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Originally Posted by direwolf
Still so much hate for TLJ, eh? I don't think it's as bad as some fans make it out to be, and it's nowhere near the horrendous piles of s**t that the prequels ended up being.
I agree it's not a great film, and there are certainly some dumb scenes (casino sequence, Mary Poppins Leia, the slow motion space chase, Poe/Hux prank phone call). But for the most part I enjoyed it. I liked what they did with Luke's character arc, and the interactions between Rey and Kylo were quite good and well acted. The entire Yoda scene was wonderful, and the throne room battle was a lot of fun. The movie is also beautifully photographed.
As far as the acting is concerned, I thought Hamill stole the show. Fantastic performance IMO.
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I found those "dumb" scenes also dumb, but the scenes you mentions really don't redeem anything for me. Yoda and Luke were presented totally out of character. Yoda's force ghost was used in a very different and jarring way than previous force ghosts - and seemingly entirely for comedic effect.
I absolutely hated the throne room battle. It was more of a dance sequence than a light saber dual. It looks cool when the red imperial guards ripoffs are approaching with their weapons. But I spend the entire time wondering why the guards are attacking one at a time. Everything in that scene is done just for the purpose of visual affect.
If you contrast this with the Darth Maul fight in TPM, they really made an effort to have that fight work around the strengths of each of the combatants.