Awful

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2007)

This movie is one of the worst movies in science fiction history. Without giving any spoilers, the only things I can say are the following:
||extremely inconsistent storyline. ||very noticeable plot holes. ||Anakin's narration of what he is doing and when, during each scene of which he is apart, becomes extremely annoying. Even for 8 year olds, it doesn't look or feel right. ||Age problems -- Anakin is clearly too young. ||Special effects are stocky, blocky, and could not have been worse if Ed Wood directed them. ||Due to Lucas' intent on using blue screens everywhere, the direction looks staged, ridiculous and confined. In places which should be great grand halls, everyones huddling around center stage. ||Jar Jar Binks is a very racist and overt stereotype of a black Jamaican. I found it morally offensive. Anyone who has anyone else say "Massa" the way Jar Jar says it should take a clear look at themselves in a mirror.
This movie is absolutely unwatchable for anyone with a sense of good cinema. What's amazing is George Lucas managed to capitalize on these 7 or more bad points on this Episode 1 film, and found a way to make the subsequent films even WORSE!
How could it have been this bad while the original 3 were so great? Simple: a man named Joseph Campbell was on set throughout the filming of the other movies. Those with philosophy and anthropology degrees know him as a man who did the Power of Myth series for PBS. It is clear he kept George grounded. Unfortunately he died long before George did Episodes 1-3 and the absence of the man's mind is clearly demonstrated in these god awful prequels.