Okay, this is how it all went along. I wacthed it with two other friends, one of them was keen on Star Wars, the other not really. As the movie moved along it felt kinda neat, although I wasn't focusing so much on the plot. When Jar Jar came along and they started to talk to Boss Nass, I was "Ooookay, what is going on here?".

Then, we found out that Anakin had built C3PO, and then I realized... that movie sucked. All the prequels would suck. Star Wars was doomned forever.

The pod racing was pretty neat, as I remember it. And that was it, nothing good happened in the movie afterwards. The friend of mine who enjoyed Star Wars, actually left the theater, waiting for us outside, as he couldn't go on watching it. I belive some other 2 people on the theater also left, bored to hell. Then there was the whole battle sequence, along with QuiGon and ObiWan vs Maul, and while I thought that was incredibly cheesy and childish, I was kinda enternained. The other friend of mine, who hadn't watch SW yet, thought it was pretty neat, specially the final battle.

I enjoyed it, and I even went to see it a second time the following night, this time with my brother and father (which was in awe by the special effects and digital creatures, but didn't pay attention to the plot). But I knew it... I knew Star Wars was doomned...

I remember hearing an interview on TV by a fan leaving the midnight session: "Well, it is great and all that, but I belive George Lucas should make sure the characters and plot are more mature for episode 2."