NOT THE BEST STAR WARS MOVIE

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 1999)

The phantom Menace was a very good movie. It had action it had excitement, And it even had easy to uderstand humor. I rated this movie a ten because it was interesting and it had a good plot. but not everyone can understand the story. If you haven't seen Episodes 4, 5, and 6, then it will be hard to understand parts of it. The computer effects and animation was awesome but I don't understand why the first episode would be made to make the other star wars movies look so primitive. the style of the movie is what upset me i believe George Lucas made mistake when he started the series with Episode 4. but I'm sure Episodes 2,3 7,8, and 9 will be awesome.
now for the viewing experience of the movie. as it starts out you feel invigorated by the star wars theme music and the scrolling marque on the big screen and then things slow down for a while but when they meet up with anakin things start to get interesting. The war scene was very exciting and the buildings were astounding. Jarr-Jarr Binks was funny most of the time but his constant missunderstanding of words started to get to me.
now let me tell why i headlined this with NOT THE BEST STAR WARS MOVIE. the reason is because it lacks what the classic star wars movies have in common, a continuing story line. the movie drifted off into things that did not matter a lot, and also heres a big one, The "FORCE" was seldom mentioned in the film, and it was barley ever used. I prefer "RETURN OF THE JEDI" because it has the best plot and story line, it brings together episodes 4, and 5.
i guess i've said enough. if you want to know if this is really a good movie then you'll have to go see it yourself this is only the opinion of an amateur movie critic.