Get real, it wasn't that good

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 1999)

First, the awesome special effects and acting of Neeson, McGregor, and Portman saved the movie from being one of the greatest flops in history.
The movie had that cheesy 70's feel; just check out the gun Queen Amidala uses, it is straight out of Flash Gordon. The Battle scenes (not the Sabre duel scenes) were a joke. Lucas should have consulted with combat experts. Only 7 year kids would have been excited. But even they, who are used to the great modern day movie action sequences, were probably bored.
The pod race scene doesn't even come close to the horse race in Ben-Hur that Lucas obviously tried to emulate. Like all other scenes, the pod race is oblivious to the viewer's emotions, it tries to impress the audience only special effects, and not with special characters and drama.
Jinsoo