Not Perfect, but good.

Rating: 8/10 (28 February 2000)

I don't why this film is getting so much bad publicity and why is everyone so hard on Jake Lloyd? He did good if not great. That's the way kids act. Some people have suggested Haley Joel Osmond would make a better Anakin. Well maybe. But it would be a different kind of character. Had he played the part, most people would say, "oh yeah, you could see his dark side". But i don't think Anakin is meant to be dark in Phantom Menace. The whole point is that he was a good hearted noble kid and i think Lloyd managed to project that image. I did not like the inclusion of C3PO in this movie. I don't buy the fact that Anakin built him. I would have introduced later or not at all until EpisodeIV just like Han and Chewie. On the other hand, I liked the inclusion of R2D2. If you watch EpisodeIV when the droids fall on Tatoine, you could tell R2D2 is familar with the place but 3P0 is not. I have heard that crap about the droids having their memories erased, but it sounds too corny for me. I loved the effects and everything and i think the film has the best Jedi Duel so far. I think all three of them did good. Ewan McGregor was really into it.