Vaderisnothayden said:
TPM definitely had more to it than the other two, even apart from Neeson's performance, but let's not make the mistake of praising it too far. It's still a very artificial film, sometimes painfully sweetened, with some really dumb stuff, not to mention the torture of the podrace that was obviously designed to appeal to the tastes of pod people. I've just been watching Unforgiven. Now that was a real movie.

i loved the podrace! that was one of the best parts of the movie. one of the reasons it was so good is because it made me forget about the Trade federation and naboo and the sith. plus it gave us a look at more of the sports that are done in the galaxy aside from sabacc or holochess. those two may not count as sports