So-So Start To The Prequel Trilogy

Rating: 6/10 (28 December 2019)

The Phantom Menace is definitely not the disaster everyone says it is with Special Effects that are pretty good even 20 years later, Strong performances from Neeson, McGregor, and McDiarmid, The character of Darth Maul, The soundtrack (Dual Of The Fates is epic), and the fight between Maul, Qui-Gon, and Obi-Wan. But that's not quite enough to mask the bloated script, Jar-Jar Binks being annoying as hell, Juvenile humor (80% of it from Jar-Jar), Bad acting from Portman and Lloyd, And lazy writing for the characters. Overall, The Phantom Menace is only okay.