Star Wars Episode IX - SPOILER THREAD

[Sorry]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Uhh, isn't it implied that Finn IS a force user?

They confirmed that this film

[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Uhh, isn't it implied that Finn IS a force user?

He does seem to have a force connection with Rey, able to sense her in the distance. He talks throughout the film about believing in the force now after all that's happened so maybe he's the Leia of this trilogy where his force abilities are not explained until later installments. The actors have seemed less than thrilled with continuing their characters, especially Boyega, but maybe they can do a Star Wars Rebels/Clone Wars animated show diving deeper into the characters. I'm actually interested in Rey and where she goes from here. Even if they cut the majority of the characters and did a stand alone film of her rebuilding the Jedi Order or finding Jedi/Force Sensitive Padawans to train to rebuild the Jedi Order, that'd be cool. I thought Fallen Order's premise was solid about Cal Kestis rebuilding the Order, it just ended in the complete opposite direction. Maybe they'll do a KOTOR 3 eventually and do it right.

[Hammock Parties]

but wait, there's more! GUESS WHO'S BACK! BACK AGAIN!



AND SOMEHOW...an even more SATISFYING ENDING!

[Sassy Squatch]

Why did they even bother including the Knights of Ren? They just showed up and stood there most of the movie until it's time for them to be fodderized. The ****ing Praetorian guards did more.

[Sorry]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Why did they even bother including the Knights of Ren? They just showed up and stood there most of the movie until it's time for them to be fodderized. The ****ing Praetorian guards did more.

Plasma was worse. What a joke

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by Sorry

Plasma was worse. What a joke

No. She had dialogue.

[Sorry]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

No. She had dialogue.

She had 5 words and then dead


All the fighting scenes are lackluster sans a couple

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Why did they even bother including the Knights of Ren? They just showed up and stood there most of the movie until it's time for them to be fodderized. The ****ing Praetorian guards did more.

bro JJ threw every star wars asset he had at the wall and hoped people would be entertained

well congrats, we were, but we'll never be satisfied by empty calories

[Hammock Parties]

just retcon that shit

literally ignore it

last scene:

leia: "i sure hope we can rest now...this war might finally be over"

luke: "i still sense a dark presence out there...lingering...in the unknown regions."

han: "not in this universe, kid."

*wink*

DOO DA DOO DA DOO DOO DOO

[KC_Connection]

It is pretty rich that anybody that hated TLJ would criticize this one. Disney basically ignored or retconned entire themes, messages, and characters from that movie. For whatever reason (despite the vast majority of audiences liking TLJ), it seems to have been directly made to appease those haters and TROS was worse because of it.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

It is pretty rich that anybody that hated TLJ would criticize this one. Disney basically ignored or retconned entire themes, messages, and characters from that movie. For whatever reason (despite the vast majority of audiences liking TLJ), it seems to have been directly made to appease those haters and TROS was worse because of it.

It has a sub 40% audience score. Hardly "the vast majority".

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

It has a sub 40% audience score. Hardly "the vast majority".

Wow, it's almost like a small minority of people review bombed that website as they have done to countless other films they felt were too 'SJW' for them.

[Sassy Squatch]

What a lazy deflection. "It was the anti SJWs!!!!!!"

[KC_Connection]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_W...ence_reception
Audience reception
Audience reception measured by scientific polling methods was highly positive.[152][153][154] Audiences randomly polled by CinemaScore on opening day gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[117][153] Surveys from SurveyMonkey and comScore's PostTrak found that 89% of audience members graded the film positively, including a rare five-star rating.[115][155][156]

User-generated scores at Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic were more negative. At Rotten Tomatoes, 43% of users rated the film 3.5 stars or higher out of a possible 5,[136] while at Metacritic, the average user score is 4.4 out of 10.[157] Audience scores found on such sites require only registration and do not ensure that contributing voters have seen the film.[158] Several reviewers speculated that coordinated vote brigading from internet groups and bots contributed to the low scores.[159][160][161] ] Quartz noted that some new accounts gave negative ratings to both The Last Jedi and Thor: Ragnarok, while Bleeding Cool stated that reviews for the latter film had tapered off but then "skyrocketed".[162][163] In response to tampering claims shortly after the film's release, a Fandango executive stated that Rotten Tomatoes detected no unusual activity on The Last Jedi aside from a noticeable "uptick in the number of written user reviews".[164][165] In 2019, a Rotten Tomatoes spokesperson stated that the film had been "seriously targeted" with a review-bombing campaign.[166]

Hmm yeah, I wonder why there was such a stark difference there between CinemaScore/Survey Monkey/PostTrak and the other user-generated scores at the prominent reviewing websites. I guess it will always just be a mystery.