Looks Better in Retrospect

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2003)

When TPM first came out, people were none too impressed, because it had problems, which even Return of the Jedi didn't. The latter started looking better. Well, now the same thing has happened. With the advent of AOTC, I, for one, am looking much more fondly on this much maligned Episode 1. Granted, qualitywise it's not much better a movie then AOTC. But it's a lot more entertaining. Probably because Jar Jar isn't nearly as annoying as Hayden Christensen(Sure Jake Lloyd wasn't much good either, but he didn't get as much opportunity to make people cringe as Hayden did, because of the way the part was written). In fact, one gets the impression that Lucas hadn't entirely gone to seed quite yet when he did this one. Sure, there are groans, but after watching AOTC, there don't seem so many of them as there once did. Which leaves the question of what will happen to AOTC after Episode III comes out.