Bad, but not "Batman and Robin" bad.

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2002)

First let me start off by saying Phantom Menace is not a patch on the original trilogy. (However those films were not only ground breaking, but also pasted into the social conscience). So perhaps it was unreasonable to expect such a feat by George Lucas. But is it so painful to get through. Nah I don't think so.If u forget that gungan who should suffer pure pain, and the fact that Lucas for some god known reason decided to turn Anakin into the next Home Alone kid. But the good points: yes Darth Maul was cool, Natalie Portman, John Williams again delivered, and ofcourse the best fight scene I have ever seen. As far as Episode 2 goes, it is a good thing people are bagging it already. It means expectations will be less. People will be pleasantly surprised by the next one which Ewan Mcgregor calls f**king brilliant. This coming from a man who bagged Menace months before it came out. To the optimists I say the next one will be a true return to form . To the pessimists, we will see in May .