definitely a Star Wars movie, but far from the best....

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 1999)

Don't get me wrong, it was worth the wait to see it but I can see why some of the critics gave it bad reviews.
As a Star Wars movie the music and special effects were over the top and over the scale, thank god for ILM (industrial light and magic) and John Williams score writing.
But the plot was, well lets say there could be more to it then there was. I am not saying it was terrible plot but it doesn't come close to the originals (episode iv,v,vi).
First of all I felt Jar Jar Binks was a little over done, don't add him to episode ii please.
Anakin Skywalker had a little too much press time, considering the film is supposed to deal with a trades war.
And finally there was too little time with Darth Maul
Other then that the movie was pretty cool.
Liam Neeson made a pretty cool jedi knight/master as Qui-Gon Jinn as did Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
I liked Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu and Yoda.
Coruscant was awsome as was the Jedi Council Chamber.
The other characters were cool as well like Queen Amidala/Paddame and Senator Palpatine (is he or isn't he Darth Sidious?, I think so.)
As George Lucas said this film was aimed mostly at kids but episode ii is supposed to be the romantic one perhaps this will appeal more to adults (as well as the awesome "Clone Wars") as did "The Empire Strikes Back". Here's hoping.
This film gets a 8/10