Honestly for me, after getting Disney plus and doing my rewatch of the prequels after years of mostly avoiding them (and a lot of time more recently rewatching the OT and the more recent Disney made films)- I'm honestly finding a lot to like, even in AOTC. Are there faults. Oh yes. But I mostly limit the bad stuff to any "romance" scenes between Padme and Anakin. Those are the worst. Bad performances, stilted dialogue, unconvincing in what its trying to convey, etc.
But where the rest of AOTC is concerned- I like the opening action, I like Obi Wan's whole detective arc, the discovery of Kamino/clone army and confrontation with Jango on land and in space. Anakin's return to Tatooine. And I greatly enjoy all the big action in the end on Geonosis. Here Anakin and Padme even have one romantic scene that actually works for me (Padme finally declaring her love as they are being led to their deaths).
So, other than the "romance", I mostly like the rest of the content of this film. Yes, I know many just don't like anything to do with Heyden Christensen and his performance in general as Anakin, but I find him mostly OK (again, excepting any attempts at romantic scenes with Padme). So pretty much skipping all of those river country scenes on Naboo, there is a decent remaining 2/3rds of a film for me. Don't get me wrong, still probably the weakest Star Wars film overall, but its not worthless, either.
