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[KaibaSama]

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Since the Last Jedi has come out, I figured I'd start some discussion and such. What you liked, what you didn't, what could be improved on, you get the idea. 

 

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I'm pretty pissed Kylo asked Rey to rule with him. Reylo is my anti-ship, I can't stand it. I swear, they'd better not get to together and Kylo had better not turn good in 10. Still, for the main character not to be related to the Skywalkers in anyway...that's been the idea of the first 6 movies..they were based around the Skywalker family. As a First Order sympathizer, nice to know she's just a backwater kid sold for beer money.

 

I did enjoy the scene when he had his shirt off.

 

Rose was interesting. Creates a love triangle between Finn and Rey I suppose.

 

Poe just kind of went crazy. He's like a younger, not dead, Han sometimes. Ready to blow shit up.

 

Still annoyed with how OP Rey is. Doesn't even get hurt once. Even Luke and Anakin got injured.  3 days of crap training and suddenly she's lifting a whole ton of boulders and acting like she's God. Mary-Sue alert!  Only thing wrong with her is the dark side, but that's an issue with EVERYONE, so it doesn't count. Pretty, powerful, God-like, loved by pretty much all the good characters, not one flaw...ugh. She'd better get injured bad in 9.

[Adam]

I'll start with things I didn't like.

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The girl at the beginning who was supposed to drop the bombs with the remote. The bomb doors are open, leading straight to outer space -- how is there (enough) gravity for the remote to fall? How is she breathing without a respirator, with no air pressure???

 

I agree with you, @KyloRen, how the fuck is Rey so god damn strong? She did get hurt though, a tiny little scratch from the red guard dudes =p.

 

Princess Leia in space...uh. CARRIE FISHER THE SPACE WITCH WEEEE.

 

The Finn/Rose thing...*rolls eyes* lol.

 

I'm sure there's more stuff I didn't like, I'll remember more later.

 

 

What I LOVED!!!

 

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The comedic relief scattered throughout the movie was amazing! I usually roll my eyes and groan when a movie revolving around mostly drama smacks the viewer with too much comedy.

My two favorite parts are when the island house-keeper things almost die because of Rey, and the little furry creature things staring at Chewie during his dinner.

 

I wasn't sure I liked Adam Driver's character in the first movie. He seemed like a whiny little boy with temper tantrums. However, I realized this type of person is exactly what the dark side grabs on to. 

 

The fucking hyperspace zoom zoom boom boom was SICK

 

Luke...his last scenes were powerful. The final role he plays is quite possibly my favorite 5 minutes in this whole movie.

 

 

General shit

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I'm not convinced Rey's parents are who they're said to be; I think in the next movie we'll dig a little deeper into Rey's past as her character grows more.

 

[Karla]

I just came back from seeing the movie. Oh boy, what a rollercoaster of feelings.

 

What I did not like:

 

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I'm quite disappointed about Rey's origins, but then again, I sort have expected it. I was hoping she would be a secret descendent of Luke or Leia, but that would've been asking for too much. Also, like you two have mentioned, Rey was WAY OP when acquiring her powers. Basically what took Anakin and Luke Days or even months to master, Rey was able to accomplish in less than three days?! I'm calling total BS on that. It's like the movie wants us to believe Rey is a special chosen one, but SCREW YOU MOVIE, YOU DON'T CONVINCE ME THAT EASILY.

 

When Leia was alive and floating in space, my reaction was: https://i.makeagif.c...2015/f-hPMR.gif

If Leia had actually died, it would've given a good sendoff to the late Carrie Fisher and an opportunity for other main characters to rise and take charge... BUT NOPE, the movie had to make her live. Don't get me wrong, Leia is a personal favorite character of mine, and it would've been sad for me to see her die, but sometimes you just have to let some characters die off and let the story progress and grow. Now I don't know what they're going to do about Leia in future installments.

 

This is just a personal opinion, but I do not like Kylo Ren's character very much. He's a young man with the personality of an angsty teenager, and it pisses me off that main characters like Han Solo (and Leia almost) died because of him. I did have a little hope for him after this movie though, especially when he killed his own master and took control of the First Order, but his character has yet to convince me that he can be a favorable villain like Darth Vader.

 

Lack of Porgs.

 

What I liked:

 

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I thought Finn and Rose had a pretty neat relationship. I still kinda ship FinnxRey, though. I see FinnxRose as a sort of best friend relationship, kind of like what Finn and Poe had in Episode 7.

 

The trick Luke Skywalker played on Kylo Ren at the end. Biggest troll ever. XD I am a bit disappointed it cost him his life though.

 

Thank God Yoda was animated like a puppet from the old movies and not CGI in the newer ones. Also the same old Yoda; Wise but humorous.

 

I've gotta admit, Kylo and Rey teaming up to take down the guards was pretty badass. Both characters had their differences towards each other, but they put them aside for this one moment. Too bad this didn't last for the rest of the movie, but it was a very nice scene.

 

Lack of Porgs

 

Overall, okay movie. I give it a B-.

[Padme]

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THAT FUCKING LIGHT SPEED BLOW UP OF SNOKES SHIP. ONE OF MY FAV SCENES IN ALL OF STAR WARS EVER. 

[KaibaSama]

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Luke is a dick. Senses the dark in one of the kids, and his first thought is "I"MMA KILL HIM IN HIS SLEEP". Instead of "what's wrong, why is the dark so interesting to him? Maybe he just needs to be back with his parents instead of here feeling like they abandoned him... Can I help him at all?"LUKE THAT IS YOUR NEPHEW, WHAT THE HECK?! 

 

I guess I shouldn't be so suprised, I mean,  just look at his blaster firing face:

 

But that scene does prove that from TFA, that Anakin's saber did actually belong to Kylo ("That lightsaber belongs to me!"), since he used it to defend himself against Luke.

 

At least the Progs looking at Chewie while he was trying to eat was cute.

[Emily]

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I gasped at the end with the child, but I'm pretty sure no one else in my theatre noticed the way he grabbed the broom.

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I'm not convinced Rey's parents are who they're said to be; I think in the next movie we'll dig a little deeper into Rey's past as her character grows more.

 

 

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I'm not convinced either. I feel like he lied to her to make it seem like he's the only one who thinks she's special so she'd go along with what he wants.

[KaibaSama]

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I gasped at the end with the child, but I'm pretty sure no one else in my theatre noticed the way he grabbed the broom.

 

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I'm not convinced either. I feel like he lied to her to make it seem like he's the only one who thinks she's special so she'd go along with what he wants.

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My entire theater gasped. I was sitting there going, "please not another jedi temple for force sensitive kids", look what happened to the last temples. One got order 66'd and then another got burned after the Master went crazy and tried to kill a student.

 

As for the parents, selling her would make sense with the vision in TFA of her screaming as a kid while being dragged off. But we'll see.

[Adam]

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Kylo has grown tremendously in strength. Snoke indicated that it was he who created the link between Rey and Ren; however, at the end of the movie Kylo was able to create the link and talk with Rey. 

[Elindoril]

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I wanted the codebreaker to be Lando or something. Turns out to be a nobody and a waste of time.

[willy101]

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Really loved the modern takes on the action and the designs were fantastic especially the red sand. Oozing style. Rian did a great job with all of that and splitting up from the past. It was a bit on the nose when he literally cut snoke in half so we wouldn't be seeing a vader / emperor dynamic again but it was unexpected and i'm glad he did it. That said, one of the things I didn't like was that there's really no old characters left anymore, Han, Luke and Leia are all gone. They were the most expensive contracts so it makes sense from a studio perspective but I hope they didn't cut them just to save money on the budget...

[DonValentino]

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Great cinematography (the lightspeed into Snoke's ship, wow. that 5 second scene is the only reason I'm gonna watch it again), great music as always. poor character development (who the fuck is snoke? two movies and literally no back story, i could go on), cookie cutter plot. Least favorite SW movie since 1,2,3. Rogue One was great though. 6.2/10

[Galadriel]

It was so sad watching Carrie Fisher in this movie Was a little confused when she wasn't killed off though. Not sure how they will kill her off now.

[Bones]

Finaly got round to watching this last night glad we had a thread on it....

 

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So I enjoyed the film as a whole but did get left with a few WTF moments...

 

The light ship speed scene was epic but OMG why did she wait until half the ships had been destroyed before doing it.  She knew she was going to die so why wait meh.

Did not and I mean did not like the GFX/Style used on the background aliens.  I know they wanted to go back to the original film styling but nah not for me, we live in a world where GFX and effects are amazing.

As above not a fan of the new Reh abilities and rapid speed she got them but I will forgive her that.

I enjoyed the comedic scenes and glad these where left in.

 

Would I watch it again sure but hope they do a little better going forward with the franchise.  Is it a case that I expected to much and should have set my sights lower maybe....