twooffour said:
With regards to Shmi, I'd suggest you rewatch her scenes one more time (in case it's been a while you watched it the last time). I used to think she was pretty good, too, but then I rewatched it, and was vomiting for hours.
I have been living with TPM for the past several months*. Believe me, I've seen it all plenty. And I still like Shmi.