Review of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) by Ismael M — 20 Dec 2017

People love to hate this movie, but I believe it's not better or worse than 'Return Of The Jedi'. In fact, I have less love for those fucking Ewoks and their shenanigans than the entire Gungan Army.

It seems that people like to put the blame for everything that went wrong with this movie on the shoulders of Jar Jar Binks. Although I agree that Jar Jar sucks and is in fact a monumental mistake, he is not the center of the movie.

The center of the movie is Qui-Gon Jinn, that's the character people should be following, since he is the one who opens the way for the relationship between Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme, and all of the events that follow.

I guess I am okay with the movie and hold no grudge because, contrary to other people, I got what I expected. The only purpose of this movie was to introduce the characters and set up the following movies, and I did not ask for anything more.

And, no matter what people say about the movie now, 10 years ago, when they saw the movie in a crowded movie theatre, they were cheering during the pod race and all through the Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon/Darth Maul lightsaber duel.

Hate the movie all you want, but I saw you, and you were cheering.