Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Laura D — 10 Jun 2015

It is the weakest of the saga, but it's still pretty damn good. The drawbacks were poor pacing, Jar Jar Binks, and Anakin's dialogue. Everything else was pretty awesome. Jar jar had a purpose, but he was annoying and could have been better thought out.

Anakin should have been older, or at least had better dialogue, however I still enjoyed his spirit, and they made him kind of a badass (how many nine year olds can pilot a spacecraft and a pod racer?) .

The politics were necessary and I quite enjoyed them, but the parts where they discussed the politics were too concentrated into one period of the movie making you desperate for some action. However the story is pretty awesome, and the action was legendary.

Liam Neeson as Qui gon Jin and Ray Park's Darth Maul made this movie.