An Excellent Work, Thank You Mr. Lucas

Rating: 10/10 (31 May 1999)

A Prequel, the we long awaited, finally arrived. I read lots of comments about it before I actually see the film, but I made my mind clear before the big time.
From now on in my comment, there may be some spoilers, enter at your own risk.
First lets start with the plot, This is a good story that takes us into the enchanted Galaxy that we know for a long time. Some may say that, this is not the very beginning, still there's lots of things to explain, about Obi-Wan, about Qui-Gon, about the disappearence of the Sith lords, about the Jedi Council, maybe about the creation of the galaxy itself, C'mon guys, actually there can't be any beginning. Consider this as a beginning of the big events that changed a whole galaxy. Most of people say that there's no character develop, WRONG!!!, there is development, but not the way that we see all the time, we understand the characters, as they spoke, act... For example, let's take Qui-Gon, his character is noble, patient and realistic. He's a great master and loyal to the council, He also very proud of his young padawan, and he somehow knew that soon he must go away, and the one mentioned in the prophecy must be given to safe hands, he's full of hope about the chosen one and he believes that he will bring the balance as told in the prophecy, bottom line, he will bring balance in his own way. Is it enough for an explanation? I think it is... Jake Lloyd is an excellent choice for the role of young Anakin. Has anyone realized his resemblance with Luke? He's not aware of his great powers, but the force is helping him all the time, Everybody thinks this is luck, but it ain't, it's the pure force that helps him in the pod race and destroying the droid control ship. The Phantom Menace is an excellent choice for the name. Everybody says, Darth Maul (cool guy) has very little screen time, I agree, but he's there for some purpose, and he serves this purpose very well. His purpose is simple, to show the sith lords' power to everyone, he's only an apprentice, but he fights better than a Jedi Master, and his gifted padawan. And he also causes Obi-Wan's anger to control him, and lead him to the dark side, we already know that he didn't chose the dark side, but we also know that he could easily be turned. And the turmoil in the galactic senate has very well shown in the film. The early seeds of a love planted smartly. Anakin is very smart and bright boy. But he also have great fears about his future, most important fear that he have is about his mother, we will see that if they meet again in the future.
Now I want to tell some more about the visualization of the film. I thank every one in the special f/x crew. They made an unbelievable job. The visual effects are eye popping. I can't find the words to describe them, only your own eyes is capable of realizing how amazing they are. The pod race, the fighter droids, the space ships, Naboo palace, Coruscant, The Senate. The CGI`s is way beyond than anything you ever see.
John "The Genius" Williams, is unbelievable as always, he wrote a breathtaking score for a breathtaking film.
For the last, the critics were wrong (as always), The movie is 2 hrs. 10 min. long, but after watching, if you watch the movie again in your head, you will see that the film tells a story that maybe in hands of some other director that will take maybe 10 hours to tell (like Terence Malick :P) And a little addition about Jar-Jar, yes he's annoying but, not that much, he's banished from his world for being clumsy, and he's clumsy, he always makes clumsy things. But I like him some way, he's the funny part of the film and this is fun for every one, especially for the ones, who knew the worth of Star Wars saga, and appreciate it.
MR. LUCAS, THANK YOU...THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WORK.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS........