'Phantom Menace' replaces 'Return of the Jedi' as the weakest Star Wars film.

Rating: Null/10 (25 November 2001)

From the goofy and rubber mouthed Jar Jar to the inane and hollow dialog, this movie stinks. Everything in it feels tacked on from the previous 'Star Wars' movies. Many of the creatures are CG animations and they all feel out of place. The interaction between the real-life actors and the animated creatures looks fake. It's incredibly embarrassing. And just about every scene contains the hyper annoying Jar Jar Binks. He really ruins every scene he's in. It's "Meesaa!" this and "Meesaa!" that. He trips over everything and makes the whole film unpleasant to watch. And why does every alien have an earth-type accent? It makes absolutely no sense at all.

I really loved the Star Wars films. I grew up on them. They were really wonderful, well written, and spurred endless imagination. Episode One is just a hollow spin-off of the originals. Even if it weren't compared to the previous films it would still be nothing more than a really bad movie with really good special effects. It's like one of those goofy Disney sci-fi movies that you never see in the theater and always regretfully see on cable.