The beginning of the end of the Star Wars title

Rating: 3/10 (18 April 2014)

What Happened George Lucas, What Happened? How could you screw up possibly the most anticipated film of all time to the levels of this film The Phantom Menace. Now as a massive fan of the original Star Wars films I even struggle to watch this film because of how bad it is and what it represents in the ideology of Lucas for Star Wars films. We had our warning with the Ewoks in Return of The Jedi that we should have realised that Star Wars was being turned into a kids film and not a very good one at that. This film is set about 30 years before the original Star Wars and sees two Jedi Qui-Gon-Jin and Obi-Wan-Kenobi attempting to save the planet of Naboo from a hostile takeover from the Sith while also running into a boy who could possibly bring balance to the force. The main negative of this film is the script and just how wooden some of the dialogue is between characters that just shouldn't be, also the main reason I Love Star Wars is because of the characters and how we are meant to identify with them and care about them, in this film you will not really care about anybody even when you are truly meant to. But the straw that breaks the camels back is Jar Jar Binks oh my god this my be the most childish and annoying character ever put on the screen and if people hated The Ewoks then they haven't seen anything close to Jar Jar Binks. There are some positives though like I believe Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor put in good performances as our two Jedi's but that wasn't enough. The main positives for me is The Pod race which I find incredibly cool and exciting and also the final encounter between Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Darth Maul. This is one of the best lightsaber fights in Star Wars and it is great because of all three participants. A huge positive as well is that this is Star Wars and the music is always great and this is no different even in this bad film. I am glad we have future Star Wars films and now that Lucas isn't directing I am optimistic that these new films will return Star Wars to its glory days.