Anyway it’s such a specific opinion that only really people his age have. Those slightly younger than him love all 3, those much younger love all 3 and the prequels, the kids now love all 9, and it goes on…
Not really. I was 11 when TPM was released; I’ve come to share Villeneuve’s opinion (even if I think he’s a mid filmmaker and his Dune adaptation in particular falls light-years short of what it was hyped up to be). Not everyone’s blinded by rose-tinted nostalgia glasses.