FWIW, I was 29 when Phantom Menace came out, and my ex-wife can verify that when I saw it, I came away saying it SUUUUUCKED. Ditto the next two prequels. This was very much a broadly held view when these movies came out.

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Like I’m not surprised that a teenager liked a movie that adults didn’t like and that they also had no idea what adults were saying about it. 🤷‍♀️

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I don't know that it occurred to anyone that it could suck. This was the long-promised prequel trilogy to the great space opera epic of our childhood, finally on the big screen. Of course it's going to be great. I don't know that even a good movie could have met those expectations.

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This is just silly. Anyone who was there remembers that ebullient vibe ahead of the show, and the awkward, disappointed, oh-my-god-what-the-fuck-was-that shuffle out of the theater afterwards. Some tried to put a brave face on it, to cheer up the others. But we understood, right away.

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Oh he did, alas, because toxic fandom, but he's been treated better in recent years I gather.

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