I am slowly recovering the I-IX marathon that my wife has been frowning upon since I mentioned it a month ago. For all those who saw The Phantom Menace again this weekend, I have 2 thoughts that I thought we could bandy around.
1) They must have filmed the Tatooine stuff first, because Jake Lloyd really struggles there, but is better on Coruscant and Naboo.
2) He's a lot better when he's talking to puppets, droids, and CGI characters than the other actors. This sounds like a slight but it isn't, but when he talks to Sebulba and Watto in Huttese, he seems pretty good.
Also my theater had a blast making fun of Ric Olie aka Captain Obvious. "Tatooine!" he calls out when Tatooine is literally 98% of the viewport of the ship. "There's the blockade!" he calls out as he flies the ship STRAIGHT AT IT. That guy never gets old.
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