Shadow1980 said:
And at least the Disney-era films are objectively better as films than the prequels. George Lucas was the kind of filmmaker that worked best within limitations. He was limited by a budget and by editors in A New Hope, and he didn't even direct TESB and ROTJ. The Special Editions were just a taste of what he could do when he wasn't limited to practical effects, and the prequels showed exactly what kind of filmmaker he was when given full creative control and freed from most constraints and anyone to tell him "no." Executive meddling quite often produces a compromised product, but in some cases it's needed. Lucas has a vivid imagination and a lot of vision, but he also needed limitations and clear boundaries and maybe even kept out of the director's chair. The prequels are not bad films (I still watch them and enjoy them, warts and all), but they could have been so much better than they were. The new sequels and spin-off films have far better acting, cinematography, writing, etc.
Don't listen to the haters. The Last Jedi is definitely worth watching. I thought it was a great movie. It wasn't perfect. I thought it had some minor pacing issues in the middle act, and an example of a character doing the whole "stare aghast at the horrible thing for too long before doing anything about it" routine, but I'd rate it a solid 9/10, and it keeps getting better with every rewatch. As mentioned above, as a film it was objectively good (hence the good critic reviews and multiple awards). This whole "TLJ ruined Star Wars forever" meme is just some fans being hyperbolic. Star Wars has supposedly been "RUINED FOREVER" more times than I can recall: Ewoks, the changes made in the Special Editions, Jar Jar, midichlorians, "I hate sand," "NOOOOO!," and so on. If Star Wars survived all of that, I think it can survive The Last Jedi. I think most of the hate is just fans frustrated that the film didn't confirm their headcanon regarding things like how certain characters ought to be portrayed, though some of the hate is clearly political, and comes from the same "anti-SJW" circles that railed against Captain Marvel and the new She-Ra and other films and shows they perceived as "too woke" for their tastes.
I think The Last Jedi is still available on Netflix, so if you have the free time go watch it and decide for yourself if you like it.
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