Again, like I said in the other reply, my big, big, big issue with the Prequels is execution. I don't think Lucas' directing style is particularly exciting, at least from what I've seen of the behind the scenes stuff where he basically just sits there on a big greenscreen stage and gets it over with quickly as possible. I don't think they had a particularly brilliant cast, or those that were good were often used poorly, especially in the case of Portman and Jackson, but that's just IMO. And I don't think the CGI is aging terribly well, either. So.. Yeah. I'm happy to accept that the novel could be better, but primarily, I'm a guy who enjoys Star Wars for the films, and I haven't been able to properly enjoy a single Star Wars movie that has been released since after I was born in '86.

Honestly, I shouldn't be bursting out laughing at Yoda versus Dooku like I remember myself doing at the cinema in 2002; I should be absolutely enthralled like I am every time I watch ESB's Luke vs Vader fight. The only bits of the prequels I can really, honestly claim to enjoy is Neeson as Qui Gon, and McDiarmid just blatantly cutting loose and having fun as the largest ham ever in Sith.