Most of the effects (and I mean MOST) in Phantom Menace are pretty good, but there are some that can be way better than they are. I despise the story of Phantom Menace with a passion and the new characters such as Qui Gon Jinn, Jar Jar Binks, and Queen Amidala are easily three of the worst characters ever put on screen. The already existing characters I think did an okay job. You could tell that Ewan Mcgregor was at least trying in all three films. So many people were waiting for it, and it just collapsed. Attack of the Clones on the other hand was way better but something about it turned me off. The acting was definitely subpar and I plan to see it in 3D just to have the joy of laughing at the dialogue in theaters. Anakin Skywalker is just so unlikeable in Attack of the Clones and George Lucas went way too hard on the effects, so much so that even the clones are CGI. Which leaves Revenge of the Sith, this prequel is by far the best and I thought it was pretty good. Sure the acting can be a hell of a lot better, but the story of Anakin's fall to the dark side and the darker action pretty much whites all of the bad stuff out. So yeah, I hated Phantom Menace, didn't really liked, but I liked Revenge of the Sith.