• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Episode 7 is still good. Is it a rip of episode 4? Sure. But it’s still actually fun to watch, with good pacing, and good characters.

    Also, Kylo stopping, and holding, a blaster shot mid shoot is fucking cool!

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      5 months ago

      The biggest problem with episode 7 is that it gives us “Empire vs. Rebels 2” which i hate as the direction for the future that episode 6 set up. The second biggest problem is its a bunch of mystery boxes with no plans to back them up i.e why is Rey important? Who the fuck is the green goggle lady? Why is Luke a hermit? What is the purpose of the map to Luke? Who fucking cares cause JJ sure didn’t

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      5 months ago

      But it’s still actually fun to watch, with his pacing, and good characters.

      I disagree with all of this.

      Eight was half of a good movie. Seven was a series of vinettes of varying quality that ended in disappointment.

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      5 months ago

      7 is fine, 8 is better imo, 9 is atrocious. If they were able to just make 9 decent the sequels would be acceptable. They really, really needed to have these movies thought out from the start though. You can absolutely tell they have no idea where the story goes from one movie to the next.

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      It’s so fucking cool… and makes no god damn sense whatsoever. Especially when you realize he’s supposed to be some hotheaded half-trained guy who probably has undiagnosed ADHD. He couldn’t concentrate enough to do that if he was sitting meditating in the most serene place in the galaxy, much less in the middle of a trainwreck that the scene took place in.

      It was unimaginably forced with no basis in plot or the established universe.

      Which pretty much speaks to the entire direction of the sequels in general. “Ooh, pretty… but super fucking dumb”

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      5 months ago

      That Kylo scene is my favorite ever display of using the force. It was so fucking awesome and ominous and powerful.

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      5 months ago

      Finally! All the complaints about the plot essentially being a redo of ANH are completely valid, but they don’t make it a bad movie. It’s actually fun to watch and the characters have some character, which is not something you can say about a certain crowd favourite around here…

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      5 months ago

      Not a big fan of Star Wars (I know right? Why would I mention that here) and even I got to admit that laser holding scene was badass.