Eh, i actually have a soft spot for "Phantom Menace" and still think it's the best of the prequel movies.
It had it's weaknesses, but Liam Neeson' Qui-Gon Jinn was a great character. Too bad they cut him off so early.
The pod race and the final lightsaber duel were really strong action sequences, and i actually thought the scenes in the senate were pretty cool from a set design point of view.
Yes, Jar-Jar and the rest of the ridiculous accents stank, and Portman's acting in this entire trilogy is horrid.
Still...it's leaps and bounds better then the atrocious Episode II.
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