I thought it was a modest film. However I was hoping to get proper answers about Rey's parents and the backstory behind Snoke. Thoughts?
What Are Your Thoughts on The Last Jedi? [Spoilers]
MasterNoob on 15/12/2017 - 21:12
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mmmm Rey 👌
I found the Fin/Rose arc to be quite weak, the humour really forced and some of the character motivations and decisions odd. Overall it was okay but I saw a lot of potential for improvements.
A lot of directors these days want to be try and tackle the multiple angle/characters challenge… its difficult, they all fail.
Josh Wheldon executes this well.
I hated it. From the childish joke right at the start, to the stupid casino and horse racing scene. The biggest issue was the 34 year wait to see Luke return and show how badass the last Jedi was, only to have him reduced to an absolute loser running away. Oh and Leia surviving the ice cold vacuum of outer space sucked ass also. No explanation of who Snoke was or his backstory. The best thing about Kylo was the mask, and he took it off right at the start. And add the weak plot too.
Who loves Milk?
Nothing left of the original magic.
Just Hollywood rubbish now.Couldnt stop laughing in my head about Rey's weight gain.
Minor impact yes, did it stop me enjoying the movie, no.
Did it give the producers ulcers, and stressed them the fuk how out to try to tell Daisy to lose weight most likely. 5-10 years ago they would have berated her for gaining weight… not today…. hahaaha they would have tired, that would have been funny to watch
Amazing. Every word of what you just said is wrong.
Because its how the industry work.
Mark Hamil and Carrie Fisher has talked about how they had to lose a tonne of weight for The Force Awaken.
In Daisy's case it isn't just about being slim, its about continuity.
You never notice that sometimes Actors walk around with weird haircuts or bad mustaches… its called continuity….
Movies made to sell plastic garbage and sugar to children who then go on to become unquestioning lifelong consumers.
I am the last Jedi…
Oh wait…
I hated it too. I struggle to understand how it works a film (in general), sequel or Star Wars movie:
As a film, the story is weak:
Yes it is a blockbuster and has a couple of spectacular scenes/effects but as a whole it is poorly crafted, full of useless dead-ends, plot holes and laced with terrible "jokes" or rather slapstick humor. A slow cruiser chase? Call in some back-up surely. They are on their last legs and clearly there's plenty of time, enough to head to the casinos FFS.
And how exactly did they find out about the abandoning of the cruiser? The "sell-out" character had no way of knowing that info. The humor was poor and had no place in this film.It's a terrible sequel/franchise film:
It absolutely trashes themes and characters from the original trilogy and some newly introduced in the last film. A franchise film should expand on themes, characters and ideas of its predecessors. At a very basic level: I'm stunned that K ditches his identity. More to the point, that "re-shoot" "get a new director" Disney let them do it. What about all the young K fans gonna do with their masks? Oh thats right they are childish. Or as Disney would see it, we aren't selling any more? Im no fan of Disney and I found the anti-capitalist theme (with and that stupid casino story arc) interesting (only because its in a Disney film). Chewbaccas main scene was in a gag that didnt need to be in the film and is there purely to introduce f'ing Porgs. And Admiral Ackbar? WTF? They could have him or leia steer the cruiser in a heroic act. Not someone who we just met and have no attachment to.
Ive kinda spilled into:
Finally it's terrible Star Wars film:
I already have mentioned a few but it really trashes existing characters and introduces new plotss:Rose over Snoke, Phasma, Chewbacca, Reys parents? Really? The amount and timing of the slapstick humor has no place in Star Wars film.
Star Wars had a timeless appeal: an adventure at mythological level. Its themes and stories could be from greek myths/tragedies. I
amwas a Star Wars fan, but i dont know what the hell that thing was. It sure wasnt what the critics saw.Yanks love slapstick.. learn to deal with it.. or stop watching yank produce movies altogether
Its Disney… what did you expect, they're the new Hollywood… play it safe.
Just go into it with pessimism and leave satisfied like I do
I completely agree, qwerks. Instead of "The Last Jedi" the honest title should have been "The Last Feminist Multi-Racial Vegetarian Animal-loving Anti-Capitalist Men Haters". Disney killed Star Wars, I can't believe it! Every male role was made weak, wimpish or arrogant by Disney and every female role all strong, noble and without fault. The story was so forgettable and terrible and they didn't even resolve any of the burning plot points set up from The Force Awakens - as if that movie didn't matter. It's like Disney said <Huh! Tricked you. But thanks for buying your kids all that SW merch, fools.> They spent a quarter of the film exploring this new boring Rose character preaching whatever it is that she's into, and then reduced all the important legacy characters like Chewbacca and C3PO to no more than a minute of do-nothing hang-arounds. Chewbacca's character needs to eat - he doesn't need to be guilted into becoming a vegetarian by Disney's feel-good "we know betters". "Let the past die", indeed. Thanks for destroying 40 years of Star Wars pop culture, Disney. /rant over.
Loved it!
Though I don't want to share my opinions to yours (yet) and be a spoiler alert, remember there may be quite a few who haven't seen it yet.
Will continue discussion in a week?