Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace

[itsnotmymind]

 

I'm watching the Star Wars prequel trilogy. I just finished The Phantom Menace. I watched the original trilogy all the way through for the first time a few months ago. I watched it more out of curiosity than anything else. I'd seen parts of it and heard a lot about it, and was curious. I didn't particularly like it. So I didn't particularly expect to like the prequel series, but, again - I am curious. I'm not sure I've ever watched a three-part action epic that the viewers go into knowing it will have an unhappy ending.

 

I get the Jar Jar Binks hatred. He's a character who could be tolerable in small doses, but that was not small doses, especially earlier in the movie. The internet tells me that George Lucas' justification for the character was that Star Wars is aimed at children. But if I'd watched this movie as a child I think I would have had less patience for Jar Jar Binks' antics.

 

(Also, I'm sorry, but if Star Wars is aimed at children, what the fuck was up with Princess Leia in a bikini with a chain around her neck? Do kids really need to be exposed to something like that?)

 

Anyway, I wasn't crazy about it but I will be watching the other two movies.