The Fans Have Spoken, Last Jedi Drops A Massive 68%

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Goodnightmoon said:

mZuzek said:

So the whole movie is bad because the last 2 minutes are fanservice.

The Last Jedi is good on the other hand, because maybe among all the crap there were a couple of decent minutes here or there.

No, Rogue One isn't good because it has a clumsy and dull direction, a sterile feel through most of the film, dry humour, characters nobody really cares about and it takes really long to get to the good parts wich are concentrated in the last act. It has some good scenes at the end and a fine plot, but that's all, it isn't bad at all but it really is nothing special.

TLJ biggest sin is to have a simple plot, something some people confuses with a bad script, which isn't the case at all, the movie is remarkable excinting, unpredictable and risky thanks to its script. Appart from that it has an exceptional direction, fantastic perfomances (Mark Hamill does the best job of its life) and plenty of awesome scenes. I'm convinced time will make this movie be seen in a different light, it truly deserves it.

Comparing a one shot side story to the main movies is always going to be a challenge, but frankly I like Jyn more than Rey, Cassian more than Poe, and Chirrut and Baze more than Rose and Finn.  I'm not sure one can define "character likability" along a standardized metric.  Rogue One does have the advantage of an understood world rather than crafting a new one onto which I felt Last Jedi did clumsily and messy fashion due to being a direct sequel the way Back to the Future 2 was taking place right after its predecessor.  The First Order and Resistance are at their respective places because it was what they wanted to get to Empire Strikes Back scenario rather than feeling like a natural extension of what we know in Force Awakens.