It has some nice moments, but also some horrible moments

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2015)

The Phantom Menace was a disappointment, but still not bad. This would be terrible if there weren't some nice moments. First let me tell you about those. Ewan McGregor is even better now and also kinda sounds like Alec Guiness. That chase at the beginning was awesome, the part on that rainy planet even better, the meteorite scene similar to the one in The Empire Strikes Back, and some fights at the end would be great if the CGI wasn't so obvious in some parts. And also, while many people didn't like this new CGI Yoda, I really liked him and he's so cool, especially in that duel scene at the end. The first half of the movie is really slow and while the Obi-Wan part is good, the one with Anakin and Padme was awful. The part on Tatooine was okay and that is probably the only part of the movie where Hayden Christensen was decent. The dialogues are embarrassing in some scenes (I don't like sand) and someone should've told Lucas that he isn't writing a Shakespearian play! It's just so cringeworthy my face turned red. The romance between Anakin and Padme feels so fake and forced and so awfully done it made me lose faith in George Lucas. But he's the reason this franchise exists so I forgive him. The second half is a little bit faster, but my interest was already lost and I didn't even follow most of it. At least Jar Jar was only there for a few minutes. So, if there wasn't for some good action scenes this movie would suck. It's actually solid this way, but remains the worst movie in the franchise.