Star Wars Episode 1: The Boring Politics

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2016)

Over the span of a few weeks I just finished watching all of the Star Wars franchise over again, and this movie is not bad at all. It is watchable and somewhat enjoyable, but it's not as good as the original series. Kids will love it without a doubt, but for adults, it can get a little boring after a while.
I watched this movie in 1 1/2 hour increments (two days), because the movies are so long. I remember loving it without a doubt as a kid, but I began to notice how much this movie is lacking. But before I blast it, I want to tell what I liked about the movie.
I loved the cast (SO many great actors!), Naboo was very pretty, the races on Tatooine were cool, and there were plenty of aliens!
What I didn't like.
1: The boring politic dribble. Okay, I know politics play a key role in the republic, but come on. An entire half of the movie was political rambling that I didn't even understand. I honestly felt like fast- forwarding through all of it, but to write this review, I watched every frame. *sigh* If you're going to make a movie with a bunch of politics, please make it coherent, interesting, and understandable.
2: Midi-Chlorians and Anakins' birth. WHAT THE CRAP. Are you trying to tell me the force is comprised of all-knowing all-powerful cell particles and that Anakin was born from nothing!? How? What? WHY!? That is pretty sick and twisted. The cell particles lumped together inside Smi to create Anakin, which means he's a flipping Huge-Chlorian. *facepalm*
3: Jar Jar Binks. Good gosh. Lock him in a closet and throw away the key! This guy is the most irritating, nonsensical idiot I've ever seen. In my mind I pictured a thousand deaths worthy of this boob. And yet he appears in ALL THREE MOVIES.
4: Why do you create two cool characters (Qui-gon Jinn and the Phantom Menace) only to kill them in the same movie. AND it was a really quick battle that could have been epic if they had cut out a half hour of the politics and sprinkled some force juice and more Jedi in.
5: The script was dry.
6: Another celebration ending.
It's a good movie, don't get me wrong. It's worth watching at least once. But now you've been properly briefed.