An awesome movie (14-year update)

Rating: 3/10 (9 February 2000)

Update: It's been 14 years since I was writing this review as a teenager. Rereading it today, I cringe at how forgiving I was of this movie's flaws. I like this movie less and less as I get older and now consider Episode I to be the ultimate cautionary tale of filmmaking. The original review is preserved for nostalgia.
Original: -------------------
This movie was the perfect addition to the Star Wars saga. Well, it was almost perfect. I agree with what most people have to say: The acting was great, the Special Effects were amazing, and the music was very well done (hats off to John Williams for composing the soundtrack; I fell in love with the song "Duel of the Fates," which plays during the light saber battle with Darth Maul.)
However, I must be honest: the movie is not perfect. Below, I have listed some points that make it flawed:
-While the special effects are great, they use the new style of computer generation, and it doesn't give quite the same feel as how it was done in the old films.
-Over half of the characters in the movie are computer generated. Personally, I liked it better when they were all done with people in costumes or puppets.
-Queen Amidala's hair styles get more abnormal in every scene.
All of these are minor flaws, and didn't affect my overall score. However, there is one other problem:
-Jar Jar Binks is in the film. For this reason alone, I must deduct one point off my rating. There is no excuse for an annoying character like that to even have a part in a Star Wars film, and now he's coming back in Episode 2. My only consolation is he is killed or exiled before episode 3 ends, because he is never shown in the later episodes.
I give it a 9/10 overall.