I think it's very strange, but true that many prequel fans think the original Star Wars is the worst Star Wars film! How can you be a Star Wars fan that doesn't like Star Wars?! It makes no sense! It's my second favorite, just behind Empire. What I don't get is how someone could think Star Wars is boring but Phantom Menace is not. I mean, what the heck is so exciting about trade disputes, villians that have little screen time, the bumbling fool Jar Jar Binks or all those scenes on Tatooine? What's so thrilling about the scenes with Padme or her stunt double in the Kabooke outfits talking in the monotone voice about politics? And what's so exciting about those lectures about the midichlorians? And where's all the humor? In the fart jokes? I dunno.

I think that the reason the first Star Wars appears to be so "boring" is because of that long stretch of scenes on Tatooine without a break. It's a lot to ask of kids to watch scene after scene after scene on Tatooine focusing on one part of the story. Maybe in the next special edition, Georgie will make the film more "exciting" by rediting like this...

-droids land on Tatooine and split up
-camera cuts to Coruscant to show tons of cool cgi graphics. Scenes with the Emperor are shown
-r2 is captured, 3PO finds the transport
-new scene with Vader on the Death Star talking to a hologram of Palpatine
-the droids reunite and get sold and chat with Luke
-Vader shown in his "bedroom" aboard the death star, where he is have dreams about Padme!
-Luke talks to his aunt and uncle, the binary sunset, finds out r2 has "run away"
-Vader has another conversation with the Emperor. Whines about having to take orders from Grandma Tarkin.
-Luke and 3po find r2, film continues as normal

maybe it would be easier for some people to pay attention if there were more scenery changes during this part of the film. Of course, that would ruin the movie even more, but that doesn't seem to matter to George........