d21lewis on 09 January 2018
| epicurean said: Luke was the hero of the original trilogy - a character that audiences loved and desperately wanted to see more of. Fans waited 30 years to hear about how his story continued. Then we got......that. I can buy the fact that people change. It seems very unlikely Luke could go from what he was to how he was portrayed in TLJ, but its not impossible. However, why? I'm sure you could turn Indiana Jones into someone who hates archaeology and says its all fake, or Neo back to Mr. Anderson who hates technology and believes slavery is the best way. But why? That's not what audiences wanted, and it doesn't make sense with the story. Then it gets praised, by every critic, for not conforming to expectations. Apparently drastically changing characters that people loved and waited decades to see is the ticket to great reviews. Does anyone really think turning Luke into grumpy hermit was the answer to making a good Star Wars movie? That this was the best way? That this is what audiences had waited over 30 years for? |
A long time ago, Sylvester Stallone made a Rocky film were the hero of all of the previous films, Rocky Balboa, was penniless. He had brain damage and his son didn't love him. Stallone always regretted that and went back to make another Rocky film to fix that mistake. He said something like "Why did I think audiences would want to see their hero in such a dark place?"
That's how I feel about TLJ.
I'm all for character evolution and I'm even more in favor of a great story. So far, two of my childhood heroes are dead and the story isn't really enjoyable or compelling at all.
