Sure, from where I stand, the prequels and the SEs would totally be forgiven, simply because they could be forgotten. I like Jurassic Park 1 and 2 and I don't like the third one, so I simply don't own it and don't watch it and it's like that with every other film.

So following that logic, there would even be nothing to forgive about the prequels, there isn't that many movie makers who never made a bad film. But I can't forget the prequels, when I'm forced to remember them every time I want to watch three of my favourite movies in decent quality.