Originally posted by: Mike O
TPM is obviosuly geared towards kids, ROTS is an attempt to get back in the good books of longtime fans, and AOTC is...well, I don't know.

I'll agree that Phantom Menace was film with many juvenile elements. It also took the series into strange territory (virgin birth, midiclorians, odd Jedi organization, etc.). Still it was fast and fun to watch to a degree. Plus, the idea of a virtuous, messiah-type figure eventually foresaking goodness and turning to the dark side was an interesting prospect for me to ponder (I was disappointed).

I should add that in terms of story, editing, and pacing, I believe AotC was better than RotS (which had no discernable story, and irregular pacing). However, the obnoxiously bad dialogue and wooden acting in AotC makes it worse of the PT to me. At least RotS had acting I could stomach (like TPM) and depicted a number of dramatic moments that were moving to a degree.