The Phantom Menace

Much has been written of the prodigious failings of the fourth, first, whichever Star Wars movie. But it's not all Jar Jar and midifloradorians. A list in roughly chronological order:
❦ Overall design is attractive
❦ Ewan is a jaunty young Obi Wan
❦ Liam makes for a redoubtable Jedi knight
❦ Melting the blast door was actually really good - shades of Forbidden Planet
❦ Various droids and their equipment are cool
❦ Monsters of the deep are always welcome although the pacing of the planet core sequence is clunky. (Oops! Look on the bright side!)
❦ Jar Jar excepted (excepted with extreme prejudice), the Gungans are perfectly typical Star Wars aliens
❦ Astromech droid garage. Recalls Huey Dewey, and Louis from Silent Running.
❦ Natalie Portman!
❦ Watto's doorbell
❦ Darth Maul's makeup, Darth Maul in general
❦ Pod race arena quoting Ben-Hur
❦ Darth Maul's speeder bike
❦ Terence Stamp!
❦ Samuel Jackson!
❦ Dinosaurs and force-fields: go great together.
❦ Pistol packing Princess Padme
❦ The Duel of the Fates. The best lightsaber fight ever.