Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 2017
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dr_yevApr 11, 2018
I do not understand what the critics are smoking. This movie is not good. Not good at all. I expected it to be a bit campy and maybe not "film" material given that it is star wars but I watched on an airplane and I really wish I could haveI do not understand what the critics are smoking. This movie is not good. Not good at all. I expected it to be a bit campy and maybe not "film" material given that it is star wars but I watched on an airplane and I really wish I could have my two hours back. It's heavy-handed with its messages, its jokes do not land, and it really fails to make one care one bit about its cast of characters. Oh, and it starts with a drawn-out "being on hold" joke... yes, in a universe with no telephones. I know everyone hates on the prequels and, yes, the prequels are worse than the original three movies (well, maybe, if we're honest, worse than the empire strikes back and about as good as the other two) but these recent three abortions cannot hope to hold a candle to the prequels...… Expand
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japa1453Apr 2, 2018
i didnt like it at all!!! please rename this movie because disney is destroying star wars
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xnashDec 19, 2017
The movie has had good ideas, but the storyline is so basic, the drama and tension became a simply explication, maybe because they were thinking in keep the movie in G and not under PG rated. The lost of the mystic and the effort to erase theThe movie has had good ideas, but the storyline is so basic, the drama and tension became a simply explication, maybe because they were thinking in keep the movie in G and not under PG rated. The lost of the mystic and the effort to erase the Star Wars "old school", become anoying.
For my, this is the final confirmation of the SW's dead. Since now, it became a set of jedi's chiché and stuff to keep the merchandising growing up and keeping the movie away from PG to the conquest of more childs.… Expand
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EvisDec 20, 2017
UNFAIR that critics rate a movie so high then you spend a lot of money to see it in IMAX just to realize the writing is terrible. Out of everyone I know IRL the BEST review was that it has cool space battles but terrible writing. UNFAIRUNFAIR that critics rate a movie so high then you spend a lot of money to see it in IMAX just to realize the writing is terrible. Out of everyone I know IRL the BEST review was that it has cool space battles but terrible writing. UNFAIR UNFAIR UNFAIR that no one can say this movie has bad writing without being called a Trump MAGA troll. If this movie has an agenda it utterly failed at that agenda because the writing is TERRIBLE. The plot goes no where the 2nd act is utterly disposable (but then the others are too really). The character motivations don't add up. Any suspense that is built up is discarded and then followed with a "haha" trolling joke. Whether you compare this movie to SW prequels, originals or other movies out this year, this movie is BAD.… Expand
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DarkLotusDec 20, 2017
This movie signals the total corruption and therefore death of the Star Wars franchise. It is more concerned with trying to ram SJW views down our throats then for filling its actual point of being... telling a good story with charactersThis movie signals the total corruption and therefore death of the Star Wars franchise. It is more concerned with trying to ram SJW views down our throats then for filling its actual point of being... telling a good story with characters that aren't identity politic hacks.… Expand
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abuch47Dec 20, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's also ridiculous how biased the ratings it gets are. Universal acclaim when so many people have problems with it feels like Hollywood shills can influence generations with their money and power.

I'm a star wars fan not a huge one but one none the less. I having seen clone wars. I didn't love tag but I liked it's setup and world building and hated its cornyness and nostalgia which is a similar feeling I have to tlj. I loved the original trilogy it's witty and corny at the same time. The prequels I also loved with their newscope and backfilling of the universe we had known. This movie had so many potholes that couldn't be glossed over and took me out the film. The cgi and filming was top-notch as was the soundtrack mostly. The corny lines were kids movie **** without the adult connotations that some kids movies do so well. The characters are dull as **** Rey is a lame duck but master fighter, kylo was better but doesn't seem to be growing, prepubescent anger, odd clumsy standard **** who reaches the same endpoint as ep8 by the end.

I think I hated this movie most because of the constant twists that are explained as plot points by the characters, good movies don't tell the viewer what's going on they show you through natural dialogue, emotion and leave some ambiguity. Bad movies have characters that literally real you what were doing now and next. There were million examples, will kylo kill his mum no he won't o wait she is killed anyway but wait she's alive and is now mary poppins but wait shes not strong and is now in a coma in 2 minutes of screen time wtf. Rose professes her love for fin after no onscreen chemistry or sexual tension and they kiss, and then he drags her back to base quicker than the FO walkers over massive distance past the obliteration of Lukes ghost. I have so many more yet I still liked some of it.

I don't like the direction Disney is taking this series and I need them to move on from the old characters quickly. Adding simple man's **** at every step to appeal to the largest audience is tarnishing one of my favourite franchises ever and I don't know if I can take it anymore. It starting to feel like fast and the furious in space.

Also I didn't read or talk about one fan theory except jarjar snoke and had no spoilers, I limited my exposure to the hype and only saw the trailer twice. I expected a return for the franchise and waited three days to see this movie which was less time than the last two. I was shaking in anticipation, something not normal for me as I lined up beforehand.

Also as a sane individual I didn't purchase battlefront 2015 or 2017 after pkating the ****ty betas and I've barely played a star wars game ever so maybe I just feel too strongly towards the film's.… Expand
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MrBinglesDec 21, 2017
Cheesy AWFUL badly timed humour which meant you never connected with the characters or the emotion. Meaning I just didnt care. In fact it felt so tonally incorrect at times I winced and squirmed in my seat. Like you might do whilst watching aCheesy AWFUL badly timed humour which meant you never connected with the characters or the emotion. Meaning I just didnt care. In fact it felt so tonally incorrect at times I winced and squirmed in my seat. Like you might do whilst watching a really bad stand up comedian or your uncle twerk dancing with your auntie at a wedding. WTF!

The opening scene with Poe and Hux felt like a Christmas Pantomime. All tension evaporated the moment he pretended to be on hold. DREADFUL! I didn't mind the Porgs or BB8 but serious evil and heroic characters should be just that. Luke seems to have been replaced? Mark Hamill was playing a guy called Luke. But it wasn't Luke. I didn't mind him being a recluse or grumpy. The trailer looked moody and cool. When he appeared in the film he was an unlikeable douche. AND HE MILKS A SPACE COW!! He is LUKE SKYWALKER not a bloody dairy farmer! I feel sorry for MArk Hamill. He has been betrayed. I can see why he disagreed fundamentally with the script. AND WHAT was with him chucking his lightsaber over his shoulder. It felt like a blooper they decided to keep in! I think that one moment is a brilliant metaphor for what Disney and Rian (Comedy) Johnson have done to the Star Wars legend. Jedi Training!? Rey received NO training. I get more training at my Monday night Yoga class in Peckham than she received. Yet all of a sudden she is a Jedi Master WTF. I LOVED Empire Strikes Back becuase as a little boy I got to learn how to be a Jedi. How to use the force. I learned through Yoda about the dark side and light of human nature. Here Luke makes a lame Joke about reaching out! UTTER garbage. Train the girl. I wanted Rey to prevail from a struggle. Zero character arc and as a result I dont give a Monkeys. SPACE WALKING LEIA! Did no one say anything to Rian! Not one person pointed out that that was a crap idea. No One mentioned Mary Poppins! O........M........G that was bad. Visually it was great. But the writing and the characters was awful. Get Garth Edwards back! At least he understood the Star Wars Universe. The last 3 minutes of Rogue One were better than the entire Marvel-esque gag fest that was Last Jedi. Why not get Get George R. R. Martin to write it! He'd do a fantastic job. At least he'd understand the human condition and struggle. I liked the political message! I liked the diversity. But all that has been flushed down the pan with the most expensive SNL skit in history. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO… Expand
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BigMike1234Dec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It would have been a mediocre movie if it wasn`t Star Wars. But sadly it is.
I can`t get my head around the fact that some idiot thought it would be a good idea to go a new, exiting direction MIDWAY THROUGH A TRILOGY. **** hell, if they wanted to have a fresh approve why not set it like 200 years in the future? Why did they have to make Luke a grumpy, uncaring, alientit grabbing LOSER. HOW on earth do the defend Mary Sue beating Luke with virtually no training at all. Like in the first the people said no Mary Sue isn`t a Mary Sue you know. Kylo just had a bad day, you know. Happens to everybody. But suddenly Mary Sue is within 2 days of training a master in light saber combat.
And don`t get me startet on the endless Plot Holes, the constant Deus ex machina and plot conveniences just to further a badly written story, which **** UP the storyline for the previous and following movies.… Expand
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TimDRhadDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If this was a normal Movie it would be a 4, 5 based on the bad plot and overacting by bad actors. But it's not. This is STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII.
There's 40 odd years of backstory and tons of literature to incorporate.
And Disney decided to throw everything out of the window.

https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-have-disney-strike-star-wars-episode-viii-from-the-official-canon… Expand
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huhuuhaaDec 22, 2017
Rogue One forced a strong female lead and it worked because it was believable in the context of the SW universe. Now you are forcing every race, gender, and special interest into a "sci-fi" movie. It's not believable. It destroys the canonRogue One forced a strong female lead and it worked because it was believable in the context of the SW universe. Now you are forcing every race, gender, and special interest into a "sci-fi" movie. It's not believable. It destroys the canon and the fandom. It's very telling that the people that want to purvey the themes in this movie, (intersectionality politics, strong women/weak men, miscegenation, etc.) needed an established franchise to sell their politics to a mass audience. Make an good indie film and it would sell, no reason to hijack and kill a established story.… Expand
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AaronJupiterSep 1, 2020
When you've seen The Last Jedi, you'll never want to watch a Star Wars movie again because Rian Johnson not only made a very bad movie, no, he sucked also the magic out of the saga and let Yoda, Luke, Leia and almost everybody and everythingWhen you've seen The Last Jedi, you'll never want to watch a Star Wars movie again because Rian Johnson not only made a very bad movie, no, he sucked also the magic out of the saga and let Yoda, Luke, Leia and almost everybody and everything in the movie look like travesty.… Expand
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DiogaJan 31, 2018
I was not sure it that was a Star Wars movie i mean what they were thinking when they make it.
The story is totally ruined and the cast poorly used , the effects where amazing though.
Mark Hamill was the poorly used in that movie , also whyI was not sure it that was a Star Wars movie i mean what they were thinking when they make it.
The story is totally ruined and the cast poorly used , the effects where amazing though.
Mark Hamill was the poorly used in that movie , also why bring back an caracther that his actor it's death ( SHOOTING STAR LEIA ) , the new protagonists are so Disney Cliché

The Antagonists are horrible to Snoke barely got any screen time and then got replaced by Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) that in my opinion it's the most childish villain ever.

Honestly im very disappointed i guess that´s another franchise that gets ruined by Disney ,
The Phantom Menace with his boring moments is way better than this atrocity .
Only kids , fan girls & and nostalgia blinded fans would like this movie.

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NtfwprophetApr 4, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I grew up the biggest Star Wars fanboy and sadly I just watched one of the best films of my childhood get completely ruined. There was WAY too much time spent on useless and/or annoying scenes. The humor took away from the more serious nature of the movie and that pretty much explains the feel of the entire film. That it just isn't taken seriously. Sadly, I dislike most of the characters, Snoke was not only ill conceived but also killed without truly ever having a moment in these last two movies where he felt like he was the Sith Lord. He gets very little scene time, and monomim background and is eliminated in such a way that felt unworthy of a story antagonist. Then it's followed by a scene that makes no sense in Star Wars which is the "Emperor's Royal Guard" wielding all sorts of weapons (a sword like whip, a staff that turns into 2 axe like weapons, and so on) These baffoons took Rey and kylo too long to eliminate not to mention no force powers were used and from the looks of it if there were about six more of them they could have defeated both Rey and Kylo from how much they struggled with them. Considering he is taking over as Sith Lord (or Supreme Leader) and Rey as The Last Jedi this is simply another very small piece that adds to the whole film simply missing it's mark. I love how J.J. Abrams remade Star Trek and again, I grew up liking Star Wars not Trek and to be honest I feel that J.J. Abrams ruined Star Wars and there is nothing I liked about this movie from start to end thus I gave it a 0. I could explain so much more but I feel that the movie was so bad that I simply cannot spend any more of my time on thinking or speaking about it as it is actually wasting my life. I even turned it off twice because I just couldn't bare to sit thru it in its entirety. So 0 out of 10 Absolute disgrace and sadly the end of my childhood favorite film series since I could care less how the last film turns out.… Expand
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CairngorgonMar 26, 2018
Totally soulless, corporate and focus-group designed. Absolutely no heart or memorable scenes. 7 got away with it due to nostalgia but things are different now. Also forced diversity and social justice nonsense.
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the_ed_85Apr 1, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is absolutely terrible. It takes Star Wars and attempts to turn it into a cutesy Disney movie. Leia Gets blown into space without a suit and they have her come back into the ship using the Force, when Leia doesn't even have enough Force control to part clouds without straining to the point of nearly passing out. Then having Luke be the worst Jedi master of all time, refusing to train Rey for 90% of the movie, just so that she can somehow come to equal terms with a fully trained Sith Lord. Then there's Yoda going and destroying ancient Jedi texts, which would not only never happen, but they also would not be books. They would have been datapads since books have been replaced for over 1000 years. This movie was so horrible that I sent Disney an email asking them WTF they think they're doing with Star Wars. If you're considering this movie, run away, run as fast as you possibly can!… Expand
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jshiloApr 13, 2018
It is really an awful movie. And I really love Star Wars. Even found a way to love the prequels. But this.... terrible. Wish someone could invent un-seeing.
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warden1902Apr 14, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only thing good about this movie is the visuals. Luke has been destroyed, Rose is a totally pointness addition that adds absolutely nothing to the plot and is only there to make the movie as diverse as possible (nothing wrong with racial diversity, just a little much when e v e r y new non-evil charachter must not be a white male). Rey seems to have no character flaws and is a complete Mary Sue. Every character (accept Luke) undergoes no developmental changes and is the exact same as they were at the beginning of the movie. Sometimes I wonder if Rian Johnson even watched TFA, because every single valuable plot point from TFA was completely ignored or destroyed, especially Rey's Parents, which I thought had so much potential but was completely thrown away. Kylo Ren is no longer a intimidating bad guy like he was in TFA, he acts more like a enraged 6 year old with scizophrenia in the movie more than an actually Sith. Such a shame. TFA was okay and it gave great openings for a potentially amazing Episode 8. Unfortunately, any possibilities for a good sequel trilogy have been completely squashed by Rian Johnson and his band of money-hungry SJWs. Absolute abomination.… Expand
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MerkvahDec 19, 2017
When I left the theater, I couldn't understand why it was I didn't love the movie. I sincerely wanted to love it. I've been a Star Wars fan as long as I can remember, and Luke Skywalker was the hero of my boyhood. But this movie was heavyWhen I left the theater, I couldn't understand why it was I didn't love the movie. I sincerely wanted to love it. I've been a Star Wars fan as long as I can remember, and Luke Skywalker was the hero of my boyhood. But this movie was heavy handed with the political views of its creators. It was the most 2017 thing I've ever seen. Four days ago I was so excited to see it... now I am just heartbroken that the movie was so poorly written. Star Wars is something we have loved for a very long time, and much of this movie is dedicated to destroying all of the Star Wars that came before it.… Expand
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somedude14Dec 27, 2017
Last Jedi is somehow worse than the one that came out last year. It felt like I had paid to get punched in the brain for 2.5 hours. Fisher looked so different due to age and whatever she's paid for in her time falling apart I thought the "ILast Jedi is somehow worse than the one that came out last year. It felt like I had paid to get punched in the brain for 2.5 hours. Fisher looked so different due to age and whatever she's paid for in her time falling apart I thought the "I changed my hair" line was their way of explaining why Leia looked so different in the universe when it was a new actor (then I saw in the credits it was actually her and looked it up because I couldn't beleieve it). New Han Solo "Popo" still comes across as the dorky loser that followed the cool kid everywhere (Han Solo) and then as soon as the cool kid fell out of the picture copied all his traits because they didn't have their own personality, and copied it so poorly it wasn't just a traditional "fraction of" the cool kid, but a performance so poor it ends up going into the negatives.

Kylo Ren has some early-puberty mustache growth going in several scenes. Adam Driver can do proper facial hair so I don't know if he just forgot to shave for those takes and they were like "who cares nobody will notice", or if it's supposed to be an extension of the immaturity of his character.

Mark Hamill seemed like he was reading right off the page after waking up for almost all of his material. He's more lively in interviews about Last Jedi than he is in Last Jedi.

The movie itself is like some trash internet fanfic got picked up as an official screenplay for some reason. I went with people which is the only reason I saw it, and the only reason I didn't walk out. The guy that called me a "negative nancy" for saying it probably wouldn't be very good when he asked before it started, ended up needing to be woken up at the end because it was so bad, he fell asleep.

I feel bad for these new actors knowing their greatest acting achievement will be starring in the worst Star Wars movies (to date), and then I remember how much they were probably paid.

The best is definitely over though... walking out of TLJ, I felt the same way I did when I heard Trump won the election. At least Trump prepped me for other life disappointments... if not for that, who knows what I might've tried doing to myself when I got home from TLJ.… Expand
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HammillJan 2, 2018
They destroyed SW universe. Forever. With an agenda that uses nonsensical writing.
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SoojayMay 3, 2018
So far, this is one of the worst movies of this century. In 10 years time, this picture will be analyzed by film students on the subject 'Blockbusters: beyond mediocrity'. By the way, any critic that has given this movie a good review; takeSo far, this is one of the worst movies of this century. In 10 years time, this picture will be analyzed by film students on the subject 'Blockbusters: beyond mediocrity'. By the way, any critic that has given this movie a good review; take my advice, get out of the city and try to get your principles back.… Expand
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ViharTancosJan 2, 2018
RIP SW universe, you will be missed. It is the end of the legendary story, became an empty shell for money grabbing.
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jlee1018Dec 18, 2017
Didnt do justice to the star wars characters. Snoke, Ackbar, Luke and Phasma all deserved more. Stupid Rose and Finn storyline went nowhere and was forced.
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MusicalButterApr 20, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am a bit late here, but here it goes.

Big budget film, huge franchise owned by a company known for making classics. Just, the plot. I have to talk about the plot.

My first issue with the plot is based around character development. This is in the fact characters get better as you go along the lines of the series. We understand their weaknesses and strengths and become familiar and that we can relate to them, however instead, Rey (she already seemed abnormally good at flying, could even be better than Poe without even having experience), has beaten KYLO REN for the SECOND time through the force. One, we don't know who Rey's parents are, and thanks to Kylo always telling her she's nothing we just eventually become uninterested, and two, Kylo Ren... THE GRANDSON OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER, WHAT? You don't expect embarrassment to catch up on a scale like this. Snoke is killed in the second movie, so not only a young Kylo Ren is just been stripped of his proper potential but a character we were so fascinated by has just been killed by Rian Johnson. Despite this surprise being well played, it was better for it to be saved for a later time. Vice Admiral Holdo was not only introduced in this movie, but died on this movie too, an absolute shame. I'll list replacements from the originals if you want:

Vice Admiral Holdo (Admiral Ackbar, war hero and loved by all fans) (Lando Calrissian, a real showman and also loved dearly as a friend of Han Solo and Leia Organa).

We didn't know who this woman was, and I do wonder how she was not in any of the originals if she was Leia's FRIEND. Admiral Ackbar died AS A BACKGROUND CHARACTER, and Lando wasn't even IN the movie. Rubbish, these two are so dear to my heart, personally.

Second point: Comic Relief. The command structure of the First Order seems drastically unprofessional and a four-year-old could see that the Resistance were so cramped together in that space battle that one ship flying down would've sent another tumbling. It's not a matter of who's smarter (Original AND prequel series) whoever wins is simply who's less stupid and incompetent. C3P0 is loved for his stress-releaser for Han, Chewie, Luke and R2-D2 on the Falcon, but really the humour now seems so forced. Luke drinking the green milk was disturbing, he's LUKE SKYWALKER. Not only that but he takes the mick out of the force. Leia and Holdo seem so harsh on Poe it's not even chuckle-able anymore, and the scene with Finn shooting water all over the place when he wakes up could've been executed better. General Hux (who in the Force Awakens I could say deserved to be the successor to Tarkin) is the centre of abuse even by the Resistance, who are not afraid to CALL this dude just for laughs. If anything, Hux has been ruined just for the sake of laughter, he doesn't deserve to be the sequel version of Tarkin anymore. Nothing quoteable in this new trilogy and he literally is even more of a joke than Rose and Finn's relationship...

I've got to say, Captain Phasma did some cool stuff in the movie, including the fight with Finn. It was not only well made, but we know for sure Finn is able to, as he was one of the best people in the FN corps. Phasma shows determination and ability, but we see weakness in her selfishness and desire to always live. EXCELLENT CHARACTER! She's presumed dead, but I do hope she'll come back on the finale, as she's pretty cool and very unique.

I would say Kylo had little improvement, and not only that but since he refused to become good again and killed off both Snoke and Skywalker, his potential is capped. He will NOT learn anything, or very little, and despite him being my favourite SW character EVER, I feel very sad that this is the height of his power, simply inferior in almost every way to a scavenger on Jakku. Adam Driver's performance was yet again stunning, MUCH MUCH applause to him for his talent.

In conclusion, it's quite clear switching directors midway through a trilogy isn't a good idea. Not only were ideas, concepts and theories thrown away, but characters were wasted at basic developing stage, but Disney doesn't know there's only one more movie left. Where's the development?

I thought Rey would be a relatable and revolutionary hero. Nope. Basically putting out a message that some people can just be good at anything (her) and others have to improve (Kylo, Finn, Phasma) is pretty much a demotivation for young people looking up to any sort of hero. If you're looking for a hero to look up to, Luke Skywalker, Jyn Erso, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn are obvious examples from Star Wars. Even mention Biggs Darklighter, Yoda, Anakin. They represent Sacrifice, Knowledge and Learning, and Determination and Ambition to me, and their flaws made them great characters with huge development.

There's me out. I suppose I could talk more but, overall, the work put into this movie is good, yet the plot destroyed around 6 points in this movie.… Expand
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devin42Dec 18, 2017
Some good ideas, cinematography and solid performance from Adam Driver. Everything else is a tonally confused, misguided mess. Lazily exposited 'moral of the day' a la every Disney movie ever. It trades in anticlimax as though that isSome good ideas, cinematography and solid performance from Adam Driver. Everything else is a tonally confused, misguided mess. Lazily exposited 'moral of the day' a la every Disney movie ever. It trades in anticlimax as though that is cleverer than climax; in actuality it's just less satisfying.

New characters are largely bland and uninteresting, with performances worse than in the previous film. Mark Hamill puts in a good shift with a highly questionable storyline. John Williams puts out, unfortunately, his most uninspired score yet, with literally no new pieces worthy of listening to. Certainly closer to the prequels than the OT.… Expand
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KeldorKatarnDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is not just the worst Star Wars movie ever created, if you can even call it that, it is also simply not a good movie. It has a completely pointless side plot that doesn't fit neither in style or tone to the rest and just drags the movie out way too long. The pacing is awful, the dialogue rivals Attack of the Clones levels and the humor is atrocious. Not that the humor isn't funny.. it is for the most part. But it is used in the completely places, almost every time taking all gravitas and emotion out of a scene. And on top of that it is the kind of Marvel humor that often even breaks the 4th wall that just does not belong in a Star Wars movie. But as mentioned, even in a normal fun movie it ruins a scene and emotion every time in this one.
The characters have almost no progression or arc except maybe Kylo Ren. The others either don't progress at all, are suddenly completely different from what we saw in TFA or even regress and undo a lot of their development we saw in TFA.
Someone at Disney obviously didn't like a single thing about TFA because Ryan Johnson got a green light to basically destroy everything TFA achieves, from character establishment to entire plot points. Half the support cast is completely discarded. The way Luke Skywalker is portrayed is absolutely appalling. For a casual movie goer at least the performance of Mark Hamill is very nice, even though even his at times great performance hits rocks on the road whenever he's forced to deliver an absolutely stupid one liner or milk alien **** apparently Disney's way to bring nipples into a Star Wars movie.. otherwise his performance is very good, maybe the best of the movie. But at no time does he actually come across as Luke Skywalker. Maybe at the very end in one scene.. but even that scene has the problem that he comes across as Empire's Luke.. not as a Master.. even Return of the Jedi's Luke was more progressed as a character, so he's yet another example of this movie's tendency to undo character arcs.
The movie is basically resetting the galaxy to the state of Empire Strikes back without achieving any of the drama or emotion of that original era. The claim this movie did anything fresh is also completely without basis. This movie copies scenes from Empire and RotJ left and right. but unlike TFA which copied a lot from A new hope, this movie fails to get the tone and gravitas of any of these scenes right. TFA only failed with the new "death star" scenes. The rest worked. This movie can't get anything right. The Jedi training doesn't work, the "joing me, we'll rule the galaxy together" doesn't work. Rey running off to redeem Kylo is an entire movie too early and makes no sense for her at this time in her development. She literally called Kylo a monster after she watched him kill Han just two days or so ago. The hoth scene is the most insulting. The hoth-copycat maneuver is so obvious that they actually havea soldier lick the ground and make sure the viewer knows the ground is white from salt and not snow... apparently thinking this made the obvious copy and better... and here again the movie fails to even remotely capture the drama of the battle of hoth. Nothing is achieved in this battle. We attack, we get blown up, we retreat without having achieved a thing except for an awkward kiss out of nowhere that just makes you go "ewww" because it is THAT unbelievable.
And finally this movie also throws in useless and damaging SJW propaganda that is so painfully obvious it hurts. Diverse cast on the rebel side, white males on the first order side. female leaders on the rebel side, male leaders on the evil side. All men, both good and evil, are cowards, idiots or insubordinate machos, the women are all cool headed and holier than though, better at everything without any stablished reason how they got their skills. Add to that out of nowhere comments about the military industrial complex, capitalism, animal rights and veganism and you got the mix. But this movie is even too stupid to pull this off, by making the black lead the biggest idiot, a coward and repeatedly mentioning that he was a janitor that wiped the floors. But only a couple scenes later he suddenly pilots a speeder when in the last movie he needed a pilot because he couldn't fly a ship... and why is an engineer or whatever Jar Jar Rose was supposed to be fly one of those as well...
which brings us to the next problem of this movie. way too many people are good at everything for no reason while the first order is shown as incompetent clowns.

I could say a ton more about the failings of this movie but let me finish with almost the biggest shocker that I only realized after a while... even John Williams lets you down in this. The score is copy and paste from TFA and OT and not a single new memorable theme gets added to the mix. And not just familiar short themes: An entire OT track is hijacked and played in an action scene.

In short: This movie is awful.… Expand
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JoelovichDec 18, 2017
This movie is an insult to all the fans. They take every chance to destroy anything from the Star Wars past in the most incoherent way. Who they think would watch the movie? Kinder garden kids? Everything, from the plot (it there was any) toThis movie is an insult to all the fans. They take every chance to destroy anything from the Star Wars past in the most incoherent way. Who they think would watch the movie? Kinder garden kids? Everything, from the plot (it there was any) to the characters an the "jokes, is as superficial and disney-like! ¬¬ I hated it!… Expand
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PocketCriticDec 18, 2017
A fundamentally broken film that boasts stunning visuals, a peppering of great action and a few scenes of tense drama but ultimately requires audiences with any prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe to disengage their brains completely.A fundamentally broken film that boasts stunning visuals, a peppering of great action and a few scenes of tense drama but ultimately requires audiences with any prior knowledge of the Star Wars universe to disengage their brains completely. The film's treatment of legacy characters comes off as disrespectful to long time fans and yet also fails to deliver any compelling character development for the new cast outside of the main antagonist. Established plot points and mystery set up in J.J. Abram's The Force Awakens are squandered for the sake of shock value and the film compromises the integrity of its characters to hold together it's flimsy plot. In The Last Jedi's few moments of brilliance, it is on par with what audiences have seen in the Original Trilogy. In between those few moments of greatness, The Last Jedi struggles to gain a leg up over any of the films in the Prequel Trilogy.… Expand
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fanboy1974Dec 20, 2017
Saw the movie this past weekend at my local theater. Wanted to rate this a "0" for completely ruining Luke. Instead, I'm choosing to give it a "1" for pretty much completely ruining Luke. Terribly disappointing film.
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tigermitchDec 28, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is a dumpster fire of a bad movie. Faulty logic, poorly handled characters, plot holes that are too many to count, no synergy with any of the characters (except Rey and Kylo), and lazy terrible writing. Not to mention shoving down our throats political messages galore.

Let's start with the start of the movie. The beginning space battle is a case study on how NOT to portray a space battle. If you want to see how it is really done right, go see Rogue One. That ending space battle was fantastic. Not only was it visually exciting, but it was fairly accurate on how air battles are run. The notion that you would "drop" bombs...IN SPACE is patently ridiculous. How stupid do you expect the audience to be??? There are viewers who are above the age of 2. And let's take for granted that there is some type of tech that allows objects to counter act the void of space and produce some type of gravity/magnetic "bubble", it STILL makes ZERO strategic sense! Poe had cleared the dreadnought of surface cannons (which I find AMAZING for a single X-wing fighter), why take the chance of continuing to put your people and bombers into harms way??? You are telling me you can affix that payload onto missiles that can be launched from a safer distance away? That whole scene is just stupid all all around.

Secondly, who in their right mind believes that they handled Luke Skywalker in the proper way??? Luke Skywalker, a hopeful and optimistic man, was able to see a sliver of light in a Darth Vader (his father Anikan Skywalker) who for decades has committed genocide and atrocities. And he believed that he was worthy of being redeemed and saved!!! But for an instant saw some darkness in his own nephew, his SISTER'S and BEST FRIEND'S son, and thought he deserved to be struck down...MURDERED, at the swing of a lightsaber. That is the dumbest bit of writing for that character and clearly demonstrates how little Rian Johnson and Disney understand how to handle such an iconic character.

Third, that space chase was long, boring, illogical, and the story arch went NO WHERE. OK, let's give them that they have the tech to track them through hyperspace. Fine. The chase at sub-light speed is on. You can't send a second contingent of ships or fleet to hyperspace in from of their trajectory to form a pincer movement??? Again, VERY lazy writing to try to force a plot that sucked to begin with. Flying Leia?!? No, JUST NO. And where she came into the ship on, there aren't any air locks? Everything else about that scene sucked, I guess why not. The ONLY thing that worked was the scene where Kylo hesitates to fire on his mother but then the other tie fighters in his squadron does so in his stead. This scene clearly cements the seeds of hesitation in him (It had been planted in him long before). To just have Leia die at this moment would have at least furthered Kylo's story arch. But no, we get Harry Potter Princess Leia. Vice Admiral Holdo. WHY WAS SHE IN THIS MOVIE?!? Just to have another female heroine? And her character STUNK!!! Not telling Poe what her plan was is just dumb. This of course forces Poe to conspire with Finn and Rose in what would be the crappiest amount of filler that amounted to NOTHING FOR THE OVERALL STORY in the Star Wars Universe. "Was it worth it" Lord, epic stupidity strikes again. You go through all of that to save alien space race horses, but I guess it's OK to let those slaves remain slaves. Look I am not for abusing animals, but did we have to be lectured on this in a Star Wars movie????? And the answer is, NOOOO it wasn't worth it!!! Your mission was to find a code breaker to get you onto the First Order ship to deactivate or destroy that tracker so that you could save the Resistance! It was to help make Rose's sister's sacrifice meaningful and to help save Rey if she came back! That whole Canto Bight story arch was a total disaster.

Forth, if Luke Skywalker really does teach young padawans the ways of the Force like he did with Rey, it's no wonder Kylo said, "Screw this, I'm out of here to find a real teacher!" and destroyed Luke's Jedi academy! "Just reach out with your emotions." Oh man. Brutal. The writing totally stunk! It took Luke weeks, perhaps months on Dagobah with Yoda, physically training, mentally training, spiritually training to become a Jedi. Who in their right mind believes that even with talent, that without hard dedication, perseverance and training that you can ever realize becoming ANYTHING much less a Jedi????? That notion simply spits on everything we know to be true. Rey has no character growth. She's instantly great at everything! What a boring waste of a character. And YES!!! She shouldn't have been NOBODY, but the daughter of LUKE!

Fifth, Killing Snoke like you did. WTF! You build up this character like you did in TFA and give us ZERO??? HE was the new Darth Vader! He had gravitas. He struck fear in people and made people believe was a real threat. Not Kylo.

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SandthresherJan 1, 2018
I went into this movie expecting a lot more than ever was delivered. Going in mostly blind, it was easy to tell that this wasn't done by the same people who did Episode seven. I walked about about two thirds way through the movie and met upI went into this movie expecting a lot more than ever was delivered. Going in mostly blind, it was easy to tell that this wasn't done by the same people who did Episode seven. I walked about about two thirds way through the movie and met up with friends who saw it all the way to the end. The movie plays out like a check list of modern day stereotypes rather than the grand science fantasy epic that is Star Wars.

While the movie has some epic quality visuals and some awesome moments the poor story and butchering of already established characters outweighs it. Many opportunities are shunted aside for the sake of one liners and what I can only figure is a ham fisted social justice agenda behind it-- On that note I am most sure that this movie would pass the Bechdel test for what amount of good that is worth.

There are moments of absolute gold quality in this movie and are worthy of being in a Star Wars film, but they are short lived and often followed up with a punchline that doesn't need to be there. If the movie were written by the previous team and directed by Abrams, the movie would have been the epic sequel to Episode 7 as this movie wants to be.

Call me an 'Alt Right Troll' or some kind of Bot, I've been called worse things before. I'm sure plenty would have been upset if rather than the 7th Harry Potter movie we got an adaptation of the Fan Fiction 'My Immortal'.

TL;DR This is a Star Wars film played like a bad social justice fan fiction trying to hit every part of an ideological check list as possible.… Expand
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ficekaMar 29, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's a way to go your own way without giving a giant middle finger to your fan base. Heck, I didn't consider myself a star wars aficionado at all and this movie still made me irrationally angry about the treatment of the characters (specifically Luke). *rant begin* If this was anything but Star Wars the critics would have taken it to school over the lack of consistent tone (weird and off-putting humor abounds in what are otherwise supposed to be significant and awesome moments. And yes, there is a "your mom" joke in the first 5 minutes), the lack of character growth, the lack of physics/ any real rules in this universe now, and the overall disjointedness of the plot (Watch Disney shoehorn in a completely useless subplot to take a shot at rich aristocrats. Look, I hate rich aristocrats as much as the next person, but it comes off as hypocritical when Disney is simultaneously beating small theater owners into submission with new screening demands.). Every critic's newspaper that published a glowing review of this mess is trying to divert attention and say that all the bad reviews are from the alt-right people who can't stand feminists. But hey, the alternative would be to admit that they are really just in Disney's pockets. I guess the alt-right boogeymen story will have to do. I voted for Hillary. I didn't vote for Star Wars to turn into a ham-fisted attempt at social commentary. These movies were supposed to be an escape. A chance to take your mind off of the bitter division in today's politics and believe in real heroes again. Sadly, the only escape you will get from this movie is when the lights come on and you can move on with your life and accept that these movies aren't for you anymore.… Expand
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garvinblastApr 29, 2018
even "The Room" has better story and direction, than that trash. This movie awfull in every aspect, except visual.
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playabotMay 14, 2018
Had to try really hard not to give this a zero - for me the movie was bad the first time and now completely unwatchable. 101 ideas, none of them make sense, none of them grounded in starwars lore, and more often then not with a politicalHad to try really hard not to give this a zero - for me the movie was bad the first time and now completely unwatchable. 101 ideas, none of them make sense, none of them grounded in starwars lore, and more often then not with a political motivation. If I could get my money back, I'd take it. I will never spend another dollar on starwars under Disney.… Expand
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ChioDec 21, 2017
The cinematography of TLJ was top notch. The soundtrack was very much in tune with the Star Wars franchise. There's one decent light saber fight.

That's all I can say good about this movie. There were so many plot holes and plot lines toThe cinematography of TLJ was top notch. The soundtrack was very much in tune with the Star Wars franchise. There's one decent light saber fight.

That's all I can say good about this movie. There were so many plot holes and plot lines to nowhere. Teasers from The Force Awakens (Who's Snoke, Who are Rey's parents), went unanswered or - at best - left with unsatisfying answers. Luke's climactic scene was stupid; I completely understand why Mark Hammil said this was not his Luke. This isn't the star wars you grew up with. This is the disney-fied cash grab that garnered more groans and eyerolls than episode I.… Expand
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gq_foineOct 22, 2018
I gave this movie a 0 because they totally deserved it! They ruined all the characters! The action was just silly for Princess Leah to float out into space and come back into the ship? This had to be a joke. Then Luke doing a hologram?I gave this movie a 0 because they totally deserved it! They ruined all the characters! The action was just silly for Princess Leah to float out into space and come back into the ship? This had to be a joke. Then Luke doing a hologram? Give me a break and Supreme Snoke dying with an easy mind trick? GIVE ME A break!… Expand
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WilkensOct 22, 2018
This is the worst Star Wars movie of all. The second worst is Force Awakens. These new Disney films are not even Star Wars movies in the real sense because they completely depart from the 9 part screen play written by Lucas. Aside from thisThis is the worst Star Wars movie of all. The second worst is Force Awakens. These new Disney films are not even Star Wars movies in the real sense because they completely depart from the 9 part screen play written by Lucas. Aside from this nitpick which is very important to Star Wars fans and probably much less so to casual viewers, Last Jedi is a bad film in its own right. Most of the issues with Star Wars 7 and 8 stem from Disney allowing JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson to direct each movie as they saw fit, with no regard for a cohesive story from one film to the next. For Last Jedi, Johnson either ignored or marginalized everything Abrams did in 7, which ignored or marginalized everything in the saga that preceded it. While Johnson did this in order to carve out his own vision for Star Wars, which was a self-centered motive, he would likely say he did so to subvert viewer expectations and surprise them. In my view Johnson tried too hard to be Hideo Kojima and missed the mark by a mile. Kojima is a master of turning a plot in a direction you did not see coming, but only after making you invested in the characters. Johnson subverts expectations so often that it leaves the viewer apathetic about the characters and the general outcome of the movie. Without including spoilers, Last Jedi leaves you wondering why certain characters were introduced, leaving most viewers unable to even name these characters after seeing the movie multiple times. Other characters who are supposed to be significant, die or otherwise leave the story without explaining who they were or why they mattered. The Last Jedi cultivates apathy like no other movie I have ever seen. It creates the type of apathy that makes even a hard core Star Wars fan get up to go get a slice of pizza during the movie and not care what they missed because it doesn't matter. Between Force Awakens and Last Jedi the story has been so thoroughly butchered that nothing can be done to salvage the final episode. The worst part of all this is the disservice it has done to Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, and Mark Hamill who were forced into scripts that were well beneath them and ended their story lines in unceremonious and apathy-inducing ways. Hamill himself is a well known critic of the Disney Star Wars movies and I'm sure would say far worse than he already has if he wasn't such a gentleman. In the end I regret having seen the Last Jedi and Force Awakens. These movies are not only just not enjoyable to watch, they undermine the feeling I have about the whole Star Wars saga and make the previous movies less interesting. I have spent the last couple of years trying to train myself to think that this is not what happened to the characters. This is what went on inside the minds of JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson and is totally unrelated to the Star Wars universe. If you have not yet seen the Last Jedi and are a Star Wars fan, I recommend not seeing this movie.… Expand
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BenjaminDittoDec 20, 2017
No spoiler review. The last jedi's biggest problem for me, is that the over all tone just doesnt feel like the adult star wars bad ass movies we have gotten, even through the prequels. This was a little kids disney movie complete with so manyNo spoiler review. The last jedi's biggest problem for me, is that the over all tone just doesnt feel like the adult star wars bad ass movies we have gotten, even through the prequels. This was a little kids disney movie complete with so many poorly timed jokes and slapstick humor you lose track of the actual plot lines. My second biggest issue is the plot holes. George Lucas is called many things, but his team did a good job covering all of there nerdy plots because they know that nerds and fans love to debate star wars. And they did a pretty good job minus some things here and there. This movie was made by people that either are very out of touch with its fan base, or they are trying to change there fan base from nerds to more general public. Because this is not a movie meant for nerds. They dont even try to make the science make sense. They dont try to make the plot line up with the cannon of star wars at all. This is a movie for the general public to laugh and have a good time. If thats what disney wants to make star wars then so be it, but myself and the long term fan base is probably not going to stick around for another movie like this one.… Expand
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Ana-kinDec 21, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ESB, ROTJ and ROTS are my favourites in that order. But seriously, I would rather have Jar Jar in every single Star Wars movie than watch the Last Jedi again. Stop defending it. It's not about theories, or about Luke Skywalker dying or about Rey and Snoke being nobodies. It's just that the movie sucks. End of story. The plot is not well written and it hardly develops throughout the movie. They build up the hype in TFA for nothing! If you want your characters to be no one, don't make it look like they are related to somebody we know! Besides, half of the movie is about two characters, one of them we don't know, and what they do is completely pointless. Finn and the asian chick could have just sat at the corner of the screen waving, because they entirely made the movie boring, as NO ONE cares about them. The script is just ridiculous. We understand that they want to make a new saga, one I won't be part of (I consider that without Skywalkers there isn't more Star Wars, as Lucas said Star Wars was about the Skywalkers), but they completely ruined it with this movie. They insulted our favorite characters and made their new ones look like invencible gods, aka REY, that without any training she is capable of besting Luke Skywalker... WTF PEOPLE. This movie is **** bad written and completely insulting. Its becoming another Avengers: the plot is not interesting but it has good visual effects and we can sell lots of **** **** Disney, I hope you crumble down to the ground like the Empire did. And thank you Mark Hamill for always supporting the fandom, even if it has cost you your character's life in this new garbage movie. People can say what they want and try to lie to themselves, but this movie has no redemption at all. What they did to Princess Leia... left me speechless. But what they've done to Luke? **** insulting. I'm out of this saga, but at least I have the Original and god, even the PREQUELS are better than this BS.… Expand
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johnt543May 31, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible movie. The "critics" were paid/bribed for a "good" review of this terrible movie.
The movie starts off with really stupid "jokes" and doesn't stop the entire time.
It ruins old characters. The new characters offer nothing new or interesting. Finn is written out of the movie. Tico is awful. The SJW theme is disgusting. Rey is still a mary sue. Snoke is a joke. Total waste of time.… Expand
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LastHopeIsBadMay 25, 2018
Goes by the title "Elite Praetorian Guard". Gets killed with buddies by the unskilled lightsaber wielding protagonists... Disney somehow made Star Wars better and worse at the same time. All they're doing is stealing from the original moviesGoes by the title "Elite Praetorian Guard". Gets killed with buddies by the unskilled lightsaber wielding protagonists... Disney somehow made Star Wars better and worse at the same time. All they're doing is stealing from the original movies and the rest is bs the writers wrote.… Expand
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edsteppy33May 25, 2018
Like most people leaving reviews here I am beyond shocked with this garbage film. Plot holes, inconsistencies with previous films and a lack of anything resembling the star wars built up in 1-6 (and even 7). There is clear social manipulationLike most people leaving reviews here I am beyond shocked with this garbage film. Plot holes, inconsistencies with previous films and a lack of anything resembling the star wars built up in 1-6 (and even 7). There is clear social manipulation going on when there is such a disparity between critic and user reviews. This film is horrendous in a vacuum, but within in the context of the SW universe its a giant middle finger to every fan of the franchise. Sad times ahead for Star Wars. Like most, I will have to do with the memories of the first 6 films and the quality extended universe cannon that has already been written into books and comics long before Disney took a dump on Star Wars. The 2 is for the music and acting (and so this review is counted in the average user score), both of which while top-notch could not save a horribly written and edited film.… Expand
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0StasisMay 26, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's a lot of heroes, and they all have journeys, but you know what Star Wars doesn't have? The Hero's Journey. How can you ever feel a character's triumph if it's not even earned? There are NO stakes to Rey or any character in this story. Everything is "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!", I don't know, I must be this good. It just reeks of narcissism. Is it any wonder that the fans are divided? This has nothing to do with the Star Wars Lore. It's telling a good story. We were setup from the first film to find out why Rey has these great hidden powers and that she would have to train in the ways of the force. She was going to find out who were her parents. This could have been a great character arc. But no instead we were given characters that wins, and achieve the highest powers without trails, tribulation, and no sense of earned victory. Hense Mary Sue. Good Characters don't just achieve greatness because they are so great, they BECOME great through challenges, real dark confrontations, and it's only when they overcome them they are REAL heroes. Why do people love the old Luke? It's because he had to face so many obstacles and tribulations like that his family was murdered, he had to deal with the truth that his greatest enemy was his father. To face Vader meant he had to face himself. He would have to overcome fear all the way to turning to the dark side. He was the only one to believe that there was good in Vader, all the way till he even convinced Vader himself that he was right. All the side plots suffer this point and I don't need to cover them because the end result is the same. I liked some of the character's personality, but personality is not enough to carry a story. Good character development does.… Expand
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DestramMay 31, 2018
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****** The main villain(most interesting character in my opinion) gets clumsily killed off. Luke's role is idiotic at best (even Mark Hamill himself has said so).

There's many cringe worthy moments in the movie. So of the actors/actresses in the movie are very average at best.

Worst Star Wars movie I've seen (Haven't seen Solo yet...)

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SaroSep 30, 2018
This is worst Star Wars movie of all time. This movie is not even better than Battlefield earth 3000. Rian Johnson should stop witch Star wars because this is just bad.
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SKELETOR420Jan 2, 2018
See Mark Hamill, etc. I can't even muster the energy to crap on the movie. It's actually an improvement over TFA in the 2nd half.
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SeriousGameFanDec 21, 2017
What is there more to be said that hasn't been said already, from bigger fans of Star Wars than I. As a simple movie goer, I actually enjoyed The Force Awakens. I also very much disliked The Last Jedi. Forced jokes that seem out of place,What is there more to be said that hasn't been said already, from bigger fans of Star Wars than I. As a simple movie goer, I actually enjoyed The Force Awakens. I also very much disliked The Last Jedi. Forced jokes that seem out of place, stupid focus on cute animals, unexplained segments or motives, bad editing, pointless and bloated scenes; it's all there to make a bad movie. The real takeaway here is that we cannot trust critic reviews anymore, as I have not seen such a false narrative and huge discrepancy in critic and audience opinion. Truth be told, Star Wars is at a point that it is too big to not make money. Despite the sour taste from TLJ, I will see Episode 9, since JJ will be directing. However, I will not ever pay to watch another movie from Rian Johnson; of that you can be sure. A complete mess.… Expand
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H_SnypeRMay 22, 2018
Movie critics are retarted. Character motivations don't make sense, backstory between Kylo and Snoke and Luke is lacking in detail. Plot holes here and there.
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CoreGamer1408Dec 23, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The femi-commie resistance got it's diversity hire ass handed to it by the Space Nazi's. The alt right should be praising this film as 11/10 cultural victory. As for the rest of us politically non-binary people this film osculates from cringe humour to edgy social snow flakery commentary. I loved the lack of self awareness from Disney with the Casino planet. Yup a nice sharp dig at Capitalism and the rich. WTF is Disney, but the very thing they condemn a rich capitalistic giant. Go and see this train wreck it is fun for all the wrong reasons.… Expand
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thelotrfanDec 20, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a movie that I had been anticipating for a long time and what they did to the whole Star Wars franchise was just shocking.

Racism and sexism were apparent throughout the film - against white males. You have all these women in roles protecting men from danger, while the men sit around and let the women fight - not a biblical picture of Godly men stepping up at all. Dave Shilling from Birth Movies Death has a great quote, "The series’ millennial good guys are a young white woman, a black man, a woman of Asian descent, and a Latino man, while its millennial bad guys are two white dudes."
The jokes were so bad. There was so much unnecessary humor that was so uncalled for. Throwing the lightsaber off the cliff. That wasn't funny at all - I knew the movie was ruined right from that moment.
They have ruined the Star Wars that was so happily ended in Episode 6 Return of the Jedi. They killed Han Solo and made his and Lea's marriage disappear (more progressivism) in the last movie, and if that wasn't bad enough in this movie they make Luke, one of the most humble characters in Star Wars, into a jerk who hates Jedi. Mark Hamil even when on a rant after filming about how disappointed he was with his character Luke and said he was manipulated into someone he never wanted to be. And WHY ARE FORCE GHOSTS SO POWERFUL??? I am a true Star Wars fan and let me tell you that fans of the FIRST Star Wars episodes that were so good (4-6) did not enjoy this new movie.
So much for fan theories. They killed off Snoke without telling us anything. They made Rey's parents into nothing and ruined all the hopes of fans. They do not care in the least what we think.
The part when they went to the gambling planet was so unnecessary and I was completely lost.
They made Poe, one of the best characters, into a really mean person who is outdone in character and wisdom by...you guessed it, a female commander who he is a jerk to.… Expand
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rebelkimyDec 21, 2017
I don't normally write reviews. It's been a week since I've seen it and I am still confused as to what the director was trying to achieve. He hoped that people would be surprised by how fun and funny the movie was, but the humor was justI don't normally write reviews. It's been a week since I've seen it and I am still confused as to what the director was trying to achieve. He hoped that people would be surprised by how fun and funny the movie was, but the humor was just awful and misplaced and took you out of the seriousness of the scenes and the situation.

I thought the Luke and Rey stuff was "alright" and I just wish there had been more screen time given to them, instead of that stupid casino scene which was completely pointless to the plot. I think they're absolutely brilliant actors and they didn't utilize them enough. I felt like they could have done more with the already established and meme friendly characters as well. They could have added way more emotionally traumatizing scenes using those characters, I was almost ready for that. I don't mind them ending the old stories and reinventing Star Wars, I was ready for that as well. But what I ended up seeing was this hollow mess of a film. Like they wrote 7 different stories for the film, cut the scenes up into strips mixed them up and glued them back together and said "that'll do!". I didn't think any of it was clever, I didn't wrestle with my morals, I didn't feel any emotional resonance with any of the dramatic things that happened. It was just frankly ridiculous to the point in being comical in places (Leia). Most of the important scenes are just copy pasted from the old films but done way worse. There are continuity errors ALL over the place. Huge swathes of the plot were pointless to the point I was left exhausted 2/3 of the way through the film, I was ready for it to be over before the last act even started. Some of the random plot props they through in also made no point or sense (the books in the tree, we'd never seen them before so it made no impact). I think getting this director on was a complete mistake. He wasted so much potential. The GOOD parts of the film were the Graphics, the start was a pretty good space battle. I wish there were more interesting and visually appealing scenes other than the Casino, but the plot left no room for that. A couple of interactions between Rey and Luke were funny or interesting and left you wanting more. I really wanted to enjoy this film or feel something for this film, but the only thing I felt was disappointment. I'm quite jealous of the people who did enjoy it and don't judge them in any way, but now I'm really worried for the future of films in general if this is what critics think is a great film. Valerian had more of a star wars feel than this was, it had more charm and characters and great opening scenes and establishing shots that made it a believable universe and was in general much, much better. Not perfect and a bit long but it was still coherant and none of it was pointless. Oh well..… Expand
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KerunatoDec 22, 2017
this movie is the wors star wars film ever made it is a horrible to even think about it
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JanCyraniakDec 22, 2017
Pluses: Mark Hamill's acting and special effects. Minuses: chaotic plot and LOADS of quite blunt (if not primitive) feminist/animal rights/anticapitalist propaganda.
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KyBaJan 2, 2018
A bad Star Wars but a good action movie, but what I wanted to see was a star wars
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Martinus25089Jan 29, 2018
This is not Star Wars. Even threw off the stuff made by JJ Abrahms, it's ok the changes, but it need to be more slowly
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SymposiumMay 25, 2018
Really, really bad. Even for a drawn out slow-speed chase, not great. General complaints:

- Turning on each others lightsabers? Why not do this mid-duel? (note: they can't - it's part of cannon) - Poe is the real phantom menace? - KillingReally, really bad. Even for a drawn out slow-speed chase, not great. General complaints:

- Turning on each others lightsabers? Why not do this mid-duel? (note: they can't - it's part of cannon)
- Poe is the real phantom menace?
- Killing Ackbar? Why? Isn't he like 150 anyway?
- Lightspeed attack! Too bad no one though of that in any of the other movies...
- Maz Kanata's reality show - who's filming this?
- Delivers on ZERO promises from TFA
- Flimsy plot points ('secretly' escape to the ONLY planet around? That's your plan? I can't believe THAT didn't work...)
- He First Order, why not bring in another ship? or use any of those ships ON YOUR CURRENT SHIP to head them off? This movie is so dumb...
- Luke won't fight Darth Vader (the 2nd most evil guy in the universe), but decides to slaughter his nephew over...a nightmare?
- Ridiculous jokes
- There's more. This is just a rant.… Expand
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cflanderMay 28, 2018
So disappointing. Way to ruin a franchise. While the special effects are beautiful, everything else is rotten. The story is nonsensical and Luke Skywalker as Mark Hamil has pointed out is "not my Luke Skywalker." They ruined the character bySo disappointing. Way to ruin a franchise. While the special effects are beautiful, everything else is rotten. The story is nonsensical and Luke Skywalker as Mark Hamil has pointed out is "not my Luke Skywalker." They ruined the character by taking everything that made him great in the first trilogy and removing it. Fire Kathleen Kennedy, Fire Rian Johnson. Reboot it all.… Expand
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ShadowDAug 19, 2018
Visuals are the only reason I didn't give it a 0. Terribly written - random,dumb,bad and unnecessary characters, has no respect for the source material.
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metavizardMar 21, 2018
Nothing really matters... except what we tell you.

Plain and simple, the movie suffers from identity crisis. They dont want to be constrained with the setting but they want to profit on the same universe. Change can be good, but with someNothing really matters... except what we tell you.

Plain and simple, the movie suffers from identity crisis.
They dont want to be constrained with the setting but they want to profit on the same universe. Change can be good, but with some reason behind it. It even forgets the past movie. Lazy writing in general and capitalism at its worst.
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- Story/plot/script/ plot holes/ inconsistent (force gets reworked and such)
- Flat main actress (not her fault though)
- Humour
- Destroyed legacy (dont count this if you arent a fan)
- Too long/ pacing/ dynamic issues
- Political correctnes/pandering to minorities/forced feminism (all males are functionally retarded)/propaganda/characters made up just for toys

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+CGI/effects
+Mark Hamil (if youre not a SW fan, otherwise makes you wanna cry)… Expand
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hongkong_teaJan 1, 2018
I agree that this film is a SW universe killer. Disney must be willing to destroy and rebuild to make something that fits it's needs so they can make a film a year for decades and not care how little sense make compared to the originals. IfI agree that this film is a SW universe killer. Disney must be willing to destroy and rebuild to make something that fits it's needs so they can make a film a year for decades and not care how little sense make compared to the originals. If you like SW you will not like this one.… Expand
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TwinPines85Dec 20, 2017
I've enjoyed every Star Wars movie except this one! Like a poor TV movie from the 80's, it is littered with plot holes and bad ideas. For me, it damages the whole Star Wars legacy and makes me less likely to watch future movies in theI've enjoyed every Star Wars movie except this one! Like a poor TV movie from the 80's, it is littered with plot holes and bad ideas. For me, it damages the whole Star Wars legacy and makes me less likely to watch future movies in the series. Shame!… Expand
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RoyCarmineMar 29, 2018
Stupid and expensive toy commercial. Thx to disney and the band,i lost faith in SW franchise.
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RorakMar 17, 2018
Worst Star Wars ever. It has no star wars soul. Writers and producers failed to give the previous moves a worthy sequel.
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TheFrogDec 19, 2017
SJW Wars Part II - The Patriarchy Strikes Back
You already know how this kind of thing goes by now, right? Evil white men do evil things, but are luckily stupid enough for courageous kickass females (and occasionally mixed ethnicity maleSJW Wars Part II - The Patriarchy Strikes Back
You already know how this kind of thing goes by now, right? Evil white men do evil things, but are luckily stupid enough for courageous kickass females (and occasionally mixed ethnicity male sidekicks) to save the day.
You love white male bashing? This movie is for you. You don't? Then it's not. Simple as that.… Expand
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VallejoMachMar 25, 2018
Sham of a movie laden down by truly dreadful writing. Easily the worst Star Wars movie ever made.
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Jrcook79Dec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disliked this movie enough to write a review, which is a first. Irrespective of the lack of plot (only ne actual meaningful thing happened which is that Kylo killed the forever enigmatic Snoke), the movie does not respect the intrigue that was set up in the film that preceded it. Force Awakens was by no means a perfect film but respected the source material and captured the essence of Star wars. This clunker arrogantly dismisses all of the interesting questions raised by that movie including: who is Rey? Who is Snoke? How did Maz Kanata acquire the lightsaber? Who are the Knights of Ren? etc. Luke was made into a helpless joke in this one. For God's sakes they spent an entire movie in Force Awakens trying to find Luke and he refuses to help the "good guys" in any meaningul way.. Decoy? Gimme a break. How many decoys were in this movie lol. At least the "space horses" were set free. Heads should roll over this, starting with Rian Johnson.… Expand
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felipemaiafDec 19, 2017
This movie is so bad that I created an account to review it. Even all those nice dogfights would make this **** a good movie. So many plot holes, poor character construction, 0 **** to previous movies and the list goes on
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aaron2203Apr 21, 2018
As of today Metacritic "professional" Critic review scores:

The Last Jedi = 85
The Godfather II = 85

Yep... They think they're equally good. Embarrassingly obvious whats going on. Where's the professional integrity?
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bzxbotDec 21, 2017
A disaster of a movie. Full of plot holes, dropped plots and ignore aspects of the lore and the canon. The canon has been wiped clean and they still mess it up. Sad to see a franchise go wrong in the middle of it.
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boxishereMay 18, 2018
Late review, decided to submit since solo is gonna come out soon.
Personally not a hardcore star wars fan, but has seen the original trilogy and the prequels.
The force awakens was okay, would give it 5-6, but this movie, I would say theLate review, decided to submit since solo is gonna come out soon.
Personally not a hardcore star wars fan, but has seen the original trilogy and the prequels.
The force awakens was okay, would give it 5-6, but this movie, I would say the directors completely ignored their fans and focused on expressing their own political views instead of actually telling a compelling story. IMHO this is an incredibly bad move regarding the marketing of the movie, what the studio should focus on should only be on its fan base, anything other motivations should be kept at a minimum, yet we have all these social justice stuff that the old fan base cannot care less about. What's more is that the directors even said in interviews that they do not care about their fans, compare this with infinity wars and you can clearly see the difference between the attitudes of the leaders of the studios.
Two points goes to visual effects, its a 200 million dollar budget film after-all.
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IsraelDCCApr 5, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Para cualquiera que hable español. Que sepan que esta película es un bodrio, un asco total. Pague por ver algo tan ridículo y mediocre en cualquier aspecto.… Expand
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TybersnakeMay 16, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was easily the most disappointing film I have seen in years. I had hope after the Force Awakens, but this film seemed to intentionally spit in the face of series fans or really any cinema-goer with any amount of critical thinking, as the plot is meandering and ultimately pointless. The main theme of the film was about how the past needs to die and other hamfisted messages daisy chained together to slap viewers in the face with 'this aint yo daddy's star wars'-type schlock. Also Luke Skywalker had his character completely assassinated in such 180-degree ways that can not be explained as 'he got old' or 'he made a mistake and now feels super guilty about stuff'. I hated this film.… Expand
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fuwanekoMar 28, 2018
Even if it wasn't a Star Wars movie, it would still be a terrible one. But when you consider this as "canon" and expansion of original sextalogy... It's lightyears worse.
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DeadlyDec 21, 2017
Star Wars is dead. Star Wars is dead Gender and Diversity Wars is what it should be titled. It gets a 3-star rating because there's some beautiful art in it.
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ukrScorpionMay 1, 2018
Hard version Hunger Games part 2
90210 Star series
- There are no epic battles
- boring story
- main villain with the face of an offended schoolboy
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HPHirvingDec 19, 2017
Dumb scenes, weird humor, characters lacking of motivation and charisma, lots of new characters/creatures that are completely forgettable, scenes in the space lacking of every kind of sense (I'm not talking about sound traveling through spaceDumb scenes, weird humor, characters lacking of motivation and charisma, lots of new characters/creatures that are completely forgettable, scenes in the space lacking of every kind of sense (I'm not talking about sound traveling through space but a squadron of bombardier ships seems pretty difficult to miss in a screen).

To sum up, a completely mess that blows every mediocre try of building a interesting story for the trilogy made in the prior episode.… Expand
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starwarsfan2222Dec 19, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible entry in the franchise. It is not that hard to make a good Star Wars film, yet somehow the creative team behind this movie seemed to have trouble. Luke didn't feel like Luke at ALL, we still don't know who Snoke is and now he is dead, Rey received zero training of any kind yet is still excellent with a lightsaber and the most powerful jedi (clearly done because Rey is a female), Kylo Ren is a weak baby, Leia flying in space..??, and an anticlimactic death for Luke Skywalker who really should have been showcased as the most powerful Jedi because he EARNED that position - Rey didn't. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND SKIP THIS FILM! Financially supporting this movie will only encourage Disney to continue creating garbage quality Star Wars films.… Expand
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PiePieperDec 21, 2017
Yawn, lets just say Phantom Menace moved up a spot. Awful, once again, predictable story. Everything Luke did was completely out of character. Rey was just a angry bully who just did whatever she wanted to get here way. Everything Leia didYawn, lets just say Phantom Menace moved up a spot. Awful, once again, predictable story. Everything Luke did was completely out of character. Rey was just a angry bully who just did whatever she wanted to get here way. Everything Leia did was a joke, the FORCED love scene was just the worst (Jar Jar>Rose). Only redeeming quality is that some of the fight/battle scenes were pretty well done. TL;DR Star Wars, the results of letting women make all the decisions.… Expand
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ericsmosmericApr 1, 2018
Completely destroys Luke Skywalker's character in the name of being subversive. So much wasted potential...
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MaaraviJul 9, 2018
Disney raped and murdered Star Wars with this feminazi propaganda. Kathleen Kennedy should be working as a shift leader at Del Taco--not running (and destroying) Lucas' legacy.
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MetapeteJul 11, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had had high hopes when I was entering the cinema for Last Jedi. Upon leaving I wasn't disappointed or upset. I just felt really, really sorry for what Disney did to Star Wars. The Last Jedi fails both as an individual movie and, even more so, as part of a series and is one of the worst films I've ever seen.

First and foremost it seems that the screenplay was written by somebody who was unhappy to make a movie which is the middle part of a trilogy. This is kind of understandable: second movie out of three means that your film will neither have a real beginning because it picks up, where the first movie ended, nor an ending, because it is a lead up to the third film. JJ Abrams built up a lot of potential, shrouding important pieces of the plot in mystery: Who is Snoke? How did he become the leader of what essentially is the ne Empire? Who is Rey? Where do her powers come from? Who were her parents? How do those characters tie in into the "Skywalker Saga"? Rian Johnson decided to set all those carefully constructed pieces of the plot on fire and throw them out of the window into a dumpster. Snoke? Random guy, dies a random death, so who cares who he had been. Rey? Well, she's just a random Mary Sue. Skywalker? Johnson seems to hate him.
Luke Skywalker's return was the very dramatic peak of Force Awakens, the entire plot of the first movie was building up all the tension to leave the audience with a cliff hanger, for finally, old Master Skywalker was found and the new main protagonist gave him his old light sabre back. What happens in Last Jedi? Luke throws the lightsabre away, in a manner which brings to mind the cartoon Coyote rummaging through the contents of his ACME toolbox. Funny? I think not. What's more, Luke's new personna doesn't seem to have anything to do with the old Luke Skywalker we'd known. And sure, people change. But considering that half the audience was eagerly awaiting the return of their old hero, turning a character, who literally is a pop culture icon, into a clown seems thoughtless.
Unfortunately, such thoughlessness accompanies the events on e screen all the time - tearing down any respect we used to have to both the protagonists and antagonists in a failed effort to make the movie a Marvel-like goofy comedy. Where Marvel managed to make us both laugh at the antics of the superheroes and supervillains and at the same time like them Rian Johnson failed, and left the onscreen characters looking like unlikable idiots. And just like The Force Awakens was a build up for the rest of the trilogy, how are we supposed to care about what is to happen in the third movie? The only previously interesting villain, Snoke, is dead. General Hux and Kylo Ren are idiots and aren't scary at all. Same with protagonists. Rey is a Mary Sue, she wins at everything and is therefore boring. Same thing with Finn, who is only there to kick Phasma's arse time and again. Poe is an idiot. Carrie Fisher is dead. Mark Hamill is alive but his character is dead. So why care what happens to them in the next movie? To be honest it's perplexing how Johnson didn't plan ahead for the third installment in his own excuse of a movie.
What is more, such lack of planning is the movie's biggest fault not only when you consider it as a part of a longer series, but also as its' own film. Even if you look at the film without the context of the ongoing plots, it is a mess. The whole plot with Finn and Rose travelling to collect an idiotic McGuffin from Random Place of Danger is totally irrelevant to the rest of the plot, its' outcome is null but takes half an hour of the onscreen action. The main villain dies randomly halfway into the episode. Luke Skywalker does all kind of random stuff and then all of a sudden he dies for no obvious reason. Johnson seems not to have had any idea for a plot but instead just filled the entire screentime with his stream of consciousness, improvising on the way.
And if this wasn't bad enough, there's this one scene which goes completely against Star Wars canon. Those of you who are only reading this to fuel your own rage at Johnson's inaptitude know what I am about to write about. Faster than light travel. In one scene trumping all the previous idioticisms general Holdo rams her ship into the fleet of the First Order, destroying the flag ship. If you can do that, why hadn't they just light jumped a few ships into the previous Deathstars and Starkillers? It would have been a cheap, easy, instawin solution. In the next movies, when Resistance are trying to destroy the nextgen Death Stars I expect them to do just that. Get a ship and Press the Win Button!

I could continue about other faults of the movie, but since I'm about to reach the 5000 sign cap, and I wouldn't do all this onscreen stupidity justice anyway, I'll just write that I've only covered most of the most ridiculous crap and left out the so much more that there is in the film. Congratulations Disney, 0/10.… Expand
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GregTheMadSep 28, 2018
One of the worst movies I've seen in my entire life, and this is completely ignoring what it did to the franchise. The characters are a series of unlikeable buffoons, that act in such a stilted, and unrealistic manner that even 6 year old whoOne of the worst movies I've seen in my entire life, and this is completely ignoring what it did to the franchise. The characters are a series of unlikeable buffoons, that act in such a stilted, and unrealistic manner that even 6 year old who just learned to write think this is stupid, the only two exceptions to this being a metal ball and a hairy beast, both saved by the fact that they're not subtitled and you can just imagine them cursing at the other characters.
The same goes for the rest of the movie. Story, places, background events, jokes, you name it.
The one point I gave it is for ILM which should be freed from the tyranny it lives under right now, and set onto working on good movies. That said, the effects were good, not that there was any logic to what those effects portrayed.… Expand
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BelkorDrayDec 22, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1st part - movie problems for movie fans
2nd part - movie problems for movie/legends fans

Movie:
1. The very opening. We go from a Republic though with problems it has been established. The fringe group would be the First Order. We SKIP over the entire story of the downfall of the Republic to where we started off in 4/5/6.
2. Where did the First Order get the money to pay for stuff AFTER the catastrophe of losing their death star? I know it wasn’t a death star but come on… it was a death star. They did not have financial outreach like the Empire did when the actual first and second death stars were built.
3. No character development = no story
4. Additional pointless characters – the vice admiral to name one
5. **** on every dramatic moment with comedy
6. Copies story lines from 4/5/6
7. Take the first scene with Poe and replace it with Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, or even Hann Solo and you have the exact same scenes we say 2 – 6.
8. Leia’s powers were not established nor was her ability in the movie to move through space explained. You have to have read legends to know what is LIKELY what power she used.
9. Luke’s battle with Kylo was like the Obi Wan and Vader fight with it ending similarly. This may have been for dramatic effect but it was undercut as well and just lazy writing. A new way would have been more powerful.
10. They **** on the Jedi with disregard to all of their teachings.
11. Luke’s reasoning for giving up on Kylo and then everyone else makes no sense for his movie character.
12. Snoke was built up to be some super powerful being and then is just easily killed. You do realize they flex his ability in the force to show his strength and then undercut it by him not sensing Kylo’s betrayal right? Sidious was about to sense Vader’s changes in nearly all encounters when it happened. Sidious used a blade because of it being a crap on the Jedi but he himself was a force user primarily like Snoke supposedly was. The movie made Snoke so weak, and subsequently Kylo, that it is easy to argue that Sidious or Vader or maybe even Tyranus could have defeated Snoke with little effort. Legends:

1. The Death Star was actually IN CANON established with Tarkin and Thrawn of costing a LOT of money. It was established that Grand Admiral Tarkin, Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Lord/Darth Vader were all fairly against it. Tarkin did take over and come to the side with the Emperor on it. If I am remembering it all correctly. For sure Thrawn and Vader were not for it. Why? Because it weakened the overall Navy because it cost so much they had to deviate from building other vessels like Star Destroyers and Super Star Destroyers which could cover more of space. Then it cost a LOT to build the second Death Star. So I ask you, WHERE did the First Order get the finances to make their own when the Empire struggled to pay it and they had a near entire galaxy paying for it?!?!?!
2. The ability Leia used could be a force meditation which I found in Star Wars Specter of the Past and was used by Luke. It explains why she couldn’t open the door to get.
3. The little fat animals are similar to Jar Jar. I liked Jar Jar and everyone hated him. They love the little ****. This bothers me.
4. In the novels you get to learn what brought the downfall of the new Jedi, the New Republic, and the fall of many heroes. Why was that just hopped over?
5. Why did we get literally near scene for scene and/or plot for plot 4/5/6 and some from 1/2/3 when there are so many stories to tell? My username is a call to a character in one such novel. You could talk about Bane who was made canon which likely means the old Sith are canon which could have been talked about. What about Plagueis or his master Tenebrous? What about stories that made Maul the actual character he was like Maul Lockdown? What about the Old Sith Wars, Mandalorian Wars, or the Yuuzhan Vong wars? What about exploring the good in the Empire by its soldiers like in Twilight Company? So many ORIGINAL stories and yet we got a copy and paste update.
6. By weaponizing the hyperspace jumps etc it severely hurts or gets rid of the importance of some features of the Super Star Destroyers and the ENTIRE LINE of Interdictor – class Star Destroyer. Furthermore, why in the movie was an Interdictor – class Star Destroyer not used to simply trap the rebels so that they could only use their fuel on their ships and have no way of entering hyper space at all? This would have made what the Vice Admiral did not able to happen. (‘-’)/ if we are going to give them a Death Star then I cannot see why a much cheaper Star Destroyer would be out of the question in the movie logic.

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gerardomojicaDec 22, 2017
Por favor firmen la petición para que saquen del Canon el episodio VIII https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-disney-company-have-disney-strike-star-wars-episode-viii-from-the-official-canon
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Rocky76Sep 28, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very, very disappointing.

I went into this movie after reading glowing reviews from critics, calling this the 'best Star Wars movie since Empire'. The Force Awakens was a decent outing, but just teased us with the Luke Skywalker appearing in the very last scene of the movie. The credits rolled before he even spoke a word. This film picks up from this point exactly.
We wait nearly 35 years for this moment only to be let down monumentally. We see his character throw his fathers light sabre off a cliff, as if to say he does not care of its significance. A metaphor for how this movie does not care for the characters and lore of the previous films in this saga. The characters in the movie actually clumsily state repeatedly how the past must be 'killed' The treatment of Luke's character is bemusing. Mark Hamill himself stated on more than one occasion how he fundamentally disagreed with how the character was written. The writer/director Rian Johnson chose subverting expectations over consistency and good storytelling.

The tone of the film is totally messed up - every serious moment is undermined with a bad joke. No-one laughed at this poor jokes at my screening.
This movie looks gorgeous, the effects are fantastic, some of the action is great to watch. BUT it disregards how the universe works, the characters do not seem consistent with the previous films, it has very clunky overtly political tones.

I left the cinema very disappointed, and did not return. This is the only Star Wars movie I did not see multiple times in the cinema, the only one I did not buy on Blu Ray. After seeing this I could bring myself to watch Solo; I just did not want to be let down again.… Expand
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hilavitkutinJul 13, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had huge hopes for this movies as I thought it wouldn't be as bad as everybody has said it would be. I liked Force Awakens maybe it had similarities with New Hope but I liked it nevertheless.

So the beginning was good actually the best part of the entire movie. Poes call to Hux was funny I had to admit that I laughed to it. But after that I felt they were trying to make joke at every scene possible. There were many plot twists that were good and unexpected but they also rised a lot of questions, like Snokes dead. Special effects were amazing. All explosions and the battle with those red quard guys looked good.

The best way to express this movie is wtf. It had so many weird and bizarre moments. Finns and the god-knows-who-little-asian-kids side adventure in the casino planet was boring and stupid. Also the rebel ship had 18 hours to fuel so the First Orders plan is to keep shooting at them. Why didn't they just board it? And what the actual **** was Leia flying in space? Care to explain??? Ok no. How can anyone track someone in lightspeed? Seriously how? "Oh you know they have this thing in their ship so we need to call to this random old lady who tells us to go to this random planet to find this random guy who does something random." Also when the stormtroopperwannabes showed up they decided to drag them on this huge open area full of them and kill those two as slowly as possible. It was so stupid.

Reys "training" wasn't any better. She just swung lightsaber few times and closed her eyes so now she is supposed to be the greatest jedi ever. Also the fact that Reys parents were nobodies is also really stupid. I mean atleast Anakin was made by midichlorians but Rey is just nobody.

Last battle in the salt planet was also really stupid. They had atleast hundred soldiers there first and then suddenly they had like 10. And the best plan they have is to fly with those old speeders with no cannons. And it's actually reaaaaaaaaaalllly great coincidense that out of 13 speeders the 3 that survive are the ones with the most important characters + that one kid. If Finn would have died it actually would have been lot better. But again we have this annoying kid who no one cares about. And the worst part was that she didn't even die. No one ever asked for stupid love triangle with Finn that kid and Rey. It's so stupid and idiotic. It is supposed to be star wars not twilight. Also the way they found way out from the base was also so stupid. "Yeah there is no way out from here, oh wait there is haha."

Luke surviving the attack was cool and I was sure he was using some badass forceshield or something but no. He is kind of ghost but then he is not ghost. How did he do it and why did he do it and why did he had to die? It's so confusing.

So overall it was decentish movie. But star wars movies aren't supposed to be just ok or not that bad. They are supposed to be the best movies ever made. So maybe Force Awakens and Rogue One weren't as good as earlier films but atleast they were watchable and enjoyable. But anyways Im still watching the next one and Disney gets more money so its win-win.… Expand
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onefatalgooseJul 21, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok let's talk about episode 8. First I would like to talk about the good things that were done. Good
#1: The characters. Never before have I seen this level of depth in characters in a movie. We get to see Ray go through rigorous training with our beloved hero Luke Skywalker. We get to see her struggle...her failures...and her growth in the force. We finally see why she had visions when she touched Luke's lightsaber. Or why she was wearing a gold leader helmet in the force awakens. Or where she came from. And she is a very compelling character thanks to Rian Johnson's writing, even if these things wouldn't have happened.

Kylo Ren finally receives his training from Snoke. Again we see his struggle and growth as a character while he undergoes rigorous training from his master. And i love the "I have to kill my parents" aspect of his character. Very dark! I am so glad that he took his helmet off and broke it btw because his character is much more compelling without it on. I was sick of the mystery and fear that his helmet was providing us as an audience. Now i can really relate to him!

Poe, Finn, Rose, Purple hair lady...wow. Not only am I glad they chose to introduce such new and engaging characters to the franchise, I am also glad that they were so pivotal to the story. Without them...The Last Jedi would have surely failed. Luke and Leia: They were great. Got to see Leia's new force powers which were awesome! She is truly one with the force. And Luke really showed off his teaching ability while smacking Ray on the hand with grass. I would have never thought of that technique. But it clearly worked, because she really seems to know what she is doing! And stop hating on Luke cause he almost killed his nephew. Stop! He loves him. And remember in the Return of the Jedi when Luke almost kills Darth Vader? He stops right when he has the advantage. Good old Luke back to his old ways!

Ok let's move on to the plot:

Plot:

...umm...ok well?...where...should i begin...hold on i'm trying to think about the meaningful events that took place in this movie...oh yeah! Now i remember!

What an amazing chase sequence...I mean...movie! Wow I was on the edge of my seat the whole time wondering if the First Order would catch the Rebels! And the casino side story? Excellent choice. I learned a lot about animal cruelty and how casino's in space have a wide variety of alien life. That was awesome! Ray and Kylo's connection is so amazing and mysterious. It truly is the backbone of this movie. Every time they had a connection i was like "wow, this is an important moment." And i was never let down. Well that covers the main plot elements...

Visual effects/Sound:

Visual effects SUCKED BADLY!!! Music was TERRIBLE!!! Thank the maker the rest of the movie carried all the weight!

Writing/Dialogue/Pacing:

Perfection. Rian Johnson really proves his writing skill with The Last Jedi. He is a genius, and anyone who doesn't respect what he did is clearly not on his level. Nothing seems forced, especially not the comedic elements. I was laughing my butt off during this movie! What great timing he has, and comedic wit. This did not feel like a piece of fan fiction with an expensive price tag. I never felt like "wow...this part is really...dragging on with nothing to drive the momentum forward...so...why is this happening???" I never felt like that! And speaking of momentum...

Momentum into Episode 9:

It's all there! Thanks Rian Johnson! I can't wait to see what happens in Episode 9 when...umm...well?...we finally see what happens to...? I guess i'm looking most forward to the resolution of...actually...wait. Ok let me start over. If they don't resolve the conflict between......wow i'm not sure why i'm struggling to put this into words i loved The Last Jedi! So when Finn...uhh...actually Poe. When Poe finally...yeah...I must be drawing a blank here. Ok when Ray and Kylo finally kiss that will be awesome! And when Luke...oh he died...but Leia! Yes when Leia...is also dead...whoops. Oh boy. I must look like an idiot writing this. Snoke! Oh my gosh when Snoke finally reveals who...he...is dead too...

Well i still can't wait for episode 9! Which should take place three days after episode 8.… Expand
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GarethBSep 29, 2018
An awful star wars movie full of plot holes, things that do not make sense, character assassination all in the name of subverting expectations. Which is fine but it puts nothing in its place leaving a hollow and desolate shell.
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nesasOct 2, 2018
I'm not Russian bot and I have no political views. I hate this movie and what Ryan Johnson did to it! There are so many issues that it obvious this was a huge cash grab. I can not list them all as others have done a better job already....I'm not Russian bot and I have no political views. I hate this movie and what Ryan Johnson did to it! There are so many issues that it obvious this was a huge cash grab. I can not list them all as others have done a better job already.... how this movie actually has such a high metascore is beyond me.

You can trick us once or twice Disney... but watch your box office numbers tumble on Ryan's NEW Star Wars Trilogy!… Expand
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SadiqJan 20, 2020
what the bloody hell is wrong with those who give this garbage movie a positive review? disney totally ruined star wars with these trilogy, forever!
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Mrbilliam7Nov 27, 2019
One of the most disappointing experiences in all of modern cinema. This movie made an absolute mockery of the Star Wars fandom, and has left it a fragmented and tattered mess.
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houjo2000Mar 21, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is horrible. Finn's character was utterly minimized. Rose is a nonsense character with no growth. Mary Poppins flying scene with Leia, who sends someone else to sacrifice herself.

A gremlin has carved out Luke's body and puppeteers him all movie, playing this unhopeful, murderous antijedi despite being originally the very soul of the perfect jedi.

The series entirely undoes the char development of the original trilogy heroes, and this movie undoes the development and possibilities of the decent ep 7 fan service movie.

And that doesn't even get into the awful plot- half the movie is spent in a slow motion chase through space where neither side can do anything as the villains wait for the heroes to run out of gas. It's boring, and in the mean time Finn and Rose go to a random planet for no reason to free some animals from being imprisoned by silly people who mean nothing to the story at all. This subplot literally means nothing.

One of the worst disney movies ever made.… Expand
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evokingsMar 15, 2020
The movie is terrible yes star wars is for kids, but I remember that adults used to be able to watch it, this garbage is not sending kids a good message or adults, so pretty much trash for all audiences alike, I recall luke had to earnThe movie is terrible yes star wars is for kids, but I remember that adults used to be able to watch it, this garbage is not sending kids a good message or adults, so pretty much trash for all audiences alike, I recall luke had to earn everything in the real star wars movies by comparison Ray just picks up a light saber and well I guess that is supposed to make kids think they don't have to earn anything in life and if they do they will be beaten great message here Disney lol… Expand
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KaihakuNov 16, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This film is not just as terrible sequel, it's a terrible film. Let's start with the positives. It's visually gorgeous and the music is fantastic. Several scenes are among the most artistic (visually) that I've ever seen in a live action film.

I'll just summarize the negatives. The characters and plotting make no sense. It wastes not only the classic Star Wars films but also the few promising elements introduced in The Force Awakens. Finn is suddenly just a bland, random guy (and somehow tagged as comic support). His interesting background as a defector is forgotten except for when the plot needs it. Rey loses her mysterious background and her surprisingly strong Force skills go unexplained, rendering her just a 'Mary Sue' when her power was hinted as being due to something far more interesting in The Force Awakens.

The hostility to everything that's come before - including the classic Star Wars films and The Force Awakens - is just tragic. The waste of Mark Hamill and Luke Skywalker is just... Terrible sequel. It doesn't do better as a standalone movie. It's tonally inconsistent, starting with a "your mommy" joke and making heavy misuse of comic relief.

The Director and writers clearly wanted to subvert Star Wars - trying to emulate Empire Strikes Back's role in the original triology - but failed utterly because they completely misunderstood what Empire Strikes Back actually did with A New Hope's narratie (inverted rather than subverted). Sigh. It does open up a copy of interesting plot points but then immediately closes them. If the film had ended with Rey and Kylo Ren taking control of the First Order it would have set the ground for a fantastic sequel. Instead it shut that down without doing anything interesting with it.

It's just a trash sequel and trash film ruined by corporate mismanagement.… Expand
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BroyaxDec 8, 2018
Le Réveil endormi de la Force faible était un remake poussif de La Guerre des Etoiles et ces Derniers Jedi qui ne sont pas les derniers (mais les avant-derniers) ne sont que le remake de L'Empire Contre-Attaque mais avec les scènes dans leLe Réveil endormi de la Force faible était un remake poussif de La Guerre des Etoiles et ces Derniers Jedi qui ne sont pas les derniers (mais les avant-derniers) ne sont que le remake de L'Empire Contre-Attaque mais avec les scènes dans le désordre...

On est donc pas surpris et souvent déçus, car on a la nette impression d'être pris pour des cons... Mais comme dans le précédent épisode, le plus gros souci réside dans le casting des "nouveaux" personnages qu'on retrouve naturellement ici... On a en effet rarement vu une telle galerie de tronches de cake au charisme d'andouilles périmenazes. En fait, à part la petite Daisy qui s'en sort à peu près, tout le reste n'est qu'une triste bande de cons.

Or, on ne construit pas, on ne continue pas une saga avec des tanches pareilles parce que c'est trop gênant et trop embarrassant de voir ça. Malgré les effets spéciaux tip-top, malgré une réalisation tout-à-fait appréciable ma foi ! et j'allais presque dire qu'on ne s'ennuie pas (trop)... mais c'est faux : avec ses deux heures et demi, ça tire vraiment sur la corde de l'ennui et d'une lassitude certaine.

Les deux retraités sont quand même revenus faire leur baroud d'honneur, très anecdotique pour Mamie Leia Nova Organa qui peinerait à faire vendre deux paquets de yaourts mais impressionnant, oui très impressionnant pour Skywalker (ton papa serait fier...!). Il apporte un peu de grandeur à ce film rempli de blaireaux et pour des instants, pour des instants seulement, on y (re)croit encore. Bravo Mark et merci.

Pour le reste ou plutôt pour les restes de ce remake, on pourra mentionner l'excellent Del Toro qui est venu faire coucou pour la gamelle et... c'est tout. Même du côté de l'Empire (non de l'Ordre pardon !), ils sont nazes et encore plus débiles : mention spéciale au grand méchant (!?), papa de E.T., téléphone-maison !… Expand
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DominArsenDec 8, 2018
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Si vous été un Fan très exigent lisez!
Si vous êtes juste fan, dispersez-vous! Je ne vais pas me contenter d'un "Nul", mais ce n'est pas l'envie qui me manque... Visuellement époustouflant un vrai parc d'attractionsStar Wars The Last Jedi
Si vous été un Fan très exigent lisez!
Si vous êtes juste fan, dispersez-vous!
Je ne vais pas me contenter d'un "Nul", mais ce n'est pas l'envie qui me manque...
Visuellement époustouflant un vrai parc d'attractions une planète "Hot" "rouge sang"… Expand
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drewanenomorNov 28, 2019
I mainly watch these for the light saber fight scenes...this lacked those scenes. One of plot lines seemed almost pointless as well, like if we took it out no one would have been able to tell the difference. As for the overall story, II mainly watch these for the light saber fight scenes...this lacked those scenes. One of plot lines seemed almost pointless as well, like if we took it out no one would have been able to tell the difference. As for the overall story, I struggled to sit through this one… Expand
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WoW1May 26, 2020
I'll destroy everything you love. © Disney
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Я уничтожу все, что ты любишь. © Дисней
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OuterThoughtOct 28, 2019
Star Wars is, without doubt, my favorite series and films completely and it really kills me to say that this film was pretty bad and dropped the ball in many parts. Visually the movie is amazing and looks great but storywise and as a StarStar Wars is, without doubt, my favorite series and films completely and it really kills me to say that this film was pretty bad and dropped the ball in many parts. Visually the movie is amazing and looks great but storywise and as a Star Wars movie it leaves you wondering WTH is going on. Character building and story questions that were left open from the first movie that should have been answered in this movie were just completely bombed. The plot of the movie was completely ridiculous and useless and there were scenes that literally broke Star Wars lore. It was as if someone was just making things up as they were going just for the sake of looking cool or trying to be edgy. The lightsaber battle which is usually always the saving grace in a Star Wars movie was terribly choreographed (Watch it over on youtube in slow motion and watch how many mistakes there are). My disappointment is immeasurable for this movie and it left me not caring for the final movie. This is the first time in my life where I can say I don't really care what happens in the last Star Wars movie or that I am not even looking forward to it.… Expand
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HansveltMar 7, 2020
Piece of **** Political correctness messed up the star wars series.I really hate Disney
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