Yeah, that was in Rise of Skywalker when they were falling in the quicksand stuff in the desert.
Spoilers Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Grading & Discussion
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Ah so I didn't imagine that. It just feels very, very disjointed like they had actually filmed something then edited it out badly.
When I was watching the film I knew exactly what Finn wanted to tell Rey here.
However, I don't have the faintest recollection what that was now.
He's supposedly going to tell her that he's force sensitive. Why he thought it would be important to tell her that right before they died I have no idea.
Why not?
How would it help?
Finn: Rey, I'm force sensitive!
Rey: Okay?
(They both die.)
Finn: Rey, I'm force sensitive!
Rey: Okay?
(They both die.)
Who can forget Yoda's wise instruction, "A Jedi uses the Force to fuck those bastards up good"?
This assumes rationality in a moment you think you quite fearful. People are not always rational.
Because he thought they were both about to die.
Funny, but ESB Yoda's such a memorable character exactly because he tells Luke - and, by extension, the kids in the audience - what he/they don't expect to hear. But, I'm pretty sure Broom Boy and Co. haven't seen ESB because, y'know, enslaved kids tend not to have old VHS players.
Confusing your friend a few seconds before death, truly something we'd all do.
How would Finn confessing his own Force-sensitivity to Rey confuse her, exactly?
Your harping on this reads as manufacturing reasons to complain about a movie you didn't like.
It's a really badly written moment in a badly written movie, so yes, I do dislike it.
Why confess it? And that's what it is, a dying confession. There's a reason the cliché things characters say when they think they're going to die are either "I love you" or "I did [x, which I feel guilt for]." What does "I feel the Force" do for Finn or Rey? Why would he regret dying without stating it openly? Why does he think she needs to know before she dies? And why hide it after, when they realize they aren't going to die? Why would he be embarrassed about believing he has an aptitude that would make him suitable to be trained as a Jedi by his best friend and the only potential Jedi-trainer alive in the universe? The only reason to bring the Force up, unlike love or guilt, is if Finn wanted to do something about it, so why withdraw when it looked like he actually could do something about it?
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And if the movie wants us to think Finn is Force sensitive, why stop short of having him actually say it? Why not actually make use of it in the plot in some way instead of just leaving the audience thinking "I guess maybe Finn was force sensitive but it never actually helped or made a difference?"
To be fair, that happened like one whole day or three prior, which is practically an ancient legend by the way the ST paces events...^ Hey, it wouldn't be an ST movie without random stuff that makes no sense, would it. Remember when Rose got all star-struck over some nobody stormtrooper who assisted in the Starkiller Base assault... when she works on General Leia's ship?!
A day, three, no a week tops a week in the ST movies is enough to forget past loves and even whole planets being destroyed.
I thought Finn was about to confess his love for Rey
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That's what I thought all along. That he was about to tell Rey he loved her.
Either way it's FAR from the most awkwardly-timed and nonsensical character moment in the Saga and that includes all nine movies across 42 years.
That's what I thought all along. That he was about to tell Rey he loved her.
Either way it's FAR from the most awkwardly-timed and nonsensical character moment in the Saga and that includes all nine movies across 42 years.
