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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 13, 2017 14:18:06 GMT
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017, Rian Johnson)
Well this film is a very mixed bag and somewhat a disappointment. After JJ Abrams brought back the magic with a somewhat overly familiar kick off to the new trilogy I had been looking forward to seeing it go in new directions for the next episode. However whilst it did go in some new directions (as well as mirroring previous chapters), I did not like where it went or think it was executed very well.
I am not really a fan of the director and this did nothing to change it. The visuals bar the space battles were not memorable, the design of creatures was often poor and going backwards with an over reliance of cgi is such a shame after how good The Force Awakens looked. The humour in the Force Awakens was much mover over the top than we had ever seen before in Star Wars but it still worked but in The Last Jedi it kicks off with Marvel Cinematic Universe style humour that doesn't fit and continued to sprinkle that in throughout. The magic was missing and the beats just felt all wrong for large sections of the film. I did not care for the script but it was the directorial execution that was more uninspired and I am happy that JJ will be back in the directors chair for the last part.
There were things I did like though... as in most all of the scenes on the Island with Luke Skywalker and Rey. As mentioned before the space battles looked very slick, especially the opening one. A couple of new characters shone like Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) and DJ (Benicio Del Toro) but some disappointing characters from The Force Awakens were still quite bad like Snoke (Andy Serkis), Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) and Admiral Hux (Domhnall Gleeson). One thing that was a pleasant surprise was the little furry creatures known as Porgs that have caused much debate were actually pretty good and used sparingly.
In the end it was a very messy unfocused film that did not wow outside of the space battles with a mixed bag of performances and too much silly humour which should not be confused for charm. A huge disappointment but some seeds are set that could easily be steered into a rousing final chapter in two years time.
4.5/10
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 13, 2017 19:25:59 GMT
Who got tickets?
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Post by politicidal on Dec 13, 2017 19:50:48 GMT
Wow that's surprising to hear.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2017 19:55:55 GMT
Well that contradicts pretty much everything I've heard.
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Post by kuatorises on Dec 13, 2017 19:56:18 GMT
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Post by kevin on Dec 13, 2017 19:59:00 GMT
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Post by anthonyrocks on Dec 13, 2017 21:05:50 GMT
I'm seeing it Friday!  |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 13, 2017 23:18:04 GMT
Well that contradicts pretty much everything I've heard. I really wish I liked it 😞 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2017 23:20:21 GMT
Well that contradicts pretty much everything I've heard. I really wish I liked it 😞 Yeah, sorry you didn't. That sucks. Maybe try watching it again, some critics were unsure the first time around but tweeted that they loved it on rewatch. |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 13, 2017 23:56:27 GMT
I really wish I liked it 😞 Yeah, sorry you didn't. That sucks. Maybe try watching it again, some critics were unsure the first time around but tweeted that they loved it on rewatch. Yeah I saw one critic who liked it more the 2nd time. I’m gonna give it another shot in imax in a couple of weeks |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 2:19:07 GMT
Imdb so far:
I wish the advancement of technology would fix bad writing!! 6 Mixed feelings (contains spoilers) 5 Patchy at best 4 bummer 4 My worse experience for a Star Wars ever 3 THEY RUINED LUKE SKYWALKER IN THIS MEDIOCRE SEQUEL 3 Disney has killed Star Wars 1 Epic From The Very Beginning! 10 Waste of time 5 Worst movie ever !! Thank u disney for ruining star wars for me 1 Somewhat disappointed 6 A New-Age Sci-Fi Classic 8 Never had these mixed feelings after Star Wars 6 Best Star Wars movie since 1980 10 It was okay but like TFA feels a bit by the numbers 6 A near perfect star wars movie.....one of the best of this series...... 10 Johnson's fresh touch and Hamill's magnificent performance make for a film which is thrilling, clever, funny and heartbreaking at its best moments 8 This is not going to go the way you think. 10 Disappointing but at least it has good action. (Spoiler-free review) 7
averages to 5.6
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Dec 14, 2017 2:23:22 GMT
Imdb so far:
I wish the advancement of technology would fix bad writing!! 6 Mixed feelings (contains spoilers) 5 Patchy at best 4 bummer 4 My worse experience for a Star Wars ever 3 THEY RUINED LUKE SKYWALKER IN THIS MEDIOCRE SEQUEL 3 Disney has killed Star Wars 1 Epic From The Very Beginning! 10 Waste of time 5 Worst movie ever !! Thank u disney for ruining star wars for me 1 Somewhat disappointed 6 A New-Age Sci-Fi Classic 8 Never had these mixed feelings after Star Wars 6 Best Star Wars movie since 1980 10 It was okay but like TFA feels a bit by the numbers 6 A near perfect star wars movie.....one of the best of this series...... 10 Johnson's fresh touch and Hamill's magnificent performance make for a film which is thrilling, clever, funny and heartbreaking at its best moments 8 This is not going to go the way you think. 10 Disappointing but at least it has good action. (Spoiler-free review) 7
averages to 5.6
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 14, 2017 3:10:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 3:41:45 GMT
Imdb so far:
I wish the advancement of technology would fix bad writing!! 6 Mixed feelings (contains spoilers) 5 Patchy at best 4 bummer 4 My worse experience for a Star Wars ever 3 THEY RUINED LUKE SKYWALKER IN THIS MEDIOCRE SEQUEL 3 Disney has killed Star Wars 1 Epic From The Very Beginning! 10 Waste of time 5 Worst movie ever !! Thank u disney for ruining star wars for me 1 Somewhat disappointed 6 A New-Age Sci-Fi Classic 8 Never had these mixed feelings after Star Wars 6 Best Star Wars movie since 1980 10 It was okay but like TFA feels a bit by the numbers 6 A near perfect star wars movie.....one of the best of this series...... 10 Johnson's fresh touch and Hamill's magnificent performance make for a film which is thrilling, clever, funny and heartbreaking at its best moments 8 This is not going to go the way you think. 10 Disappointing but at least it has good action. (Spoiler-free review) 7
averages to 5.6
"Worst movie ever !! Thank u disney for ruining star wars for me 1" This is why you shouldn't give a fuck about IMDB "reviews". Half of these guys are emotionally unstable brats who spam the 1 star button if they dislike something. |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 14, 2017 9:32:16 GMT
tbh, the more i think about it, 5.5 might be too generous
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Post by miike80 on Dec 14, 2017 9:46:26 GMT
tbh, the more i think about it, 5.5 might be too generous I hated TFA with a passion, as well as the new characters. Any chance i will like it? i started the procedure for buying online tickets 3 times and stopped just before the payment. i'm conflicted  |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 14, 2017 9:59:27 GMT
tbh, the more i think about it, 5.5 might be too generous I hated TFA with a passion, as well as the new characters. Any chance i will like it? i started the procedure for buying online tickets 3 times and stopped just before the payment. i'm conflicted I’m not sure why you want to see a sequel to a movie you hated? I love the force awakens and the new characters. This film still has them only they are not as good and have shitty material to work with. Just save your money. |
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Post by miike80 on Dec 14, 2017 10:38:12 GMT
I hated TFA with a passion, as well as the new characters. Any chance i will like it? i started the procedure for buying online tickets 3 times and stopped just before the payment. i'm conflicted I’m not sure why you want to see a sequel to a movie you hated? I love the force awakens and the new characters. This film still has them only they are not as good and have shitty material to work with. Just save your money. I would have, but the Star Wars in the title makes it hard for me to ignore it. From what i saw and read ( even the spoilers) i guess i could like it more than TFA, but i'm not sure. Does it have an overuse of humor MCU style? |
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Post by darksidebeadle on Dec 14, 2017 10:45:05 GMT
I’m not sure why you want to see a sequel to a movie you hated? I love the force awakens and the new characters. This film still has them only they are not as good and have shitty material to work with. Just save your money. I would have, but the Star Wars in the title makes it hard for me to ignore it. From what i saw and read ( even the spoilers) i guess i could like it more than TFA, but i'm not sure. Does it have an overuse of humor MCU style? The humor use is straight out of the MCU playbook and really took me out of the film. It’s like the Humor from force awakens ramped up to 10. |
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Post by miike80 on Dec 14, 2017 11:09:51 GMT
I would have, but the Star Wars in the title makes it hard for me to ignore it. From what i saw and read ( even the spoilers) i guess i could like it more than TFA, but i'm not sure. Does it have an overuse of humor MCU style? The humor use is straight out of the MCU playbook and really took me out of the film. It’s like the Humor from force awakens ramped up to 10. Oh crap! Will Disney try to transform every movie into an MCU one? |
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