It's fun... and that's all

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2019)

The first, chronologyly saying, movie of the Skywalker Saga is a fun ride, and that's all. I wasn't expecting so much before watching, and I was not surprised by the movie either, but it's not as bad as I heard it was, but is clearly the weakest of ALL the Star Wars movies, this doesn't makes it necessarily a bad movie, and I think ''average'' is a good term, I think. Well, apart from Jar Jar Binks and a bit other things, like the humor, everything else is fine and there is some great moments, well, one moment: the battle between Qui-Gon Jinn and Kenobi vs Darth Maul, that is really well done and captivating, everything there was done right in my opinion. The ''political'' part of the movie was meh, and in some parts doesn't makes sense at all, the political system of the Republic is flawed and confusing and I don't know how such thing could it last for millenia. The acting, well... Liam Neeson is okay, the same for Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor was a fresh actor, so there is no much for say REALLY. In the end, despite the flaws, The Phantom Menace is a watchable, fun movie, and didn't deserve the hate that received.