WaterBomb
Two kids no brane
I can't be bothered to try to form this into a coherent review so I'm just gonna stream of consciousness it and hope I remember to include everything:
-i can believe somehow that the bombs from the bomber were propelled somehow upon release or pulled by the planet's gravity, even though I know deep down that's rubbish and they were just lazy with the science. I cannot, however, find any excuse for the clunky opening of a side door in a COMPLETELY NOT DEPRESSURIZED hallway to let Leia back in. Come on.
- General Hux will snap in the next film. He's bound to be close to breaking down after being force choked/thrown into walls/ face planted to the floor/ slapped that many times.
-Snoke is not permanently dead. You heard it here first.
- Disney may not go this direction and may not even realize it, but Luke's death before really training Reycombined with the destruction of the Jedi texts jk I missed the part where Rey had them leaves the door open for a potential complete ending of the Jedi/ Sith religion and a conclusion of the entire series at the end of the next film. This might be an unpopular idea, but I think it certainly has the appeal of being unexpected and bringing real closure.
- either John boyega is just an overactor, or Finn is written that way. Either way, Finn just feels...overdramatic as a character. Especially for a trained stormtrooper. Maybe this was intentional to show contrast against the typical stormtrooper persona, but it seems over the top most of the time.
- didn't like how Luke did such an elaborate Force projection (which was effing cool, by the way), presumably to preserve his actual body for later, and then died anyway.
- call me crazy, but I actually appreciated what they did with Luke's character for this. Looking back at the original movies, I got to see Luke's maturation from whiny farmer boy to trained Jedi and hero, but maybe he wasn't all the way there yet. It makes a little sense that he'd be a reluctant hero, and the weight of everyone's expectations of him was just too much to live up to. Remember that Luke remained pretty immature and impulsive right up until his final battle with Vader, so it's not unreasonable to think he had just overachieved there and hadn't truly completed his growth. This would explain his character in TLJ, at least to me.
- didn't like General Holdo's character at all. Felt to me like pandering, forcing another strong female character into the plot for the sake of political correctness. The other strong female characters at least had organic reasons to be there. As another user pointed out, holdo could easily have just been ackbar or Leia herself.
- for all my complaints, I can't say I was ever bored or looked at the clock. The movie kept me engrossed from start to finish, and a lot of the cinematography was no less than stunning.
-tooooooooo many modern phrases and buzzwords being used in the dialogue. They stuck out like a sore thumb every time they happened and it made me cringe.
- benicio del Toro was perfect. Nuff said.
- ending scene with the child and the rebel ring leading into the credits was pretty powerful I thought.
All in all I'm looking forward to episode 9 and seeing how they decide to finish it.
-i can believe somehow that the bombs from the bomber were propelled somehow upon release or pulled by the planet's gravity, even though I know deep down that's rubbish and they were just lazy with the science. I cannot, however, find any excuse for the clunky opening of a side door in a COMPLETELY NOT DEPRESSURIZED hallway to let Leia back in. Come on.
- General Hux will snap in the next film. He's bound to be close to breaking down after being force choked/thrown into walls/ face planted to the floor/ slapped that many times.
-Snoke is not permanently dead. You heard it here first.
- Disney may not go this direction and may not even realize it, but Luke's death before really training Rey
- either John boyega is just an overactor, or Finn is written that way. Either way, Finn just feels...overdramatic as a character. Especially for a trained stormtrooper. Maybe this was intentional to show contrast against the typical stormtrooper persona, but it seems over the top most of the time.
- didn't like how Luke did such an elaborate Force projection (which was effing cool, by the way), presumably to preserve his actual body for later, and then died anyway.
- call me crazy, but I actually appreciated what they did with Luke's character for this. Looking back at the original movies, I got to see Luke's maturation from whiny farmer boy to trained Jedi and hero, but maybe he wasn't all the way there yet. It makes a little sense that he'd be a reluctant hero, and the weight of everyone's expectations of him was just too much to live up to. Remember that Luke remained pretty immature and impulsive right up until his final battle with Vader, so it's not unreasonable to think he had just overachieved there and hadn't truly completed his growth. This would explain his character in TLJ, at least to me.
- didn't like General Holdo's character at all. Felt to me like pandering, forcing another strong female character into the plot for the sake of political correctness. The other strong female characters at least had organic reasons to be there. As another user pointed out, holdo could easily have just been ackbar or Leia herself.
- for all my complaints, I can't say I was ever bored or looked at the clock. The movie kept me engrossed from start to finish, and a lot of the cinematography was no less than stunning.
-tooooooooo many modern phrases and buzzwords being used in the dialogue. They stuck out like a sore thumb every time they happened and it made me cringe.
- benicio del Toro was perfect. Nuff said.
- ending scene with the child and the rebel ring leading into the credits was pretty powerful I thought.
All in all I'm looking forward to episode 9 and seeing how they decide to finish it.
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