A huge disappointment

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2000)

I had high hopes for this one. But once again quality has to make way for the big money. It seems like every scene, every character in this movie was made for one purpose - to sell merchandise.
All the scenes with Jar Jar Binks could have been left out in my opinion. The journey to the "city under water" and the "desert race" brought nothing to the story - they just made the movie more sad to watch.
Everything wasn't bad though. Some of the scenes were quite ok. Especially the Jedi Council and the fighting scenes. Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) worked well as good vs evil opponents and the destiny of Natalie Portmans Queen Amidala will be exciting to follow in part two.
Otherwise a huge disappointment.