’s the trailer (pardon the subtitles).