| Shadow1980 said: Nothing major. Just an unpleaseable fanbase that's either: A) Exaggerating over plot points and technical minutiae that can be easily explained, and often the complaints are baseless because people either weren't paying attention or they're thinking too hard about it instead of remembering the "MST3K mantra," but regardless they scream "RUINED FOREVER!" just like the 2187 previous times Star Wars was supposedly ruined forever. B) Butthurt over it not turning out like they expected. The film does subvert a lot of what most people expected. Even I was initially taken aback by some of the curveballs, but after sitting back and thinking, it makes sense given the themes of the film. Some people simply had ideas in their head about what the film ought to do, how it ought to explain certain things or handle certain characters, and when the film didn't deliver, then came the cries of "RUINED FOREVER!" Honestly, there are several notable lines (which I won't place in context to avoid spoilers) that are meta a hell: "This is not going to end how you think," "Let the past die," and "It's salt." C) Being dicks for the sake of being dicks. Some people are just trolls who are riding the "I hate nuWars!" bandwagon. Some dipshits out there on the internet have claimed that they either plan on or have already tried to sabotage the movie's viewer review scores on RT and Meta.
I'm not saying the movie is perfect, but the level of hate TLJ gets on the internet is fucking ridiculous and totally undeserved. Rian Johnson created an enjoyable, beautifully crafted movie, and I'm going to go see it one, maybe two more times, and I'll be buying it on 4K Blu-ray when that releases. |
I don't think it's a great idea to attribute much of the blame on trolls. The movie had a lot of flaws other than Rey's Kirito Syndrome and you would've helped yourself way more if you actually addressed those criticisms rather than dismissing them as mere butthurt. People with large fanbases such as Angry Joe had several problems with the movie even though they did enjoy the movie. The person I mentioned earlier, Troy Leavitt, went further than expressing his criticisms and gave his suggestions on how to make TLJ's plot better.
