I listened to a podcast last night called Godawful Movies. They were talking about The Phantom Menace. I disagree with many of their points. One reoccurring theme was how creepy the relationship between Anakin and Padme was. They went on and on about it. What made it funny was, they kept talking about how hot Natalie Portman was. But the thing is, she was under age at the time also. So who was creepy? Lol
I had to look that up. Apparently the movie came out in 1999. She was born in 1981. So if we assumed she worked on it during 1998, she would have been 17 at the oldest. But I don't think she really dressed "hot" until the Attack of the Clones, but by that point she would have been old enough. Now, I remember thinking at the time that she was hot, but I was born in 1983, so even if at the time I thought she was hot, I was younger than her, so it's okay.
But I didn't really think the whole relationship got creepy until Attack of the Clones. Like "Never a day went by that I didn't think about her." Like dude, you were eight. It's like having a crush on your babysitter. Yeah, it's fine when you're a kid, but you usually grow out of that. And typically the babysitter doesn't have any romantic feelings for you. Now, I don't necessarily have any problems with them getting together, but I just felt like they came on a little strong.
I actually just rewatched them a while ago before I started watching the Clone Wars from the beginning. There were definitely things I liked... and definitely parts I skipped over. BUT.... I didn't hate them enough to not watch them again.