I really enjoyed Rogue One but the film is far from being without faults, and I honestly have no doubt that had the film come out in the early 2000s it would be lumped in with those “crap prequel films.” A lot of the complaints levelled at the prequels are glaringly apparent in R1, so why is it excused?
Actually RLM dislikes Rouge one. Not as much as the prequels but he still disliked it. Personally I find it a really impressive movie given how paper thin the premise is.