@Vladimon
I definitely agree that Phantom Menace holds up the best out of the prequel trilogy. As far as it’s pacing, tone and visual effects. The CGI doesn’t look quite as nice as Sith, but the use of practical effects, model work, miniatures, costume design and real sets more than makes up the difference. The ships and space battles look the best they ever have for a Star Wars movie (even more so than the new films) and the Pod Race is amazing. It was also a nice touch that it was shot on film as well. Don’t even get me started on the sound design. It makes me

The movie has a nice flow to it (in the theatrical cut). It’s very fast paced and the action set-pieces are genuinely fun and exciting. They don’t linger any longer than they have to and you move from one to the next quickly. Everything is well choreographed. There’s nice subtle character moments all throughout the duel (I don’t know where that went with the Anakin/Obi-Wan duel but that’s a discussion for another thread), everything in the Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon/Maul duel is purposeful and executed with surgical precision.

Setting aside Jar Jar and the Gungans, the biggest flaw is the characters. As stated above, the have their moments when they shine through the stiff acting. The stiff acting is really what brings it down to me, all the characters just feel bored and disinterested. They don’t have that life to them the did in Star Wars. They don’t play off of each other like they did in the OT despite little moments where you can tell they’re trying.

Also, #ReleaseTheImaxCut
That is all.