A feast for the eyes, but.....

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 1999)

I just finished watching Episode I for the ninth time and I still am unable to take it all in. Lucas is the master of putting dreams onto the screen. I only wish I had a fraction of his imagination. Everyone already knows the pod race scene is flawlessly gorgeous, so I won't get into that. But the best scene in my mind is when they're escaping from Naboo and are saved by none other than R2D2. The first time through, the crowd ate it up. Everything about this movie is perfect. Forget the negative comments and see this movie multiple times. Jar Jar Binks is also an achievement. He was hilarious. Although during the final battle, it was a little much to have his own clumsiness save his Gungan a$$. Audiences were going in with the acting second string to the visuals, so don't expect any acting awards. The actors did enough to get a feel for their characters, and that's all I needed. Except for the cringing "yippees" from little Jake Lloyd, there are no complaints here. About the but....., there are no buts. A 9.9/10. I'll save the 10's for II and III.