Saw it today. I loved it. I felt like i was put through an emotional wringer by the end. One of the best ever
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Saw it today. I loved it. I felt like i was put through an emotional wringer by the end. One of the best ever
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I felt underwhelmed. I'm super tired now so can't communicate good lol. Good stuff but I am really wondering about some of the plot points and how long they spent on stuff and also some of the jokes I thought were dumb and didn't fit.
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A couple of things about the timeline of the movie felt a little off: the Resistance is very slowly getting away (for days?) and the First Order couldn't find some way to overtake? Still thinking about it a lot though since I saw it and I'm keen to watch again.
Overall I liked it how unpredictable it was. Nearly everytime I thought I knew what about to happen something unexpected would happen. There was one point for instance where I felt for sure the words "To be continued" were about to appear on screen. We would have felt cheated though if that had happened!
And we are robbed that Carrie Fisher can't be in the next movie. Filmmakers better not have any ideas of using the Rogue One video game cutscene Leia!
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LOL I had the exact same feeling too, I thought for sure the end credits would role up at one particular point and we would be left with an epic cliff hanger, but thankfully it carried onOriginally Posted by Paulbot
My wife asked me why I carry a gun?, I said "Decepticons"... She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed, I shot the toaster. It was a good day.
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SPOILERS OBVIOUSLY.
I have mixed feelings about this film, after thinking about if for a day I came to the conclusion, I love this movies themes, but dislike the plot.
I like that this movie takes a different spin on my Star Wars expectations, I like the whole Luke, Rei, Kylo dynamic, all those actors were on top form. I feel that unlike most Star Wars films this one has quite a lot of thematic depth, particularly when it comes to ideas of heroism, and legends. The story arc sort of turns the traditional idea of the great hero on it's head for once daring against all odds heroics don't save the day. I like the duality between Kylo and Rei, one longs to escape the past and the other desires it. Also the Rei parents reveal = awesome.
I also noticed that this was the First New Star Wars not to have forced nostalgia Easter eggs in it, I mean they were there, but they weren't as in your face as they were in the two previous films.
Things I don't like, the escape from the First order plot, IE: the slowest chase in the galaxy. This made no sense to me, sure the Resistance ships were faster, but the callous Fist Order were afraid to send their fighters in without cover even though the Resistance had no fighter cover? does the First Order not have it's own bombers? Couldn't they have just done short hyperspace jump to put a capital ship in front of them? Couldn't they have called in reinforcements to trap them? Whatever happened to tractor beams?
And on the resistance side, if only one ship was tracking them couldn't they have split up, or if hyperdiriving your ship into the enemy causes so much damage why didn't they do that earlier when they had more ships? These rebels are not very smart, no wonder most got wiped out.
The other thing I dislike was the whole arc with Finn and Rose that achieve nothing, it really made the move drag in those parts.
As said above some of the humour was misplaced, not bad, just used at the wrong time.
Anyway that's my rant, I'm still stewing over what my overall thoughts are, I would kind of like to see it again, however there are parts I would like to fast forward through.
That's my major gripe, admittedly Empire Strikes Back has the same flaws, Luke seems to be off for weeks while for Han and Leia it seems like a day.
My main annoyance is that with all the tech and military power the First Order has been show to have, they just decided to sit back and let them run out of fuel, I guess they only had one dreadnought.
It kind or reminded me of the 2000's Battlestar Galactica yet more silly, or perhaps the steamroller scene from Austin Powers.
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My only real disappointment was that we didn't learn more of Snoke before you know what.
Although the battle with the guards right after that scene was one of my all time Star wars favorites.
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How f@*#ing epic was it!, contender for the best lightsaber battle ever in my opinion, one of my favourite scenes of the movie
My wife asked me why I carry a gun?, I said "Decepticons"... She laughed, I laughed, the toaster laughed, I shot the toaster. It was a good day.
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Really highlighted how bad a storyteller JJ Abrams is, his whole, "mystery box" style is just laziness and Rian Johnson proved it by 1. Disposing of Snoke and 2. The reveal about Rey's parents which could've been dealt with in The Force Awakens.
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In an interview in Stack (a monthly mag at JB HI-FI), Andy Serkis recently said that The Last Jedi would reveal why Snoke hates the Republic/Rebels so much and how he got his scars. I'm feeling as disappointed as you.
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I quite liked it, but it's nowhere near what some people are saying. The action scenes where good and the plot was good but quite drawn out.
The scenes of the bombers where we'll made and made it feel like a war movie. Paige, a character I went in expecting to be a pointless background character, was actually pretty cool. Vice Admiral Holdo was also an interesting character and I really like her and Poe's subplot. Superman Leia was really stupid and Ackbar dying was a bit upsetting as he has always been one of my favourites.
Snoke's ship was cool and I wish we saw more of him and Phasma. The The Finn and Rose side plot was quite boring and DJ was incredibly underwhelming however the casino scenes where very well made and the scene where Finn fights Phasma was great, even if BB-8 controlling a walker was quite silly.
The scenes on Luke's Island where ok but the scene where Rey went underground was just bizarre. It felt like something from a 90s EU/Legends comic. The part where he revealed what he tried to do to Kylo was incredibly out-of-character.
The Praetorian Guards looked really cool and they way they moved was cool but they did almost nothing. Snoke was purely wasted potential, the same as making Rey's parents nobodies.
The Defense of Crait was almost a carbon copy of the Battle of Hoth, other than the laser cannon (didn't catch what it was called). Luke's Force Clone was kind of strange and would seem out there to anyone who hadn't read some of the old comics. Rey suddenly gaining incredible Force powers was strange and out of place but continues her legacy of being incredibly skilled with little-to-no training.
Overall, it was a pretty good film but still miles off Empire Strikes Back and A New Hope. 7/10
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