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Most of the millenials were already 10 years old and/or teenagers by the time The Phantom Menace came out, so wouldn't they also be angry about recent Star Wars films rehashing the original trilogy?
First when the STAR WARS logo hit the screen and the Williams theme kicked in. It is similar to the gunbarrel.
Second
I never implied any of that. You mention the millennials not knowing what a good movie is compared to a bad one, and since the actual millennials generation goes from everyone born between the early 1980's to the mid 1990's (meaning the first millenials were born when the Original Trilogy was still ongoing), I was merely asking if you meant the Generation Z, which encompasses those born from the late 1990's up to the current 2010's decade.
Not too much I can explain without spoilers so.....
Unfortunately this is one of those instances where what we imagined was a lot cooler that what we ended up with.
The good:
Every scene with Luke. Especially near the end when he meets Leia, hands her the dice, and when we find out he's not actually there. Now that's some powerful Force! He pretty much force focused himself across the entire galaxy!
R2 playing Leia's original message to Luke
Finn fighting Phasma and Rey & Kylo teaming up- great stuff
I laughed out loud when Chewie was eating that cooked Porg in front of the other Porgs :))
The not so good:
The subplot of Poe clashing with Laura Dern. Long story short, he thought she was using poor leadership but she actually wasn't. All it did was take up time; and for a movie as long as it was, we could have done without the whole bit.
The entire casino sequence. In fact, most of Finn & Rose and all their shenanigans.
Benicio Del Toro's character SUCKED. There's no nice way to put it.
That's it off the top of my head- like I said I just left the theater.
At the end of The Force Awakens I was DROOLING for the next one. Now, not so much.... and I'm already sort of forgetting this one.
I mean, we already lost Han. Leia didn't die but we already know she's not in the next one, and now Luke is dead? I like these new young characters, but I'm not sure they can carry a movie by themselves. Han was my favorite character in TFA, Luke was my favorite character in TLJ. So now the final movie of this trilogy will be just these new guys... and there wasn't exactly a cliffhanger at the end of this one.
Oh and I had to laugh at this one part-- that scene with those new AT-AT type vehicles on the white terrain took a lot of heat online for being visually identical to the Hoth Battle. This one extra tastes it and goes "it's salt." Like "SEE EVERYONE!! It's not snow, it's salt! Not like TESB at all!" :)) Reminded me of Batman V Superman when the guy practically broke the 4th wall telling the audience the island was uninhabited (in response to the destruction in Man of Steel)
One last thing: in that sequence when Rey asks the mirror thing who her parents are, I would have had a heart attack on the spot if it was a Harrison Ford cameo!!!
New ranking:
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi
Rogue One
The Last Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
Attack of the Clones
The Phantom Menace
The performances are top notch across the board (although honestly I'm not a fan of the late Carrie Fisher here - a bit flat imho). The aerial fight sequences are state of the art, as are the special effects. It's also a magnificent production.
So what's the problem? Well, to me the film is lacking something. It doesn't gel as well/tightly as TFA does imho, and has a lot of detours and side stories that it could have done without. There is also something a bit 'manufactured assembly line' about the conflicts here and I found myself realizing that I was watching a 'Mouse House' effort (something which I didn't feel with TFA).
Rather than bore everyone with a lengthy commentary, I'll just say that @Master_Dahark's review pretty much mirrors my own thoughts completely. I will also add the following:
Also, I think there are way too may scenes that are too reminiscent of the old films. Sure, they tried to shake it up with 'twists', but in my view it wasn't enough.
The clashes between key characters work for the most part, but I felt there was a lack of gravitas and weight to them. As an example, one really felt the conflict in ESB, RoTJ and even in RoTS (despite that out of his league clown Christensen overplaying it). I just didn't feel that here even though the struggles were there and the acting was just fine. It was sort of 'so what?' or 'deja vu' to me. It could have been so much more, is what I'm saying.
Oh, and Han Solo is sorely missed by this viewer.
Still, as I said there's a lot to like and I think it's a decent enough effort. It just didn't elevate me to the highs I had after viewing TFA (even just the other night).
Rankings:
-ESB
-TFA
-ROTJ
-SW
-TLJ
-ROTS
-AOTC
-PM
-RO
2 The Empire Strikes Back
3 The Force Awakens
4 Rogue One
5 The Last Jedi
6 Revenge of the Sith
7 The Phantom Menace
8 Attack of the Clones
9 Return of the Jedi
The more I think about it, him never leaving that planet is just plain depressing. People are suggesting he'll be a Force Ghost in the next one but that's just not the same. I'm really not sure where they're going with Episode IX.
Mark Hamill had said he didn't agree with where his character goes in this story; at first I brushed it off but now that I've seen it, I agree with him.
Also, one big question from The Force Awakens that had everyone debating:
A ghost
Saw my first Star Wars just before the special editions.
I don't remember 'hailing' TFA as anything. I just enjoyed the heck out of it. I enjoy TMWTGG immensely too, but don't hail that as being great either.
Just in case I didn't state it clearly enough in my earlier post, I quite liked TLJ. I rate it middle of the pack. It's just that I'm not as impressed by it as I was TFA, which was a GE/TSWLM energy level formula recycle to me. Maybe one can only get away with one of those once a decade or so.
I was not refering to you specifically. Your comment was in the midst of several comments, some of them ranking TFA as a top three SW film meanwhile pointing out that TLJ was too reminiscient of the older films. The descriptions I remembered at the time happened to be yours..
I dunno, like I said before , I need to see TLJ more than once to fully appreciate it. For now , I must say the hype died faster than for TFA. TFA was easier to pick apart
Still I shall enter the theatre tomorrow open minded.
Without spoiling it for me, is it one massive direction the film goes in that makes it bad, is it a character choice, or is it just boring through out
But without spoiling, it’s a little of everything you mentioned.
It breaks established 'rules' of the universe but not in a though provoking way.
And the Mary poppins moment is just embarrassing.
2/5