10 Shots That Completely Killed The Magic Of Cinema

3. The Phantom Cheaters

The Phantom Menace (1999)

In a trilogy of films notoriously short on impressive shots, the emotionally charged light-sabre battle between Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn is a stand-out achievement and one that convinced everyone that George Lucas might just have enough ability to make the other prequel films genuinely entertaining. How wrong we were...

Anyway, the sight of a crash mat, braced by two willing set helpers and about to break the fall of a decidedly still intact Darth Maul is just another disappointment moment from the later Star Wars universe.

Behind the scenes shots and books are all well and good but showing too many of the strings just plain spoils the magic of the industry, even for the most ardent of industry fans.