Some movies have great dialogue. Others have well developed characters. This movie had neither. Actually this film had nothing but amazing special effects. I am a Star Wars fan; I have seen the original triology many times and still love them all. But Phantom Menace has nothing that the original movies had. There are no stunning characters to follow (I still believe that Han Solo is one of the most important male characters in movie history). The plot is weak and scattered. The dialogue is banal and empty. Lucas should have just made a cast of computer animations and nothing would have been lost.