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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
New characters don't work!
Phantom Menace has a fairly good story, and there are specific scenes that rival some of the greatest in history, but as a whole it just comes off as an average movie with exceptional effects. This is mostly because the new characters Lucas cuts into the screen time of well-known ones are completely uninteresting. The original trilogy's characters were instant classics, Han Solo and his down-to-Earth wit, Leia and her femininist spark, but the new additions, from Qui-Gon to the young versions of the folks we know and love, seem to just be filler material to tell the story. Not one character besides the infamous Jar-Jar is memorable; Darth Maul only has three lines! Nevertheless, this is a fun addition to the movies, with lots of bonuses for SW buffs--thing everyone wanted to see, or at least *I* did--double-edged lightsabres, ample-breasted female Hutts, and Tuskan Raider cameoes. It's not worth a 20-year wait, that's for sure.
Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1985)
The first Ernest movie
You can't describe this as the first Ernest movie because it's not part of the Ernest-movie genre. It's a wickedly weird comic masterpiece that will have you laughing out loud.