"I don't like Sand" demystified

So ignore execution and focus solely on the filmmaker's intent (or what you assume the intent was)? I'm sorry, but would you praise a chef for serving you a burnt steak because they didn't mean to?

None of this changes the fact that the actors have no chemistry, or that the clunky delivery, even if intentional, is cringe-inducing instead of endearing. It also doesn't excuse how disturbing Anakin's pursuit of Padme can be at points, how she simply brushes aside his psychotic rant (tears on his part be damned) and admission to murdering children (regardless of their race or culture), and how her admission of "love" to him comes off as a young girl simply afraid of her looming death as opposed to true love warranting marriage after a grand total of, what, a week together? This after having last spent roughly another week around one another 10 years prior?

Frankly, this whole notion of it being intentional comes off as George making excuses, which is nothing new. Whether it's "these movies are for kids" (his go-to whenever anybody criticizes his, at times, nonsensical writing in the prequels), or "it's meant to be a courtly romance"/"they're supposed to be awkward," or his utterly laughable use of the race-card when talking about studios' unwillingness to distribute Red Tails (sure, George, it had nothing to do with the movie being pretty bad, and a bit insulting in its corny and simplistic depiction of the Tuskegee airmen and their plight), it all just comes off as a sad excuse to ignore any criticism, even if it's legitimate.