Star Wars - ** SPOILERS ** discussion thread

Wife and I saw Star Wars today, it was my first viewing.....according to her, as she wanted us to see it together...anyway ;-)

After seeing it again, I relaxed and just enjoyed it, and to my surprise I really did enjoy it. Wife really liked it, she is a huge fan, but not a crazy detail fan.
 
I liked it but found the whole Rose thing annoying. I get having to find the code breaker/new Lando but the bit when she crashed into Finn was lame. I do love Kylo Rens temper tantrums though....lol That and the guy tasting the planet were my favorite.
 
“Oh no, lord Snoke is under attack. Quick, twirl your weapon around like you’re a Power Ranger.” 😂🙄

I’m rarely critical of movies, but I want my money and time back for this one.
 
I did not understand the ending, felt like they left the film at a cliffhanger again. Did anyone catch if something happened after the credits like the marvel flicks? I agree with @ShadowSpear, I want my time and money back. I should've just watched the Jumaji film instead.
 
R.Caerbannog said:
I did not understand the ending, felt like they left the film at a cliffhanger again. Did anyone catch if something happened after the credits like the marvel flicks? I agree with @ShadowSpear, I want my time and money back. I should've just watched the Jumaji film instead.
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For a split second I considered sticking around after the credits and then snapped out of it 😂
 
So much for hoping Disney wouldn't leave 'The Last Jedi' on a cliffhanger.

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Gosh darn it, that being said the film did have it's good moments. Chewy and the campfire scene with the porgs was pretty funny. Hooray for classless merchandising!?
 
I forgot to post my thoughts on this when I saw it.

Went in with great expectations... Left bitterly disappointed.
 
Poccington said:
I forgot to post my thoughts on this when I saw it.

Went in with great expectations... Left bitterly disappointed.
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My immediate reaction was a bit numb.. but not overly hating.. the hate came after thinking about it more.. and continues to grow. Especially when I realized who this douche beta male writer/director is and that he was given the keys to a multi-billion dollar empire with only two films under his belt. One that was meh but entertaining, and one that very few people have even heard of.

I get people's easy dismissal of continuity based on previous films, but when the article I posted above mentions the on goings of Kathy Kennedy, it's suspect.
 
Florida173 said:
My immediate reaction was a bit numb.. but not overly hating.. the hate came after thinking about it more.. and continues to grow. Especially when I realized who this douche beta male writer/director is and that he was given the keys to a multi-billion dollar empire with only two films under his belt. One that was meh but entertaining, and one that very few people have even heard of.

I get people's easy dismissal of continuity based on previous films, but when the article I posted above mentions the on goings of Kathy Kennedy, it's suspect.
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I think I was the same, the more I spoke about it with people, the more I really disliked what they did with the film.
 
Florida173 said:
My immediate reaction was a bit numb.. but not overly hating.. the hate came after thinking about it more.. and continues to grow.
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Same here. While I still don't have as many issues with it as a lot of people, the more I think about it, the more I go "What the fuck were they thinking?".
 
Finally saw Star Wars, the last dump.

First thing, run time is 2 hours, 40 Minutes (Film time is about 2H25Ms), they used to do these things called intermissions for Epics on the Silver Screen. Would have been of good use here. Some folks say that John Williams had grown stale, but if he has then this movie was really bad, because he had the only consistent thing going on in this movie with his Score.

Now let's get into the Film itself:
Star Wars, although in an alternate Galaxy, remains Science Fiction. That means there is a foundation in science. Well, I guess not anymore. Force being the energy that binds the Universe and all that.

Opening scene, Dreadnought somehow a single fighter shows up inside the shields and just starts blasting canons off the deck, I saw him load something but the indicators didn't show shields were down. Ordered to break off attack, destroys all of the bomber squadron, in fact Poe is one of five still alive. That's not a demotion, that's a court martial. Gravity Bomb stuff itself...uh no. The amount of tie fighters aboard all of those ships would have made that impossible.

Since this was filmed mostly after Carrie Fisher's death, they almost had the perfect end to the Leia Organa Solo character arc with her death in space. Also, science, she was death. And Leia was never a user of the Force.

Luke, I guess he's been eating a bunch of Soy Protein, full on Soyboy. Luke knew the Dark Side, Just can't buy his character.
Rey, this is the only place where the passage of time sort of made sense with her training. But the ability to communicate across star systems...no. You can feel when people die for the very force sensitive. But communication wasn't a thing.

Finn-Not needed, we're looking at a Storm Trooper that was so bad he was the mop bucket boy. His random lover girl, even worse, couldn't even let him have a heroic arc end. The amount of times they would have been shot shows that we just kept the hamster running.

Fashionista, disproportionately unprofessional admiral. Let's not conduct a war council and inform commanders of your plans.
Kylo is just bad, he's been the vehicle for JJ and Now Rian's slapstick remake, or rather the President of LucasFilm inability to develop a story arc and destroy the Skywalker Legacy to introduce new characters, which, could have been done with good writing. Good Writing was the foundation of Star Wars, after Science.

Now let's get to the real thing that's important. Military Professionals. The foundation of the Imperial Navy by the time we hit EPIV is about 30 years of professionalism and competence between Republican Navy and the Clone Army. Storm Troopers although the only vehicle for comedy in the original trilogy were ruthless. Incompetence was always punished by Vader and the Emperor.

You balance this with the professionalism and competence of the Rebel Navy that was put together by systems that secretly and openly fought against the Empire during that period of time.

One of the biggest things we saw in the build up was how Cunning Palpatine was int EPI-III. And then you see the Jedi although embarrassed and shamed figuring out how to lay the foundation for bringing balance back.
 
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