I recently re-watched The Last Jedi for the first time since December, which I really didn't mind at the time and thought the venomous, prequel like reaction from the fandom was typically hugely overblown and sad. Having watched it again, with the hype train long gone with an open mind, I STILL don't mind it all that much, but now its problems are starting to shine through a little more.
Just quickly, Laura Dern's character; It feels like she was included just so the marketers could say "oh hey, that woman from Jurassic Park is in this. Hurray.". She had only one meaningful scene and that was the hyper-drive collision which had less to do with her and more to do with the idea. So that's enough about her.
By far my biggest issue is with Kylo Ren, and the roots of this started in Force Awakens but really came to the fore in Last Jedi. I have no fucking idea where they're going with this character. He's nothing like his father, he's nothing like his mother, he sure as hell isn't anything like his uncle. He's just there, and for the most part, he comes across as a annoying whiny little bitch who is just brooding his way into the leadership of the First Order, because of course when he's leader he actually has a purpose.
The story tries to portray him as leaning more towards the "grey" side of the force, especially when he tries to lure Rey into that after the Snoke throne room fight, but his actions throughout the two movies are anything BUT grey. Slaughtering civilians at the beginning of Awakens, torturing Poe then Rey, killing his father, killing Snoke then attempting to kill Luke.....Nothing about this guy really makes sense when you think about it.
Just quickly, Laura Dern's character; It feels like she was included just so the marketers could say "oh hey, that woman from Jurassic Park is in this. Hurray.". She had only one meaningful scene and that was the hyper-drive collision which had less to do with her and more to do with the idea. So that's enough about her.
By far my biggest issue is with Kylo Ren, and the roots of this started in Force Awakens but really came to the fore in Last Jedi. I have no fucking idea where they're going with this character. He's nothing like his father, he's nothing like his mother, he sure as hell isn't anything like his uncle. He's just there, and for the most part, he comes across as a annoying whiny little bitch who is just brooding his way into the leadership of the First Order, because of course when he's leader he actually has a purpose.
The story tries to portray him as leaning more towards the "grey" side of the force, especially when he tries to lure Rey into that after the Snoke throne room fight, but his actions throughout the two movies are anything BUT grey. Slaughtering civilians at the beginning of Awakens, torturing Poe then Rey, killing his father, killing Snoke then attempting to kill Luke.....Nothing about this guy really makes sense when you think about it.
