I've got a mate who thinks the same thing. We grow up together trough the entire Zelda series but when TP was released he didn't like it at all. I think it's because the story takes a good hour or more to get going. He didn't even give it a chance and he won't even explain properly why he doesn't like it.
I must admit that the beginning does take a while until the game really starts when you turn into wolf Link and escape from that sewer type dungeon..
