I haven't seen Clones which has been during this period when I haven't seen much of anything but I did see Phantom Menace and see my feelings about it - see first of all I think that when you make a lot of movies your attitude about the movies changes.
I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.