The warm and fuzzy goggles of nostalgia can often soften opinions over time, but as of yet, nobody has changed their mind about Jar Jar Binks. The Gungan was an admittedly impressive achievement from a technical perspective as the first entirely computer generated supporting character in a live-action feature film, but it would be a fairly massive understatement to say that he didn’t go down too well with the fanbase.
There are an awful lot of problems with The Phantom Menace from the plot and dialogue to several of the acting performances and almost everything in between, but Jar Jar came under fire more than anyone or anything else. Poor Ahmed Best must have thought he’d secured the role of a lifetime, and co-star Liam Neeson felt he had the potential to be the next Eddie Murphy, but it ended up torpedoing the young actor’s entire career instead.
There are an awful lot of problems with The Phantom Menace from the plot and dialogue to several of the acting performances and almost everything in between, but Jar Jar came under fire more than anyone or anything else. Poor Ahmed Best must have thought he’d secured the role of a lifetime, and co-star Liam Neeson felt he had the potential to be the next Eddie Murphy, but it ended up torpedoing the young actor’s entire career instead.
- 12/3/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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