I'm not saying its wrong. There is no right and wrong, its all just matters of taste. I DO think its wrong to attribute the wide popularity to a herd mentality. Thats a cheap cop-out. I think you either just approach the films in a different way (which is not to say we accept the crap, just that we don't see certain elements as crap but as part of the appeal, case in point with Shakespear) or you simply have tastes with regards to them that almost no one else has. I'm sure there are some people who share your views, and I don't think it means you have to feel bad or anything, but I do think I am absolutely correct in saying that about 98% of everyone who has seen the films would say STII is good and STV poor, rather than the reverse, and not because of an argument as simplistic as "herd mentality."