I can definitely understand why most people seemed to dislike Episode I, but I was able to enjoy it myself (though I knew it was nowhere near being great in any way whatsoever) and saw it about four times (and I can still watch it to this day). It hit me that Episode II sucked after my second viewing (it was insanely boring, the dialogue sucked, and it was poorly acted). Episode III seemed to save the trilogy for me at first, but after a number of weeks I began realize, while looking back, that there was absolutely no redeemable substance to the film (it was just edited as if there were) and I became disgusted (it's my least favorite film of the three now).

Then, when the 2004 DVDs were released, I got really pissed and really angry. Feeling better lately.