If you have not picked up this movie yet your soul is crying.

Rating: 10/10 (7 April 2000)

All I hear about this movie is that Jar Jar Binks is annoying. I found Judas annoying too but without him Jesus's Death would not have been as great. I read one review where a person critized Lucas for using state of the art technology. He wanted him to use the same technology as he did in ep.4,5,6. Lucas is a person who likes to stay five years ahead of the Special Effects industry not fifteen years behind. The academy can take their oscars and shove them directly up there American Beauty a**es. Because the best movie of 1999 and probably the decade is The Phantom Menence. As I hear all the criticism it makes me relate to a line spoken by Darth Sidous, "I find your lack of faith disturbing". This movie has quality quotes, a great plot, thick fore-shadowing, many three-demensional charactors, human nature references, many biblical references, and oh yeah! the best special effects to date. George Lucas is the modern day Shakespeare. This is a well crafted masterpiece, and in seven years when you go to your collection of movies, your going to realize that Star Wars:Episode I The Phantom Menace is a superior movie and your going to wonder why you were disappointed in it in the first place(directed at Chris Connelly at MTV). Next time you watch this movie; don't see it, feel it and you will see the true greatness. -grungemasterdeluxe