Star Wars I

Rating: 5/10 (8 February 2020)

Going back and revisiting these is a fascinating experience. I, like most, despised this movie. Heralding it as the blight of a once glorious franchise.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not about to advocate for this being a good movie, but its not that bad. There are definitely problems here but I can see what Lucas was aiming for, he just got a little lost in the weeds. Still, it looks great, there are some incredible lightsaber battles and pod racing is kinda fun.
The problem to me is more with how wildly disconnected this feels from even the other prequels. Anakin aging so drastically while everyone else stays the same is a huge problem later on. But here, in just this, it kinda works.
Jar Jar never worked. Even in this he annoys me to death. Definitely some bad here, it's not great, but it's not some crime against fandom either.