| I liked PHANTOM MENACE. I love all of the old movies. So, unsurprisingly, I went ga-ga over this new installment of STAR WARS. I'm not going to summarize the plot again, so let's just cut the crap. The action is very well done, the story moves at a decent pace, acting is appropriate, with Ewan McGregor being the most likeable character. The movie's filled with many cute moments and with many adrenaline pumping battles. John Williams's score masterfully adds emotion and a sense of connection to the original trilogy AND phantom menace. The movie leaves me craving madly for EPISODE III. It works. ATTACK OF THE CLONES, Lucas's latest story in the STAR WARS saga, works. But it works when you leave your pretentiousness out of the theatre. This is a movie to be enjoyed as a child. Enjoy it. As a child. Not as a mature man searching for every single acting flaw. 9/10 |