Hey man, very good you made this site where I can put all my anger about
the Star Wars' episode... mainly (AAAAAAARRRGH!!!) queer-alien-jamaican platypus-like J.J.
Binks...
First, the special effects are very cool, but sometimes it seems like
cartoon at scenes full o' effects. In the next movie, it's possible that George Lucas
would take off all the human actors and "staff" only virtual characters, which's
very awful. The race's fantastic, but...
All parts of the movie that appears Jar Jar is terrible. The comic
relief... is NOT FUNNY!!! Besides his (or her, or it, I can't precise) stereotype, J.J.
would be more useful if his "role" at the movie got smaller and not so funny,
somethin' more circunspective, serious...
"The Phantom Menace" should be understood as "Jar Jar's
Biography", or "My Gungan gay life with Jedis"..."Me no funny?
OK-dee!!!" Some lines of the movie are unnecesary like "There's always a bigger
fish". The explanation for the Jedi Force (the midi-chlorians) was the dumbest idea
George Lucas had. We never asked about it, but he tried to answer...poorly!!!
If we wanna know if someone's Jedi, just need to make a blood count...
By the way, Darth Maul could speak more words than "Yes,
master"... Queen Amigdala ( the "clone" stuff is a very old
"cliché"), reigns in a world of shit, under Federation submission, but at the
Senate she's top of the heat... and the future of planet Naboo's in a crystal ball full o'
beams...
Another thing disgusting is Anakin "Jesus" Skywalker's birth.
Have the storm brought him to his mother? Did God put her a "little seed", who
would balance the force in the future? Or she's a whore and doesn't know the real father?
Otherwise, Anakin made projecting and riding spaceship plus robot construction course by
mail, at home, alone? He must have learned with "Do it yourself" tapes... I
gettin' my own opinion: if they wanna make a great Star Wars' movie...PLEASE!!!
Don't let George Lucas direct the next episode!!! "The Phantom
Menace" seems to be a childish movie, it's surely the worst of all four... And Jar
Jar... Barney's program is much for him. Neither Teletubbies or "The Adventures of
Dudley The Dragon"... May the Force... you know the rest!!! P.S.: I expect that Jar
Jar, and all Gungans, die next episode... I wouldn't feel so sad about it...
- Leandro Lessa, from Brazil
Never mind being racist, what about being just plain old fashioned
STUCK-UP. Many people that went to see the movie thought Jar Jar was funny and cute and he
is the only caricature in the movie that actually attracts attention. Besides all the
people that are so annoyed with him are probably even more clumsy and childish than he is
that is why they cannot laugh at him - they see too much of themselves in him.
- Micci
I agree that Jar Jar was placed in such an esteemed role for the sole
purpose of drawing a younger audience to the film. Why did Mr. Lucas need to do this? One
thing that I have realized is that most Star Wars fans are either siblings that
are old enough to be fans and would already be going to The Phantom Menace, most
likely letting the younger tag along, or are parents (with children this age) young enough
to be Star Wars fans.
Both of these groups would in all probability take this younger
"Jar Jar Binks" audience to the show with them. So did Mr. Lucas really need to
put Jar Jar in such a lead and massive role? Perhaps he has just manipulated us for plans
of the next episode. By placing Jar Jar in a fun-loving role he did get this younger
audience to enjoy the film, while if it had been a bit darker, maybe they would have been
less likely to go to the next film in the story. Of course the original trilogy's
following didn't like Jar Jar, but Lucas new that ! no matter what they would go to it,
and continue to go to the next two also.
If the younger fans (thanks to Jar Jar) hadn't liked this film, whose to
say that they would be back? Why take the chance on this possibility? I've heard that the
next story in this set is going to be darker and not as happy-go-lucky, as the Phantom
Menace. I think that Mr. Lucas knew exactly what he was doing when he put this film
together. Besides, let's not forget what Lucas films are about. The special effects. Need
I ask how they were? Brilliant as usual.
- Josh
I am sick to death of hearing that Star Wars is a kid's movie.
Do they even understand it? Were they the ones camping outside of theaters days before the
movie started? Of course not! That being said, what purpose other than toy sales does he
serve? None.
Words alone cannot describe my hatred of Jar Jar Binks. He all but
ruined the movie for me and a billion other fans I'm sure. If he appears in Episode 2,
it better be between the crosshairs of an extremely powerful blaster.
- Mike
I don't understand why everyone is hailing the computer generated
graphics as so awe inspiring and realistic. Sure, they are a cut above some special
effects, but the fact remains that computer generated graphics, conveniently look like
they were generated by computers. Once you create a singe robot it's basically glorified
copy/paste to get 10 thousand.
The lines and detail in computer graphics are too fine, too clean. Jar
Jar Binks looks too clean, for such an idiot. I am amazed he can bathe himself . . .
Someone who can speak more than one language yet speak English so poorly obviously has
problems. He has too much screen time, that's for sure.
He has terrible dialogue (not that he is alone here), even after you
figure out what the hell he is saying. He is caught up in too many intentionally
"comical" occurrences dealing with the end of various animal digestive tracts.
He must certainly die in the next episode if he isn't "lost" in between
episodes, which I am praying he is. I liked Chewbacca. He didn't nearly have as much
screen time, and even when he spoke the other characters responded like they do with R2.
That is, explaining what he said by answering a certain way.
Chewbacca was also helpful in a fight, knew how to fly the Millennium
Falcon, knew how to fix things, and was long time friend of Han Solo. Jar Jar is just some
asshole required to facilitate the introduction to the Gungans, and keep the toys selling.
I might forgive Lucas for this little slip up if Jar Jar is killed by Yoda in some really
wicked way.
- Douglas H. King
I didn't hate Jar Jar Binks. I don't want to take him away from the
children who were amused by his tomfoolery. I just wish he hadn't been on the screen so
much. I got a headache watching him.
- Dale
I am from Colombia, South America. I just want to express my hate to Jar
Jar Binks. I am a great fan of Star Wars ... It was my religion during my child
age and still now. Excellent all the light sabers scenes. I want to ask if there is some
place that you can tell to George Lucas that , please, kill all that race of stupid
monsters and that George Lucas is very god but not have any sense of humor. On The
Return of The Jedi, his "humor" about the singers on the Jabba station is
just crap!!
- Andres Guzman
He is an annoying character with a horrible dialect and stupid ill-timed
"jokes". Yes, Jar Jar must die.
- t0m g1ps0n
Lucasfilm is seriously backpedaling when they say that Phantom
Menace is a "kids film" as a way of defending Jar Jar. I don't know of too
many kids films with political and economic themes that the Senate scenes brought up, nor
do they often contain advanced chemistry to explain the Force. Those are adult devices in
an adult film. The real problem is that Lucas got greedy and tried to please everybody,
which you can never do. Adults (for the most part) loathe Jar Jar, and kids are bored by
the Senate and lengthy discussions about Anakin's blood.
- Malefic
Almost from the first moment I heard him, my teeth were set on edge.
First, it was his clumsiness, then his often unintelligible blathering. The piece de
resistance, though, was his table manners (or lack of thereof). Although I could think of
a few erotic uses for that tongue, I admit I cheered when Liam Neeson grabbed it . . . I
was just hoping that he'd whip out his lightsabre and spare all of us from having to
listen to the "wude" creature for the balance of the movie. I am not a rabid Star
Wars fan, but I truly enjoyed the banter between the original characters. They were
entertaining, even lovable. Jar Jar is a useless waste of computer-generated wizardry.
Let's get rid of him before Episode 2!
- Dorothy
It is obvious that the commentors here are looking at the first Star
Wars trilogy with "Rose Colored Glasses." If anyone really critically rated
the first three on a 0 - 10 scale against all films in the past 50 years, they should be
rated 5, 6, 4. The current movie would probably hit a 5. In the first trilogy C3PO was far
more annoying than Jar Jar Binks. I would bet that many of the negative posting on the web
about Jar Jar were written by people who weren't even born for the first Star Wars.
- Rob H.
What's wrong with Jar Jar ..... if it wasn't for him, the new Star
Wars film would be pretty boring on its own. As far as I'm concerned he's the
lifeboat for an almost sinking ship.
- Andrew Morley
Jar-Jar Binks is an annoying waste of time. Simple as that.
From the moment this waste of space appeared in The Phantom Menace,
until the closing scenes, it annoyed me and lowered an otherwise great film. It added
nothing meaningful and in fact detracted from some otherwise powerful scenes, while
destroying the integrity of the Gungan race. I didn't care if the Gungans lived or died
throughout the closing scenes, and actually shouted in the theater for its death. It is a
pathetic excuse for a Star Wars character, impossible to understand and
completely unfunny.
My only hope is that it won't return in Episodes 2 and 3. I really think
Lucas should have invested more time and money in other aspects of the film. And these are
the kindest things I can say about this pathetic, annoying, stupid, ignorant, unfunny
waste of a life form.
- Jar Jar Hater
In reply to the anti-Jar Jar Binks comments, I would just like to say
that you all need to take a look at your check accounts. Did you wake up this morning and
decide that you're more clever than George Lucas? I can't imagine why you wouldn't have
his money then! Jar Jar is a wonderfully delightful and funny character developed largely
for the younger audiences who deserve a lot of credit for Lucas' bankroll!
- TF
If you think Jar Jar should die, then you are brainless. As you sit and
talk about Jar Jar, it brings one of Qui-Gon's quotes to mind - "The ability to speak
does not make you intelligent." That's certainly true in your case. Stop bitching
about Jar Jar and sit back and enjoy the awesome movie that is The Phantom Menace.
- Jedi Knight
Eat Balls!!! Jar Jar is cool and you know it!!
- Your Mom On A Stick
I think what's happening here is another case of people over analyzing
things. Jar Jar is not intended as a racial stereotype and kids love him, you have to
remember that starwars is and was always aimed at 12 year olds. So why don't you just drop
all this hate mongering and give the poor guy a break he is just a character in the movie.
Stop taking it so seriously, try and look at it through the eyes of a child surely they
would not recognize any racial stereotype.
-
Corolla Man
You guys are full of bull. Jar-Jar is funny.
- Bob & Monique Fox
I think you're spending too much energy on this character. For one
thing, when the first Star Wars movies were made, they didn't have computer
graphics like they do now. There is no comparison between him and Chewy.
Rastafarian accent ... I have NEVER heard of a Rastafarian with an
accent like Jar Jar Binks. I know because I know several who are my clients. Get over it
and enjoy the film for what it is - entertainment!
- Anna
Jar Jar was HERDS annoying ... everyone I know (we all grew up IN Star
Wars, not like most who actually like this thing) didn't like Binks...hated him
actually.
C'mon ... R2 and 3PO were the one's who gave us the quick laugh here and
there in the classic trilogy. Why did he have to add some guy who acted and spoke TOTALLY
out of the entire scheme of star wars? C3PO and R2 were in PM, so therefore, I don't think
such a strange character was needed.
George Lucas still needed a gungan to aid the Naboo ... don't forget
that. If Lucas added Jar Jar for to capture a new crowd, he's getting to greedy of the
spotlight (not to diss the man or anything).
I hope he wasn't added to catch the kids who were buying those
"reproduced" Star Wars toys for the past few years. Lucas is really not
so young anymore. He named Jar Jar after his son, and the character's personality of
silliness and play probably come from there.
The thing is STILL not as bad as Howard the Duck! Bottom line:
the guy is really annoying, to me at least, but served somewhat of a
functional purpose in
PM. I hope he doesn't live through all three of the prequels ... and he better not make it
to Episodes 7, 8 & 9 (if made).
Jar Jar is "krimpin' the style" that the Star Wars of
yesterday had.
- Site visitor, KC (devoted and loyal fan of the
Star Wars saga)
Fellow Star Warriors, I for one liked Jar Jar Binks. He was a definite
improvement over Chewbacca who was beyond irritating. Jar Jar's problem was there was
other Jar Jar's competing for the screen. He should have stood alone as did Chewbacca and
R2.
- Site visitor, The Phantom Critic
The only menace in this utter disappointment was the ill-conceived
Jar-Jar Binks.
- Discussionboard posting
But Phantom Menace scores in technical achievement with the
digital creation of characters like Jar Jar Binks, a lizard-like giraffe creature with
floppy ears; and fanciful equipment and robots, like battle droids, destroyer droids and
the mechno-chair that transports Neimoidian rulers.
When Phantom Menace does play for laughs, it sinks to the
lowest level with Jar Jar, one of the most obnoxious screen characters since Chris
Tucker's Ruby in The Fifth Element. And there's something else
about this annoying, accident-prone creature and other creatures as well: ethnic
stereotyping - Caribbean, Asian and Italian. It's offensive.
- DOLORES BARCLAY (Nando Times)
The Gungan klutz Jar Jar Binks, who talks (sometimes unintelligibly)
like a Muppet Peter Lorre and walks as if he had Slinkys for legs, is more annoying than
endearing.
- Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Jar Jar Binks, more suitable for Toys R Us than the big screen, is
particularly egregious and far more irritating than endearing.
- FRANK SCHECK, The Hollywood Reporter
The CGI (computer graphics) are totally believable and convincing. Most
notably is the total-CGI character named JAR JAR, who looks convincingly real throughout
the movie.
You'll see this character walk in the
forest as he ducks under tree
branches, and yet, the real branches (or are they) move as he moves. He interacts with the
real-life characters so well, you would think he was real. Jar-Jar seamlessly jumps into
water (with a splash!) as well as stepping in camel doo-doo. For that feat alone, George
Lucas and his effects team deserve a big round of applause.
It is just way too overloaded with CGI characters, most of whom are
downright annoying to the hardcore fans. A perfect example is Jar Jar. This is the movie's
most notable CGI character, but he is a consistently annoying presence on screen. Always
whining, always clumsy, and hardly distinguishable in dialogue.
The kids will love him, but the hardcore fans will see him as bad comedy
relief. Every scene is loaded with CGI characters who bring this movie down to a
kiddie-movie level. Whether it is the hokey 2-headed announcers at the pod race, or the
camel who farts at Jar Jar -- after a while you feel drowned in it all.
- Ronald Epstein (in the first online review of the movie)
Most amazing is a creature named Jar-Jar Binks, a gangly amphibian who's
a cross between Roger Rabbit and Jim Carrey. He is a clumsy, babbling bundle of energy who
endears himself as instantly to the audience as he does to Qui-Gon.
- LOUIS B. HOBSON Calgary Sun
And although computer-generated comedic foil Jar Jar Binks should appeal
to children, most adults will likely find his prattle and personality extremely annoying.
- SciFi.com
