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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: April 9, 2018, 8:57 pm
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Okay, I watched Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi this
past Saturday Night and have been putting off writing any kind
of review because I'm conflicted. I honestly don't know what it
is about this movie that I just don't want to write anything.
I've been letting the movie swirl around in my head the past
couple of days just trying to put my finger on what is troubling
me about the flick. Does the movie suck like most people have
said? Well, it depends on how you look at parts of the movie or
character motivations. Would I put this in my Top 3 Star Wars
movies? No. Honestly, I think I need to re-watch The Last Jedi
again because I'm still not sure what I liked and disliked about
this. Something is off for sure. So, yeah, I'll give Jedi
another go again and then come back with a review. I'm not even
going to give this any Stars right now until after the second
viewing.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: April 9, 2018, 10:03 pm
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Was that the first time you saw this? Dang.
Yeah, definitely a lot to unpack with this movie. Gorgeous
movie, absolutely. Different than before, certainly.
Polarizing for sure. Lots of unexpected twists, some that are
right for the characters but there are some changes that give
you vertigo.
Honestly, I don't think we'll really be able to get a handle on
this movie until Episode IX comes out and we can view it in
context. It's a h*ll of a downer of a movie, I mean, things get
worse and worse for our characters, so many people die, the
stakes get worse and worse and there's barely a victory to be
seen. The "fun" stuff is in a plotline that people don't seem
to care for and feels a bit out of place, the whole Finn and
Rose thing. The kind of adventure they go on seems so strange
considering the stakes of the chase they're leaving, there's
time to go out and go around for a bit and then come back while
this one dire countdown is going on? There's something about
that which doesn't instinctively gel.
There are a couple little "I wish" things I have in regards to
the movie, mostly little stuff like I wish Phasma was the one
chasing Finn and Rose the whole time, I wish the First Order
guys were younger like last time (since they're supposed to be
"new fascists," but it's been so long since I saw the movie, I
don't remember the rest.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: April 10, 2018, 10:58 pm
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You know what I think an issue with the flick is that's throwing
people off? There's no... empty space. Which is REALLY weird
for a shared universe movie.
Let me tell you what I mean: This movie takes place right after
the last movie ended. Right after. Kind of. Mostly. There's
no adventures between then and now, no extra backstory, nothing
for us to research. There are no other adventures going on, no
side stories we could explore in another flick. No Resistance
guys they need to meet. At the end, there's nowhere else to go.
The auxiliary characters who might show up in another movie
(Phasma, DJ, what have you?) ... all die. All the original
trilogy troika are gone now, the characters who could replace
them die... and the "sequel hook" won't happen for a long time.
The kids? Telling us we gotta wait 10+ years or so... which it
feels like we just did.
Combine that with the feeling that TFA almost felt like a
prequel, introing the characters, like a pilot episode. I think
we were expecting a big raucous Star Wars movie this time
around, "okay, you know the world, let's have some fun" and it
felt like we jumped from that to the deadly serious part.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: April 11, 2018, 9:10 pm
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I'm gonna try and get my second viewing in this weekend.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: April 11, 2018, 11:56 pm
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I'm going to try and watch the bonus features this weekend. I
do want to see those, but it might be a while before I watch
TLJ.
I'm also... I'm toying with the idea of how I should organize
these films, I'm thinking chronologically. I don't think I ever
watched the whole series in order, but if I ever want to, it'd
be cool to have a playlist at the ready (and I'm thinking of
putting Battlefront II in there as well).
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