In defense of POA

I watched the DVD of POA last night for the first time (since seeing the film in the theater). I LOVE this film -- it's my favorite of the three made so far. When the film was released, I skimmed all the posts slamming it and wondered why people hated it so much. It was so clearly a better film than the first two, IMO. I've hesitated to post my thoughts before, but with the DVD release, many people seem prepared to begin listing all of the things they hated about that film all over again. Am I the only one who thought it was brilliant?

( Possibly. But I won't let that stop me from telling you what I loved about it. )

So that's a bit of what I loved about the film. I know it isn't just me. Anybody else want to tell me what you loved about the film?