Other then finding Anakin, the film is pointless

Rating: 2/10 (19 November 2005)

A lot of people keep telling me that Episode 1 was a very important and impressive film. How the film works and is just as good as the originals. These people couldn't be any more wrong.
Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace is easily the worst of all the Star Wars films. The film starts out with Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) being attacked after a failed negotiatian attempt with the Viceroy of the Trade Federation who is laying siege to the friendly planet of Naboo. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon end up on the planet and travel with the most annoying character in film history, Jar Jar Binks to the capital where they meet Queen Amidala.
Next thing you know the planet's been taken over by the Viceroy and the Jedi are on Tatooine with the Queen. Soon they find a boy named Anakin(Jake Lloyd) who has the potential to be a powerful Jedi. Then they go to Coruscant and the films dwindles away into a terrible mess of characters and pointless story.
So many characters get added that the film is just a bunch of one liners from characters you'll never see again. Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor are the only actors who do an average job but other then them, the characters are painfully one-dimensional and boring. Jake Llyod is the worst of all. He's so bad of an actor that to put him in the most important role of the film was destined for disaster results.
What Lucas did worst of all was not the story but the conversion from puppet use to CGI characters. They're so stupid looking that you can barely watch the stupid things move. A word to Lucas, if your going to use CGI, make the d*mn things look believable. What made the originals so great was the use of hundreds of puppets, including Yoda, as characters. Those puppets were more believable then these new ones.
The story is exceptionally weak. Other then finding Anakin, the film has no point. Darth Maul, the alleged villain of the film, makes the least sense of all. He never talks, is barely ever shown and yet is supposed to be the beacon of the villain in the film. So much time is wasted in the film, with Jar Jar, with the whole Gungon people, and with Darth Maul.
The film is a complete waste of time. Anakin, if he's going to be young, should have been portrayed by a better actor. If you're going to have a director, don't have Lucas do it. In fact, let some check the stupid script before he starts filming. He makes three fantastic movies, then nearly ruins the two series with this lone film.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd and Frank Oz.
2 out of 5 Stars.