Alexrd said:
The point was that the commonly held opinion was that it was not a bad movie, much less an awful one.
Well, apparently 34% (wait... is that right?... yeah) of the population would disagree with you. But you're right, the "common" opinion appears to be that The Phantom Menace is neither a bad or awful movie.
It should be taken into consideration, however, who this majority is made up of. I may watch a Harry Potter movie, for example, and think it was OK, while a hardcore fan of the franchise -- someone who's read the novels and knows the minutiae of the Potter universe -- may dislike them immensely for failing to live up to that person's expectations. I think much the same could be said of the PT: while the average moviegoer may find them entertaining and visually exciting, a person who has been a fan of Star Wars since the OT era may have a different view of the films based on his/her experience with the original three movies.