Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Odjento — 02 Jan 2015

I hate when people say the prequel films are terrible, they do still have some great scenes! With ep1, there were some definite let-downs, such as Jar Jar Binks and Anakins very average performance (but he is a kid I suppose), but they provided many other great things.

The pod racing is a hella a lot of fun to watch, and The enviroments vary nicely in the film. Then also, they introduce possibly the most badass character in the Star Wars lore: Darth Maul. He is scary, awesome and just great to watch in this movie! And let me say, the end battle is possibly one of the best and well paced fights ever.

Qui-gon and Obi against Darth Maul in those red laser barriers, that's how to rack up some brilliant tension.