Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Christopher H — 16 Feb 2018

This movie seems like it is hardly ever re-watchable and is one that I wouldn't mind skipping on my seemingly almost monthly Star Wars marathons. From poor dialogue, to a cast without chemistry, to bad CGI and animation, this movie is all over the place.

The dialogue in this movie, and famously with the Star Wars Prequels, are just cheesy and literally out of this world. From Anakin to Yoda, everyone gets their fair share of the George Lucas cheese dialogue spectacular.

This cast on paper rocks and block buster, including Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, and Keira Knightly. However, this star-studded cast, lacks a special dose of what many call, chemistry.

The stale dialogue creates the acting to be stale and the movie suffers from the acting being poor. Lastly, the CGI and animation are just horrendous. The amount of time and care put into this was probably non-existent, or the movie ran out of budget to make it seem a little realistic.

Overall, this movie is just a bore and is an easy movie to skip and pick up with Episode 2 in the marathons.