I'm happy I got to see the prequels, real happy - but to be perfectly honest, I'm not very proud of them sitting in my collection, especially lined up beside the original trilogy...
From TPM to ROTS, the acting goes from terrible to decent, for the most part... say what you will about the acting in the OT, but I find the PT to be traumatic at times, because the acting is so bad... plus, the writing is really horrible, for the most part, and the pace is inconsistant in the most retarded ways, the story itself is all jumbled up with plot holes and what not, etc, etc, etc...
TPM is easily one of the most disapointing movies I've ever seen. Really. It alone makes me wish, at times, that the PT was never made...
At the start of the movie, I was digging TPM, and was thinking it'd be 'Pretty damn good', because I was really digging the relationship that Obi-Wan had with Qui-Gon, and the way they handled negotiations... but my feelings for TPM changed once Jar Jar showed up - the whole 'Exqueese mesa!' **** got so tired really, really, really fast... I felt like I was going to vomit several times throughout the film. Padme was garbage, Jar Jar stepping in 'Poo Doo' was ridiculous, the whole midichlorians bull**** was disgusting to me, Yoda looked like ****, somehow, Maul was underplayed, The Battle of Naboo was nonexistant, Obi-Wan's defeating Maul was underplayed, Qui-Gon was underplayed, Anakin and his dialogue combined made for pure ****...
I'm very bitter about TPM, obviously.
AOTC was 'Better', but still full of junk... ROTS was 'Even Better', and thankfully had less junk...