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12-26-2017, 11:08 PM | #2776 |
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Rian took several GREAT concepts from the more balanced, organized, and latter portion of the post-Jedi EU, and created something that people who know those stories and depth can relate too.
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12-26-2017, 11:10 PM | #2777 |
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JFC this thread is becoming unreadable for the middle ground fans.
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12-26-2017, 11:38 PM | #2778 |
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Crappy fan boy and franchise movies tend to lead to that. It's inherent in having a built in audience willing to sacrifice any amount of common sense and logic in order to keep up the myth of greatness of their movies.
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12-26-2017, 11:44 PM | #2779 |
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Those ****ing prequels sure happened, and BLECH!....
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12-26-2017, 11:55 PM | #2780 |
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12-26-2017, 11:59 PM | #2781 |
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I prefer to call it Tommy I.
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12-27-2017, 12:00 AM | #2782 |
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Pointing out stupid plot devices and inane dialogue (not to mention characters doing and saying things that make no logical sense to the story or the character) isn’t grasping at straws. If you like movies that fall apart when single plot threads are pulled then that’s fine. You have a low bar when it comes to being entertained. Nothing wrong with that. Just as there’s nothing wrong with expecting more from a movie that purports to be a sequel to other films.
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12-27-2017, 12:01 AM | #2783 |
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12-27-2017, 12:03 AM | #2784 |
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12-27-2017, 12:07 AM | #2785 |
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It will end up around $650mm-$700mm domestic. Haven’t looked at the foreign numbers close enough to see if it manages $800mm there. All total, I would guess, the cume to Disney will be around $900mm which is a great profit but undoubtedly disappointing.
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12-27-2017, 12:08 AM | #2786 |
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12-27-2017, 12:09 AM | #2787 |
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This is totally fair. I just don’t understand how someone who knows the franchise can’t also accept that there are obvious problems with the film that extend way (WAY) beyond it being a “Star Wars” film.
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In any case, Rian joyously incorporated several "**** you JJ"-elements/moments that have been identified and commented upon by others that make and review movies for a living, each of them explained as properly created as a necessity to create needed space for future work, as well as killing the Abrams foolishness which runs RAMPANT through TFA. |
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