Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Jon G — 22 Dec 2017

I don't care too much for the looseness of the plot and how it unfolds. That said, there are moments of greatness (e.g., the podrace scene, Darth Maul, etc.) that tug on your heartstrings like those old Hollywood epics.

..Also, say what you will about this movie, it IS original. The sequel trilogy (i.e., Force Awakens) is not, and The Last Jedi takes WAY too many liberties with basic conceptual understandings of the force, jedi/sith, etc.

(also Luke's character was mishandled horribly in The Last Jedi). I'm giving this 5 stars because of my contempt for Star Wars marketed to the uninformed, millennial/Gen Z social media crowd.