skyjedi2005 said:
Yeah Anakin as portrayed by Hayden was horrible.
Imagine if Lucas hired a decent writer, director, and actor it might have been compelling.
It was not the acting nor directing... if you write the character as unlikeable jerk then the character will be unlikeable jerk. Actor and director can only make it more or less convincing.
In fact, Hayden did an extremely good job in portraying that unlikeable jerk character.