Change of heart

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 1999)

I saw Star Wars Episode I for the last time on 12:01 Wednesday morning. I came out of the theater disappointed. I decided to go see it again from a different perspective - that of someone going to see the film on it's own merits, and not comparing it to the other three Star Wars films, and not from being the Star Wars fanatic that I am.
After leaving the theater for the second time, I was very happy with the movie. I'm not sure why I was not happy with the movie the first time - the movie was not what I thought it was going to be. This is not a bad thing, just not what I expected.
Not to say there were parts of the movie I did not like. I still wish Darth Maul would have been in the movie for more than 15 minutes, and that Jar Jar Binks would have been thrown in a meat grinder, but overall, the second time is a charm.