Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Owen B — 05 May 2017

The Phantom Menace is without a doubt one of the worst live-action Star Wars films. It has a couple fun action sequences, but the majority is a boring slog of a film. I only watch it for the continuity.

The film is ridiculously boring, with drawn-out political conversations. Normally, that wouldn't be as big a problem, but the dry dialogue in The Phantom Menace just makes it worse. Not only that, but the characters these conversations are between are so dull and underdeveloped.

However, the action sequences (when we get them) are pretty fun. Also, the environments are really beautiful. The majority of the film take place on the planet of Naboo, and it is certainly stunning to see.