Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Adam%20 H — 19 Dec 2017

A rough but a workable star to the 2nd trilogy this movie suffers from some minor plot holes and questionable directions, not necessarily bad but probably not great idk. A lot of people hated the politics between the trade federation and Naboo and the Republic I actually enjoyed it, it was a good way to see how the democracy of the galaxy worked with its advantages and flaws.

Some of that stuff was present in the originals as well but not to this extent, I do see peoples problem with that it feels like it stops the movie dead in its tracks but its trying to set up the rise of the Emperor, it probably could have been dealt with better.

What actually halts the movie and is not relevant to later movies is the pod race scene that could have been a lot shorter and had that time used for character development, the two jedi in this are very likeable and have there strengths and weakness, an ok into into the 2nd trilogy.