This would do better on the message boards but I will answer you anyway.

Fans of the OT don't like the PT because Lucas took advantage of the technology he had and relied more on the SFX then a good story. It's not that the stories are terrible it's just that he tried to tie everything thing up at the end of ROTS which made some minor plot holes. There was also some bad acting in them. The love scenes in II & III seemed forced and poorly written.

What it comes down to is that the OT are better movies.

I think the stories are terrible. I like Phantom Menace but cringe everytime I see Jar Jar. I understand the need for a comedy value and something that pleases the kids, but I think that his bumbling pathetic antics were over the top. Tone down his awkwardness and stupidity and you've got a thumbs up from me.

Attack of the Clones was just a wasted opportunity for me. Anything that is uttered out of Hayden's mouth is pure drivel. He cannot act, simple as that. I don't get the vibe between him and Padmé that all the movie makers spoke about. Also, you can tell that the droid factory scene was cobbled together at last minute. It serves no point.

3-PO's antics in the arena were again pathetic and just prior to that when he's having his 'nightmare' in the factory, it's just ludicrous and unbelievable. There's not even a metal clang when he lands on that flying droid.

Revenge of the Sith is even worse. Hayden still cannot act. Anakin does not convince me. His scowl is rubbish, his argument with Obi-Wan on Mustafar is laughable and even their duel is hilarious. I hate the duel on Mustafar - it had so much potential and they ruined it whilst trying to make it fancy. What's with that sabre windmilling at high speed when they're inches away from each other? Come on, after the amazing duel with Darth Maul, you can do better than that, team.

They're too colourful, too childish, too cluttered and too poorly acted. I shall eleborate, in order:

The special effects don't look 'Star Warsy'. The ships are too brightly coloured, more like something from...er... that other franchise, and there isn't the feeling of grit that is so appealing in the originals.

We are introduced to Anakin at too young an age (kids invariably spoil films) and he never becomes a sympathetic character.

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In my youth I'd imagined him as a daring, devil-may-care fighter pilot who is turned to the dark side by some terrible trauma. In the PT, though, he's just a stroppy and irresponsible kid who you wouldn't trust to look after your dog while you were on holiday who has as much control and understanding of his own mind and emotions as...well, a thirteen-year old with emo-tendencies.

The central thread of the story is not as easily recognisable or as appealing as in the OT. There you had the quintessential quest, here you have the fall of the Roman Republic in space. The rise of Caesar worked for Shakespeare, but he was Shakespeare.

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The cast either simply weren't as talented or as charismatic as the originals or, and I'm bettng it's this one, they were all so excited to be in a Star Wars film that none of them said 'George, you can write this ****, but you can't say it.'
Clumsy dialogue leads to uncertain actors, uncertain actors lead to stilted performances, stilted performances lead to suffering.

Anyway, that's my tuppence worth.

Yes, I'm of the original trilogy generation, yes I grew up loving the originals. Of course I'm going to say I hate the prequels, I'm well over 30.

In my opinion, Lucas destroyed my hopes of telling the story. I was extremely excited in the mid-late 90's about this new trilogy, but I've been severley let-down. It's my own fault for having high expectations.

This is why I'm not even looking forward to the new cartoon show and the live action TV show. I don't rate George Lucas anyore, I don't rate Rick McCallum, and I don't rate Star Wars.

Thank goodness we have the EU though. That's what is keeping me going.

Well, I for one don't 'hate' the PT....I just find it much inferior to the Originals. TPM isn't a bad film, but it's way too pitted for a kiddie crowd....which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But the thing that absolutely destroys the PT in my mind is AOTC; this film is just bad. And I think the main problem is that the audience just doesn't care about Anakin. For most of the film, he behaves like a whiney, pathetic adolescent, a far cry from the great star pilot and 'good friend' Obi-wan elaborated on in ANH. And then there are the often-lampooned love sequences; frankly, they're laughably bad. Not to mention the horribly gratuitous droid factory action sequence and the C-3PO's horribly unfunny puns in the arena sequence.
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ROTS manages to do a good job tying up the trilogy, finally helping to create a genuinely heroic and likeable Anakin, even if he still stinks at love dialogue.
If they would just redo AOTC, then I think the trilogy would stand up. As it is, though....

I don't "hate" everything bout the prequels - I like ROTS because it has an engaging plot.
But i dislike TPM because it's far too childish, I liked it when I was 9 years old but now at 18 yrs i feel sick at the thought of Jar Jar now. He is NOT funny and George made a good decision to hardly include him in ROTS- it would have sooo ruined the film.

i think the reason that OT is more appealing is that it mostly focuses on the story whereas PT is all over the place.

I like ROTS because it has an engaging plot.

Where? Show me.

hhhhmmmm.......
thinking about it Rogueish might be right.

I just like watchin Hayden lol

I don't hate the prequels, they are just inferior compared to the OT and were just disappointing. There was YEARS of speculation as to what was going to go down in the PT and when it finally came out it could have been better. For one, the PT left us with very litte to care or root for like the OT. GL tried to do this with Anakin, but he came across as arrogant and whiney. Plus we didn't get to see alot of the "greatness" of Anakin which was supposed to make his fall that much more tragic, which leads me to his fall.

cont....... It was too easy and too rushed and should have been more of focal point . After all, the saga is about his rise fall and redemption. I feel his fall should have been more gradual with him doing increasingly questionable deeds, and embracing more questionable ideals. Gl should have had someone else handle the script also. Anyone remember "I wish I could wish away my feelings" or the part about Padme dying since Ani came back into her life?

concl.... Or how about "From my point of view the Jedi are evil" Why? because of their selflessness, compassion and reverence for life? Troy Denning, Karen Traviss, or James Luceno could have done a much better job.

Can't argue with that Sith-hata. And thank you all for commenting.

what i mean is that the OT is more character driven and the PT is more plot driven. but thats just my opinion. sorry