Right now I’d place it slightly above The Force Awakens.
The OT is still ahead though.
Return of the Jedi is better than The Last Jedi?
Oh oh. Better lower my expectations a few bars.
I was disappointed by TFA, so none of this is particularly encouraging. I expected more from Johnson. But it’s also possible that my personal reaction will be completely different! I’ve just read one too many reactions that place this below or slightly above TFA.
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Non spoiler question: Who would you say are the cast MVPs? Not looking for any details about the arcs, but who were your favorite performances/characters.
This question may or may not make sense, but here it goes: does this FEEL like a Star Wars movie, or is it something completely different?
AApart from the plot point you didn’t like, does the plot feel like a natural progression of events rather than TFA’s approach of setpiece A → setpiece B → setpiece C etc
Daisy Ridley is fantastic in this. A huge step up from The Force Awakens.
Driver is great as always.
Poe is given a lot more to do too
Dern and del Toro are both great
Actually, on reflection there’s isn’t a single poor performance
Another question: does Daisy Ridley make a ‘great leap forward’ in acting quality, kinda like Harrison did in between STAR WARS and EMPIRE? She seems a lot more polished in the trailers for TLJ compared to in TFA, so I’m curious as to how she comes off in this.
eta: you kinda answered it above.
The action set pieces are absolutely spectacular. The opening battle was my personal favourite.
This one I’m 100 percent fine with you spoiling, and I mean it. Is Finn holding out romantically for Rey, or is Finn and Rose a romance? Lay it on me. I can take it. Even if it’s not what I want to hear.
Yes and no. Certain aspects are incredibly (and literally) linear. And there is one major plot device which I can see a lot of people complaining about.
Finn and Rose end up somewhat romantically involved. Finn and Rey are definitely just friends and always will be.
oh good, so it’s not TOTAL hot garbage.
wasn’t expecting it to recapture the lighnting in the bottle of the OT and was expecting issues since it is the follow-up to TFA, which is a big shiny heap of issues.
but I do hope it’s a more consistent experience than TFA, which falls apart into ill-plotted nostalgia porn after its excellent first act.
Same. I’m especially stoked for the battles in this one based upon the trailers and such. I hated hated HATED how the ships ‘flew’ in TFA with kinda a herky-jerky movement to them. ROGUE ONE, for all of its problems, fixed this issue, and I’m really hoping that it’s carried over to TLJ.
Thanks, man! One more question, and it’s a tiny spoiler one, but not for the story: is the Jedi Steps motif used in the soundtrack?
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If I recall it was a very brief reprise the first time we cut to Ahch-To
ADoes this have quiet character moments and emotional depth or does it just have a shiny veneer like TFA?
Does Supreme Leader Snoke have anything going here as a character? Is Rian able to make him at all interesting and unique beyond being “rich emperor”?
He’s so fucking lame, I kind of doubt it.