Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Landon V — 18 Feb 2016

No one is disagreeing that it's easily the weakest in the saga but its not a terrible movie. The level of hate for these prequels is because the name star wars is attached to them. Had they been a different sci fi franchise and not compared to the legendary original trilogy they would probably get much more praise for the things that it does right instead of being incredibly overshadowed by its downfalls.

Yet as cringeworthy as some things in this movie are its still a unique movie like no other and I find myself not having any problem watching it as part of the saga.