An extremely underrated movie

Rating: 7/10 (6 March 2013)

Although the Phantom Menace was not as good as the original trilogy, it was not a bad movie, and I feel that the hatred for the movie, and especially Jar Jar Binks, is uncalled for. There were some very good aspects of the Phantom Menace, for example; firstly, the special effects in the movie were extremely good for the time that it was made, Secondly, there was a very amusing pod race on tatooine, thirdly, the characters, except for Jar Jar Binks, are well written on the whole, and finally, It offers the start of a very interesting back story into Darth Vader's past. But, on the other hand, there are some bad points, such as; the length of the film, I felt, and so did many others, that the political plot to the movie was too dragged out, and became tiresome. And even worse, Jar Jar Binks is the most annoying character in any film I have seen. So, on the whole, the film would have been a lot better without Jar Jar Binks