| Shadow1980 said: In all seriousness, I think the internet hatedom towards TLJ is just a small but very vocal minority of easily outraged fans who are pissed that the movie didn't play out in a way that confirmed all of their headcanon (or they're just easily offended individuals that have a meltdown if they see anything that remotely smacks of SJW influence, like non-white leads, or powerful women with pink hair; a lot of TLJ hate is simple political natter). By all regards, it was a great film, hence the critical acclaim (91% at RT, 85 Meta, 4 Academy noms, 2 BAFTA noms, multiple Empire and Saturn Award wins). I watched it three times in theaters and own the 4K Blu-ray (Best Buy steel book), and it keeps getting better every single time I see it. But then again I don't fashion myself as an elite gatekeeper of my favorite franchises, which must be treated as holy writ and any changes must be approved by the Council of Nerds before being accepted into canon. I watch movies for the same reason I play video games: to have fun, not to have a religious experience. |
What's really baffling is that when the first two prequels were still big box-office hits despite their less-than-stellar receptions, the fan reaction was basically "meh, it's Star Wars, people are still gonna see it even if it sucks." Yet now, certain people seem so determined to believe that The Last Jedi was some kind of huge failure, as if the very notion of it being a box-office success is somehow incredibly offensive to them.
Heck, even if it had somehow managed to match what The Force Awakens made at the box-office, I suspect people would be pointing to the likes of Star Trek Into Darkness and most of the MCU sequels as proof that it should have made more than what the first film did, and claimed it to be a failure for that reason.
