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Roughneck · 12-20-2019, 05:29 PM

If I were to describe the movie in a word: frantic.

No time to let anything sink in, no time to dwell on anything, just jumping around as quick as possible and move onto the next one, it was like watching a speedrun of a movie trilogy. Basically what happens when you need to put two and half movies worth of plot into one because you had no plan for the trilogy to build around. Also felt the most like a Marvel movie of any Star Wars films I've seen, and I'm including the prequels in that. Maybe because the Force has now more than ever fallen into 'it's as strong or weak is the plot needs it to be' similar to superhero powers across various comics. But I think it's the pacing. My favorite part of the trilogy is probably the first Rey scenes. Brought us back to a Star Wars feel, but managed to say so much without really having any dialogue. While TFA was a re-hash, it hit the marks needed that made Star Wars enjoyable. TLJ took that and threw it out the window for some reason ('a hard reboot following a soft reboot'), and this one just threw as much into the story as possible hoping it could make up for it.

I don't really care that Palpatine was brought back, dumb that it's kind of out of nowhere and two movies worth of a red herring again point to the problems of not having a choerent idea of who your villain is and what that story-line will look like, you needed a Big Bad to defeat, so your options of who could be a big enough bad guy to cap off the sage are pretty limited. But the visual of him with that contraption moving him around just reminded me of GLaDOS which is now the crossover I wish existed, because GLaDOS already has the shade to throw at Rey: Well done. Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that. Don't let that horrible-person thing discourage you. It's just a data point. If it makes you feel any better, science has now validated your birth mother's decision to abandon you on a doorstep.

Heart wasn't in this one so I don't really have as much else to say. It was fine if the Marvel movie style is what you like, but while I enjoyed it more than TLJ, I'm not going to be rushing to watch it again, either. I think it was a perfectly adequate way to wrap up the story considering what VIII left, so take that for what it's worth.

12-20-2019, 05:29 PM	#73
Roughneck #1 Goaltender Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: the middle Exp:	If I were to describe the movie in a word: frantic. No time to let anything sink in, no time to dwell on anything, just jumping around as quick as possible and move onto the next one, it was like watching a speedrun of a movie trilogy. Basically what happens when you need to put two and half movies worth of plot into one because you had no plan for the trilogy to build around. Also felt the most like a Marvel movie of any Star Wars films I've seen, and I'm including the prequels in that. Maybe because the Force has now more than ever fallen into 'it's as strong or weak is the plot needs it to be' similar to superhero powers across various comics. But I think it's the pacing. My favorite part of the trilogy is probably the first Rey scenes. Brought us back to a Star Wars feel, but managed to say so much without really having any dialogue. While TFA was a re-hash, it hit the marks needed that made Star Wars enjoyable. TLJ took that and threw it out the window for some reason ('a hard reboot following a soft reboot'), and this one just threw as much into the story as possible hoping it could make up for it. I don't really care that Palpatine was brought back, dumb that it's kind of out of nowhere and two movies worth of a red herring again point to the problems of not having a choerent idea of who your villain is and what that story-line will look like, you needed a Big Bad to defeat, so your options of who could be a big enough bad guy to cap off the sage are pretty limited. But the visual of him with that contraption moving him around just reminded me of GLaDOS which is now the crossover I wish existed, because GLaDOS already has the shade to throw at Rey: Well done. Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that. Don't let that horrible-person thing discourage you. It's just a data point. If it makes you feel any better, science has now validated your birth mother's decision to abandon you on a doorstep. Heart wasn't in this one so I don't really have as much else to say. It was fine if the Marvel movie style is what you like, but while I enjoyed it more than TLJ, I'm not going to be rushing to watch it again, either. I think it was a perfectly adequate way to wrap up the story considering what VIII left, so take that for what it's worth. Last edited by Roughneck; 12-20-2019 at 05:31 PM.