Biggest disappointment of my moviegoing life

Rating: 5/10 (17 May 2002)

After the greatness of the original trilogy, this movie was one of the most severe letdowns I have ever seen. To summarize:
Darth Maul, who appeared on every piece of merchandise put out for this film, is only in it for about 15 minutes. Granted, his scenes are the best of the movie (the sabre duels), but couldn't we get more out of our villian?
Jar-Jar Binks. What can I say that hasn't already been said. He's a cartoon-looking annoyance with no purpose in the film but to act like a moron. He was kicked out of his home for being clumsy, and goes on to be clumy through the entire rest of the film, doing nothing to add to the story or plot, meanwhile being the most annoying character any film has ever produced. A cheap ploy to sell toys.
Anakin Skywalker basically does nothing but drive around in speeders and say "yippee!" Boring, hollow, and flat the whole way through, while doing unrealistic things the highly-trained adult pilots of the movie can't do. Poorly acted, and a boring character.
All in all, the script is awful, the acting (with the exception of Obi-wan) is horrid, and often the movie is so boring you may need medical attention. I swear, during the scene at the underwater city I was clinically dead for 2 minutes.
This movie is a curse. I just saw Episode 2, and it was excellent - so why was this one so terrible?