Enjoy The Phantom Menace for Today, not 1977.

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 1999)

I thought that Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace was a wonderful movie. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't perfect because of some small flaws but, it certainly is not as bad as several overly critical critics would have you think. I mean does anyone remember how several critics originally hated "A New Hope" but, in recent years had to go back on their original comments and say that it really was a good film? And besides, it's just entertainment. It is also a piece of art but, we're not discussing nuclear winter or the bleak future of mankind and the earth here so lighten up and enjoy the film. Take your kids, be a kid, have some popcorn, clap, cheer, yell, remember how it was to see "A New Hope" back in 1977 when you were a child (or Younger adult), and don't compare "The Phantom Menace" to "ANH" because that was 1977 and this is 1999. :)