The reason I watched TPM so often, was, like someone (I don't remember who) in the BluRay Thread wrote, that I really wanted to like the movie. I had a camrip of TPM (the one with the "Z") which I watched before the movie started in Germany (that was 3 more months waitig for us). And I was like 'it's Star Wars, but a different kind of Star Wars', and I couldn't point my finger on it. And then I watched it in the theater. Maybe I could like it more. But I couldn't.
But it's by far the one of the PT I like the most. Not because of the Story, but because of the SFX, which were more real, than in the other two movies. They used models for most of the scenes, and real sets instead of BS (Bluescreen). It was less CGI, which is always a good thing.

12 years later, the only thing I can remeber is that overload of merchandise that appeared. Darth Maul and JarJar were f#cking everywhere (no, they weren't actually f...., aw, f#ck it, you know what I mean).

I didn't pay for the other ones though, to see them in the theater. Thanks to my 501st membership I was able to see them for free. And I think I won't pay to see the PT in 3D.