I honestly don't hate it

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2020)

If you asked me 4 years ago what my least favorite Star Wars film was, it would be this one. Remembering the last time I watched it being when I was 7, I thought it was boring and uneventful and not worthy of a rewatch and until I was 17, I didn't watch it. However, after watching it at an older age, I appreciated the film more. Of course the Gungans are annoying, the CGI dated, and some of the dialogue is messy, the film sets up Anakin and his relationship with Obi-Wan and Padme, as well as fleshing out Obi-Wan's past. The fights are memorable for the most part, especially the last one, the manipulation starting within the government of the Republic is intriguing, and overall it feels like more is happening to move Anakin's story forward than the second film and does so in a more memorable way.