Star Wars: The Last Jedi

[mirth]

[JasonPratt]

He was awwwwwwwfullly bitter in his pre-release press screenings. Could barely hold back his contempt. Easy to see why now.  :-[

[JasonPratt]

Watched Blood and Chrome again recently, for the first time in several years.

Immediately felt better.  O0

[mirth]

I need to give B&C another watch. I have Razor on DVD too. I'll have to dig it out over the holiday vacation.

[JasonPratt]

Sadly, it turns out my blu-ray is broken somehow. It gets into the second half of the film and goes insane (at least on my PS3).

I don't remember it doing this on the old Magnavox player downstairs, but regardless we only have Sonys in the house now.

[BanzaiCat]

Don't worry, JP. Maybe your mom will get you a new blu-ray player for Christmas? :) That would be cool.

[undercovergeek]

Finally got to see it - irrespective of lore, and would he say that, and would that have happened, and disregarding its heritage I just thought it was a weak film, Star Wars or not

One thing that has held true through both sequels for me is the lack of a kick ass baddie because kylo Ren sucks - snoke was speaking to me on a personal level when he was calling him out for not been vaders heir and been weak because that's exactly how I feel and I almost laughed out loud when he basically said 'take the f****** pretend helmet off you ass hat' because again that's how I feel

Star Wars or not 5/10

[bbmike]

Please don't take this the wrong way.  Just came back from seeing the movie and I could tell by the third paragraph of the opening text roll that the movie was going to be lame.  Twice while I was watching it I felt compelled to leave the theater.  I hung in until the end and while the movie was filled with a good story about problem solving on the spot for our heroes there was something lacking. 

I just didn't get a sense to why the rebels ended up in the situation they were in after their huge success in the first movie. 

As for the major plot twists and surprises I won't spoil it for anyone but I was left scratching my head wondering what was that train wreck I just witnessed?

+1. I'm afraid this was my take as well. Loved The Force Awakens. But this? I thought Jar Jar Abrams was better suited to the Star Wars universe but not any more.

[mirth]

Yeah, it wasn't very good. It's hard to defend other than saying it was better than the prequels. And I'm not even sure of that statement.

[Michael Dorosh]

Worst fricking slow speed chase since OJ Simpson.

I feel bad for Hamill. He deserved to go out with a decent script and a good tribute to his friend Carrie Fisher. Whether it meant going out as a good guy, or a bad guy, whatever. A bang instead of a whimper. At the very least, a coherent story line. What a mess.

[Sir Slash]

Admiral Ackbar told me not to go see it. He said it was a.... you know.  ;D

[Centurion40]

"... and Luke fades away like a hot fart."

https://youtu.be/R0QPCS4a84k

Best review ever!

[MikeGER]

Best review ever!

exactly  O0

i saw the movie already on Mo. 12/18  but was not able to bring my thoughts satisfyingly into a written from.

that review is right on spot.

 

[MikeGER]

btw ...the next Disney Christmas special 

about Kylo Ren Deer   :o

^-^

[bayonetbrant]

I enjoyed the movie, and despite the fanboys' moping about it, I thought it was a fun addition to the series.

The primary issue that I had with it is the hand-waving over the events between the last movie and this one with regards to *how* the First Order suddenly took control of the entire galaxy. At the end of Return of the Jedi, the empire had fallen; in The Force Awakens, the rebellion had re-established the republic in most of the galaxy, and then suddenly they're back to being a rebellion.

I get that there's only so much they want to cram into the movies, but it just seemed pretty major to have hand-waved over the whole thing with just a few short paragraphs of pre-movie scroll.