Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 1999)

This Episode I of the Star Wars Saga is a very good one. In my opinion is as good as the other 3 Episodes. Sometimes I put it in the second place of my favorite and other timer in the last one. My favorite Episode is the VI Return of the Jedi. I am not going to mention why, because this is from Episode I The Phantom Menace and not from Episode VI. Well, in the movie (SW EP I TPM) almost all is ok. There is a very good group of actors. I liked the performance of Natalie Portman and Liam Neeson for the best. But Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best were enjoyable too. All the actors were enjoyable. The story was very good. It was a good start for the whole Saga. The way Palpatine is gaining power, the way Anakin went to be trained by Obi-Wan, the way in which Palpatine hides in the shape of Darth Sidious, the Trade Federation, the way C-3PO and R2D2 joined each other, etc. Plot was good too. The only bad thing I found were some dialogues, that were made for us to laugh but were not appropriated for the moment. But for the rest, all was perfect. Special Effects were so great, I loved them. But I am not a Star Wars fan because of the special effects only, I love the story of the Star Wars Saga. The costumes of Queen Amidala were so beautiful (the movie will win an Oscar for Costume Design for sure!). I liked Jar Jar Binks, I didn't found him a bad character, or a stupid guy or anything bad. And he's form of speaking was cool. Ohh, and the music performance was perfect. I loved it a lot. Dues of the Fates and the Augie's Great Municipal Band were perfect scores. John Williams is the best, he's the King of music scoring. (He deserves the next Oscar for Best Song!) Well, STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE is a great movie, a STAR WARS movie. I really liked it and I enjoyed it a lot. I cried when Anakin went with Qui-Gon and left his mommy, and when Qui-Gon died. Also at the beginning and at the ending. I shall recommend this movie to anyone who loves good movies. I give a 9 out of 10 to the movie. And... May the Force be with us.