I'm so glad somebody else has actually watched this guys phantom menace review, its genius and he makes so many valid points as to why the film sucks.

1 out of 10. It is genuinly that bad.

6/10 ~ It's not the worst movie ever made, but compaired to the height of the Star Wars franchise it's just average. The overall plot isn't awful, it's just not executed very well at times, specifically in the acting department which is very bad overall. And let's just not talk about Jar Jar...

lol.. me too.. I remember it was an Apple exclusive trailer... it was freking amazing.. Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.

The trailer still makes me believe there's actually a good version of the film out there (sadly there isn't).

Off topic - slightly - there's an amazing bit in the extras where you're allowed to see Lucas and crews reaction after watching the first full cut.  Needless to say they are all worried and know they've screwed the pooch (this being in the days before you'd Nuke the Firdge) and I'm amazed Lucas let it remain in the extras.

Given how bad the final released cut was, I'd very much love to see just how bad that cut must have been (well, love is probably the wrong word, but you know what I mean).

Why? 0.o 

1 star out of 5

overall boring and devoid of substance.

Oh, and as for Villians... the trade federation was NEVER menacing.

The droids were just.... too comical... and somehow were worse shots then stormtroopers even though theoretically they should have targeting sensors.

Man I love those extras, all those people just looking on in terror because the film is utter shit, they're too far in to fix anything, and nobody is willing to stand up to George Lucas.

Did you see the other two excellent parts?

• The part where Lucas says Jar-Jar is the key to the whole film and how they've never had a character as funny as him.
• The part where they're casting Anakin and it comes down to one amazing kid and one awful kid who couldn't even speak his lines.  Guess which one Lucas picked.

It's amazing how worthless the B-1's are and how much they relied on them.  It's amazing that they know Jedi slice through B-1's like butter yet they keep relying on them for the most important of missions, including guarding the princess.

Oh!  That's another fun thing from the above extras mentioned.  Lucas actually meant for the B-1's to be completely worthless!

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The story was a weak rehash of Ep 4.

Instead of destroying something as epic as a Death Star, the hero destroys a ship that's part of the Trade federation.  A merchant vessel with a few guns is nothing compared to a ship that can destroy entire planets.

Instead of focusing on the would be main hero, it has a focus on a character that's always been of secondary in importance.  In the end the main hero still wins the day and saves everybody, but other than that the only thing he gets to do is join a race.

The acting isn't very good, even with some top notch actors, which means the direction was terrible.

Jarjar is at best annoying as all hell, at worst he's incredibly offensive.  Way to go, Lucas, you're either an idiot and a terrible writer (and director), or you're all of those things AND racist.