The point I’m making is if you aren’t compelled by what the characters are doing you look at where they are doing it more.
There a plenty of duffly composed shots in the OT but you don’t notice so much because the characters and what they are doing is compelling enough to let them slide.
Very few people notice the sometimes rather nifty designs and sets in terrible movies.
Sure, I get what you’re saying. But I’m the kind of person who tends to pay attention to the special effects while watching a movie and I had never even assumed that there were so much practical in the PT. Like I previously mentioned, I did notice a lot in TPM, but I’ve always assumed that the effects AOTC and ROTS were almost entirely CGI.
But yes, plot has a huge impact on what you notice, as well as what you manage to overlook.