Is it too early to talk about The Last Jedi (spoilers)?
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Alt-right was made up by the alt-right - they changed from skin heads, Nazis, Neo-Nazi, and Klansmen because they thought it sounded better and people wouldn’t figure who they really are. |
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Then they should be called alt-left. Those groups all lean left. Back to the movie... It was good. I will probably see it again with my son when it’s at the cheap theatre. |
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Of the whole series, I really only liked the original and Empire Strikes Back. Seeing the others (I have seen them all) feels more like an obligation at this point.
If Rey is meant to be the emotional heart of these three, they have to do a better job of making her likeable. Like Rogue One and Felicity Jones, its like they think that being British and waif-like is enough to create emotional investment in the character. Why should I care about Rey? I cared about Luke, Han Solo and Leia, but that's about it at this point. The diversity, womyn power and Chinese actresses -- too forced. Leia flying through space is the least of my worries. That said, it was entertaining for the battles scenes. |
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+1 to this. That said, I liked the movie overall. But Finn and Poe were among my favorites in TFA and I found them so uninteresting in TLJ. The casino scenes were dumb and unnecessary and it didn't make sense that they wouldn't be told how they were all going to be saved, thus leading to the pointless casino world storyline. I also didn't see how Poe's disobedience could have led to a bunch of dead people and he gets a slap on the wrist. |
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Boring. Sitting in the theater now. It's almost like I'm watching two different movies: one with hints of the nostalgia and series, and one that is disney's attempt to create a new mainstream series.
Why are the bad guys British? What's up with the breastfeeding scene? Why does Laura Dern have purple hair, and why is she wearing a jersey evening gown? Why is the Asian girl named Rose? (I suppose it's better than Lily.) Why hasn't anyone told Ray that the cold shoulder look is over? |
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Yes, it did. Poe learns this lesson when he tells Rose and Finn about the escape pods over BB-8, the theif overhears, and is able to pass that info to the First Order. He didn't need to tell them, but was thinking mroe as a co=conspirator/equal than as a leader. That's the point: you have to trust your leaders, because some information is too important to let too many people in on. |
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| Saw it last night. Loved it. Still remember waiting in line in 1977 to see the first one when I was 9 years old. |
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Yoda didnt burn the books. The books weren't in the tree anymore which he surely knew. Rey took them with her when she left. They were in a drawer in the Millenuium Falcon. You see them at the end. |
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Aha! I was trying to figure out what that was. The Republic army/leaders reminded me of Nazis. Bet all of alt-right nut jobs got turned on during those scenes. |
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Agreed. Clearly the reference of the Republic to the Nazis has been there since the very first movie in 1977 - the uniforms alone as well as the terms used within the republic hierarchy and the storm troopers. |
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| ^^ Don’t you mean the Empire and the First Order? The Republic, Rebels and Resistence don’t have any of this imagery. |
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yes, yes, sorry. You are correct. Thats what I meant. Doing too many things at once. |
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I finally saw the movie. Overall I liked it, but had some eyerolling moments. I don't think I'll see it again, but I rarely repeat-view movies so that's not a criticism.
Things I disliked: * I'm getting tired of suspending disbelief with regards to autonomous robots in the Star Wars world. They can make sentient robots, but they can't program a spaceship to turn around on its own? Or to go drop bombs on its own? Wtf? * Speaking of bombs, gravity bombs in space? Huh? * Leia frozen in space and coming back. I nearly laughed in the theater. * Grand Leader Snope is super uber powerful and then just ...dies? Makes no sense. Though I liked the fact he did die as I felt he was a sort of silly, one-dimensional bad guy. I am only quibbling with how he didn't see it coming. I guess that was kind of the point, but still. * The long casino-destroying scene was just silly. * The perfect timing on the execution scene with Rose and Finn was ridiculous, and the fact that basically every other stormtrooper disappeared in those seconds. Things I either liked or at least think are interesting: * I thought it was a good decision to make Poe's flyboy character responsible for the deaths of most of the rest of the resistance because he made a stupid, hotheaded decision. Leia should have shot him, by rights, rather than stunned him. He mutinied and should have been punished more severely for it. Having him watch as the remaining resistance was picked off by the empire thanks to his dumbass decision made sense. It's about time that Star Wars showed a hotshot, mutinous decision going horribly wrong rather than miraculously right. * The part of Luke's personality that they carried over from the earlier series was the whiny, entitled part. It's an interesting choice. I guess at some level it feels a bit unfair to the original character, but on the other hand, Luke throwing a temper tantrum and sulking is totally in character. * It was cool to see the Imperial Guard actually do something, and I loved the Kylo/Rey lightsaber battle together. * I found the goodbye scene between Holdo and Leia touching. I can't think of any other blockbuster movies that had moments like that between two older women characters. Maybe there are some, but that moment was so unusual that it really stood out to me. * Awesome, funny Yoda is back rather than the boring superhero Yoda of Episodes 1-3. * The fact this movie is upsetting the delicate snowflakes in the alt-right. That is fantastic and makes me like the movie more. |
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What kind of riock do you live under that it allows you to find a site like DCUM and yet have no clue what the alt-right is? |
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The bad guys are always British. It’s a (Gross) call-back to Aunt Beru serving blue milk in A New Hope. Because when you’re in hiding & undercover, it doesn’t make sense to wear a uniform emblazoned with the underground resistance’s logo. Honestly don’t know. Because there are different fashion trends in galaxies far away, long long ago. |