That's fair, I do know a lot of people liked it.

I think a big part of my personal lack of enjoyment of the sequels is that, during the prequels, I just decided to appreciate the spectacle, which was fantastic (since as you note and I agree the prequels' execution was really slipshod). And it was one of the things they did decently, the ludicrous set piece moments

The sequels tried to be more about world building and narrative experience rather than over the top fight sequences, which was and still is a bit jarring to me; it doesn't help that each movie felt like it was trying to be something completely different from the others due to different directors and production staff wanting to do their own things