Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Ben P — 17 Dec 2016

There are very few movies (If any) that can say they had the hype momentum of this one. Due to this it's natural for one to think that a movie with such a build-up could fair better on re-watch with less expectations, that said Phantom Menace goes against the grain by getting worse every viewing experience due to an awful script.

This dull prologue has little to no impact on the over all Star Wars experience, if you cut this movie from your Star Wars marathon you're missing out on nothing. The plot and characters are equally dry resulting in a bore that fails to capture any of the previous trilogy's thrills.