I cannot believe I wasted my money on this movie.

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 1999)

Hmm, that about says it all. I was so very disappointed that this movie was not better. George Lucas relied too heavily on CGI rather than actors. Don't get me wrong, the actors did well for the little parts they had, but it was not enough to keep me interested in this movie. I thought it dragged on and on and on, I was just waiting for the movie to pick up. Which it did a little in the end. The worst and most nasty and awesome bad guy that we have ever seen hardly has a role in this movie. Give me a break! We could have definitely used more of him. And I don't even want to go into Jar Jar Binds and his "language". I don't exactly appreciate going to see a movie and not being able to understand but three words every five minutes a character talks. There was no real story line behind this movie, and what little one it had was a little complicated to follow. All it was was George Lucas' way of saying "look, I made another movie, go stand in lines forever and pay homage to me". But all in all, there is no way that TPM will ever live up to the reputation and the hype that was put before it. Maybe the same thing will happen with this trilogy that happened with the 1st. George Lucas will leave the writing to someone else for the next two.