Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

[Ceetar]

hey guys, i finally watched this.

I kinda loved it.

But can we talk about how the 'seed of rebellion in all of us' stuff and how that kid at the end can use the force?

There was a little too much "Okay, okay, he/she is dead. that's sad. OH WAIT NO" I assume the same will happen with Rose?

I'm glad this didn't mirror episode 5 the way 7 mirrored 4.

At least, it's framed as the good guys 'winning' even though like 95% of the resistance was wiped out and the outer reaches didn't answer the call. But they got the propaganda out about Luke facing off against the First Order and winning. But at the end of 5, Luke is beaten back by Vader physically and mentally but in 8 Rey is already making herself a legend.

There's a lot that goes unsaid and I think that made the movie play well. Luke never delivered the 'third lesson' right, the one that would supposedly make Rey realize the Jedi were bad or whatever?

Also the astral projection stuff was super obvious once Luke decided to walk out. Thought I don't understand why he didn't tell them to escape rather than so the movie could have plot growth for Poe to not just want to shoot things.

and yeah, Chewbacca should've eaten the Porg. It would've been like in Moana when she's all like "MMmm, delicious pork!" in front of her pig friend

[metsmarathon]

the more i think about the movie, the more i process it, and the backlash, the more i love what they did.

i'm curious and excited about what comes next, provided the whiny fan-babies don't ruin it all. i mean, shit, even if TLJ was a pure shitshow, it's a hell of a lot better than what's going on over in DC-movie land.

the third lesson (actually, wait, internet sleuthing has determined that it is not in fact the third lesson. but merely a thing that happened and then she left, presumably before receiving the third lesson. but it's still a thing that happened between luke and rey) is described in the book; pretty sure it's not in the movie. i read it literally just last night. haven't checked to see if its in any deleted scenes anywhere (internet sleuthing confirms it is a "deleted scene").

spoiler alert:
some boats head towards the island. luke tells rey that it's raiders coming to attack the caregivers; explains that he allows it to happen, as any true jedi knight would - allow what is, to be, or some such. rey is incensed, angry, and desperate to help. she runs down the mountain, bursts into the village where the boats have already landed. and interrupts a party for the fishermen... fishergivers... carefishers...? fishing party... that just returned. luke catches up to her. and explains. what the resistance needs is not a husk of a legend, and old jedi knight. but a fierce, determined warrior ready and willing to take on the enemy and save the imperiled galaxy. this convinces rey what she already knew - that she would not rely on luke skywalker to save the galaxy, but must do it herself.

[RealityChuck]

Flat, dull and even more predictable than the previous one (which copied the original beat for beat).

It was a franchise, not a movie. Better than any of the prequels, but still not particularly good.