My positive review on The Phantom Menace.

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2014)

Now while many believe that The Phantom Menace did not live up to the hype, I believe it did. This review will give my reasons of why I think it is very underrated and some of the problems it had. The story begins as you would expect it, in the middle of a story. We are of course given a catch up of the story, but sadly I believe they should of went with a different route. I believe that we should not have started in the middle of a Treaty over the Blockade of a planet. I believe that it is almost as if we got sequel to something that we never seen. This is the problem I have with this film, other than that, I am completely engaged in the story and the development of Obi Wan's character is perfect: going from apprentice of Qui Gon to master of Anakin . Some times I think that Qui Gon and Obi Wans character should of been combined into one character aka Obi Wan Kenobi, as it would make more sense, continuity wise. Now to the more positive aspects of The Phantom Menace. First of all Liam Neeson as Qui Gon Jinn is just tremendous and I mean it, it is as if he was typecast. Jake LLoyd as Anakin Skywalker may not be the best but he just pulls it off, plus he was like 8 years of age, who can blame him. Ewan Mcgregor as Obi Wan, is mostly just there to have Obi Wan be in it, but I still think he brings a great incarnation of the character. Overall I think Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is underrated classic and very re-watchable. I also think that it worked better on paper for most people and that for others it was just simply Jar Jar - do not need a explanation for that. Thank you for reading.