I recently tried watching this movie again to give it another chance. About the first ten minutes of it are good, but then Jar Jar makes his first appearance, and then I have to turn it off.

Not s good as the early Star Wars but its alright but hey Jar Jar was a funny carector.

Jar Jar Binks Rocks In This Movie!

Why would the "Trade Federation" be against trade??

Thanks for taking a giant shit in all of our mouths George!! =)

This and Attack of the Clones are the worst.

"are you an angel?"

that right there is an example of the movie's mediocre dialogue

Oh man I remember how excited i was too see this, but i had to sit in a cold theater listening to aliens talking politics, until that last fight with darth maul was bad ass

That said, I WILL admit that STAR WARS EPISODE III was the best of the prequels. ATTACK OF THE CLONES (which is actually my least favorite STAR WARS movie), sadly wasn't as good, due to the slowgoing story and cheesy love story, but the Yoda-Dooku duel was worthwhile. PHANTOM MENACE isn't terrible, but it is very flawed and was too hyped up for its own good.

I'm 50-50 about this prequel. It's good for the most part, but as most people said, Jar Jar Binks was too overused (I think he could've been funnier if his role was toned down). The kid playing Anakin wasn't all that great either. Even so, the climactic lightsaber duel between Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, and Darth Maul, is a real highlight, as is the Pod Race.

Yup, Darth Maul was the man and being wiped out in such a chump manner sort of sucks. I just wish they could've destroyed Jar-Jar in such a quick and destructive manner.

damn its been 10 years!!!!!!!!! even now these film stil lare a slap in the face! i'll stick to the real films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOO!

It was a pretty good film.

I have to agree. Darth Maul was pretty sick. Should have lived much longer. And Jar Jar sucks!!!

too bad Darth Maul was killed in the first movie he should have lived until the second movie at least, he was the coolest Sith ever even better than Vader. Obi Wan took out Maul with a trick

jar jar binks should be executed by a firing squad. i am a HUGE star wars fan, probably the biggest nerd in my school but really? jar jar... my liking for liam neeson went down after seeing him appear in a movie with... jar jar binks. as with all the other great actors, natalie portman and obi wan man... why the @$#% cant i remember his name??????

The beginning was cool, but the whole Jar Jar thing and the LAME romance between a 9-year old Anakin and a 14-year old (she didn't look 14, either) was plain awful. Darth Maul didn't have enough screen time, either! This movie wasn't horrible, but it could have been a lot better.

Not the best Star Wars movie.

Jar Jar Binks should've kept his ass shut and then the movie would've been incredible.

Let's try spinning! That's a good trick!

WHOA!

i like the old movies better but this did help us learn more about all the characters.

I honestly must say..I enjoyed the entire SW franchise. Im only 21, so I may not be able to appreciate the quality of the first three releases as opposed to the prequels. I must say that the sequels (first releases) were quite awesome, especially for its time. I also really really enjoyed episodes 1-3 as well (maybe because I'm only 21). But you gotta admit, even though you may have not enjoyed the prequels (those who hated them), it did explain the origins of the sequels the best way possible. Its not as if this was based off of a comic or game and was a cheesy rip-off.

I hate this film of the Star Wars saga. Same with Episode II

The Kid and Jar Jar killed the flick!!!

I skipped school with my parents too see this haha

Well at the time this movie was... interesting, as it was so much different from the original trilogy. But the prequels that followed got better as Anakin got to be more involved and they slowly showed signs of the original Star Wars coming into formation.

Episode I was okay for the first prequel, but now with the other ones Episode III is really the best.

Episode II with a lot of action scenes? I can only remember the colisseum battle....

Episode I is my favorite out of the prequals because of the scenery being so light. I also liked Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's fights in this movie.

I find it hilarious how all the vehicles are high tech in the pre-quals while the vehicles in the original are old and crummy looking XD

A Droid Auto-Lifter on the Naboo Fighting compared to a vaccuum sucking up the Droids to place them into the X-Wing.

I liked episode 3 the best out of the new movies

this movie was good but i still like Clone Wars episode 2 better because it had a hella action scenes

No movie could never live to the hype that the fanboys and media gave this movie. People whine about acting are ones cannot act to begin with . SO just watch the movie enjoy it relax and may the Schwartz be with you

We were the first in line to watch this when it first came out. We were so excited to watch it. How dissapointing... well, it wasn't a total loss. I did enjoy the Jedi scenes, and visually, the movie was stunning. But you can't sell eye candy with a bad story and equally bad actors. Still, the Jedi scenes kicked @ss.
Way too much hype for what it turned out to be though.

Man I remember the hype, and all the people waiting in long lines at Metro Center in Phoenix on opening day to see this movie.

I remember when I saw Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in theaters back in 1999.

One thing I haven't done yet is watch all six of the Star Wars movies (or nine if you choose to start with the original and best versions of the Star Wars Trilogy) all at once.

Star Wars movies from best to worst in my opinion:
The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, A New Hope, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith.

George Lucas is a racist cracker. Hence the jar-jar controversy. Also, jar-jar is not funny, HE'S GAY!!!

The best part was the pod racing.

"Annie" was annoying as hell, though, i suppose since he was a kid he was protrayed to be annoying, really annoying.

At least he grew up quickly.

Jar jar would have been forgiveable if he was killed during the opening credits of Epsiod II, which i was hoping for.

Oh well, at least i can kill his friend in Battlefront 2.


Overall though, it was a pretty good movie.

I like Jar Jar, too!

After seeing the entire Star Wars Prequil Trilogy, I too also like Jar-Jar Binx.

I'm probably one of the only people in the world who likes Jar-Jar Binks.

There was a rumor that George Lucas originally wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to have the acting role of Anakin Skywalker in both Episodes II & III. But since Leo was busy working with Steven Spielberg's movie Catch Me If You Can, George gave the role to Hayden Christiansen.

I remember it was a week after I finished middle school (8th Grade) and went to see Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in theaters. It was nice seeing something new for a Star Wars movie. I also enjoyed seeing Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in theaters, too.

But for the older Star Wars fans (like me), nothing beats the original and best versions of Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. The versions that we remember watching in the late 80s and early 90s. Before George Lucas released the Special Edition versions in 1997.

Movie was horrible and George Lucas should give us all an apology for making something so bad have any relation with the original three which were fantastic.

Hah yeah. It's an alright movie, but it's worst out of all of them.

The worst one 'nuff said