Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi 12/15/17

[jellydonut25]

[Dr Kain]

I don't know, I felt that was calling back to

Well either way, this entire trilogy now rides on how the third one ends up. If it drops the ball, the entire trilogy is ruined and an utter waste.

Right now my rankings probably go:

ESB
R1
ANH
TFA
RotJ
TLJ
RotS
AotC
TPM

[jellydonut25]

I'm at:
Empire
New Hope
Return of the Jedi
Force Awakens
Rogue One (I guess)
Last Jedi
Sith
Phantom Menace/Clones...it doesn't matter. It's like choosing between two different pieces of poop.

[Dr Kain]

[Henry88]

‘The Last Jedi’ Doesn’t Care What You Think About ‘Star Wars’ – And That’s Why It’s Great
http://www.slashfilm.com/the-last-jedi-defense/

you know subversion is a word I am beginning to hate as much as deconstruction, and somehow I am now rather happy that jj is doing ep9.

[Benjamin Haines]

Preface: I'm just a casual Star Wars fan. I don't even like calling myself a fan because I've met actual Star Wars fans and my passion for the franchise doesn't even compare to theirs. I don't collect any merchandise, I don't seek out any of the ancillary media, and I don't have any personal fan theories about the mythos. I just like the movies, and I didn't even see any of the original trilogy in their unaltered entirety until I was in college. I thought The Force Awakens was good fun but not particularly special, and the same for Rogue One.

I thought The Last Jedi was fantastic! It actually kept me guessing and it pulled out some genuine and satisfying surprises. The action is gripping, the character drama is top-notch, and the ensemble cast gives it their all.

[Gwangi]

I liked it, though I would put it a notch below "The Force Awakens". Using Leonard Maltin's ratings system, I would give it *** stars, although, I think I would have to see it again, to give it a more proper review.

[Henry88]

as big bads go snoke ended up as a afterthought and kylo is just going to have one movie as the supreme leader, heck the sith emperor from Star Wars: The Old Republic game was a better bad guy than those two.

[Dai]

[Geno]

Undeniably the best film in the series. Much like Shin Godzilla, some people can't get over how different it is and just want more of the same.

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

[Dai]

Having seen The Last Jedi, I now understand why Solo has been left in its May release slot despite a late-game change of director. Kennedy must have known how divisive TLJ would be among audiences, and wants Solo there ASAP to get its critics back into their safe space with some more original trilogy fan service.

My main concern now is episode IX. TLJ clearly wasn't the Episode VIII that JJ would have made. With him back in the director's chair for IX, it must be tempting for him to backpedal on Rian Johnson's choices and wrench the trilogy back to something more conservative. I don't want this trilogy defined by two directors butting heads, even if Johnson did start the fight.

[Dr Kain]

I have no hope for the Han Solo movie. It's a bad idea to begin with.

[Henry88]

it did not take long to see that this movie was going to subversion/deconstruction land.

Apparently, there is a guy on a mission to bring down the RT audience score of The Last Jedi using bots:
https://www.facebook.com/Down-With-Disn ... 390617317/

And he's succeeding. It's down to 56%.

[lhb412]

Have not seen the movie yet, but I gotta say: I'm happy to see that someone had the balls to go into Star Wars and really shake things up and piss people off, because I was positive up till this point that we'd never see that from a Disney Star Wars film. I thought it was gonna be an eternity of "that was good!" when the movie comes out and "now that I look back on that, it was empty fan service" a little after that. Whether I end up liking or disliking or blasé on the film I'll always appreciate how it's stirred up the hornets nest!

[Henry88]

i have never been a fan of subversion/deconstruction and this movie is full to the brim with both.

[jellydonut25]

ITS NOT SUBVERSIVE!! Everyone STOP saying that! Just because something subverts EXPECTATIONS on DUMB fan theories doesn’t mean it’s SUBVERSIVE!

[Geno]

[jellydonut25]

The casino sequence is WORTHLESS

[Dr Kain]

[canofhumdingers]

So this movie was flipping crazy. I feel like Rey with her description of what she feels reaching out to the Force... light and dark, life and death, creation and destruction all in a tug of war with each other struggling to find balance...

There were some GREAT things and some LOUSY things. I really have no idea how to rank this yet. My initial opinion is generally positive, but there were enough things that I didn’t like, or at least give me pause enough that I’m going to have to sit on it for a while and probably see it a few more times before my final opinion/ranking really solidifies. As it stands, I LOVE that they went bonkers and shook Star Wars the heck up. On the other hand, I really dislike some of the ways they shook it.



For me, I’m a hardcore Star Wars fan and have been since I discovered it around 9 or 10 years old. But I also strongly dislike the prequels and am totally adamant about only watching the original theatrical cuts of the original trilogy (thank God for people like Harmy...)

As it stands, I’d rank them on a scale of 5 stars as follows:
Star Wars - 5
ESB - 5
ROTJ - 3
TPM - 1
AOTC - 0
ROTS - 1
TFA - 4
RO - 4
TLJ - I just don’t know. Parts were a solid 4 bordering on 5. Then other parts were near prequel level bad... I guess maybe a 3 over all?

[Henry88]

[jellydonut25]

I disagree with almost every single noun and verb in that article.

[Dai]