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12-20-2019, 12:10 AM | #31 |
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The Palpatine grandbaby backstory was very rushed and hamfisted.
Just a bad idea to bring him back. Like how the **** did he have a son and not ensure that son or any of his offspring got beyond his control? HOW?!?! This would have been BEFORE HE DIED IN RETURN OF THE JEDI. Stupid. But you know, yay, McDiarmid! I enjoyed him. As much as I enjoy Megatron wrecking shit in Transformers. |
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12-20-2019, 12:13 AM | #32 |
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I actually loved this scene. It made me tear up, because the look on Luke's face getting that X-Wing out of the water was glorious. Acting!
In fact, I wanted it in TLJ, although the force projection stuff was better in the end. TLJ is the best movie of the sequels because it subverts your expectations and gives us something ORIGINAL. |
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12-20-2019, 12:33 AM | #33 | |
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12-20-2019, 12:42 AM | #34 |
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1. Better than I expected but most certainly not on the level of the OT or Rogue One or even Solo. It felt more like Revenge of the Sith in that we knew what was going to happen, so it was just a matter of seeing it onscreen. If you're curious, see it or see it at a matinee. It's not awful and there are a ton of really great action scenes. That said, it did leave me a little "cold" for lack of a better word but I think that's because I don't really care about the characters like I did from the OT. In many ways, it felt like Fan Fiction, in that everything that people wanted to see were put on display and not in a subtle manner. While that can be cool at times, it just felt like "Oh, the fans want to see this! The fans want to see that! Let's just give them everything they asked for on Twitter!". 2.
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12-20-2019, 12:50 AM | #35 |
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This trilogy ended on such a dumb, hamfisted note I am now compelled to read these:
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12-20-2019, 01:06 AM | #36 |
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"it's like getting smacked in the face with a star wars cake"
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12-20-2019, 01:19 AM | #37 | |
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12-20-2019, 01:37 AM | #38 |
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now they are retconning kylo's turn in the comics which is....not bad altogether
it does kinda work well with him being a troubled young man/actually good at heart
i kinda wish we got TROS without all the palpatine garbage palpatine ruined this movie it should have been kylo ren coming to terms with who he really is and subverting the evils of the first order no OP Star Destroyers no incredibly convenient "the people's fleet" showing up to save the day shit, you could have had the resistance stealing first order star destroyers and shit you can really tell how lazy JJ was with this palpatine shit though "OH HEY HE'S BACK NO EXPLANATION NEEDED LET'S GO" so ****ing stupid |
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12-20-2019, 01:51 AM | #39 | |
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12-20-2019, 01:52 AM | #40 | |
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Holy ****. Could you have picked a worse screenwriter.
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12-20-2019, 01:59 AM | #41 |
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What a boring film. There were sparks of really bad ass scenes;make no mistake jj has SOME talent in film making, particularly cinematography and angles. He’s good at getting you emotional but that’s about it. What a rush contrived bullshit mess. They should have made it a two parter if anything. A lot of this film felt like it should’ve been in the last Jedi. I enjoyed bens story arc premise but not the way it was rushed or presented. The entire film felt rushed and it was two hours.
Honestly, they should’ve been ballsy and had Rey give in to the dark side and Ben actually save the galaxy and become the true chosen one. |
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12-20-2019, 02:03 AM | #42 |
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i know you guys hate TLJ
but i guarantee Rian could have written a far more satisfying ending to this trilogy and I know for sure he wouldn't have ****ing given us shots lifted straight from the end of ROTJ to cap it off look, Ewoks! JJ should be sued for plagiarism |
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12-20-2019, 02:20 AM | #43 |
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