Why are people saying this is a good movie? It's not a good movie

Rating: 3/10 (18 February 2020)

I used to like The Phantom Menace. But that was before I realized that this movie is pure trash. Sure, there are some redeeming qualities and aspects. For example, the music is fantastic. The CGI is really good; the problem is that it's overused. The Podracing scene was cool and the final battle was choreographed amazingly.
But that's it
This story has such a confusing plot. I can't even remember what it is because it's so confusing. It's also so BORING. A New Hope? Rescuing a princess from a space station. Empire Strikes Back? Training with Yoda and escaping the bad guys. Return of the Jedi? Taking down the Empire. But this movie? Settling a trade dispute that went horribly wrong. Snore
Not only that, but the characters are awful. Jar Jar Binks is the ONLY character with actual emotion and character traits, but he is so annoying to listen to. Everyone else has no emotions. They never talk about how they feel. Many of them get treated like garbage. Obi-Wan, for example. He gets, like, NO screen time! And Darth Maul! He was a badass, but had less than five lines and hardly any screen time as well. Then he gets yeeted into a bottomless pit like some schmuck. The Clone Wars TV show redeems him, but that doesn't fix this movie.
All in all, this is a disaster of a film. Viewing guides recommend that you skip this movie entirely when doing a Star Wars marathon because it's bad and doesn't hold any stakes in the plot. That's just sad
Please don't defend this movie. It's a bad movie.