I guess I'm a bit of an oddity then, I began with FFIV, loved both it and VI and I also really enjoyed VII.
I can totally see the reason why some of the oldschoolers wouldn't like VII however, going all 3d and having bigger and longer animations for summons and whatnot, but I thought in the end its story telling was quite good which really made it a great game for my money.
The only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth.