Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Rating: 6/10 (30 October 2011)

The original trilogy are some of my absolute all-time favourite films but there's no doubt in my mind that the prequels are not as good.
Phantom Menace is not a bad film but it does suffer from various aspects. For one the storyline about the trade federation and intergalactic taxing isn't the most epic of story lines. Obi-Wan is pretty good. Qui-Gon was okay I guess. Anakin just didn't do it for me. Darth Maul was brilliant but unfortunately he doesn't really have any dialog and he doesn't have enough screen time. Jar Jar was one of the most irritating characters in movie history. The highlights of the film are definitely both the pod race and the final battle where Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon take on the Darth Maul. In conclusion I think the film is okay. It's worth a watch but it's not anything special.