So you can certainly imagine how astonished fans were when The Phantom Menace not only failed to live up to the hype, it became easily the most disappointing movie in existence. Whether it would be the completely wooden dialogue created by George Lucas or the even more wooden performances from the actors, The Phantom Menace was far from the movie fans wanted; and of course Jar Jar Binks is easily one of the most dispized and annoying characters in movie history from his annoying voice to his stereotype characteristics, everyone just falls flat with the characters.
True, not everything is as big of a disaster as some die hard fans might lead you to believe. The sound effects are fantastic and while many of the specials effects are very dated, they were defiantly good for their time. The action scenes are great aswell, from the pod race sequence on Tatooine and the lightsaber duel in the final act accompanied by John Williams magnificent Dual of Fates theme. While his involvement in the movie is limited, Ray Park is brilliant as Sith apprentice (mostly due to him not having to utter most of Lucas' dull dialogue) and it's a pity his character couldn't continue on into Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
So overall, Phantom Menace is defiantly a massive disappointment with incredibly wooden dialogue and questionable plot points, but is still watchable enough thanks to some great action sequences that it is not quite the disaster some might say it is.
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