3rd prequel had one of the best action scenes at the volcano, probably redeemed it. Clones was okay, it just didn't stand out. TFM was the worst for me, so loooooooong and booooooooooring. Only good scene was the race scene.
I can't verify if they're the same for obvious reasons, but anyone who thought the prequels were great I think that says enough for their taste of movies.
I hate that the few people that didn't like SW are bitching at it because it's similar to the originals, whereas in the prequels people were bitching like hell because those went away from the originals and had WAY too much exposition. Now this is closer to the originals and has less exposition (because remember......there are 2 more films) and people are bitching that it's too close. I'm sitting here thinking: WHAT DO YOU WANT????