Count me in the "Prequels should be flushed down the memory hole and never be spoken of again" crowd. It truly is astonishing that with total autonomy and basically an unlimited budget at his disposal, the Prequels are the best that George Lucas could do all on his own. They're not much of a step up from Howard The Duck in terms of the writing and acting (in fact they might be even worse in some instances), but at least with Howard you can't blame that all on Lucas, as he didn't direct or write the film all on his own, just produced it.
Ironically for me though, when it comes to the original trilogy and the prequels, my favorite (or least hated in the Prequels' case) installment in each trilogy are Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace respectively. It seems like everyone universally shits on these two movies the most while praising the likes of Episode III as the best of the prequels and arguably one of the best in the series, despite it being a tossup between II and III for worst SW movie period, and both among the worst movies of all time for me. So while some folks enjoyed the prequels and will defend them to the death, I enjoyed Jedi and will continue to defend it to the death, as well as defend why Phantom Menace is actually the "least worst" of the Prequels.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
