BBM Enterprises Online - The Phantom Menace review

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
                                 Score - 7.38

     Bush - 7.5     Mahon - 7
     Bates - 7.5    Dave - 7.5

   1999
   127 mins
   dir - George Lucas
   stars - Liam Neeson      - Qui-Gon Ginn
              Ewan McGregor - Obi-Wan Kenobi
              Natalie Portman - Queen Amidala
              Jake Lloyd         - Anakin Skywalker
              Ian McDiarmid   - Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious
              Ahmed Best        - Jar Jar Binks
              Ray Park            - Darth Maul

        Again this was another movie that was built up so much and expectations of it were
     so high that it would be hard if not near impossible to avoid critisism of it not being
     good enough and that is what happened and a lot of critics slammed it. The main reasons
     for this is that they probably expected it to be as good if not better than the previous three
     and lets face it this was never going to happen in a million years. Better than Jedi maybe if
     we're very lucky but not the first two. The second reason is that many people said that
     Lucas had sold out - as if he needs to, he's a billionaire for god sake - and made a movie
     aimed for kids which is why the Jar Jar Binks character annoyed so many people. Do
     these people not realise that the trilogy were kids movies anyway and they themselves were
     kids when they watched the originals. Jar Jar Binks is a nob head though!!
        The film itself looks great and the computer generated droids and space ships are brilliant.
     As for Darth Maul he wasn't in it anywhere near long enough. He was the Boba Fet of the
     new film and I think is what most like minded people wanted to see more than anything else
     and what he lacks in screen time he makes up for in being cool as fuck for ten minutes.
     Ray Park who plays him does some amazing stunts and should be signed up by the WWF
     because he would kick Steve Blackman's ass in the hardcore division. If they can have a
     gay olympic gold medalist as WWF Champion then surely this wouldn't be too much to ask.
         Ewan McGreggor and Liam Neeson did a good job as the two Jedi's which Mcgreggor
     sort of pulling off the Alec Guinness impression. It was a shit one though. But I didn't like
     Anakin Skywalker. It would have been far better if Hayley Joel Osment from The Sixth
    Sense had played him because he is a far better actor.
         A good film that leaves room for improvement for part 2. They need a new baddie as well
     this will be a tough one to match.