Really irritates me when someone says the prequels were anything other than shit. You know, even more so than all the starving children, wars and dead puppies in the world....
I didn't mind the prequels but I ain't no Star Wars fan girl either. I tell you what though, they're better than any comic movie to date, minus Deadpool.
I don't know how the prequels could seriously be considered a "steaming pile of horseshit" except you've read that a million times online. I consider original trilogy to be ... original, yes. Many a great movie has borrowed elements from classic film and literature but still introduced its own characters and plot. I viewed the OT in its theatrical release back in the day, and most people weren't expecting "Luke, I am your father" so it was one of the classic plot turns in cinema history. TFA just introduced a couple new characters to introduce the Disney Star Wars universe with no substantial plot of its own.