The Force Awakens Vs The Last Jedi
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I know a lot of folks who feel that way. I am not in agreement with them.
Rogue One is a not a "bad" film, it is simply far too dark, depressing, and exhausting for me to enjoy repeatedly.
Yeah, it is not a repeat viewing film more me. Glad I saw it, ok with it existing (I miss Kyle Katarn) but Solo is a lot more fun and I am a lot more invested in those characters, even secondary characters, than the Rogue One crew.
I miss the radio drama’s tale of what happened. Doesn’t really work now because of Rogue One.
And I get it people really like Rogue One. It’s a good war movie. But in my opinion, too much fan service, too little character development and one downer of an ending drag it down.
I tend to agree with your opinion. It is not a film that I find enjoyable on repeat viewings. And, when I hear the line of "Solo wasn't asked for" I'm sitting their going, "Who asked for Rogue One?" Neither are especially necessary to the lore, but one is far more rewatchable than the other, in my opinion.
If TFA takes the lead, we must obviously demand that Rian Johnson be shipped to Kessel, and Kathleen Kennedy be sent to Paramount.
It’s the only way to be sure.
I thought the gravity well scene delivered that, I thought it was absolutely stunning to look at, a highlight of the movie for me.
I did expect some more star destroyer action though, especially as this film is mainly constructed around his lines of dialogue in ANH - 'I've outrun Imperial starship, not the local bulk cruisers... etc'
I loved the film regardless though, it's barely a nitpick.
Recapturing the things that seeing ANH in a theater for the first time made them feel.
Oh, right. Nostalgia. How nefarious.
They were basically making TFA for themselves at the expense of everyone else's enjoyment, and when you're only making something for yourself, the overall narrative quality of what you are making is not likely to be as high as it could have been.
TFA would have been a much better movie if Abrams and Kasdan's focus had been on more than just fulfilling their own nostalgia.
Does it make less of an agenda even if it isn't nefarious?Oh, right. Nostalgia. How nefarious.
To me, the nostalgic/familiarity factor of TFA served to ease us back into a cinematic Star Wars setting after years away, before taking us in different and interesting directions.
It would have been interesting if Superman Returns had ended up serving such a function.
Kor
It would have been interesting if Superman Returns had ended up serving such a function.
Kor
*shrugs* I enjoyed myself. Don't assume that everyone was as miserable through the movie as you seem to have been. Yes, it was a remake. But, I enjoyed the characters and their interactions. I don't blame them for going with the safe route for TFA. But, FFS, they went a little crazy for TLJ and half of fandom jumped off a bridge. Doesn't matter what they do. They'll be criticized.
No. But agendas seem to have a negative connotation about them when it comes to fandom.
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