I hated the tv series.
I've really enjoyed the movies, especially with how the story seems to be slowly moving more and more away from the tv plot, which seems to continue to hold true if the preview for number 3 is anything to go by.
I'm enjoying the movies enough that I might almost forgive the franchise for Shinji, and what I like to project upon him-the complete castration of 90% of the male characters in anime since.