Not sure if you posted that with sarcasm or as a point towards the haters but eirher way, Im glad you posted that, well done
I was one of them with the same reaction but not the last one, lol (poor fella i do feel bad for him!). I knew it was not the best but it was still star wars and I was swept away with the awesome visuals and very captivated with a new strangely unstarwars like storyline that Lucas was narrating. I had gone all the way to new york to watch this and while in New York i had seen the amazing Matrix before Phantom and wondered if Matrix will end up being the better film! For some it did, but not for me, phantom delivered enough to make my New York holiday an all round blast
I do really feel sorry for the fans that were disappointed especially the ones that took it really hard. I understand that feeling from my first ever cinematic disappointment, Gremlins 2! And more recently films like The Hobbit, Spectre and Guardians of the Galaxy because I dropped my guard and allowed myself to raise too high expectations of those movies. In fact, I now love the Hobbit films upon repeat viewings despite their major flaws.