Not the worst Star Wars film

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2020)

POSITIVES:
1) Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor both give as strong performances as possible with the script they had
2) Darth Maul is so menacing but so cool, and the end lightsaber fight is the best of the entire saga for me
3) It is watchable as the start of the Star Wars saga, and there are themes here that apply to the whole saga
4) I like the character dynamic of Qui Gon frequently disobeying the Jedi Council and disagreeing with them, it is interesting and also links in with the character of Count Dooku in the next film
NEGATIVES:
1) Some of the dialogue is absolutely atrocious: "are you an angel?" Urgh
2) Jar Jar Binks and young Anakin are two of the most annoying characters in cinema history
3) The complete overuse of annoying CGI is terrible and very dated
4) People seem to love the pod racing sequence but I absolutely hate it, it's just a CGI race intercut with shots of Anakin being annoying and the rest of the heroes watching on and pulling worried faces