Darth Lars said:
It was still rushed and unbelievable. Anakin’s fall to the dark side started in AOTC and the start should have been the strongest, most important event in the movie. I find that lack to be AOTC’s largest failing.

But it is the strongest and most important event in the movie. In fact I’d say you could cut out the entire movie leaving just the Anakin bits and it would be nearly just as good.

The other major plot point is the creation of the separatists, and the secret of the clone army. It’s poorly scripted and is not much of a mystery even to young children. Hell in-universe a young child is able to figure it out. Which is sad because the idea of Obi-Wan playing detective with a well crafted mystery is pretty good in itself. How long did it take to write the film? 2 months? A little more preproduction and that whole thing might have actually been good.

I’d say that’s the biggest thing that’s wrong with the film. The mystery isn’t a good mystery. Poor delivery on a couple of the love scenes stands out more because it’s in your face, but is actually less of a problem to the story.