Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Brendan B — 02 Jan 2016

This movie was a horrific disaster and a terrible beginning to the prequels of the Star Wars saga. The only reason I gave this movie two stars is because of the entertaining battle scene between Qui-Gon Jin and Obi-Wan Kenobi versus Darth Maul.

There were only three important pieces of information in this movie, that Obi-Wan's master was Qui-Gon, that Anakin was from the planet Tatooine, and that Anakin is very strong in the force. All three of these facts could have easily been shown in two flashbacks, or three sentences.

But it was definitely not worth a whole movie, that's why it felt so stretched, they were trying to hit the two hour marker and with a lack of material, they had to fill it in with unnecessary, boring scenes.

This movie was a massive disappointment and could have been done a lot better.