Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Chris M — 13 Jan 2018

This movie has its ups and downs. I frankly enjoy the first thirty minutes and the last thirty minutes of the movie the most, but in between it's alright. The movie starts off in a fun way in my opinion, seeing the jedi at a time when the order was still around and very prevalent in the galaxy was amazing and Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson do a fantastic job.

The action is fun and fast, and John Williams score is brilliant. Of course, Jar Jar is a major downside of the movie. Not only is his dialogue and voice just awful but the CGI is extremely outdated. However, my least favorite part of this movie is Anakin and the Tatooine sequence.

Contrary to most people, I do not care for the podrace at all because it's so long and really boring after the first two minutes. Jake Lloyd did a good job, for his age, but that doesn't mean I have to like his character.

Darth Maul and the "Phantom Menace" that we later learn is Palpatine needed a much more involved role in the movie, but when they were on screen I absolutely loved it. As I said earlier, the last thirty minutes I really liked.

It was action packed, amazingly scored, and just a blast to watch although it was occasionally cheesy. Overall I'd give it a 3/5 because of fun action scenes, amazing music, overall good acting, and amazing locations but also outdated CGI, extremely boring scenes, villains that did not get enough screentime, and overall shitty humor and characters that are aimed towards toddlers.