Watching it now, I can see why so many people bashed on this movie

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2015)

I remember first watching this movie when I was in elementary school. And was super hyped to see it when it came out, because just about everyone was hyped to see it. Especially the adults at that time. And when I got to see it in a jam packed theater, I thought it was entertaining enough. And I actually saw it twice in the theater. However watching it now, it isn't a super awful movie. But I enjoyed it as a kid, because it will appeal to mostly kids. With the cartoony direction, with hardly any depth or emotion to it. It had very choreographed lightsaber duels and stuff. And also included witless slapstick humor thrown in and even has one of the worst movie character, in movie history... "Jar-Jar Binks". I was blind to all the flaws of this movie when watching it as a kid. But seeing it now...Well it is a very corny movie. And I personally don't think George Lucas should work as a director. Sure, he came up with a imaginative space setting and characters with the "A New Hope". And I think he should have just stayed as the idea guy for the premise probably and not do the story and dialogue. Because I think "A New Hope" ended up being a fluke. George Lucas seems to have focused on the CGI aspect of the movie more than the actual story. And the CGI for this movie is pretty awful in today's standards. And all the main CGI scenes, besides the pod racing scene was awful because of Jar-Jar Binks. I think South Park had an episode about this creature about how annoying it is. The whole movie was just corny and silly. I could talk about everything that is wrong with this movie, but it would take forever. I will just say everything about this movie seemed robotic and I don't mean that in a good way. That includes the acting as well. I did however like the backstory when it came to the relationship between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Although there isn't much development. And because it introduced Darth Maul, who is this badass villain that just doesn't get enough screen time. Oh and lastly I did like the theme song. I kinda feel bad for the kid that played Anakin because of what he had to go through after the few years later this movie was released.
4.5/10