Do you feel the same every time you watch Terrifier, Halloween, Friday the 13th or Texas Chainsaw Massacre? There are so many movies out there where you can't see the antagonists face. That is part of the appeal of those characters. The mystery.
I've cooled on the Sequels over the years but I do love the experimenting, and Luke's journey is one I find entertaining, Rey is a highly enjoyable character and I love Finn.
And I hope the upcoming film is entertaining. It doesn't need to do anything past that. The "deep Star Wars" trend I see is amusing to me. Star Wars was always treated as a child's franchise and Star Trek was the thinking person's sci-fi.
Now, Star Wars has to be about something. It has to be an event, a deeply moving experience, otherwise it isn't Star Wars. But still make it for children...
All the reviews I have seen make it clear this is one to catch at home.
We're going opening day and hearing all the middling reviews...well, they're not surprising, but I had hoped maybe it would be better than the trailers made it look.
The reviews I'm by far the most concerned about are the ones saying that it feels like three episodes of the show stitched together. I know and expect this to be a lower-stakes, smaller-scale story but I need it to at least feel like a movie -- to be structured like a movie and paced like a movie.
The reviews I'm by far the most concerned about are the ones saying that it feels like three episodes of the show stitched together. I know and expect this to be a lower-stakes, smaller-scale story but I need it to at least feel like a movie -- to be structured like a movie and paced like a movie.
Seeing it Sunday.
I very rarely see movies in the theater because I really dislike the theater going experience, but I am going to try and catch this one on the big screen with appropriately adjusted expectations. There's just something about seeing a Star Wars movie on the big screen that makes me feel like I'm 10 again.
While I'd have much preferred a season 4 and 10 episodes instead of this adventure I'm gonna see it tomorrow regardless of the reviews.
I didn't have high expectations and quite frankly am not surprised what most reviews are saying: a decent, big budget, longer episode of the Mandalorian & Grogu going on one of their (in)famous* side quests with no big consequences or story arcs, because it has to appease to the "make it accessible / don't have to know the TV show" general public" that the creative people repeatedly stated.
*(hence PitchMeeting's Mandalorian coffee cream side quest)
One thing I'm noticing in the reviews is that a lot of reviewers are calling it "fun" and then having to point out that "fun" is not a dirty word.
This doesn’t bother me if they have a compelling story to tell.
Tickets bought. Seeing it Friday.
This cake looked better than it tasted. Costed more too...
Yep. The force is strong with the merchandising.
This cake looked better than it tasted. Costed more too...
I'm not sure when I'll have a chance to see it. Maybe not until sometime next week.
Not dirty.
Just causes allergic reactions at times because Star Wars must be an event or something.
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I don't know, maybe it's because I'm in a very blah mood at the moment due to things in the real world (don't worry, nothing too serious, mostly just inconvenient and tiresome) but it doesn't feel like a new Star Wars movie is coming out in theatres this week. I do plan to see it in theatres this weekend, but to be completely honest, it doesn't feel like The Event that the theatrical releases of every other Star Wars movie released in my lifetime felt like.
Maybe I'm just getting older or the aforementioned funk I'm in at the moment is really getting to me. I dunno.
Maybe I'm just getting older or the aforementioned funk I'm in at the moment is really getting to me. I dunno.
Because the movies usually are big events. The new movie seems to be a downgrade from that.
Me either.
"....with no big consequences or story arcs, because it has to appease to the "make it accessible / don't have to know the TV show" general public"
So it won't be bogged down with " you have to have watched three seasons of a TV show to know what's going on? " The movie is more about having fun than appeasing a nerdy niche crowd? Sounds good to me.
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