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Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
Yeah, he is officially canon now thanks to rebels, albeit a younger Thrawn than in the books.
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Firstly; the humour. Clearly out of place - the phone gag and Mum joke at the beginning being the prime offender here. This misjudgment in tone is the equivalent of someone pulling out an iPad on the Dreadnought - the franchise has established and maintained a consistency which is how we recognise it, and this is not in the plot or the story, but in its setting; and the jokes stick out like a sore thumb in the same way a touch screen would on an X-Wing.
Funnily enough, I don't feel like Luke milking the sea-elephant with 4 human tits was out of place; it was just badly delivered, weird and unnecessary.
Secondly: the length. It was too long, it had too many final confrontations; all of which could have been fixed simply by Admiral Holdo telling Poe what the plan was and to chill the fuck out. Then we could get the 50 minutes of our lives we spent in that casino back. Whilst I understand that this falls in line with themes of failure and Poe being knocked down a few pegs, I don't feel that Poe actually learned that lesson, considering his apparent complete lack of concern with the bombers he lost at the start of the film or any of the consequences of his actions later on.
Additionally, Finn and Rose's story arc and relationship seem like a cheap way to both satisfy a lefty agenda and tick a diversity box. It seems like an afterthought which doesnt lend any respect to the general issue of diversity in Hollywood; and there’s no place for ham-fisted rich vs poor political commentry in Star Wars.
Finally, there’s the leaps in logic - dropping bombs in space, Phasma’s blaster-proof suit (wouldn’t it make a lot of sense for all storm troopers to have this armour???), doing a quick scan/walk of the caves on Crait just to be sure there’s no other way out...and so on...
In short, I felt that this film was a total shambles, not because of the liberties it takes with the plot, but the way in which it was delivered.
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I loved it and hated it .
really need to see it again to make any kind of judgement on it but it was not the film I was expecting that's for sure .
Things I liked
Kylo Ren and "take off that stupid mask". It's given him the chance to be Kylo Ren rather than a budget Vader. I liked him a lot more this time and didn't know he was physically that big.
Luke tossing the saber, quality.
R2s brief appearance
Yoda, took me back to bring a kid and showed Luke not quite to be the master he's portrayed as.
I quite liked Rose, came across OK as a Star Wars character for me.
The end battle of Luke and Kylo.
Didn't like
Leia. Carrie Fisher obviously had her problems but she was just poor to be honest. Conveyed 0% of the original strong woman that Leia was.
Rey. 50/50 on this one. Sometimes great, other times as wooden as anything. She looked too perfect, more like a model than a rebel.
C-3PO. they've slightly changed his voice and made him even more annoying. Just fuck off
Casino was just a polished up Mos Eisley.
Del Toro character was OK apart from his crap stutter, unconvincing acting unless I'm missing something
I have not seen the film and thus have skipped the review for now.
Totally agree with everything you've said , there were 1 or 2 too many jokey bits for me too .
I thought Leia was woeful in TFA and hoped (is that mean?) that she'd be killed off quickly and thought they had done it perfectly until she turned in to The Snowman (all that was missing was Aled Jones singing "Walking in the air").
I thought the Kylo/Rey Vs Snokes Guards battle was stunning and genuinely thrilling .
The casino/goat chase thing was a waste of time and seemed shoehorned in to show off some 3D , sell some toys and allow some sneaky cameos .
I also didn't buy that Luke looked into Kylos mind and saw a darkness worse than anything he saw before ...So worse than Vader who killed all of the younglings? ... worse than Palpatine who executed order 66 to wipe out the Jedi ? we just saw an hour before that he wasn't going to pull the trigger on Leia and so there is hope for redemption !
I will definitely be going to see it again .
Why didn't Leia freeze in the atmosphere before her Mary Poppins moment? Who knows.
I too think the arms dealer angle was a bit weak. If the bad guys have to buy weapons...where do the dealers get them from and why haven't they come and fucked up the first order's shit?
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youRogue One, when it got going, was really good. The final battles on that were amazing.
Rey was great in this film. I felt like they wasted what they set up with Finn to make his character a jokey side plot guy. Why the girl decides she loves him after knowing him for a few hours I have no idea, even he looked confused by that. Phasma has a classic Disney death (they always fall from stuff) and was a wasted character. The rest of it felt like a kids film to sell merch.
So that's that cleared up.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
i bet they had a meeting or two at Disney about it..
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Frankly, I think these new ones aren't *that* much better than the prequels and the lead actors have close to zero charisma compared to the orginal Han, Leia, Luke. That, in fact, is my biggest gripe - Kylo Ren, Rey, Finn, Poe - they are just completely lacking in ... something. Star quality? The X Factor? Personality?
I'm happy for everyone that likes it but I'll not be rushing to see it again. Interesting that some here (and some friends) have said they enjoyed it better 2nd time. Was that because you were underwhelmed 1st time and so expectations were suitably adjusted?
P.S. What the hell is the point of Capt Phasma? Built up as this awesome character and completely useless. Is there more to come?
P.P.S. What was Snoke then? For the "Big Bad" he was pretty shite wasn't he?