I don't mind a bad episode here or there. Even the new series has had a few. The movie gets so much heat from me because it was the opportunity to restart Dr. Who and they tried to do this by Americanizing it. And that decision made it lose all the appeal the show had for me. I think the new series has proven the point that Americans will watch a good show whether it is Americanized or not. I thought at the time that the TV movie was Dr. Who's death knell and I was (pleasantly) surprised when the new series started.
Why do you watch the New Docto Who?
The Movie tried to Americanize it the wrong way, in the way of network Fox TV.
The New Doctor Who has completely Americanized it (IMO, fan of the Old Doctor Who...so might explain some of my views) with more concentration on neat special effects, computer animation, and violence (never saw the doctor with so much violence in the old ones as you do in the New ones. The new ones have more violence and a more touches of horror than an entire serial, or a few serials all put together did of the old Doctor).
It's also gotten that American groove of putting a dark touch into the Sci-Fi with a little of horror, or just darkness (MUCH more dark than the Old Doctor Who). Not that this is necessarily a BAD thing, but I see the New Doctor Who as completely Americanized. I think that's why the American Audience has grown so much in relation to the New Doctor Who.
Take my wife for instance, she LOVES the New Doctor Who...finds the Old Doctor Who boring.
Personal take though, I love the 5th doctor, that's one of my favorites. I think I like the 3rd Doctor the best however. He simply LOOKS like the Doctor. The New Doctor Who...these guys just look young. Then again, that's another Americanization...they go for the youthful look rather than what one may imagine an old foggy kind of whacked out doctor may look like.