When the film originally came out I thought they where brilliant. Almost going as far as my favourite characters apart from the fact that i was young back then and as they where the bad guys that wasn't right, I couldn't possibly actually like them.
Had a long gap and came back after watching the film with a friend as he had never seen it. (Can you believe that!) Glad I did as I discovered TLG and more but..
Now I am an adult i appreciate so much more about characters and can say I still like them and being the bad guys only makes that better for me now.