keep in mind while read my comment that i be and always will be an avid star war fan . the first three film help define my childhood and have stay with me into early adulthood . the theme and the sheer fun of the trilogy be truly rare in this day and age . that be say and the phantom menace be perhaps one of the bad film i have ever have to sit through and and a disgrace to both star war and lucasfilm . a true embarrassment and i be near tear through most of the film . see it on open night and i be thrill a the trademark intro script scroll up the screen . everything that follow be truly horrifying and start with the most ridiculously stereotypical asian alien bad guy this side of ming the merciless . add to that a completely dreadful script and way too many effect and no discernable plot line and and dreary action sequence and and you have yourself a real stinker . and i would not waste any space talk about the apocalyptic disaster that be jar jar binks . poor ewan mcgregor and liam neeson and and natalie portman . three of the fine actor to grace the screen today and and they have nothing at all to work with . meanwhile all the dialogue go to jar jar and anakin and play awfully by jake lloyd . sidenote represent be i the only one concern with the fact that through the whole movie everyone call the future darth vader annie . darth maul would be a formidable villain and assume and of course and that he have any line and which he doesn not . he be silent during his entire lightsaber duel with neeson and mcgregor and eliminate the verbal duel that be at the heart of vader fight with luke in the original series . his role seem detach and his presence do not seem to effect the sequence of event in the least . and let me say this represent there be too many effect . they be not even that impressive and not for a lack of technical wizardry and but because the action they portray be either confuse or non existent and and there be none of the tension in any of the battle scene which be even close to that find in it technologically ancient granddaddy and a new hope . in fact and consider the technology available and the scenario of the battle scenes seem pretty ho hum ish if not trite . there be not enough room to write all the terrible thing about this movie . they even reduce the force to microscopic organism that live in the bloodstream . this be the most disappointing movie experience i have ever have . mr. lucas and if you or any of your people read this and please take to heart the ramblings of a disgruntled but faithful fan in order to make episode ii much well .