I enjoyed Phantom Menace in 3d

Rating: 6/10 (24 February 2012)

I had seen this when it came out over 10 years ago and was very disappointed at the time. Mostly because my expectations were so high after having seen and loved the original trilogy so much as a kid. I went to take my son to see Hugo a couple weeks ago in 3d, but Star Wars Episode I had replaced it in the 3d theater, so we watched Phantom Menace instead.
My son is a big fan of the Clone Wars on the cartoon network. He loved this movie. As a seven year old, he would give it a 10.
I actually liked the movie better this time around. It looked very visually impressive in 3d. I wasn't put off as much by the plot since I already had seen it.
And unlike everyone else, I love Jar Jar Binks ... no seriously. I was friends with Amhed Best at Columbia High School in Maplewood, NJ. He was in the drum section of our orchestra (and I played cello). Even back then he used to always do that Jar Jar Binks voice (which we thought was funny back then - we didn't know it would become a universally loathed voice of a space alien :) He did the most amazing tympani solo in Also Sprach Zarathustra that you could imagine. He made the auditorium (which was huge) completely fill with a thunderous cacophony of noise - it was amazing. I read that he got the part because he was in an all drum off-Broadway production that George Lucas (or maybe it was his wife) went to see and they cast him for the part.
Back to the movie: The effects definitely looked better this time around. I don't know if they redid some of the CG to make it 3D, but it just looked better.