Writers for hire brought onto these huge projects really don't have any creative control and are mostly doing what they're told. You got unevenness, blazing fast pace, and emphasis on plot and fanservice because that is every single movie Abrams has made post-MI3.
I wouldn't say they played it safe exactly. It does feel like it's own unique film, for better or worse.
I ignored a lot of the of the drama, and now I'm kinda trying to piece together some of what happened. I saw This polygon article with a person saying they actively participated, but the Rotten Tomatoes comment was a (somewhat sketchy) denial.
I thought I was going crazy(er) not seeing verified users from TLJ. Also thanks 😁
it's like poetry.it rhymes
Also the audience score was infamously brigaded.
Well Solo is the best Disney SW so that's not too surprising :^3
Exactly. I don't believe oversimplified scores like the tomatometer are worth much at all.
For real???
Yeah Solo is much more competently made at least, not cutting all over the place and rushing through everything. Plus Solo is a much more fun watch.
Which by itself doesn't tell me anything except the reception is more mixed than those two. Only reading the actual reviews gives me any semblence of an idea on what the movie does well or doesn't. Using the tomatometer as a quality gauge is dubious.
It's so dense, every single frame has so many things going on
Trevarrow was only going to do 9, not 8. But RJ was offered 9 before it was offered to JJ. Had Iger let them wait a while longer between films we probably would've had RJ's 9. He was also going to do story treatment (I.E lay a plan for the direction of 9) but decided not to.
Probably because its not a score. Its a representation of the percentage of critics that either found the movie favorable or worth watching. Not a rating of quality in and of itself.
True. This is probably the first Star Wars film where I've felt lost in terms of reasons why characters are heading to the destination they're heading to, but that's just a part of the issues I have with Skywalker.
I have the same sentiment for the Star Wars movies. I've enjoyed them despite their faults, but this one definitely has faults I can't ignore. I think maybe over time I'll just accept it, but whereas with TLJ I had some criticisms but had a great time overall, for Skywalker I feel like overall it's a pretty so-so movie. I'm going again on Sunday so I'll see how my impressions change with a second viewing.
I'm in no way defending the movie (and haven't seen it yet) but I figured I'd point out the continued misconception that the rotten tomatoes percentage = movie rating.
I was going to mention this especially, but I thought this was a no spoiler thread.
He's talking about the avarage rating, not the percentage.
Yes, but my comment which was quoted was responding to comments about the percentage.
So fucking true. TROS being better then solo makes me super excited to see it.
