Can a movie be good when all you remember are the bad bits?

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2002)

**SPOILERS**I think I liked it. How's that for definitive? Few movies leave me in such a state, but with Star Wars, there's so much more going on around the films that it's hard to evaluate them objectively.
I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I like thousands of others saw EP4 in my early youth, and was forever affected by it. Personally, I think Empire is the best of the original trilogy. Just an awesome film. I even think Mark Hamill's performance is great in Empire.
As I got older I found myself questioning aspects of Jedi, however. There were some silly moments (Boba Fett's death, awkward dialogue between Luke and Leia in the Ewok village, etc.) So the great question is...have I just learned to live with these awkward scenes, or are they just as awkward as the bad ones in AOTC?
AOTC's painful scenes (spoilers):

Anakin's nightmare (how could the audience not chuckle. Right after he was hitting on Padme? For gosh sakes, reshoot this, George! Don't force us to try not to laugh.)

Shmi's death (again, the audience chuckled. This should be a massive emotional moment. What a missed opportunity.)

Many awkward moments between Anakin & Padme (It would have been great if she'd told him to cool his jets, or that he was acting like a child, or something. This would have been a believeable response to Anakin's puppy dog efforts. Make him earn her respect!)

All this said, I'm still going to see it again despite myself. Maybe we of the Star Wars generation are longing for a movie experience that just won't ever be again. But, damn it all, the overall story of the prequels is really cool. They just need to be polished and edited down a bit and they would be as good as the classic trilogy!