Simply Amazing!

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 1999)

To all the people (wanna be critics) trashing this movie, I have one thing to say. GET A LIFE! This movie was so much fun, that I'm still amazed by it. It's exciting, it's funny, and it ties in with the rest of the trilogy as well as sets us up for the new episodes.
You really have to be quite stupid if all you do is take this movie apart to find faults in it. Having grown up after the original trilogy, this one seems far superior to me then the old ones, as I have no special attachments to the originals as a lot of you here seem to, and will not defend their obvious weaknesses. The special effects were breathtaking, and if you think otherwise you don't know what you are talking about. Some said it's not state of the art, well let me tell you something, I'm studying computer graphics and see things most people wouldn't notice, and I was simply blown away. Even the creatures who usually look fake, or move in unrealistic ways looked good here. In one battle there are thousands of cgi characters fighting thousands more, and as most of you critics have no clue how hard that is to do, it's pathetic for you to say that it's not special. Tell me what a radiosity raytracer is, then we'll talk.
Next, a lot of people are trashing the acting, well why don't you just take a look at a new hope, and see what "plastic" acting is all about. In phantom, all the actors do a good job in playing their characters. The queen is supposed to be solemn and determined, and so are the jedi, always calm.
So, all in all, if you haven't seen this movie, run and see it.
Don't pay attention to what the so called critics say. Sit back and enjoy the show. Don't expect the world either, this is a movie after all. Yes jar jar, gets annoying but later on its not so bad, yes darth maul should get more screen time, but those are minor things. This is quite an experience.