An average movie

Back then and still today, many have criticized 'The Phantom Menace' but, in my opinion, it is with this movie that Georges Lucas really dropped the ball as it is by far the weakest installment in this franchise. Basically, it is a really underwhelming bridge between episode I and episode III and Lucas managed to mess up pretty much everything here. Indeed, once again you had a rather murky and boring political intrigue but, above all, you had one of the weakest romances I have ever seen. Many blamed Hayden Christensen for this massive failure and his career never really recovered from the blow but I don't think it was entirely his fault. Indeed, his character who was supposed to be the most fascinating character in this mythology was reduced to some arrogant and pitiful emo teenager. The fact that the dialogues were really pathetic didn’t help either. At least, I have to admit it, the whole thing looked pretty amazing and the CGI version of Yoda was better than I remembered and an improvement on the disappointing puppet they used in the previous installment. Even so, to use him for a light-saber fight was just a huge mistake as it was completely out of character. I shouldn't forget to mention also that the backstory for Boba Fett was another major letdown. Anyway, to conclude, even though the whole thing remains watchable, it was still a terrible borefest to behold.

5/10