Janskeet said:

Akwat Kbrana said:

It's difficult to say. The good parts of Ep. I are better than those of II-III, but the bad parts of Ep. I are worse than those of II-III. The overall plot is more mature, but the execution is less.

Overall, I have to say no. The bad parts are so bad that I cannot overlook them, thus relegating TPM to the position of my absolute least favourite SW movie. But I do see what you mean, and it's definitely a hard question to answer. Which of these three excrament sandwiches do you prefer? Ultimately, I'd rather have a sandwich that wasn't made of excrament in the first place. ;)

What parts of the movie did you think were the bad parts? My guess would be when Jake Lloyd opens his mouth, Jar Jar Binks goofing off, and Gungans, am I correct?

Yeah, for the most part. Here's a (rough) list for ya:

Critically stupid:

Any and all Gungans (but especially Jar-Jar)
Jake Lloyd's "acting"
Just about everything that has to do with Anakin, specifically the notion of a nine-year-old winning the space battle. Especially since it was all by accident. It's also remarkably stupid that Anakin built 3p0.
Poop and fart jokes
The Neimodians
Occasional bad dialogue (especially between Anakin and Padme)
Unnecessary (and incredibly cringe-inducing) pomp & circumstance in introducing OT characters. (R2's congratulations scene, the 3p0 & R2 introduction scene, etc.)
Watto, Sebulba, pretty much all the cartoon characters that pop up in TPM (though, to be fair, Ep. II-III also suffer from this problem rather chronically)
The Virgin Birth
Midichlorians (carries over in ROTS as well, I know, but only in passing)

Less-Critically Stupid:

Going through the planet core (which is a dumb concept to begin with...then, we never actually see them go through the core anyway)
The podrace sequence (I know a lot of people liked it, but I just find it incredibly boring)
The battle-droids' cutesy personalities (admittedly, this showed up in ROTS again as well)
The people of Naboo are referred to collectively as "The Naboo."
Contradictions with the OT really piss me off. Anakin isn't even old enough to be a "great pilot" (instead, he just accidentally blows stuff up and saves the day), Yoda isn't Obi-Wan's Jedi Master, etc.

Like I said, I certainly agree that the feel of the movie is more in line with the OT, it's just that the truly horrendous moments ruin the movie and utterly shatter suspension of disbelief. That being said, I do definitely prefer the score of TPM over Ep. II-III...