Word: boxes
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...entertaining. But the original Star Wars films had something that The Phantom Menace lacks: a certain energy and dedication that's rarely seen in big-budget movies these days. There was no way George Lucas could have known in the late '70s that his space epic would break all box office records to date. He wasn't planning on becoming a millionaire. He was simply trying to tell a story the likes of which no one had ever dreamed of putting on film. But The Phantom Menace has nothing new to show us. Indeed, most of it consists of filling...
...hard to make it a movie that could appeal to kiddies and adults alike (the best crossover hits, we've come to learn, are accidents). But most egregious was his wasting of an all-star cast--Ewan, Liam and Natalie tried to act their way out of Lucas' steel box, but they never had a chance. Star Wars, sadly enough, is no longer the hallmark of spontaneous creativity...
Passing to Kelly, Petruccelli continued his run up the right side while Kelly dished off to Hench, who had remained forward with the Columbia defense. Hench found Petruccelli in the box for his first goal of the season...
While dribbling slowly up the right side, Columbia midfielder Josh Weinstein saw sophomore goalie Mike Meagher a few yards off his line. Looking as though he meant to cross the ball into the left side of the box, Weinstein slowed down and flicked a chip from 30 yards over Meagher's head and into the back of the goal...
After receiving an overlapping pass from Petruccelli, Peller again found himself ahead of his defender on the right side and served the ball into the penalty area. Smolen, moving through the box, stepped ahead of his defender and headed the ball low and hard into the net, then went down immediately...