6 years ago

@bejot you clearly facepalmed the whole movie and didn't see it properly

6 years ago

@jokes-senpai Well, it was a lost cause after the Leia scene, so you're right.

6 years ago

@bejot I'm with you. I also gave it an 4...

6 years ago

@bejot ok, besides the leia thing, it was great. I'll give you that. It's not a four tho. Don't take it so damn seriously. lol

6 years ago

@dannyland Look, I get it, Disney wanted a clear horizon for the next installments. They killed off all the main characters, Carrie Fisher died in reality, so they need to kill her off somehowe between this and IX, they should kill Chewie, destroy the Falcon and send the droids to some junkyard and that'll give them a clean slate to build next trilogy on.<br /> I LOVED TFA, watched it in every format I could in cinemas, and just yesterday I went for a special screening of TFA before TLJ and I loved every second of the first one just to have my hopes crashed in the next. Everybody's allowed to have an opinion and that's just mine. I love me some Star Wars, don't get me wrong, but this was just too much.

6 years ago

@bejot I'm probably too emotionally invested in the movie to see it clearly and I've just come out of it. Would you mind sharing which moments did not resonate with you?

6 years ago

@bejot I feel like they missed a great opportunity to end Leia's story before the ridiculous force thing happens. Although, actually killing her in her final film might have been in poor taste. Chewie isn't going to die anytime soon. They just put another giant sized man in the wookie costume and they're good to go. Besides that Leia scene though, what else was awful exactly?

6 years ago

@bejot having walked out of it an hour ago, I have to wonder . if we saw different movies. I greatly enjoyed it. <br /> With all respect, the prequels weren't that horrible either - if you want to nitpick, tear apart Rogue One, which (if you're the nitpicky type) makes A New Hope look hilariously bad in retrospect.<br /> But I'm not, and I still like this film. :-)

6 years ago

@snorbaard Like I said previously — everybody's allowed their own opinion. And I agree with you on EP IV being a bad movie in retrospect :)

6 years ago

@dannyland Chewie is the last character that ties the ”old” with the upcoming ”new”. And after reading some articles I agree, killing Leia's character in this one would be the easiest, albeit a poor choice.<br /> What was awful? Let's see if I can compile a shortlist.<br /> Useless characters: Phasma (why even bother?), Del Toro's ”hacker”, porgs (yes, I am not a fan of those).<br /> Downplay of Rey's whole motivation in TFA (I mean seriously, even if Kylo's explanation was true, it was delivered in such a horrible way). Also first rule of movies: show, don't tell.<br /> Snoke? The fuck happened there? Played like a child by two angsty teens. No back story, no forward story — introduced a a massive, powerful character, overshadowing Kylo and Hux just to have him killed via a cheap force trick. This just doesn't sit right with me.<br /> Speaking of Hux — I felt like I was watching a kid from '80s sitcom, to be honest. The scene with Snoke scolding Hux while being a hologram? It was right from ”That '70s show”. I know it was to re-establish the ability to use force on long distances just to ease the disbelief later on, but why? Why?<br /> Also Kylo's ”rise” to power was so obvious it was painful.<br /> And while we're at it — I loved Kylo in TFA: pissed off kid with so much power to abuse, and so much conflicting thoughts. In TLJ he turns into this whiny spoiled emo brat Vader-wannabe. Even Snoke acknowledges it when he tells him to take his stupid mask off.<br /> Also apparently you can transfer matter through space and time via force (Kylo's wet glove).<br /> Jedi ghost can now manipulate real weather all of a sudden. And yeah, I know TFA intruduced the ability to stop laser shots midair, but this is just so ex machina thing.<br /> Lack of comminication breeds conflict — just look at the whole Poe-Holdo situation. A simple explanation would release the tension and fix the problem, but no, we need ”conflict” between allies to... Exactly what?<br /> The whole casino thing, such a wasted time. I know what the wanted to achieve, but it just didn't work for me. That whole story arc around the ”hacker” was such a waste of time.<br /> And don't even get me started on the whole Star Wars School of Planning Attacks. ”We are overwhelemed, we got only buckets with skis (why?), let's attack these giant machines head on.”

6 years ago

@dannyland I felt the same. It feels like its own film. Freed from the shackles the previous two set for themselves, this one was able to go forth and explore new territories. I await the final episode of this trilogy anxiously!

6 years ago

@dannyland looks like we didn't watch the same movie

8 months ago

Nearly 6 years later, your Trakt history is still telling on you for having never watched this. <br /> <br /> “Paid critics” indeed lmao.