It actually hurts me a little to see the quality of ROTS being compared with TESB. Last time I watched the prequels (kind of for the heck of it - me and my friend watched the RLM reviews and then all three prequels to see if we can survive) I actually thought that it was just as bad if not worse than AOTC - the story arch of Anakin turning to the dark side was handled horribly and the acting was horrible too. And yeah, I so didn't care when Padme died that I didn't even realize I didn't care. Being 23, I have a little bit of nostalgia for TPM, so like Puggo, I can kinda enjoy it in small infrequent doses.