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Machiavellian on 23 December 2019
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Jaicee said:
thismeintiel said:

The problem is it panders to them in a completely contrived and rushed ways, while also screaming too little, too late.  And there was no direction established by TLJ.  It left the Rebels right where they began.  Only now some people are dead.  There was no cliffhanger to get people excited for the next film.  And its answers for the very mysteries that brought people into the theater on opening day were big nothings.  Kathleen Kennedy put an internet troll in the director's seat and the film and franchise payed the price for it.

And now you have joined us, not liking this film for the same exact reason you claimed we didn't like TLJ, it didn't pander to our theories or where we wanted the story to go. 

I'm trying to follow this logic and failing, but I do appreciate its general spirit of unity. We might not agree entirely as to why RoS is a terrible film, but at least we can agree that it is, so I think we're getting somewhere here, lol.

I think you're missing the heart and soul of The Last Jedi. Besides the fact that I thought it kind of clever that the main twist of the film is that there is no actual plot twist in the end, the point of it being that way is to convey that the mental-emotional progress of the Resistance is more basic than, and a prerequisite for, their physical progress on the battlefield. To get somewhere in their fight against the First Order, they require spiritual progress, each major character in their own way. It's that progress that is made and centered in the film. Internal progress has to come first. Mind over matter. It's about the growth of the characters as people; their internal wars more than their external conflicts. I really liked that exploration!

The Rise of Skywalker seems like very much the opposite kind of film nearly all of the time. It's all about just simply fighting and winning as far as I can tell. In that way, it seems to revert to a much simpler, less reflective, and more specifically Western type of outlook on life. Which inevitably does indeed remind one of director J.J. Abrams for those who have followed his work.

After having a chance to see ROS, I can definitely say that it felt like a far better Star Wars movie over TLJ.  Some of my major complaints with TLJ is how Luke bit the dust. Instead of having luke actually be present and make you feel like the force is this commanding power, he was just some dumb illusion.  Really, if you are going to kill one of the main characters of the movie, going out that way was a complete whimper.

Next we have Snuke.  The first movie built him up and the second movie killed him off like so much rubbish.  It was just a wasted chance and another whimper moment.  The whole movie just felt like whimper moments and never made you feel like anything was epic. I never got that feeling that I was watching something epic or even interesting and each character felt bland like the director was making a made for TV movie.

At least in ROS, you start to believe that Rey actually have some power.  That big time enemy in the story actually is a big time enemy not some whimper.  When Palpatine rose his hands literally took down thousands of ships with his force lighting at least you felt that the force was something more powerful then some parlor tricks.  You felt like the big bad guy can actually kick butt not die not even knowing he was dead.  Yeah, TLJ nowhere even close made you feel like a Star wars movie at least ROS tried to give you that impression again.