Good movie but not extraordinary !

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 1999)

Well i must confess before commenting this movie that i'm a great Star Trek fan and anyone know the great rivality between the fan of the two franchises. Well i never hate Star Wars but more the hardcore fans of SW who often attack Star Trek without great arguments like the Star Destroyer is bigger than the Entreprise so Star Wars is better than Star Trek you see what i'm talking about..., this debate is another story so it would be all for this... So i go see this movie with the betters intentions in the world i also try to be objective and i put my Vulcan logic aside to replace it by the mythological and the fairy tales stuff of Lucas... Well its a good movie with beautiful eyes candies the space ships are beautiful and all this stuff ... But what about the characters. i left with the impression they have nothing interesting to say some will argue that SW isn't about character development well i don't think so the 3 others movies were somewhat interesting on this subject but the Phantom Menace just don't get it ! One other thing is Anakin at the end of the movie blowing out everything so easily ! Again some will say don't took it too seriously its Star Wars well i think Episode IV V VI were more serious but at same time were appealing to the children but Episode 1 fail on this its too child orienting ! Another things i didn't like is the race, it was cool but i think it was too long... it was also a way for Lucas to sell more video games ... The first hour of this movie is simply boring and the other hour kick a$$ ! Now i will pass to the more positive aspect of the movie, the final lightsaber combat between Darth Maul and the 2 jedi are simply great and exciting ! Finally i think its a good movie maybe i will see it another time but more than two times i think its fanatism ... well i'm a little fanatic when it came for Star Trek stuff so i understand the Star Wars fans ...