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Have you ever camped out or queued up for the launch of a game, console, or other media? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

That Naboo duel + podracing makes me think that movie is better than it really is.

Similarly, I feel the updated CGI really elevates The Force Awakens, but it’s just such a safe rehash of Star Wars, that I really hated every moment of it.

Joss Whedon Abram’s really did a number on the series, or maybe I just dislike that mystery box style of writing so much.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    JJ Abrams, but yes. I will give TPM credit for production design and world building and for a few of the veteran actors’ performances.

    TFA gave us a cast of characters you could do something with, and apart from sounding a bit too much like a Joss Whedon movie, performances that were at least not delivered by cardboard cutouts. I didn’t completely mind the plot being a rehash, but the contortions they went through to make the state of the galaxy exactly fit a rehash doomed the entire trilogy.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    maybe I just dislike that mystery box style of writing so much.

    I felt like TFA was pretty straightforward but THIS, great description btw, "mystery box" style writing got SO BAD after that.

    Their whole nonsense about "SuBvErTiNg ExPeCtATiOnS" was like watching perpetually disappointing YouTube unboxing videos. Maybe it's great internet engagement bait, but it sucks for cinematic storytelling. It felt like the writers themselves had no idea where anything was going behind all the random "subversion."

    I liked the art direction tho...

    BUT...Even if nothing else made much sense:

    • Turning Luke into a cynical burnout ruined his character. That nonsense was a crime against storytelling.

    • Finn should have been a Jedi. He got narratively robbed so brazenly after being set up to be an enduring, unexpected hero, and it pisses me off.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I’ll additionally add that Poe and Finn absolutely have insane levels of on screen chemistry.

    It was a crime that they didn’t end up together.

    I will say the Last Jedi is my favorite of the sequel trilogy. But what is done to Luke is really my only dislike of that section of the film. I’m actually fine with Ben Solo destroying the Jedi academy and stuff, but I don’t think Luke would wallow in despair like that.

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