Jaz
Play nice.©
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Well… I saw the movie with our pastor (none of her friends wanted to accompany her to the theater) when it came out and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.
The Bad:
- Just as in that VII movie there was no faction or person I could focus on. It's not necessary that I like a character to, well, like a movie, but having a focus (someone to focus on - someone whose scenes I actually anticipate with joy) helps. In this regard, VIII fell just as flat as VII. There was no character I felt attached to - most just got on my nerves - , though Kylo Ren and Holdo did rather well compared to the rest. Luke and Leia and Chewie and the old droids? I stopped caring about all but Luke after IV, and stopped caring about Luke after VI. Finn and Poe and Rose and DJ? Too hysterical for my taste, all four of them. Rey? …who? Hux? God, don't get me started on how terrible that buffoon was. And why was my son's dream girl Phasma even in that movie? *shrugs*
- The story. I mean, come on, what was the story again? They took a few bits from episodes IV to VI and merrily threw them in the mixer. There were several occasions to create something great, memorable, to do something NEW, something unexpected … but at the last moment they decided to play safe and took the predictable, the boring, the unclimactic way out. I felt cheated over and over again.
- The settings. Yawn. Oh look, Bespin, just not in the clouds. Oh look, Hoth, just with some red splotches. Oh look, there's a hole with the Dark Side in it, just not in a tree on Dagobah. Well. Did I say 'yawn'?
The Ugly:
- Nothing, at least that. The movie wasn't bad, I found it entertaining enough - it was just not great. Or good. Or trashy enough to please me.
The Slightly Pleasant:
- The chain vibro swords of two of those red guys reminded me of Lady Lumiya's light chain sword in the comic books all those years ago.
- Palpatine was mentioned (or rather, Darth Sidious).
- That one guy near Hux seemed … normal.
Finally …
The good:
- The scene with Luke and Kylo, seen from both angles. I found that brilliant, actually. A brilliant idea, and brilliantly played.
- The guinea pig birds on that Dagobah island. I want one of those.
- The race sheep on that Bespin world. I want one of those.
- The disco foxes on that Hoth world. I want one of those.
The Bad:
- Just as in that VII movie there was no faction or person I could focus on. It's not necessary that I like a character to, well, like a movie, but having a focus (someone to focus on - someone whose scenes I actually anticipate with joy) helps. In this regard, VIII fell just as flat as VII. There was no character I felt attached to - most just got on my nerves - , though Kylo Ren and Holdo did rather well compared to the rest. Luke and Leia and Chewie and the old droids? I stopped caring about all but Luke after IV, and stopped caring about Luke after VI. Finn and Poe and Rose and DJ? Too hysterical for my taste, all four of them. Rey? …who? Hux? God, don't get me started on how terrible that buffoon was. And why was my son's dream girl Phasma even in that movie? *shrugs*
- The story. I mean, come on, what was the story again? They took a few bits from episodes IV to VI and merrily threw them in the mixer. There were several occasions to create something great, memorable, to do something NEW, something unexpected … but at the last moment they decided to play safe and took the predictable, the boring, the unclimactic way out. I felt cheated over and over again.
- The settings. Yawn. Oh look, Bespin, just not in the clouds. Oh look, Hoth, just with some red splotches. Oh look, there's a hole with the Dark Side in it, just not in a tree on Dagobah. Well. Did I say 'yawn'?
The Ugly:
- Nothing, at least that. The movie wasn't bad, I found it entertaining enough - it was just not great. Or good. Or trashy enough to please me.
The Slightly Pleasant:
- The chain vibro swords of two of those red guys reminded me of Lady Lumiya's light chain sword in the comic books all those years ago.
- Palpatine was mentioned (or rather, Darth Sidious).
- That one guy near Hux seemed … normal.
Finally …
The good:
- The scene with Luke and Kylo, seen from both angles. I found that brilliant, actually. A brilliant idea, and brilliantly played.
- The guinea pig birds on that Dagobah island. I want one of those.
- The race sheep on that Bespin world. I want one of those.
- The disco foxes on that Hoth world. I want one of those.
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