I just want better light saber fights for episode 9. :grin:
Okay, I mean, out of all you can say about TLJ, the Throne Room fight in it is easily the best SW fight scene.
That light saber scene is good, I have to admit. But the AT AT scene, where they are all against Luke and they blow him up. That scene looked ridiculous, I lol'd when I saw that scene.
That's one of my favorite sequences in the entire saga. Luke being the true epitome of a Jedi. Loved it.
Okay, I mean, out of all you can say about TLJ, the Throne Room fight in it is easily the best SW fight scene.
That's the weird thing for me about TLJ, that scene and the light speed kamikaze attack, are some of the best moments in any Star Wars film but I found the rest of the movie so, I don't want to say boring but boring.
I can't believe that an overall arc wasn't created from the get go with this trilogy, with such a huge franchise, how have Disney allowed it to be in this shape?
TLJ raised a lot of interesting ideas and I think some of them will be huge in the future and maybe the TLJ could be looked at as genius, a few movies down the road but overall, I just didn't really like the overall execution.
I'm in no rush to go out and see Epsidoe IX, I thought that Solo was kind of dull as well, I fell asleep when watching it and have zero interest in trying again. I liked TFA and I thought Rogue One was probably my favourite out the recent films.
As it stands right now, I think the MCU has turned out to be the superior franchise.
Hoping this is way better than Last Jedi.
I was bored out of my during TLJ and so was 97% of the audience.
The idea that THE LAST JEDI cuts off new territory for the series is certainly a reading.
That's one of my favorite sequences in the entire saga. Luke being the true epitome of a Jedi. Loved it.
I honestly think the only part of TLJ that was bad/should’ve been cut was Finn’s side-story with Rose and the trip to the casino planet. That made the movie drag for a solid 15-20 mins.I disagree with your overall opinion of TLJ, which I think is a masterpiece, but agree with the overall point. The fact that there isn't a philosophy and plan behind the franchise is baffling.
Which is why it was the highest selling title in blue ray/digital that year, I’m sure. No one liked it!
Honestly, I see Ben's Arc as a interesting one in the sense..He had the first chance of redeeming himself; by joining his father. But he decided to stray from the path of light, now into the path of someone who seeks power.
And in TLJ, he now presumably holds the supreme position of the First Order; after killing Snoke. In some ways, he achieved what Vader seemingly planned in the original trilogy; upsurging the Emperor to have the control of the entire empire (and all regions and Providences taken over by the empire), and is above even his grandfather. I can't see any way of them wanting to then convert him back after all this.
But it sold almost half that TFA did? :shrug:
I think it leaves Rey and Kylo Ren in the most boring and expected of all possible places -- on the same sides they were at the end of the previous movie, with neither having changed significantly as a person. I am 90% certain where those to characters are going to end up, and I'm not terribly enthused about it.
Is there a chance J.J. could surprise me? I guess, maybe. I know the ending I'd like to see (for Kylo Ren, anyway), but I think it's too emotionally complex and nuanced for Disney to pull the trigger on.
I disagree with the idea that's gaining steam that the Jedi were always supposed to be pure pacifists (Obi-Wan kills two bar patrons in A NEW HOPE just because they were giving Luke a hard time), but Luke's Force astral projection was a wonderful show of restrained strength and power.
My only problem is, then he dies.
I honestly think the only part of TLJ that was bad/should’ve been cut was Finn’s side-story with Rose and the trip to the casino planet. That made the movie drag for a solid 15-20 mins.
Other than that, the movie gets WAYYYYY too much hate.
But it sold almost half that TFA did? :shrug:
It's a question of who "them" is. J.J. Abrams may have had different ideas for Kylo Ren than what Rian Johnson did with him, and now Abrams will try to reconcile those perspectives.
The problem is that if you don't redeem Kylo Ren (and he presumably dies evil), then the Skywalker bloodline ends on failure. I don't think that makes for a satisfying ending for this family's story.
Of course, redeeming him has its own pitfalls, namely that we've already seen that arc before.
Which is why it was the highest selling title in blue ray/digital that year, I’m sure. No one liked it!
Especially because it was the first sequel to the original trilogy since 1983.I don’t think that’s a fair measuring stick.