Top 5 Things I Disliked About SW:TLJ

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#5 - I agree. Practical effects are king. They just are. Look at a movie like Fury Road and then look at The Last Jedi. It's night and day. TFA looks better than TLJ, because of its practical effects. Heck, the original trilogy looks better, because of the care and attention that went into models, matte paintings, puppets, etc.

#4 - Disagree. While this isn't the Luke we all imagined, I think the script does this interpretation justice. I mean, Luke tells Rey what happened. In his hubris and because of his belief in his own legend, he took on more than he was capable of. Luke represents the Jedi Order, which he now sees as dogmatic and prideful, so he removed that representation from the universe. He hid himself away because the Force belongs to no group or no man. Remember that the original ending of Return of the Jedi has Luke walking off into the sunset. He didn't stick around to rebuild. Honestly, even though it doesn't gel with my own ideas of his character, the conceptualization and character development of Luke in TLJ was handled splendidly.

#3 - Disagree. Sure there are some plot conveniences and MacGuffins but these don't detract much from the experience. As Hitchcock said, "effect" is more important than "logic" in movies.

#2 - I really don't think of this as "girl power." If you want to call it bad writing fine. I mean, this criticism is applicable, regardless of gender. Framing it as such says more about you than about the movie.

#1 - There's a lot going on in this paragraph, and I agree with some and disagree with others. I agree that we needed more time training on the island -- it was the best part of the movie, with the most characterization. This is a structural/narrative problem, though. I also agree that the "gray side" set-up had no payoff. Rey joining Ben in a faction-less "gray" twosome was the smart call here. But they're too afraid to pull the trigger. Part of me thinks Disney intervened here.