For as much as I liked the movie, the first half needed to take a damn breath. There was no room for any scene to breathe or carry the proper emotion.
Star Wars movies should be fun and this was fun. I want to see all of the "meaningless" side stuff. The exploration of the different planets and seeing new creatures and characters in the first half may seem to be superfluous if you just want a tight, plot-focused film with no frills... but who goes to a Star Wars movie for that? Nothing felt as tacked on as Finn's in TLJ.I mean the issue is that a shit-ton of the film is shallow, member berries and empty fan-service. Critics don't respond well to that.
Also it suffers from some bad editing.
Yep, my biggest gripe. The pacing was bad in the beginning.For as much as I liked the movie, the first half needed to take a damn breath. There was no room for any scene to breathe or carry the proper emotion.
Just saw it and loved it. Full on loved it.
Very few parts I had issue with, mainly the pacing of the first 15 mins or so. Way too fast, no focus, just bam bam bam bam and then it feels like hitting a brick wall when they finally discover how to pace themselves.
But yeah. Best of the sequel trilogy I think.
If anything i thought the main flaw was thats its slow without much happening in parts, very different from TFA wich was too fastReviews and my disinterest in the ST be damned, I'm still hyped to see this tonight. I grew up watching, reading, and playing in this universe. There's no way I'm not going to see it opening night.
I hope JJ has learned to slow the fuck down and not keep everything so quickly paced, but JJ is no doubt going to JJ.
Yea this is what this is kinda turning into now that I'm seeing the Crazy positive reactions from some . I don't know how people are going to discuss this because there are legitimate problems with this film but tons of people appear to not care because "fun". I'm not saying that's a bad thing I'm just saying I really honestly don't know what the discourse on the movie will be in a few years
Yes!!!!! High five!!! Loved it too.omg JJ/sequels redeemed! Palpatine scenes were AWESOME 😢
BRAVO! BRAVO!👏👏👏👏
The scope was so flawless! It is definitely gonna have haters but I'm okay with that.I loved this movie
Not a perfect movie but a near perfect finale.
I cannot fucking stand Noovie on top of partnering with Watchmojo
I LOVED IT!
Look I get why some people didn't like it.
Yes the movie pretty much never stops and yes it's a non stop barrage of fan service but I do not care I loved it.
The crowd I was with seemed to really like it too so that made me happy.
I do agree it felt like JJ was trying to cram two movies into one but I still liked it.
I plan on seeing it again to get another read but as for today I really needed something to cheer me up and this was such a big help.
Once I finish rewatching the whole series I'll try to get my rankings.
In the end I get what some don't like about this but honestly I don't think it was worth some of the vitriol I've seen.
Also anyone who says this is worse then the prequels is lying through their teeth.
This film is lucky it has the star wars brand to prop itself up to a 58% on RT.
Star Wars movies should be fun and this was fun. I want to see all of the "meaningless" side stuff. The exploration of the different planets and seeing new creatures and characters in the first half may seem to be superfluous if you just want a tight, plot-focused film with no frills... but who goes to a Star Wars movie for that? Nothing felt as tacked on as Finn's in TLJ.
The cinematography/CGI was breathtaking. The music was nostalgic and effective. The set pieces were exciting enough. The Kylo/Ren/Palpatine meat of the plot was great and I had no idea how it was going to go exactly. Poe/Finn were mostly just used as side-dressing without much substance, but their scenes were fun!
I was honestly waiting for something to be mad about and it never came.
The fan service was certainly all over the place but I thought they did a really good job of doing obvious references mixed in with light nods with imagery and lines.
Looking through the thread I guess a few share my opinion at least.
Yuppp. Just got back from a free screener of this at Alamo Drafthouse. Full open bar for a few hours before the movie and free food and drink during. I have NEVER been so excited to hear "last call" in my life. Probably the longest 140 minutes I've ever hard to sit through in a cinema. Such a shame. You know it's bad when half the audience laughed at the big ending moment and someone tried to hush them only to be met with 2 times more giggles and hoots.
Movie is absolute trash. The entire film plays like a synopsis, and I swear the average line length is 5 words.
You know its bad when you walk out and everyone is trying to talk themselves out of hating itYuppp. Just got back from a free screener of this at Alamo Drafthouse. Full open bar for a few hours before the movie and free food and drink during. I have NEVER been so excited to hear "last call" in my life. Probably the longest 140 minutes I've ever hard to sit through in a cinema. Such a shame. You know it's bad when half the audience laughed at the big ending moment and someone tried to hush them only to be met with 2 times more giggles and hoots.
Movie is absolute trash. The entire film plays like a synopsis, and I swear the average line length is 5 words.
Just saw it. Shit was all over the place. Very few memorable scenes. Totally average writing.
Felt small in scale, not the last movie in this series.
And holy fuck whose decision was it to have music playing almost nonstop throughout the entire god damned movie?
Daisy Ridley was very good in this. She has grown a lot as an actress.