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Hiku said:
Jaicee said:

I think almost anyone who sees this movie will dislike it, or at least consider it the weakest Star Wars film installment to date.

That's what I expected, after everything I heard. So halfway through, I was surprised to find that I didn't absolutely hate the film. But I still fully expected something to completely ruin it for me, similar to how I felt about what they did to Luke's character in TLJ.
Especially because I specifically heard someone say "If you like ****, you're going to hate this film." But that character wasn't even in the film, and I'm still not sure what he meant by that.

This movie was about as bad as Episode 7 for me, but I liked it a bit more due to better fan service. I didn't hate it.
I didn't hate Epi 7 either, but there was also nothing about it that I liked. It was just boring. There were at least a few things I liked in this one though.

So I go online and post some of my thoughts on Epi 9, and I see people here commonly express very similar opinions as my self. Even after seeing it and not hating it, that surprised me. Because I had heard almost nothing but bad things about it, and critics dislike it.

But looking at Rotten Tomatoes, currently the situation seems reversed from TLJ.

For TLJ critics generally liked it, and fans disliked it.
Now critics dislike this one, and fans like it.

I didn't read your entire OP yet, but I will probably tomorrow.

My ranking of the films would probably be:

1) The Empire Strikes Back
2) Return of the Jedi
3) Revenge of the Sith

4) A New Hope
5) Attack of the Clones
6) The Rise of Skywalker
7) The Force Awakens
8) The Phantom Menace
9) The Last Jedi

I used to like Phantom Menace more, almost entirely due to Darth Maul. But after seeing that fight again in recent years, I think it was choreographed poorly, so now it bothers me whenever I see it.

You should really try using scientific surveys of moviegoers like the ones I pointed to in an earlier post on this thread, NOT internet-based "viewer reviews" that don't even verify that you saw the movie. According to the surveys of actual, verified moviegoers, The Last Jedi was widely received well (like with the critics) and The Rise of Skywalker got the worst reception of any Star Wars film to date (also similar to critical opinion).

In other words, don't just believe organized internet activists.

Last edited by Jaicee - on 22 December 2019