A good start...

Rating: 9/10 (5 August 1999)

I arrived home from the first showing of the movie 10 minutes ago. Here is how I feel:
-The first 30 minutes are bad. Little logics, too many things happening, you can't get into the feeling at all.
-It gets better. The kid is not as bad as he could have been, and I didn't find Jar Jar as annoying as some do. He's not very funny, but not so annoying either. Actors are generally good enough. Effects, naturally, were no less than amazing.
-The last 30 minutes of the movie were the best moments I have had this far sitting in a theatre. This was Star Wars, this is what I waited for 4 years. I had chills going down my spine, not many movies do that for me. :)
I guess it took Lucas some time and practise to remember how to create that magical feeling that we had in the original movies, but the movie gets so good towards the ending, that in my humble oppinion, it very well deserves to be called Star Wars: Episode I
(I want my Episode II, and I want it now, because if it's as much better as E5 was compared to E4... No words can describe that ;)