Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-30994843-20170109010227/@comment-25122143-20170414044209

Arkantos95 wrote: The Phantom Menace is an unforgivably terrible film that adds so little to the story that it can quite frankly be skipped and nothing will be lost. It set up Anakin's relationship with Padme, explains and establishes his fear of losing his mother, and gave reason to his skill at flying. It also showcased how the Council, after millennia of peace, have turned into complacent old men who are blind with pride to the point that they can't see a Sith Lord when he's right under their noses. Speaking of Palpatine, it also shows the beginngins of his plan to sieze power, as well as his interest in Anakin, and establishes him as the Sith Lord.

Even ignoring all of that, it still has some undeniably exhilarating action sequences, some beautiful settings, and, few though they are, some genuinely heart wrenching moments. I'm not saying it's a perfect film. It definitely has it's fair share of flaws, not least of which are young and inexperienced actors, as opposed to the more confident and experienced actors of the Originals, like Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher (#ForeverMyPrincess). And even I, movie optimist that I am, didn't like Jar Jar, but even with him, I don't think TPM is an objectively bad movie (Well, technically, you can't objectively judge something that's made to entertain, as people have different tastes, but even if you could judge it as objectively bad, I wouldn't).

Idk, maybe I'm just too optimistic about movies, but given that you said it was "unforgivably terrible", I'd say you're definitely a movie pessimist. I recommend to you what I recommended to 73.Anon.52: CinemaWins' "Everything GREAT About The Phantom Menace" and the other Star Wars videos in that series.