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I'd like to see an accurate poll on this matter - did Star Wars fans watch the PT because they wanted to, or because they felt they had to?

I saw TPM for probably the same reasons as everyone else. A new Star Wars film after years of nothing. It was exciting to have something come back to the theaters that everyone loved so much. I was so high on that feeling of excitement that I only noticed Jar Jar a little during my first few viewings (once with friends, once with gf and some other friends, and then a bunch by myself or with other friends). I saw TPM 11 times, partially because I wanted to like it (I got more annoyed with Jar Jar at each viewing) and partially because I wanted to keep seeing it while it was in the theater. I picked up the DVD thinking I could learn to at least like Jar Jar a little. To this day I still cannot stand Jar Jar.

AOTC I saw since I figured it had to get better. I also had to see what would happen next and if it would be better than TPM. I thought it was a little better. Less Jar Jar helped quite a bit. I saw AOTC one time.

ROTS was seen purely out of obligation. I wanted to see how this crappy set of movies was going to end. I wanted to see what would make a Jedi become the greatest villain the galaxy had ever known. Instead, I saw a whiney brat get put into a black life support suit. I also saw ROTS only one time. I do enjoy ADM's edit though. ADM's edit makes for a far better movie. ROTS is the only one of the three where I sat there going "What the? why did that happen? wait, what's going on?" I did that mostly during the last half of the movie.

If I remove the Star Wars name from AOTC and ROTS, I can watch them, be entertained, and enjoy them. TPM has absolutely no entertainment value whatsoever to me. As Star Wars movies, they were pretty crappy. As regular movies, TPM was still utter garbage, but AOTC and ROTS are tolerable. Of course, I now think Ewoks are actually the most tolerable thing in a Star Wars movie

As for movies shot almost entirely in one location, Phone Booth was a pretty awesome movie (IMO). I wasn't sure how well it would work, but I loved it.