Not bad, but not great

Rating: Null/10 (21 May 2002)

By reading the title, you can basically guess the nature of my comments. Though it is not without it's flaws Episode I is not a horrible film. It's just not a wonderful one either. I consider it to be decent. It had many plot flaws, what some people don't understand is that, Episode I is an introduction to the charecters we will come to know in the prequel trilogy. It was the same way when A New Hope was released. This came to me when I was a bit disapointed when I returned from the theater three years ago on the day of it's release. I popped in the original and watched, and came to this conclusion The charecters in A New Hope were somewhat under developed and there were many plot holes there too. In fact you should watch A New Hope After watching Episode I and you may see my point.
Anyway, Episode I though it had it's flaws which did take up more of the movie than I cared for, also had it's upsides. One really neat upside was the podracing sequence, the gungan battle, the way that politics work in the galactic senate when it existed, Obi Wan Kenobi as a young padawan, the friendship between the Obi Wan and Qui Gon, Ewan Mcgregor as Obi Wan and as you can all guess the action scenes. These were all good components in the film and saved it from being a total loss. The things that without the components mentioned above could have killed it all together, are as followed. The complaint department consists of, Jar Jar Binks for obvious reasons, the whole idea of midichlorians, Anakin Skywalker being introduced as a 9 year old with all those abilities, and the space battle, which was the worst I'd ever seen. Now I love Star Wars outer space battles but this one was just lame because we never saw a Naboo fighter pilot shoot down one single federation fighter, and all we really saw was Naboo pilots flying like chickens with their heads cut off.
Anyway, as stated many times above, though the film has its flaws, the good in it does out do the bad parts. So, Episode I should be seen as what it is, foreshadowing of things to come. And by the way, Episode II is an improvement.