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[Astral Dog]

The previous two movies had me somewhat bored and unwilling to see the last one, but they got me with the return of our favorite Emperor ♡ even if it was out of nowhere

 

[greenteaforme]

It's fun to watch for the visuals, end the end fight with Palpatine is really cool. When Rey heard the voices of the Jedi I got chills. They tried to give her more of something resembling a character arc in this film, and while it didn't fix the problems with her it came the closest to it out of the three films.

I laughed out loud in the theater at some of the plot moments (when Rey "killed" Chewie for example) and I think the whole thing was really poorly paced and convenient, but I appreciated their effort to fix Luke. I also didn't hate the Rey/Kylo thing at the end, I just wish the films had committed to it more early on so it would feel like a deserved and well developed relationship.

Poe and Finn felt super sidelined in this one, and out of character? Finn didn't really get an arc at all and Poe was just... there. They got some fun banter with Rey and each other but they didn't feel like characters. I wish Finn had gotten more development and honestly I was hoping he would be a co-protagonist with Rey at the very least but I guess if Finn was more competent Rey wouldn't come off as Empowered(tm).

 

[GymWolf]

The best part of the movie is how they just cram Rose into a little corner with almost no lines and hope audiences forget how horrible the character was in the previous movie.

Even better tlou2 make you kill that boring bitch every time you want.

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I bet drunkman wasn't really a fan of the last jedi.

 

[NahaNago]

It tried to fix what the last jedi broke but ultimately failed. They should have left the whole trilogy aspect after rian messed things up by killing the main bad guy. Like did Kathleen even think about who the main villain would be in the last movie. I kinda felt the rise of skywalker should have been split in to 2 or 3 movies with the training, and then the whole I am your grandfather, and then the main battle. Palpatine as the bad guy is okay it just it came out of nowhere.

 

[Arkam]

I didnt watch it until a month ago. Was a real mixed bag. Some parts were cool like the Rey and Kylo fights and the Dark Empire homages with Palpatine clones. BUt then there was that weak ass win by the good guys. The "we all just showed up in our trucks" vs thousands of Star Destroyers with world destroying capability....OK. I honestly cannot remember how it ended. Even so it might be the best in the trilogy. Will have to rewatch again to form a lasting opinion.

 

[BadBurger]

It was pretty good considering what they were up against. TLJ came in and wrecked everything with a poor story leaving everything in a miserable state. They had to try and fix it.

But then Disney did their thing and made it even worse. Even through all of that it manages to be a pretty good movie. As you alluded to OP, at the end of the day it's Star Wars. Not exactly high art.