Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

Star Wars: The Last Jedi **Spoiler Free**

Musk21

By Musk21
in The Sports Bar

Recommended Posts

Musk21 First Round Pick

Musk21

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

Haven't seen a thread on this yet. Will be interested to read some of your opinions on it. I'm seeing it with my family on Saturday afternoon. Currently 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Squirrel GOAT

Squirrel

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

I've heard some reviews saying it didn't meet the hype ... given the hype I can see it not meeting some expectations ... but that won't deter me, and I'm sure it will be awesome!

Mike Sixel GOAT

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

I've heard some reviews saying it didn't meet the hype ... given the hype I can see it not meeting some expectations ... but that won't deter me, and I'm sure it will be awesome!

 

Funny, the only two I saw said it was very good.

Squirrel GOAT

Squirrel

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

 

Funny, the only two I saw said it was very good.

They still said they were good, just not that good, given the hype.

 

And I'm not even sure where I read it, so maybe I'm confusing it with something else.

jimmer Wichita Wind Surge

jimmer

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

I have read a ton of reviews and the majority of them are positive. I will find out tomorrow.

 

This is the 9th Star Wars movie. At worst, it will be the 6th best. I have a feeling, when I get done seeing it, it will end up in my top 3.

Squirrel GOAT

Squirrel

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

Pretty sure I will be getting personal reviews from one of the sons and one of my friends tonight....

I rely on those types of reviews more than published critic reviews.

Mike Sixel GOAT

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

I rely on those types of reviews more than published critic reviews.

 

well, they both LOVE star wars....not the most reliable in this case, frankly.

Squirrel GOAT

Squirrel

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

well, they both LOVE star wars....not the most reliable in this case, frankly.

I LOVE Star Wars, too ... if they don’t like the movie, I likely won’t. If they like it I will, too. Is more reliable for me than a critic, IMO. :)

 

Either way, I’ll still go to it.

Bark's Lounge Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

Bark's Lounge

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

I seen it at 9:00am today. I thought it was fantastic! Original, but still very much Star Wars. Every movie has it's flaws but IMO Rian Johnson knocked it out of the park.

 

I have never looked forward to a movie like I have for "The Last Jedi". I feel empty inside now.

Brock Beauchamp GOAT

Brock Beauchamp

Site Manager
Posted
Posted

 

Brock and I must have seen different movies. I left entertained, but not satisfied

It looked forward, not back. I badly wanted to see a Star Wars movie do that because it's been a LONG time since I saw it happen in a good movie. While both TFA and Rogue One were pretty good films, they had their heads up the original trilogy's ass a lot of the time. The Last Jedi felt like it was trying to actually advance the mythology, not mire itself in homage to what came before.

Craig Arko Minnesota Twins

Craig Arko

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

Since this is spoiler free, for now, we'll wait....I liked it a lot. I did not love it.

Clearly you missed the Yu Darvish in a Twins uniform cameo.

Squirrel GOAT

Squirrel

Community Moderator
Posted
Posted

 

Clearly you missed the Yu Darvish in a Twins uniform cameo.

This deserved a quote and an LOL and not just a 'like.'

 

Lol!

Musk21 First Round Pick

Musk21

Community Moderator
Posted
  • Author
Posted

Saw it today. Gotta agree with Mike Sixel...I enjoyed it, but honestly was a little underwhelmed. I expected more. The last hour was excellent, but the first hour and a half was pretty slow.

Mike Sixel GOAT

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

I think I know what the issue is for me. 

 

SPOILERS!

 

 

 

 

 

First, I don't think that every part of every story has to move the main plot.....

Second, I hate when characters don't communicate. It isn't realistic. People OVER share, they don't keep secrets from each other. It's one of the things that annoys me about The Magicians tv show.....

 

I don't think the Poe or Finn stories are good enough.

Leia and Han had intersting stories, and were interesting characters. Finn should be the most interesting non-Jedi character in this arc. A former storm trooper who decides the first order is evil. But, I felt like his story was tacked onto the story here. The one good point of his story was showing that eternal war between light and dark is bad for everyone, except arms dealers. Unless he is integral to the story next movie, it would have been better for him to die. A non-jedi hero for the galaxy...even the non-jedi can stand up to the first order!

 

Why did the new leader hide the plan from Poe? Stupid. If she had not done that, they might have succeeded. I feel stuff like this is done as plot device, but is 180 degrees off from how people would act in the real world. Plus Poe doesn't do anything in this whole movie, other than the first battle scene. He lacks the depth of Han, imo.

 

I think the movie needed more for the non-Jedi characters to do.

 

Just once I want the bad guys to be really good at fighting. Like Darth Maul. But, Rey and Ben were outnumbered two to one and barely got a scratch. The scene was well done, but it lacked any sense of tension that the darth maul scenes had.

 

Also, the music was lacking, for the first time in a Star Wars movie, none of the music moved me.

Craig Arko Minnesota Twins

Craig Arko

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

I think I know what the issue is for me. 

 

SPOILERS!

 

 

 

 

 

First, I don't think that every part of every story has to move the main plot.....

Second, I hate when characters don't communicate. It isn't realistic. People OVER share, they don't keep secrets from each other. It's one of the things that annoys me about The Magicians tv show.....

 

I don't think the Poe or Finn stories are good enough.

Leia and Han had intersting stories, and were interesting characters. Finn should be the most interesting non-Jedi character in this arc. A former storm trooper who decides the first order is evil. But, I felt like his story was tacked onto the story here. The one good point of his story was showing that eternal war between light and dark is bad for everyone, except arms dealers. Unless he is integral to the story next movie, it would have been better for him to die. A non-jedi hero for the galaxy...even the non-jedi can stand up to the first order!

 

Why did the new leader hide the plan from Poe? Stupid. If she had not done that, they might have succeeded. I feel stuff like this is done as plot device, but is 180 degrees off from how people would act in the real world. Plus Poe doesn't do anything in this whole movie, other than the first battle scene. He lacks the depth of Han, imo.

 

I think the movie needed more for the non-Jedi characters to do.

 

Just once I want the bad guys to be really good at fighting. Like Darth Maul. But, Rey and Ben were outnumbered two to one and barely got a scratch. The scene was well done, but it lacked any sense of tension that the darth maul scenes had.

 

Also, the music was lacking, for the first time in a Star Wars movie, none of the music moved me.

You need some freshly squeezed green milk. That solves everything.

Mike Sixel GOAT

Mike Sixel

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

 

You need some freshly squeezed green milk. That solves everything.

 

I liked it......with some changes I would have loved it. The jedi parts were sooooo good. The other parts were tacked on, but they could have been good.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund
The Twins Daily Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Twins community on the internet.

Become a Caretaker

  • Member Statistics

    20,597
    Total Members
    48,845
    Most Online
    JFF
    Newest Member
    JFF
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...