Nothing like the previous three...

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2020)

Now hold your horses, this film is directed by George Lucas, the guy who force-fed ideas to Spielberg for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, whose ideas were shown in the final movie. If you guys read my previous review for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, you will see that I was a very nice person and gave it a 7/10, one of my problems with that film was the story. You're probably sitting there like, a 6 star review for this piece of garbage? And, yes I can understand where you're coming from, you probably went into this film expecting "A New Hope", "Empire Strikes Back" or "Return of the Jedi" that is not this movie!
It is not the greatest work of 1999 and I understand people's problems with this film, some of the characters are repetitive and are given the same sort of lines and dialogue and it is flawed, yes. If you went into this film back in 1999 expecting the next "Empire Strikes Back" you will be very disappointed, which is understandable, considering the first three were absolutely brilliant pieces of work and going into this you would've expected the next big thing and I understand where you're coming from, I was disappointed as well. When I was around 6 I would've given this film a 9/10, because I wasn't sure about movies back then, but watching it now, I see its flaws and it is a flawed movie.
By all means this is no masterpiece, the C- grade is for the nostalgia and to be honest it is kind of entertaining. I know there are fans of the Episodes by George Lucas and there are some who prefer this over the first three and I'm not one of those fanboys, if one of my favourite filmmakers put out a bad film I will not defend it and stick up for it, I will give it the rating it deserves based on its issues and everything wrong with it. Call me a Nolan fanboy, I am, because he has never made a bad film and as far as I am concerned, will NEVER make a bad film! Anyways let's get back to the topic.
The Phantom Menace was the first in the series of Lucas's Episodes for Star Wars, Roger Ebert's positive review for this movie isn't the only reason I give this movie a 6, it was one of the only positive reviews for this film back then by a well renowned critic. This is one of those films that have since developed a cult following and still remains divisive to this day. I don't really want to spoil this film, if you've never watched Phantom Menace, I recommend you check it out, without trying to think of it as one of those.
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