I watched this for the first time tonight on Disney +.
That pretty much sums up my thoughts.
That pretty much sums up my thoughts.
It's better than the Sequels but not as good as the two other standalone movies. It fits more or less at near the center of the Disney Era movies.
Saw it on D+ today. A very boring movie, its like 3 mediocre episodes mixed together with absolutely no stakes or any real sense of danger. A few of the action scenes are ok, but overall I'd legitimately say this is my second least favorite star Wars film after Solo (not counting TCW movie, which I don't really count as a real SW film in the traditional sense). TM&G is a much better movie then Solo, but besides that I think all the other movies are better. Even Episodes II and IX felt like important things happened and there were stakes.
To be clear I really like The Mandalorian show, I even really enjoy Season 3 which seems to have a poor reputation. But this movie didn't make me feel anything but bored for 95% of its run time. It just feels like Filoni playing with his toys and putting them back in the box no different then when he took them out (except he added a weird buff Hutt toy, I guess).
To be clear I really like The Mandalorian show, I even really enjoy Season 3 which seems to have a poor reputation. But this movie didn't make me feel anything but bored for 95% of its run time. It just feels like Filoni playing with his toys and putting them back in the box no different then when he took them out (except he added a weird buff Hutt toy, I guess).
I also watched this last night on Disney+. It was fun, but really felt like 2 episodes of the show put together with a bigger budget. I did enjoy seeing a Hutt who wasn't a monster.
Still enjoy this film. Genuine tension and emotional with Grogu on his own. A solid adventure film.
My only real annoyance was the giant droid guards. Everything else paced well, interwoven very well, solid story.
My only real annoyance was the giant droid guards. Everything else paced well, interwoven very well, solid story.
Given that, at this point, there are over 440 canonical Star Wars TV episodes and shorts and only 13 canonical Star Wars movies, I question whether this is a meaningful distinction.
Indeed. I don't know how there are not stakes. Mandalorian has kept showing the limits of the New Republic and it's really interesting to see, especially since Mando repeatedly shows power players being removed and the resulting challenges from that.
So, The Phantom Menace then?
Whatever else one can say about The Phantom Menace, a cable action movie it wasn’t.
Oh, I disagree. It was stilted acting mixed with weird spectacle. The hype was ridiculous; the film was not Star Wars.
I’d argue there is a recognizable “Star Wars feel” that this didn’t have, but I realize that that way lies “No true Star Trek” and so on. But somehow everything from the story beats to the musical style — despite the score being by the same guy who did the series — felt very not-Lucasfilm cable (and rather SyFy) to me. It’s subjective, of course; I wouldn’t know how to define it.
See, there I’d disagree — sure the acting was stilted, but it was clearly deeply felt for Lucas (and a fundamental part of the story). As with any of the Star Warses, while there was plenty of action in it, I wouldn’t call it an “action film”, and certainly not a cable one. Whereas TM&G literally felt like a “programmer” that happened to be set in the Star Wars universe.
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Yeah, TPM felt nothing like Star Wars to me
TM&G isn't anything seismic or trendsetting, but at least it's not TROS. It's innocuous and mostly good, harmless fun.
This. Not every Star Wars movie has to change the face of cinema forever. I thought it dragged just a little in the middle, but I really enjoyed myself watching it.
And, much like Masters of the Universe, this movie did the job that the studios really wanted it to do -- sell merchandise.
"But it's just three episodes of his series strung together."
Good. At least I enjoyed myself, which I couldn't say after the "big event" that was Episode IX.
Good. At least I enjoyed myself, which I couldn't say after the "big event" that was Episode IX.
Well, I know I’m the way outlier on this, but I thought TROS was better than it’s given credit for. What happens in that story matters; a programmer it ain’t.
What happens in The Mandalorian and Grogu matters too.
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