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And what I don’t get are the people defending this movie, as if *I*, the guy that started the thread, added updates for two years and wanted nothing more than for this to be the best Star Wars film, ever, are upset that I didn’t like the movie. And Bowser, remember the morning of Star Wars Celebration like in April last year? I got up extra to early to watch it on my family room TV via YouTube and you and I were FB chatting? Could we have been more excited about this film? |
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I fully expected the Snoke/Ray back stories to be explained to help flesh out ep 7 a little more. Perhaps a twist here and there. Instead it felt like "We don't care what you want here's what you'll get from here on out." If it were just a bad movie I wouldn't be so pissed. People make bad movies all the time. The problem is that Disney does this with every property they consume. They've done it with Marvel, ESPN, and now SW's. They piss on what people love about the property, they then interject politics, and when you don't like it the narrative is that you are the problem. To me this would be the same as giving Kirk Cameron SW's and suddenly the force is full of over the top Christian messaging. No one wants to see that shit either...
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And I'm not going to rehash my opinions on the politics but take my previous posts and combine them with the fact this film pissed all over the previous film. TLJ basically said "**** what the previous creators or those that have to follow me think we're doing this and I don't care what problems it creates after this." If the politics and dismissal of what was built in the previous film wasn't enough TLJ isn't even consistent with its message. Poe goes on a suicide run and is chastised for costing other lives just so he can be a hero. Early in the film I was impressed and thought "Wow. Pointing out the flaws in this trope makes sense." Then Purple-haired-feminist does the exact same thing. Costs lives and then goes on a suicide run to be the hero. After that Asian Shrek does the exact same thing for an even MORE selfish reason - she loves Fin. Later on this movie again earned points by having Ray say that the force is basically being able to move/float rocks. I did laugh. Only to have them ruin the point of that exchange later by Ray's most impressive moment in the film being - floating rocks. **** this movie. Quote:
I'm not going to preach what anyone else should do but I'm out here. If they make a Kenobi film I'll see what the reaction is and if it's mostly positive I'll watch it on Netflix/Amazon...
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I am now genuinely curious what JJ does with IX now. Will he right the ship and give SW fans what the want (and it could be debated if SW fans REALLY know what they want), or if he goes the safe route and gives us faux-RotJ in an attempt for Disney to mend fences after the backlash of TLJ. Feels like a possible lose-lose scenario brewing for all of us. Hopefully not. |
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I've danced this dance before.
I'm out. I hope they turn it around...
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Hope for the best, expect the worst. It's a shame that Star Wars is becoming that. |
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Edwards printed money on Godzilla (****ing Godzilla!) and was smart enough to parlay that somewhere else. I really didn't care how the rebels got the plans so I still haven't watched that. I don't care how they got the plans. I don't buy "because you love this."
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$1.74m on Wed $1.68m on Thur $2.72m on Fri There's no saving bump coming for this movie. Domestic: $937m for TFA $583m for TLJ, to date Foreign: $1,131,561,399 for TFA $655,000,000 for TLJ, to date A $700m+ drop is possible. To put that in perspective, that would be bigger than the domestic box of all but 2 movies (TFA, Avatar), ever. It would be ahead of the current #3 all time, which is Titanic, at $659m. Now, we have to take into account the reality of the changing foreign market. Even so, that's astounding to me. Last edited by Just Passin' By; 01-14-2018 at 09:23 AM.. |
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You're doing yourself a disservice if you haven't seen this yet. If you haven't, go fire up Netflix right the hell now and watch it. Then I dare you to come back here and say how unimpressed you were with it. |
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Well, I'm taking the wife, who hasn't seen it yet, to an early afternoon show. I guess I'll see if a second viewing makes it better or worse.
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Best Trilogy Ever: Rogue One, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back. Rogue One has superior direction, action scenes, dialog and special effects to any other Star Wars film AND the story is phenomenal. The score is badass, too. I didn't like it at first but as I watched the film over and over again, I realized that Giacchino really nailed the themes and motifs for certain characters and planets. The last 5 minutes are so ****ing legendary. |
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It confirmed my belief that the standalones had more potential and justified Disney's purchase of the franchise. |
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