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Lawlight on 01 January 2016
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Carl2291 said:
padib said:

So the planet is exploding, Kylo is distraught from murdering his father to the point where he can't stop a bow shot, and he's having fun with Finn.

I'm expected to be impressed by this character?


Dakon already covered this with you, but yeah. He's taking his anger out on Finn and the planet isnt being destroyed at that point. It's entirely stable.

Kylo calls him out on being a traitor, fights him one handed for a chunk of the fight, showboats, knocks him to the ground and lets him get up, pins him up against a tree and tortures him with the cross guard. Within 5 seconds of Finn getting his lucky shot in, Kylo has disarmed him and sliced his spine.

This is a character that throughout the film is trying to show people how powerful he is. Trying to prove himself. It fits entirely with how he's been portrayed throughout the movie. A very talented amateur, yet to complete his training, thinking he is more than what he is. When he came across a competant adversary, Rey, he was exposed. Not just in the lightsaber fight, but in the interrogation. 

I don't care what some leaked script says, I'll comment on what I saw in the movie. Kylo Ren suffers from the same issue as Kilgrave and Darren Cross - weakened by emotion. Basically, their downfall is that they weren't smart enough to finish things quickly when they could. They are weak emotionally and physically.