Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 15, 2017
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MetacRickNMortyDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yikes. Heteronormative much? Star Wars 7 (aka Force Awaken) led us diehard fans to believe that there was a budding romance between protagonists Finn and Poe Damoron. We waited anxiously with baited breath in hopes that we would finally get to see a genuine male/male (interracial) relationship on the silver screen. Star Wars was going to finally break the mold by presenting viewers with a gay couple we could root for but instead Disney pulled a classic bait-and-switch. I guess they had to cave into the demands of all the homophobic people that are in charge of things right now so they could convince their backwards manchild audience to cough up fifteen dollars. Fingers crossed that Finn is just doing this for appearances and Poe is actually the object of his heart's desires, but with the way things are going lately I wouldn't be surprised if Disney/Lucasfilm decide to churn out more exclusionary trash for their overwhelmingly straight white male gamer audience. The believability of the film is strained further by this forced cishet "romance". Finn is way too hot for Rose. It would be more believable if her character was trans, but again, that wouldn't play well with Disney's "core demographics" (aka BLORMPF voters aka the real life First Order). Disney will not be receiving another dollar from me after this stab in the back. I was literally shaking when I saw the on-screen kiss. I had to explain to my four bi-curious nephews (all of whom are under 8 years old) that it would be okay and that in the end the good guys would win. But in this age of Drumpf stealing our internet, I'm not so sure...… Expand
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atomixDJDec 16, 2017
It's so hard to rate a movie a 0 - this is not to dismiss any hard work done by anyone but the director, writers, Disney, and JJ Abrams. But this is a STAR WARS saga film. You have a reputation and history to live up to. You have dedicatedIt's so hard to rate a movie a 0 - this is not to dismiss any hard work done by anyone but the director, writers, Disney, and JJ Abrams. But this is a STAR WARS saga film. You have a reputation and history to live up to. You have dedicated hardcore fans, fans like no other franchise has ever seen. You betrayed us all. It's obvious you care more about copying Guardians of the Galaxy and cloning the Avengers, which are okay things by themselves but do not even come close to the longevity, fanaticism, and dedication that Star Wars has. If you wanted to start a new fanbase that's enamored with cheap comedy, horrible storytelling, and breaking every known boundary of things the bind the films together (the Force, space, light-speed, and the legacy of one main character, to name a few) while stealing story components from previously successful films in the franchise.... congrats. You lost us all. We were the ones that in-between trilogies bought comics, books, action figures, watched animated tv series -- and even sat through 2 1/2 mediocre films before we saw the payoff that Revenge that the Sith gave us. We won't do it this time. Enough is enough. Someday Episode 7-8-9 will be re-written and honor restored to the characters we all love, and new, more-dimensional characters will be written to carry on their legacy. Until then, good luck with Episode IX. I won't be there, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be moving on.… Expand
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RealMuthaFDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, the lackluster trailers failed to give me any hype for this, so I wasn't even expecting much, but this, this is a new definition of "low".

Virtually everything in this movie is outright bad. The plot is disjointed and stupid. The action is bland, the space battles lack in scale and logic, with 1 fighter being able to destroy all of a huge dreadnought's cannons. As for lightsaber duels, well, there ARE NONE FOR F**K'S SAKE! And the one fight using sabers has horrible choreography that is nowhere near the spectacle of acrobatic battles of the overly-hated prequels.

The characters also f**king suck, both old and new. The largest new addition is an ugly fat (I mean, body-positive) Asian chick who is extra-annoying. As for the old ones, Kylo and the Ginger still act like hysterical children whereas our Wonder-Girl can still do amazing feats of the Force with no prior training, like holding a ton of boulders like it ain't sh*t.

The huge problem is that Episode 8 has managed to blatantly flush the intriguing stuff from Force Awakens down the toilet. Big SPOILERS ahead.

Made theories about who is Snoke? Nevermind, he is just a CGI model with no backstory who dies after a stupid cliche villain monologue.

Thought Phasma would be an actual character, a leader of the stormtroopers? Nah, she is just an extra who also wastes the chance to kill off the heroes to die in an utterly stupid way.

Hoped that Luke would kick some ass for the old times' sake? WELL HELL NAW BOY HE'S JUST GONNA MAKE SOME F**KING HOLOGRAM OF HIMSELF AND THEN DIE OF NOTHING!!! (How the sh*t would he even make that "hologram" on another planet with the Force?)

Theorized as to who would be Rey's parents? Lo and behold, they are noname off-screen motherf**king bums.

Sounds amazing right? To add to that there's garbage like:

Boring talks about Hope and Resistance; Yoda's cameo who looks like a plastic piece of sh*t from the old movies, talks nonsense and somehow spawns a bolt of lightning even though Force ghosts have never been able to interact with the physical world before; A space casino which looks like a normal Earth casino but with some silly creatures; Leia survives in outer space and flies like Superman though she has never displayed any knowledge of the Force except for some connection with Luke; A lot of sugar-cutie (ice foxes) and disgusting ("Porgs", that thing with nipples) creatures designed so the incarnation of Satan aka "Disney" would sell merchandise; The annoying Asian prevents Finn from stopping the ram thing for no reason.

This isn't even close to everything wrong with this movie, just what I remember off the bat. It's one of the two films that I've ever given a 1/10 to (the other being Movie 43) and the single worst movie in the Star Wars franchise. I now have zero willingness to see Episode 9 or that trilogy that will be written and directed by this movie's creator, Rian "worthless f**kbag" Johnson.

The Star Wars are dead, baby. Was fun while it lasted.… Expand
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ImSadDec 15, 2017
One of the most disappointing things I've ever seen. Characters are completely wasted,and plot lines are utterly pointless. It takes everything that The Force Awakens set up, and completely destroys it for no good reason, and with no regardOne of the most disappointing things I've ever seen. Characters are completely wasted,and plot lines are utterly pointless. It takes everything that The Force Awakens set up, and completely destroys it for no good reason, and with no regard for it's characters. The point of the movie is to show you that nothing matters, and that it doesn't care about the saga as a whole. This film was filler garbage, and a waste of time.… Expand
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MovieKnightDec 15, 2017
A terrible film hiding behind the Star Wars franchise. A messy, bloated slow moving plot, useless scenes that serve no purpose, out of place humor that is slapstick at time, throw away characters and not a single payoff moment. A completeA terrible film hiding behind the Star Wars franchise. A messy, bloated slow moving plot, useless scenes that serve no purpose, out of place humor that is slapstick at time, throw away characters and not a single payoff moment. A complete waste that took me from excitement to couldn't care less about Episode IX. Good luck fixing up this mess, Disney.… Expand
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Alternative4Dec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Literal **** garbage tier **** rofl I cant believe I actually wasted my time with this **** tier movie. Even the garbage tier Lucas prequels made more sense than this Mary Sue Deus ex autism piece of **** What a garbage tier waste of time Disney rolf… Expand
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GallowsHumourDec 15, 2017
Once again this era of Nu-Star Wars disappoints. I'll cut to the chase. The Last Jedi is better than The Force Awakens, but is only just better than the Prequel Trilogy.
Which is shameful.
I mean how creatively dead are the writers ofOnce again this era of Nu-Star Wars disappoints. I'll cut to the chase. The Last Jedi is better than The Force Awakens, but is only just better than the Prequel Trilogy.
Which is shameful.

I mean how creatively dead are the writers of Hollywood that they basically have to rip off the Original Trilogy.
Again.
But it doesn't totally steal from The Empire Strikes Back - It does the same plot, in reverse.

The fact that the writers cannot come up with better factions than the Empire and Rebels despite the fact that even with seemingly infinite resources and manpower the First Order cannot seem to crush a ragtag group.
Not even America had this much trouble in Vietnam.

Frankly the CGI also was a bit of a mess. Watching this in VUE's usual quality really brings to the fore that modern technology is simply reaching the point where the Uncanny Valley effect begins to take effect.

The Characters themselves were largely a disappointment as well. The star of the movie was General Hux, played by Domhnall Gleeson, in that his character not only goes through an arc but also take his role in the movie seriously. The addition of constant quips and jokes from the cast, apart from those on the Antagonists, is really jarring - Let Marvel movies stick with the machine gun gags.
Once again Rey is a flat, unlikable main characters, but at least she has improved since TFA. Finn and Poe have lost their charm because they almost feel like the exact same character over the 2 films - they are static in a changing world.
Kylo Ren is good, though only towards the second part of the movie. Which is a shame because of Adam Driver's strong acting in TFA.
Phasma is being pushed for being this Nu-Era's Boba Fett but has none of the charisma, or screen time, to pull it off.

This movie has zero ambition and frankly i was not alone in the theatre bored and mockingly amused at this production. It is such a shame what this wonderful IP has become - but that is what happens when you play it safe with a bunch of executive suits running the show, for maximum profit of course

3/10… Expand
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StrangewalkerDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not bad this brand new episode of Space Balls!

Stop joking, I have to be serious now. I felt teased from the first minute, to the last.
Here's some bu****it you can find in this abortion of movie:

1)A phone joke in pure Scary Movie style;
2) Ok, it's a sci-fi movie, but the bombers that drop bombs such as in WWII... In the space? I didn't know that there's gravity in space;
3) Leila resurrects and flies into space: an awful mix between Superman and Marry Poppins;
4) Luke launches the his elder lightsaber in the sea, such as in comedy by Laurel and Hardy;
5) Luke from a mature and reflective character, being transformed into a rebellious, obnoxious and pathetic old man;
6) Luke shrugging when " the camels" end up shooting him;
7) Luke winking in camera, like John Belushi in Animal House;
8) Non-stop jokes and moments of humor inopportune, out of place and embarrassing;
9) All villains totally dumb;
10) General Hux who's not scary; he's even teased by his soldiers and brings others comedy moments totally out of place in a Star Wars movie;
11) Kylo Ren, should be the super villain of the trilogy; instead, he is a nefarious kid who fails to be respected by his subordinates and is almost killed by some species of ninjas that are not mastering fully the Force;
12) Snooke, should be the mind of the First Order, everyone wondered what was his past etc... Is dismissed ridiculously, immediately after giving the impression of being very powerful. Perhaps they didn't even know how to justify this character;
13) Captain Phasma...A Character just invented only to sell silver plated soldiers, totally useless for narrative purposes;
14) What is the meaning of a person staying on the rebel ship just at the very end? Once you have to sacrifice, why do you not immediately make the kamikaze move, instead of getting dozens of ships destroyed in a useless pursuit?
15) Being given of the vast fuel supplies of the empire, why do their ships not increase their speed a little bit? Are there only light speed and snail speed in the galaxy?
16) Rey was a padawan for less than 10 minutes;
17) Rey already mastered the Force and the use of the lightsaber; she was born learned of course;
18) The Force used such as Skype-calls;
19) The movie starting with Rey and Finn looking for each others; then the arrival of the "chubby Rose" is enough to create a new magical love triangle? Guess who will Finn finally choose of the two?! Can't wait to see it...
20) Finn and Rose saved, by pure chance, from the bad copy of Lando Calrissian, and in less than 6 hours they manage to fly on different planets, escape from prison and get to the ship of the First Order;
21) An immense clump of characters, useless, except only for Disney's merchandising;
22) The nuns frogs;
23) The screaming chickens, repeatedly;
24) Luke, who dies of heart attack after doing the spooky ghost;
25) An ending that never comes (unfortunately);
26) Flashbacks that do not exist in original Star Wars, 'cause they are not Star Wars;
27) Forced scenes, shot specifically made to subvert the very few interesting ideas of Ep. 7
28) Stop, I'm tired
29) Leia flying in the space.… Expand
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jonathanpbDec 15, 2017
The Bangladeshi kids at the click farms being paid by Disney to up-vote this thing are going to have a hard time keeping up with the truth that this film is a steaming pile of garbage.
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mintloDec 18, 2017
After the three prequels and the "force awakens" I had pretty low expectations for this, they still managed to disappoint me. The slapstick humor followed by deaths is so bad. I liked the Luke Skywalker hermit aspect of it but the rest ofAfter the three prequels and the "force awakens" I had pretty low expectations for this, they still managed to disappoint me. The slapstick humor followed by deaths is so bad. I liked the Luke Skywalker hermit aspect of it but the rest of it is **** Snoke dies so pathetically. If the rebels could do such damage with their capital ship why didn't they abandon ship and a do a light speed jump sooner? Overall pathetic, low effort from the writers.… Expand
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luffydmonkeyDec 19, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I got the impression Ryan Johnson got in to destroy Star wars lore and troll JJ Abram That's the only explanation I can come up with after Watching the last Jedi beside obviously Disney trying to sell us useless toys.
More seriously I loved Rogue One and I very much enjoyed TFA.The latter wasn't perfect but the characters were consistent and very likable with a great dynamic between them, the action was on point and the question that were set up were nothing but exiting.And more importantly the Star wars mythos was still standing strong.

TLJ however did not make any sense.It didn't bother making any significant and meaningful characters growth to the old and the new (aside surprisingly for rose)and to answer half the main driving questions and themes brought up in the previous episode(and when it did it was in very poor fashion or stupid manner). It isn't a bad made movie per say but Story and characters wise it was so off I got the impression that sometimes I was watching an entirely new but less entertaining saga.Plus nothing felt earn in it..aside from some nice visuals and action scenes there is not much there I enjoyed.

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If you are still reading my post and wanna know why I am so disappointed just look at the following and tell me if i am wrong to be. - we still don't understand what the hell is the first order, whence they come and how they rose up to preeminence?
-How the resistance came about to be ,why there is even one?
-Where does Snoke come from? why is he so powerful? and how...can kylo kill him so easily knowing how powerful he is..like i am still scratching my head over this.
-What is Rey's origin and why is she so powerful?(stating her parents are nobodies does not answer that a tiny bit)
-Why Kylo turn to the dark side
who and where are the knight of Ren? -How comes Finn has been able to escape from his conditioning as a Storm trooper.
Why does Luke refuse to go back to help the resistance after he gave a map to R2D2 so that the resistance can find him ? How comes he cannot feel the force in Rey when he first see her?
why would Luke even try to kill his young nephew when he is not even able to kill his dad (Darth Vader) who was the most evil villain beside the emperor we have ever witnessed and the almost perfect embodiment of darkness. Why would he wanna leave the whole galaxy without Jedi to protect it knowing evil is still around just because he got upset.
Why would Finn try to leave the resistance knowing that Rey will come back after he's been ready to sacrifice his life for her three times?
How does it happen that Finn can fight Captain Phasma so easily without any training and having been kicked his ass by a less ranked Stormtrooper.
Why is kylo so obsessed with Rey without even knowing her ?
How comes lea has power now?
Why can Luke touch lea and lea touch him when no one is able to touch him, even kylo ?
How come Snoke is killed in the second movie????
why make a movie that doesn't follow the plot laid in the former one ?
what was the point of Finn and Rose arc ?
What about kilo training? nothing?
What about Rey Training? nothing?
Why make Luke a coward ?
is Rey stronger than luke? how comes she is able to mate him?...come on guys!!

See this movie can't save itself and to me Ryan Johnson just butchered star wars.Sure the prequels have problems and lots of them.Everyone can acknowledge that but this is just awful.Ryan johnson wasn't the man for the job he should have been given an entire new trilogy all for himself.Putting him in this one was a big mistake. He just ruins the all thing to me with his poor choices. Praising that film as the new empire strike back is a definitively a non sense to me. maybe i missed something but That movie was a failure to me.But that is just my opinion though.… Expand
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sickicwDec 18, 2017
Such a disappointment. Way too many WTF moments.

There is an entire sub plot that could have been totally cut without any change in the plot. It doesn’t have a good flow from the force awakens. You can definitely tell we got a new directorSuch a disappointment. Way too many WTF moments.

There is an entire sub plot that could have been totally cut without any change in the plot.

It doesn’t have a good flow from the force awakens. You can definitely tell we got a new director for this movie.… Expand
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katyperryasgDec 15, 2017
this is terrible. they made a bunch of pc propaganda movie out of star wars material. why you do this to us? this is what's happening disney takes all of feminist nonsense.
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dklingenDec 17, 2017
The good - great visual effects!

The bad - the whole story killed every plot line from TFA with POOR reasoning. The horrible - the treatment of Luke's character is an utter insult to the entire legacy of his character development and whatThe good - great visual effects!

The bad - the whole story killed every plot line from TFA with POOR reasoning.

The horrible - the treatment of Luke's character is an utter insult to the entire legacy of his character development and what he would REALLY do.

The result - I am giving up on Star Wars (TFA & Rogue One gave me hope - it is now dead)… Expand
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DefinitelyMaybDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where to begin? First this is the worst fking blockbuster star wars fan film I have eve seen its worse than the freacking prequels can you believe it. This is not a star wars film, let alone a film. Rian Johnson and Disney has managed to do what George Lucas couldn't do, which is utterly sanitised Star Wars into a toy commerical with cheesy cliches, barren plot with no story, dumbed down social commentary and a joke - a very long joke for the money in your pockets. I really feel sorry and sad for Lucas at this stage, the guy is decent and cared about his myth, but its finally over, Star Wars is finished at this point. Everything about this film is rubbish, the music, cinematography, fighting, lore, characters, dialogue, lighting, plot, argh every fukin thing is rubbish.

Lets be clear here, if you never seen Star Wars before and don't care about anything else, then this film might work on a technical level. Other than that, this so called 'film' is 2.45 hours of bore where literally characters enter and go as they please, with little character development, pure **** scenes of expositions and boring cliche action like omg its the last bomber - will she be able to drop the bombs? oh damm she can etc etc etc. Oh god the black guys going die? Oh wait the other minority character going to save him... geezus **** Honestly, there's not a single lightsaber fight in this scene, and when there is action its highly choreographed like a music video. The film is also full of sexual imagery that is truly disturbing. At one point, BB 8 becomes a phallus ramming at the side of the ship, whilst another scene we get Luke milking vigorously an animal with **** before drinking the milk like a girl would drink the seeds of a man before giving the audience a stare only rape victims would know. Its so bizarre. The franchise is finished at this point. It disrespects the lore that came before it but also seems to not give a flying fck about the Force Awakens. What happened to the Knights of Ren? Who are Rey's parents? Who is Snoke? The movie's simple answer is "WE DONT CARE". Also, all the retraded people saying how this is original and the best episode since ESB are 1) fkcing retarded and/or 2) corporate shills. The Last Jedi is so unoriginal in that it just copies all the iconic scenes in the OT trilogy. Battle of Hoth. Tick. Meeting dark baddie in throne room and trying to convince the conflicted villain to betray their master. Tick. Obi wan v darth vader fight where one of them vanish. Tick. Training montage. Tick.

Techncially the plot doesn't go anywhere for a large chunk of the way, with the worst jokes littered every 10 minutes. General hux is reduced to general hugs and the audience is supposed to laugh at this whilst the resistance is about to be blown up. The film story is laugable simple which is that the resistance is running away from a bigger ship. That is it. Nothing new, nothing special, its just Empire Strikes Back reduced to a ****ing chase sequence that doesnt even feel like a chase sequence because they keep telling us they have like hours to go by. The film also jumps to so many different places and minor events that tension never builds. Theres a particular bad leap of logic at the end, where after Rey battles Kylo and escpaes, its never shown how she gets to the millenium falcon and then suddenly comes to Crait undetected with a ****ing fleet of First Order ships. She then magically disappears for most of the battle, whilst the film focuses on Poe and Leia **** whilst the black and asian character decides to see who can committ kamakazi the quickest. She then magically comes back to lift some rocks before meeting Poe for the first time. Yes that because we have to remember these characters actually never met until now after 5 hours of screen time in this triology. Its so awful and cringe that I wanted to die. There are so many plot contrivances like this throughout the film, like BB8 magically espcaing and using a walker to let Rey espcae, people flying in and out undetected, some awful character motivations like why does General Holo (the purple lady) just tell Poe the plan all along.

Dialogue lines are so wooden that they feel like from a Ps2 game, definitely watch the scenes with Rey and how **** of an actress she is giving some of the worst written dialogue since Attack of the Clone. There are no emotional stakes in this film, nor is there any entertainment. Scenes that almost show tension are almost inevtiable cut to something else in a split second, and also characters seem to come and go as they please. Whilst the Canto blight world intiially might seem interesting, it is by far one of the worst subplots in history as it goes nowhere but becomes a Greenpeace SAFE commerical about racing horses.

Well done Disney, well ****ing done. You've done it. Youve managed to make the worst Star Wars film. This so-called Trilogy is sad and disgusting. May the force fking kill your company.… Expand
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TUZLODec 15, 2017
Kylo Ren is amazing charater one of the best in whole series.
Rey is boring
Rose i don t know why she is in this movie totaly lame charater Luke skywalker old and grumpy Captain Phasma is useless Snoke weak villian Finn weakest part in theKylo Ren is amazing charater one of the best in whole series.
Rey is boring
Rose i don t know why she is in this movie totaly lame charater
Luke skywalker old and grumpy Captain Phasma is useless
Snoke weak villian
Finn weakest part in the first movie and now in this one to.
Poe meh
Fire Kathleen Kennedy she ruin the Star Wars movies… Expand
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owlandfangDec 15, 2017
I was disappointed in the direction of this film. It was tonally, very strange. Slapstick comedy bits injected into insanely serious scenes. Very chaotic, like an Avengers akin. The final scene felt like a holiday Target commercial. ThereI was disappointed in the direction of this film. It was tonally, very strange. Slapstick comedy bits injected into insanely serious scenes. Very chaotic, like an Avengers akin. The final scene felt like a holiday Target commercial. There were pieces I loved, but overall, it was incredibly dissappointing.… Expand
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EsteronDec 18, 2017
If you think after the first pilot joking scene rest of movie will be better. You are wrong! It will even worse! Weak scenario, bad directing, bad 3D scenes, and too much whining. It is not what we are used to seeing in Star Wars! I liked toIf you think after the first pilot joking scene rest of movie will be better. You are wrong! It will even worse! Weak scenario, bad directing, bad 3D scenes, and too much whining. It is not what we are used to seeing in Star Wars! I liked to see this series more proud of itself. I hope this movie will be deleted from this saga forever. Let's just forget about it!… Expand
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DarthThulhuDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A disappointing, bloated failure, easily as bad as the worst of the prequels ... except emotionally worse, because now they're not just defiling the old Jedi Order, they're defiling Leia Organa and Yoda and Luke Skywalker himself.

The Good: CGI is pretty, practical effects are fun, there are some individually good character moments and several decent battle thrills. A lot like Suicide Squad and the first Star Wars prequels, in that regard.

The Bad:

1) Every "Mystery Box" element from The Force Awakens is cheaply thrown away, making that movie a far lesser experience. Knowing that this dismissive "Who cares?!?" is the answer to all those questions from that movie, there is now no reason to care about most of that movie at all.

2) Every political and historical point in the previous movie (and entire series) is thrown away. The entire concept of a Galaxy-wide Republic is forgotten, and three capital ships and a ridiculously-stupid fleet of "bombers" are apparently the sum total of vessels willing to oppose the First Order. This is made all the worse in that this pathetic "Resistance" keeps forgetting to call itself a Resistance, and keeps inaccurately mislabeling itself as a Rebellion instead.

3) Speaking of dismissively throwing away history without a single word: Admiral Ackbar

4) The Resistance's bombers are quite possibly the most ridiculously useless spaceships seen anywhere in this franchise. Y-Wings did the job a dozen times better, by not being ponderous sitting ducks without defensive weapons, and also by not being silly rube-goldberg devices that take multiple minutes to arm and drop a payload.

5) The goofy, two-hour Battlestar Galactica chase has so many plot holes. Why doesn't the First Order call in reinforcements to surround the fleeing ships? Why doesn't the First Order warp some ships ahead to surround the fleeing ships? Why doesn't the First Order maintain ships in orbit of Krayt to shoot at rescue ships coming in (like the Millennium Falcon) and escape ships trying to get out (again, like the Millennium Falcon)? Why doesn't the First Order just once again "track through hyperspace" the fleeing Rebels (sorry, RESISTANCE)? The ability of the Millennium Falcon to get in unmolested, putter around close-to-unmolested, and get away without still being tracked makes absolutely Zero sense, given the setup as presented by this film.

The Ugly:

1) Luke Skywalker is willing to be a reluctant book-burner. To show him up, Yoda comes back from death solely to become an ENTHUSIASTIC book-burner.

2) Luke Skywalker's character and memory is violated in almost every conceivable way, up to and including being dismissively thrown away with no clear explanation at all. (Yes, I know that the director has gone around giving explanations about what the heck happened on the Internet. ProTip: if you need to make Internet explanations about what the heck went on in your movie's climax, you have released an incoherent movie.)

3) Snoke is a true idiot, an oblivious can of Diet Palpatine thrown away without any consequence

4) Phasma also means nothing, and continues her unimpressive incompetence from the last movie

5) Last but not least, Leia is Mary Poppins, y'all… Expand
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marioespinoza22Dec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don´t understand what´s going on with the Saga, the first order is a joke, disrespectful how they treat hux starting the movie, the last scene from snoke that all the people were laughing, what kind of humor is that? where is the supremacy of first order? just like the first trilogy did with the empire, even on rogue one was fantastic.

The force, that happen with the force? it looks they take it to another level surrealistic, it not looks credible, the force has never been look like a super power since I watched this movie. I´am really worried with what is approaching with Star wars.… Expand
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Lord_Revan1992Dec 19, 2017
This is the worst star wars movie for far. Is an insult to the fans, the characters, the lore, and the story of star wars. WTF episode VII? WTF Leia AKA: Superman/Mary Popins? WTF Mary sue Rey? WTF Luke? He is not Luke. WTF Phasma? WTF FinnThis is the worst star wars movie for far. Is an insult to the fans, the characters, the lore, and the story of star wars. WTF episode VII? WTF Leia AKA: Superman/Mary Popins? WTF Mary sue Rey? WTF Luke? He is not Luke. WTF Phasma? WTF Finn and Rose? WTF Non sense humor?… Expand
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radulleDec 15, 2017
I am saddened by the direction the franchise has gone. It now has more in common with Transformers than it does with the original Star Wars. Too many plot holes and inconsistencies, they haven't answered any of the questions that The ForceI am saddened by the direction the franchise has gone. It now has more in common with Transformers than it does with the original Star Wars. Too many plot holes and inconsistencies, they haven't answered any of the questions that The Force Awakens left us with. I really do not understand high praises and scores. The last Jedi seems to be targeting younger audience. For original Star Wars fans this film is not. I really hope that viewers will be able to get past all the visual effects, forced jokes and cheap twists to give it rating that it deserves so that Disney would rethink their strategy for the episode IX.… Expand
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KingofallHeroesDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Movie was garbage. Luke dies unceremoniously, completely pathetic, the stark opposite of his EU counterpart. Snoke was **** Kylo the joke Ren still a whiny **** boy. Rey having supreme power with no explanation as to why. Finn is a pathetic cuck. Hollywood can't have a black man shine in Star Wars. Movie was paper thin like nothing really mattered.… Expand
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thebetsoinDec 15, 2017
plot holes as big as massive as black holes. universe betraying scenes, a surprisingly high amount of high ranking female leaders... ( leia and that kamikaze idiot that should have done it way earlier ) wich is 100% of the rebel leaders weplot holes as big as massive as black holes. universe betraying scenes, a surprisingly high amount of high ranking female leaders... ( leia and that kamikaze idiot that should have done it way earlier ) wich is 100% of the rebel leaders we see in this movies, while 100% of the new empire leaders are male. are we supposed to approve that male= bad, female = good?
really weird when you think about it.

anyways betrayal of a franchise/10… Expand
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elchipDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked "The Force Awakens" well enough. I wasn't a big fan of "Rogue One", but I thought the main series would be solid.

Well , I didn't expect them to remake "The Empire Strikes Back," down to the details of (I've tried to only spoil scenes and themes, not the whole film):

* A battle at the beginning that involves the rebels frantically evacuating their planetary base while under attack
* The force-sensitive character spending the majority of the plot away from the rest of the characters, learning from the old master
* The majority of the characters being pursued and closed in on by the bad guys for much of the film, unable to escape into light speed
* Said characters taking a gamble by recruiting a new character, who's known to be a bit of an unsavory scoundrel
* The force-sensitive character going into a cave strong in the dark side, then leaving her training early to pursue her own reckless agenda
* The unsavory scoundrel betraying the people who were counting on him
* A revelation about the force-sensitive character's parents
* A major confrontation between this character and the bad guy
* Land speeders facing off against AT-ATs on a planet covered in white powder
* The rebels being scattered and broken at the end, but with a sense of hope and a mission

Add to this:

* Dumber and more frequent jokes than The Force Awakens, often made by characters who really don't make much sense to be cracking them
* Repeated situations in which the continued advancement of the plot is dependent on the bad guys being really, really stupid and hesitant
* The bulk of the film being dependent on what, as far as I can tell, is a gaping and unexplained plot hole * Said bulk of the film being resolved through an action that could have easily been taken at any point in the film leading up to that moment
* A significant side plot that ends up serving literally no point in the broader story
* Some really ham-fisted social commentary about war
* The one time the film could actually take a twist with real stakes, they dodge it at the last minute
* A new roster of supporting characters that makes the "Rogue One" ensemble look memorable
* Blatant pandering to Asian audiences

I think that if you stripped out all of the bloat, you actually have a decent and compelling story at the core. The big plot hole could have been smoothed over with some slightly better writing, the jokes could have been tweaked, the supporting characters could have been removed, and the side plot could have been eliminated.

But you know what else had a decent and compelling story at its core if you got rid of a ton of extra garbage? The prequel trilogy.

This was better acted than the prequel trilogy, and it was more subdued, but all told, I think this is a prequel-level quality film.

But the porgs were cute...

I'm stunned that the critical consensus of this mess was so positive.… Expand
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nonameformeDec 15, 2017
Did you play Star War Battlefront 2:EA edition?
If you did, don't go watch the movie, it will be painful.
Every time any main character appear, it will remind you of how much you had been spending on that online casino and regret your life.Did you play Star War Battlefront 2:EA edition?
If you did, don't go watch the movie, it will be painful.

Every time any main character appear, it will remind you of how much you had been spending on that online casino and regret your life. It will also remind you of that game canon which is also consider 'real canon'. Where Luke Skywalker fight bug in cave, to save generic imperial cannon fodder who has Nazi's SS personality.

Joke aside, now let go to the movie.

Movie?..... dammit, I can't remember anything about the movie. All I remember is how everything appear in this movie will be used to lure kid to gambling more and more. The movie seem like product placement at its finest without caring a single thing about Star War and what Star War is. And yeah, the whole plot can be sum into... "go out and buy these toys for your kid". That's how forgetful the movie is.
The other way to summarized the movie plot is... Superficial plot of original trilogy reskin.

This movie give me more horror and fear than SAW in term of how it will turn the next generation of Star War fan into gambling addict.… Expand
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EZEsquireDec 18, 2017
Good movie but a poor Star Wars movie.

There is nothing wrong with expanding the universe but it seems like in order to get to where they are going they have to erase the past. These movies should not be a comedy or a vehicle to sell toys.
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Philipng1988Dec 18, 2017
Pros: Special effects, space battles, and Porgs
Cons: Poorly timed and mediocre humor, The handling of Snoke's and Luke's death, terrible pacing, characters acting out of character, unnecessary side quests, forced romances, explicit half nudePros: Special effects, space battles, and Porgs
Cons: Poorly timed and mediocre humor, The handling of Snoke's and Luke's death, terrible pacing, characters acting out of character, unnecessary side quests, forced romances, explicit half nude Kylo Ren scenes, controversial and political subjects of rich entitlement, animal cruelty, and arms dealing implied in the casino arc (nothing to do with anything whatsoever), Leia is Mary Poppins confirmed, the list goes on.

Overall the ideas of George and JJ are undermined by a little boy.

Stay away from this movie.… Expand
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phildogDec 16, 2017
There is a gem of a REALLY good movie buried in this mess. The whole thing is so cluttered by poorly structured storytelling that constantly shifts tone. It's a very hard film to become emotionally invested in.

I want to like this movie...There is a gem of a REALLY good movie buried in this mess. The whole thing is so cluttered by poorly structured storytelling that constantly shifts tone. It's a very hard film to become emotionally invested in.

I want to like this movie... but I just couldn't get into it. It wouldn't let me.… Expand
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JazGalaxyDec 15, 2017
The Last Jedi is the worst kind of bad sequel, the kind that retroactively affects other films you previously loved. It's hard to pin down just what vector to attack TLJ from. There are so many ways in which this film is terrible. WhetherThe Last Jedi is the worst kind of bad sequel, the kind that retroactively affects other films you previously loved. It's hard to pin down just what vector to attack TLJ from. There are so many ways in which this film is terrible. Whether it's how, by the end, the title makes no sense, or whether it's how, from the very beginning, the film has NO respect for anyone who liked The Force Awakens at face-value. None of the questions from The Force Awakens are answered, and the ones that are are dismissively waved away with an answer of, "it doesn't matter". The biggest flaw of The Last Jedi is that, by the end of the film, the three main leads STILL have not talked to one another. They're not fast friends as Han, Luke and Leia were. They are complete strangers. Finn and Rei have hugged more than they have talked at this point and it's beginning to be creepy. Finn and Poe's immediate bro-mance was cool in the first film. Now it makes no sense.

The Force Awakens is no an objectively terrible film because all the mysteries it set up are completely ignored and a waste of time. Why is Snoke so mysterious? Who are the Knights of Ren? Waste of time.… Expand
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SirGizzDec 18, 2017
This has to be the worse Star Wars film yet. Disney's Star Wars Avengers movie...it sucked from start to finish. Too many people seemed to paid off by the big special effects, I'd prefer a decent story which is cannot be found in this film.
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sidius86Dec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I seriously think all the overwhelming positive user reviews must be paid Disney bots. I don't see how anyone watched The Force Awakens, which introduced loads of unanswered questions about the backstory of Snoke, Rey, etc, and came out of this film satisfied with the total lack of explanation and writer's cop-out. You can tell JJ Abrams was somehow involved in this trilogy, since the proverbial checks they wrote ultimately couldn't be cashed, ala "LOST." I am left wondering what "character development" most of these professional and user critics are talking about. Another 2 hours and 30 minutes of film and we don't know anything more about Rey and her impractically good lightsaber skills than we did after 2 hours and 15 minutes of Episode 7. Furthermore, we don't know anything more about Snoke, his motivations, backstory, etc. He's obviously been around for a while and faced some challenges....just look at that face. But we are left completely empty-handed. At least after Episode 7, we had the promise of learning more about these mysterious new characters. And don't act like we were just a bunch of rabid fans crafting crazy theories out of nothing. What was up with all of the Josh Gad/Daisy Ridley "who are Rey's parents" teaser videos last year? After Episode 8, I feel tremendously let down at the way all of that innuendo was pissed away over 2.5 hours. Aside from that missed potential, there are at least 3 showdowns in this film that could have been the most bad ass in Star Wars history, but were overwhelmingly short, poorly edited, and/or a bait & switch. The final showdown had me thinking "okay, this one sequence could definitely make the whole film worthwhile for me." And then they pulled the rug out from under it. I think that moment really sealed the deal. I won't even get started on the totally pointless "side quest" to the Casino planet which could have been edited out in its entirety and would have made 0 difference to any of the story. And a closing thought, what happened to awesome John Williams compositions for every Star Wars film? Even the prequel trilogies had Duel of the Fates, Across the Stars, Battle of the Heroes. The music is far from bad, but c'mon....I think this is a sign you aren't giving him much to work with, Kathleen Kennedy...… Expand
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EmperorZornDec 15, 2017
What the hell did I watch ?

After an excellent Episode 7 directed by JJ Abrams we get something that feels like a Michael Bay movie for kids with a plot that has more holes than a swiss cheese. The writing and direction is abyssmal, thereWhat the hell did I watch ?

After an excellent Episode 7 directed by JJ Abrams we get something that feels like a Michael Bay movie for kids with a plot that has more holes than a swiss cheese.

The writing and direction is abyssmal, there is so much wasted potential here. Even though the last 30% of the movie were good, this doesn't make up for 70% of the movie being trash and an insult to every intelligent viewer.… Expand
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ZeroExistenzDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am so disappointing in this movie that I had to create an account to write a review. I went into it, with the hopes of seeing a space epic that with be talked about for years to come, but all I got was a two and a half hour movie that left me questioning so much. For starters I checked my watch multiple times, because the movie felt like it was taking an age to get where it wanted to go, but then it actually never got there. There was sub plot that were totally unnecessary to the overall plot and plot holes that made know sense what so ever. I mean how did General Hux become a General, he has got to be the most incompetent fool in the whole galaxy. Ok let follow there ships for hours than seems like a great plan, really you have a crazy amount of weapons and ships at your disposable, jump ahead a light speed and cut them off. Literally do anything else than what you did. I mean the start where he is being messed with by Po was so bad if he was so determined to kill the resistance then he would have destroyed the x-wing and moved on. Are the First Order not the bad guys? shouldn't they be ruthless? So much about the movie bugged me, the Leia superman scene, the pretty much shot for shot Return of the Jedi scene with Snoke, the jokes that were just so forced they were cringe worthy. All and all a poor showing from the what was the most anticipated movie of the Year. It will make money no doubt, but it won't go down as the best movie of the Year, it's not even close.… Expand
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RayanS93Dec 16, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't really want to write something, other people already made the point. The story is not even important in this movie, Rose and Finn are useless et caetera... Leia is still alive but Phasma is dead ???… Expand
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tysonatthemovieDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - No need to respect concepts and characters already released in the original trilogy or prequels.

- Story and plot make no sense (i.e. running out of resources to jump to light speed so most of the film consists of the First Order shooting but not eliminating the Resistance fleet, Luke utterly failing in every way imaginable post Return of the Jedi, Snoke going no where and just dying easily, Rey's parents being nothing but junkers who sold her for drinking money, the adventures of black guy and Asian girl simply for the sake of diversity not because it makes any sense, etc.)

+ Some originality (Kylo Ren being evil but not scary or intimidating).

- Clear feminist agenda throughout that is distracting and unnecessary.

- Porgs.

- Yoda's puppet looks **** terrible. And his dialogue is atrocious. Where the **** is force ghost Obi-Wan?!

- This film and the Force Awakens **** all over the legacy of the original trilogy. What was the point if galactic history completely repeated itself 35 years later? Just sad. Say what you will about the prequels but at least there were different scenarios and plot intrigue.

- Misdirection and jokes were extremely over used. - General Hux should be called General Sucks.

- Franchise has become a tiresome bore like Marvel, Pirates of the Caribbean, + Cool that Luke can use the force to great power just by meditating from a planet far from the action to deceive Kylo BUT;

- Leia being Superman to survive open space? Really?! You hacks couldn't think of a better way to display that she is also strong with the force. Talk about jumping the shark or surviving a nuke in a refrigerator.

- Casino aliens did not look Star Wars. Similar to the Force Awakens aliens not drawing from established Star Wars alien races. Like, why Disney? More toys --- **** off.

- Benicio Del Toro's character was a complete waste and throw away.

- The resistance seems to be led by old lesbians. While all the males are either incompetent, impulsive, stupid, cowardly, or evil.

- Admiral Ackbar killed off unceremoniously. - Overly long.

+ Salt planet was cool, cute one liner about it not being snow.

- Caretaker puppets looked terrible. I can't believe I am defending the use of CGI.

- Extended long range force telepathy scenes.

- NO background plot information NOR character development WHATSOEVER.

- Holographic Maz was pointless. Might as well have been Jar-Jar Binks.

- Rey's training was extremely short and supposedly she is the greatest Jedi of all time? I call bull ****.

- Why didn't Hux just take out the Resistance at the beginning.

- Vice Admiral Holdo's purple hair.

- Poe's mutiny for no reason.

- Kamakazis from hyperspace and interrupted kamakazi, thanks Asian girl. I hope you bolster the Chinese box office. - Rian Johnson is a yes-man for Kathleen Kenedy. George Lucas giving her the reins of this was a serious lapse of judgment or perhaps a deliberate means of sabotage after the criticism he got on his prequels which all look like masterpieces compared to this new Disney hot mess of a Star Wars franchise. - So much talk about being the spake of HOPE to light the fire to burn down the Resistance and how Luke is the HOPE blah blah blah, this film literally killed any hope of a good future for Star Wars. **** it. I am out.… Expand
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BrainmuffinDec 15, 2017
Others have covered the plot holes and the dragged pace. Rian shows a complete disregard to the source material, worse so than George did with the prequels. Going in a new direction can be good, but it has to hold up in the Universe already created.
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BuckworthDec 18, 2017
I generally suspend disbelief for a good space drama, unfortunately this mess is the first movie in the series where I walked out disappointed. It really feels like the plot of tESB & RotJ were haphazardly mashed together...while at the sameI generally suspend disbelief for a good space drama, unfortunately this mess is the first movie in the series where I walked out disappointed. It really feels like the plot of tESB & RotJ were haphazardly mashed together...while at the same time the director/writer threw the baby out with the bathwater in his overt desire to reboot the series and make it his own. Too many pointless characters/plot lines and too many un-dismiss-able plot holes. There are some excellent sequences and you can see the elements of a great story...but they fail under the weight of nonsensical script choices. Years ago RotS almost snapped me out of my adoration for Star Wars...but this mediocre film is the worst in the series, and the first that does not deserve a place in our beloved fantasy world.… Expand
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Riku24692Dec 19, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. WARNING: this review contains spoilers.
It's easy task to give a proper review of a Star Wars movie. I think the best way to do so is by considering the movie in 2 different ways. Hence I'll be talking about TLJ as a movie, and second I'll be talking about TLJ as part of the SW legacy. Let's begin with saying that Unfortunately the R. Johnson movie fails to deliver in both of these aspects.

TLJ as a MOVIE:
Sadly the movie is flowed with several and fatal mistakes.
1) THE PACING. This movie is the longest in the franchise (152 min. long), despite of this it totally fails to deliver a smoth crescendo of rythm. Expecially in the first half TLJ will put the viewer against very long and static senes such as the slow FO-Resistence chase or the Luke-Rei-on-an-island plot. Both of these start way to slow and never begin to grow, untill the last thirty minutes of the movie. The result of this is that TLJ feels way longer then it should be, and that fails to keep the viewer engaged for all its entireness.
2) THE HUMOR. Star Wars movies have always been (also) about humor and comic relief characters. TLJ makes absolutely no difference on this behalf. Overall, comic moments are fine, characters like BB-8 or Porgs really manage to snach a smile out of anyone. The real problem lays in the abuse of these moments out of some pivotal scenes that end up with losing all of their charm. Moments like the "put-something-on" scene really manages to kill all the spirit and emotional meaning of Rei-Kilo connection. The Poe-Hux gag at the begining of the movie is by far too long and makes both characters look more stupid then they should ever have looked. Even worse, the moment when Rei hands Luke his father's longtime lost lightsaber, the same scene J.J. Abrams perfectly set up at the end of TFA, is completely ruined by Luke sudden reaction to throw it away that completely kills it.
3) THE PLOT. For all these, and many other reasons, the plot really struggles to stay together. The script fails to feel meaningful in any moment, the entire 40 min long Canto Bight plot could have simply been removed entirley if only vice-admiral Holdo had bothered to communicate with the rest of the Resistence her plan all togheter. After a too-long part of the plot were Luke refuses to train Rei, he promises her 3 lessons and actually delivers just 2 of them. And the list continues. This feels even worse if you think how rushed senes like the final Luke-Kilo confrontation look.

TLJ as part of SW legacy:
Sadly is right here that TLJ totally falls apart.
All of the old characters are severly belittled. Leia becomes a sort of Wonderwoman-like figure who feels so unconnected to her value as the leader of the Resistence (The leading role for most of the movie is actually taken by vice-admiral Holdo). They wanted to make her look strong in the Force, they just managed to make her feel unapropriate. On this note, I have no idea how they could resolve Leia's character now that Carrie left us, She will probably be even more meaningless in Episode IX.
Chewbacca, R2-D2, and C3PO have been reduced to such a little screentime, to make them look just like cameos for fans, that actually important characters to the plot. I strongly got the feeling that Disney is trying to marginalize them for unkown reasons.
Even new characters like Rei and Kilo fail to develop. All of Episode VII references to Ren Knights and Rei's Parents have been completely removed from this movies. Emblematic in this sense is Snoke who dies a shameful death and fails to cope with fans expectations on his true identity.
By far the worst work was made with Luke. He was the brightest hope of the Galaxy, he was THE JEDI, the man who managed to bring back Vader from the dark side, the man who saw hope and light even where there was almost none. He was reduced to a coward heremit who refuses his place into the galaxy. On this behalf, Johnson looked disrespectful to the lore of SW, failing to convey a meaningful reason for this change, again the scene where he throws the lightsaber felt like a punch in the gut to all of long-time SW fans.
Also the Role of the Force of Siths and Jedi have been questioned. Disney is tryin really hard to make the Brand advance into a more "democratic" vision of the Force where there are no heroes, just everyday guys who make the right decisions for the people they love (Rose character is emblematic in this sense). The big mistake is rappresented by the way this has been implemented. By simply throwin into the Sarlac's pit 40 years of tradition between the Dark Side and the Brightside. Also this change fails to happen in the movie couse dispite what they say, Rei and Kilo still pretty much fall into the Jedi-Sith stereotype, they just seem not to like it at all.
Eventually the transition between Lightsabers to broomsticks at the end of the movie, is not something any fan wanted to see.… Expand
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masseffectabcDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I know that i will get my throat cut with this statement but overall the movie wasn`t solid at all, in almost all aspects of it. Yes,it`s entertaining and can be watchable regardless your age (which i think the main focus of the movie was), Disney tried to sell the movie as a "darker star wars flick" but it wasn`t, not even close. It has tons of plot holes, almost all characters evolution from episode 7 was non existent (except a little of Rey). All the important or misterious aspects of the previous movies are literally thrown to the garbage in this one. All important characters felt flat and some of them i even knew were there, like Chewie, why !? lol. Well is good, but nohing more, for me is a 6 out of 10 , i still think Rouge One, Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi are better Star Wars movies by far !!! Even some Episode 7 moments are better than this one. Also.....Leia in space.....dead.......in -245 Cº coming back to the ship and then be well in 2 hours !?… Expand
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rianjohnsonsabiDec 15, 2017
Really ruined star wars, like they had no idea what they were doing. This is, without a doubt, the worst movie in the Star Wars series (and one of the worst movies I have seen in a while, period). I am so sad
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ChicoDemoDec 15, 2017
This is not Star Wars. This is Disney's SJW. Disney figured out a formula that worked with MCU and applied it to recent SW movies to give general audience an illusion of good movies.but this is really poor, I seriously have no idea what filmThis is not Star Wars. This is Disney's SJW. Disney figured out a formula that worked with MCU and applied it to recent SW movies to give general audience an illusion of good movies.but this is really poor, I seriously have no idea what film the critics have been watching. Truly disappointing.… Expand
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excarkunDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Movie lakes depth of a Story, as if they decided No background info on any character in movie was Ever needed. So your Always asking why they do that WHY why do why , why did they just do that??? Plot repeats in all 4 point of movie.If you loved the Original 3 your Leave this movie Sick to your Stomach it craps all over those. the Magic is gone for Star Wars for me, I just don't care Now for future movies, I Don't .. Disney KILLED IT!! EA killed the GAME Disney Killed it in theaters. Its the Story/Writing its dogy Doo terrible Directing Horrendous Some acting very lacking ..Bright Spot Mark Hamil for what he was Dealt with..which he has mentioned in press past few months he didn't like what Director Wrote for him. We see now.. For those that have not seen is.. WAIT..till it comes out in DVD Not worth the Disappointment I still have Sick feeling inside..Force Awakens & Rouge One Roced this makes Phantom Menace an Awesome in comparison. I never seen so many people Run out at a End of a Movie before.. like that one..I can only guess ticked off Fans..… Expand
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RobE_inSFDec 15, 2017
After episode 7 (and Rogue One), my hopes were really high that this next chapter would be just as good. Sadly, it's not. Instead, it's a total mixed bag. Some of it works great, and some of it is really cringe worthy / just bad. You'dAfter episode 7 (and Rogue One), my hopes were really high that this next chapter would be just as good. Sadly, it's not. Instead, it's a total mixed bag. Some of it works great, and some of it is really cringe worthy / just bad. You'd think with a playing time of 2:32, Rian Johnson could have fit in some character development. Yeah, not so much. Disney must be the master of the hype machine bc an 86 on metacritic is WAY to high for this movie. Seriously, give me a break - it's a 60-65 at best. Most of the action sequences are good, and Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley (Rey) and Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) give strong performances -- as does John Boyega (Finn). The rest of the cast... disappointing. I would go as far as to say that all of the new characters in this movie added ZERO to the quality (except for Benicio del Toro who has a fun but minor role). And, worst of all for this reviewer, they couldn't help themselves but add new cute, fury creatures like they did in Episode 6 that add zero to the story line (Ewoks - *groan* - it sucked then and it's just as bad now). I guess it's all about merchandising, right Disney? I would say that there really are only 3 good Star Wars movies: episodes 4, 5 and 7. I don't want to watch this one again, and that's a really bad sign for a Star Wars fan.… Expand
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GreykingDec 15, 2017
The job of any great sequel is to close out and satisfactorily answer any hanging plot points from its previous entry. The job of any midpoint of a trilogy is to close some old threads and open new ones. In both regards, The Last Jedi failsThe job of any great sequel is to close out and satisfactorily answer any hanging plot points from its previous entry. The job of any midpoint of a trilogy is to close some old threads and open new ones. In both regards, The Last Jedi fails spectacularly.While the movie is a sight to behold, the plot is wooden, goes nowhere, and doesn't conclude with any momentum towards the next episode. I can honestly see the hand of the suits a play in the writer's room. A decent movie, but not what true fans of the genre have come to expect.… Expand
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brunhildeDec 19, 2017
A real disappointment.First Star Wars since 1977 where I have left the movie theatre deflated. I really wanted to like this movie. The acting was fine, the special effects also fine. It was the story and the dialogue that let the movie downA real disappointment.First Star Wars since 1977 where I have left the movie theatre deflated. I really wanted to like this movie. The acting was fine, the special effects also fine. It was the story and the dialogue that let the movie down and Rian Johnson has to take responsibility for this. He may have made Disney a lot of money and attracted some new fans to Star Wars but he may have alienated the fan base for good. Star Wars has always made a effort to present a diverse cast and this is to be commended but Disney make it look like a tick box exercise rather than an integrated, natural progression. Finally, the movie missed a huge opportunity to use Luke Skywalker properly. Mark Hamill should be at the centre of the movies going forward. Rey, Finn and Poe are solid characters but none of them come close to Luke, Han and Leia. Johnson and Disney have stuffed up but it will take several months for this to be widely accepted. The professional critics are not the Star Wars fanbase. The critics will move on to the next movie soon but the discontent amongst fans will continue.… Expand
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JannixJan 10, 2018
SOME SPOILERS. This movie, while having some problems with tone and pacing, doesn't deserve the level of vitriol being thrown against it. Admittedly, I understand. For awhile I was right there with everyone who is posting negative reviews.SOME SPOILERS. This movie, while having some problems with tone and pacing, doesn't deserve the level of vitriol being thrown against it. Admittedly, I understand. For awhile I was right there with everyone who is posting negative reviews. I even created an account and rated it low. Like Mark Hamill, I initially fundamentally disagreed with the direction that took Luke's character. But then I saw it again and like Hamill, I appreciated the nuance and development that was expressed. It took a second viewing to understand what this movie did right and what it was trying to do. This comes from a life long Star Wars fan. I feel bad that I initially trashed it. Watch it again and your perception may change. As I said, I disagree with some of the pacing and storyline decisions (purple hair, Canto Bight, some politicizing and Rose saving Finn I am looking at you) but this movie actually does a lot of things right and cleans the slate for the Star Wars universe to go in any direction. We don't have a Vader clone in Kylo Ren, we don't have a carbon copy Palaptine. We have a Skywalker that is a supreme commander and lowly woman from a backwater planet with no special lineage as the one standing against someone from a powerful bloodline. We have probably the best pilot we have seen in a Star Wars movie in Poe Dameron who is not an Antilles/Solo copy, who goes from brash hothead to capable leader. We have an immensely outgunned resistance in a small "ark" trying to carry the light of hope. Sure, there were issues. There are always issues in Star Wars movies and anyone that says otherwise is looking through rose-colored glasses. This was the most nuanced and deep Star Wars movie that has been released and, when the dust settles and tempers calm, may go down as being on par with Empire in the future.

UPDATE 1 I would like to offer a rebuttal against some of the criticisms suggesting that the Last Jedi was merely a feminist hit piece against masculinity. Although, I understand how someone can try to make that claim, bear in mind that , toward the end of movie, Leia when asked for guidance by the surviving resistance points to Poe and says "follow him". I don't believe that this was an attack on masculinity but a lesson on wisdom versus recklessness and what it takes to be a leader. Remember that in Return of the Jedi, Yoda had the same lesson for Luke ("You are reckless"). He wasn't attacking Luke's masculinity but his immaturity. This lesson, whether it comes form a female character or a little green puppet, is a timeless one. UPDATE 2 Let's talk about Luke since this seems to be one of the main reasons that people are disliking the movie. As I said above, initially, I was right there with everyone. I thought they utterly screwed up his character and I was pissed. So pissed in fact, that I made account on review sites, trashed the move and signed a dumb petition. But I was wrong. Think about it this way.. Who hasn't contemplated what they would do if they could go back in time and kill Hitler before he rose to power. That's the dilema that Luke was facing. It's not, as some suggest, that he sensed a little bit of darkness in Ben and decided to go full-on murder spree. Yes. This is the man who sacrificed everything to save his father. This is the man who, for the duration of the OT trusted his instincts (They "served him well"). In that moment, he saw what Kylo would become. A tyrant that would undo everything that he and his friends fought and lost so much for. Someone that could plunge the galaxy into a new dictatorship, killing millions and bringing darkness. For one second, his instincts told him to strike him down. But you know what? This is a wiser Luke, still human and flawed but someone who now knows that following "feelings" isn't always the best course of action. You need wisdom and patience. He might have thought about it for one second but that second passes. Is this really out of character or does it show a very nuanced character growth? For me, after thinking it through, it shows the latter.

Some people had a problem with him not showing up in person to defend the resistance against the First Order. First, I don't think he could, his X-wing seemed to be beyond repair at the point but, more importantly, what he did reflected the wisdom of a Jedi Master. If he showed up, one of two things would have happened. He would have either killed Kylo Ren robbing him of any redemption or he would have been struck down, robbing the resistance of any remaining hope that they had. By projecting himself, across the galaxy, he not only showed himself to be the most powerful force user that we have ever seen, he also became something more than a man. He became a symbol and a legendary hero. Is that really a bad way to end Luke's journey?… Expand
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x0v3rKiLxDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This could have been such a great movie if it didn't spend so much time re-hashing previously used material and wasting the potential of well-conceived characters.

- Young hero of first film struggles to control their powers, seeks the wisdom of old master on secluded planet

- Tyrannical military junta reigns supreme despite the earlier destruction of their prized superweapon.

- Rebels are forced to abandon their hidden base and move elsewhere.

- Bad guy is conflicted and "there's still good in him".

- Young hero struggles with daddy issues and wants to know about their parent(s).

- Rebels eventually set up on barren waste planet where they jump into trenches and two-man low-altitude speeders and stand off against giant mechanical walkers marching towards their base.

I think I'm just going to stop watching these movies expecting compelling and original storytelling and just consume them for the action aspect from now on like I would a Transformers movie or a Call of Duty game. That's what this franchise is becoming - the lowest common denominator that sacrifices innovation and nuance to appeal to the masses through fan service and cheap, poorly timed humor. That doesn't make it a terrible movie or universe, it just makes it tragically mediocre. As much as it pains me to say it, I'm done getting excited about this franchise. It's pretty clear that it's becoming less of an artistic expression of fantasy and more of a cash cow than anything else. That's the real tragedy in all of this.

You were the chosen one, Disney!… Expand
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BitByteBoyDec 15, 2017
This movie at best seemed so typical, majority of the plot twist in it seemed like you could have seen it coming or just not liberate enough. I think the whole setting for the movie was off.It feeds off nostalgia from the old movies but inThis movie at best seemed so typical, majority of the plot twist in it seemed like you could have seen it coming or just not liberate enough. I think the whole setting for the movie was off.It feeds off nostalgia from the old movies but in such a cliché way. At the end of it i really cant say that i enjoyed this movie.… Expand
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The101PowerCellDec 15, 2017
This is the worst star wars, it´s full of childish humor.
there is no red line, it weirdly cut.
there are many poorly executed twists. episode 7 played it safe and ended up with a good movie, in this i dont know what they were trying to do.This is the worst star wars, it´s full of childish humor.
there is no red line, it weirdly cut.
there are many poorly executed twists.
episode 7 played it safe and ended up with a good movie, in this i dont know what they were trying to do.
they made me dislike many of my favorit characters.… Expand
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kdevittDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ultimately, I left the cinema feeling really disappointed. Firstly, as mentioned on every single review - the middle part drags, resulting in a heavily bloated runtime. The Finn sideplot was not only my least favourite part of the movie, but ultimately absolutely pointless. I don't mind a bit of a bait and switch - but it was just such a redundant part of the movie. There was plenty of other ways of helping his character arc develop.

Next up - Luke - hes thoroughly dislikable in the movie. Luke may be a broken man, but he was never a dick. Some of the new powers that certain characters developed were also daft - reminded me of R2D2 being able to fly all of a sudden in the prequels.

There are some really good action set pieces, but overall I far preferred Force Awakens - it was more of a pure Star Wars movie to me. This one felt like an imposter. I really had high hopes for this. Will give it another go - but as far as I'm concerned, Star Wars 1-9 is the Skywalker saga. Hard to see that playing out the way I'd like in Ep9.… Expand
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gegham-ayvazyanDec 18, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can't understand how people can like this movie. I am a star wars fan, and was very excited about the new movie. But after about 30 minutes the movie started, the expectations from the movie went down. Overall visuals, OST and actors' performance is on a top level, no doubt; but the overall movie plot does not make any sense. My only hope for this movie is, that the directors are "collecting" all the cool stuff to be filmed in the final episode, and then maybe it would make sense.

Here is a list of things I wanted to point out (spoilers):
- Kylo was not able to shoot at the cruiser, where was his mother: this was very emotional and heartbreaking part, but after seeing Leia performing a "Superman stunt" was a total buzzkill.
- Was afraid that the movie would end the moment Luke confronts Kylo, but now I guess it would be a good cliffhanger than having Luke killed in a some strange way
- Luke Skywalker fighting Kylo Ren was kinda cool, but the "Ghost Jedi" thing was a bit unnecessary imho.
- Was expecting some revelations about Snoke & Rey - Who they are, and where they come from. My only hope is that these would be revealed in the final chapter.
- The only thing that was keeping entertained was the porgs part: silly creatures stealing attention to not dive into details.

Overall I am very disappointed about this movie, just hope that it was all done in purpose - to make final episode awesome.… Expand
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zabe73Dec 15, 2017
I feel like someone I love died after watching this today. I Created an account just to say how much I hate this movie. It was Indiana Jones and The Crystal Skull all over again. I am a life-long fan from the beginning since I was 4-yearsI feel like someone I love died after watching this today. I Created an account just to say how much I hate this movie. It was Indiana Jones and The Crystal Skull all over again. I am a life-long fan from the beginning since I was 4-years old, and I am heartbroken over what I watched today. Rian Johnson you did a shameful job and I will avoid anything you touch in the future. We all owe George Lucas an apology after this new low.… Expand
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AleksianDec 19, 2017
I never comment on games/movies...but after seeing this i just have to. I trully hope all these negative reviews (which are all correct btw.) will reach someone "noteworthy", Its too late for Star Wars ...but PLEASE dont **** up other big franchises.
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backohead74Dec 15, 2017
This is such a hard Star Wars film to review. I had a lot of fun watching it but I cant help but feel it was a misfire on the whole. The Force Awakens was a complete remake of Ep. 4 but i am gonna be totally honest. I like FA better then thisThis is such a hard Star Wars film to review. I had a lot of fun watching it but I cant help but feel it was a misfire on the whole. The Force Awakens was a complete remake of Ep. 4 but i am gonna be totally honest. I like FA better then this film. I definitely was more excited when i left the theater 2 years ago that's for sure. This movie felt like it should be ep.9, there really seems like there is nothing to look forward too in the final film of this trilogy. Too much humor in the wrong places, Finn and Rose's adventure was totally pointless, Phasma, Again was wasted in this film!! I really liked Mark Hamill's performance and Carrie Fisher was good too. Just too many plot holes, too many unanswered questions from FA and some totally unexpected things that happen and close the book on characters and story that leave you hanging or feeling underwhelmed. Special Effects were incredible, Space battles were great and there is one cool light-saber battle but (minor spoiler here), you will be very disappointed at the number of times 2 light-sabers actually touch. This isn't a terrible film at all but its just not a really great Star Wars movie :-( I am really looking forward to JJ Abrams doing ep 9 and i never thought id say that lol… Expand
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mrklingonDec 15, 2017
So many problems with the plot it's just not worth trying to bullet point every single horrible flaw. This was a movie made by a bunch of crazy people.

Star Wars has been officially and utterly raped. All we can do is keep our own canon.
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RoteiroDec 16, 2017
I have only one question: It was a comedy movie or a STAR WARS SCI-FI? I can't believe it, what Disney did with this movie... :( Only great moment, when Yoda appeared with the "true" (the puppet) form, and not with the CGI. 1-2 nostalgicI have only one question: It was a comedy movie or a STAR WARS SCI-FI? I can't believe it, what Disney did with this movie... :( Only great moment, when Yoda appeared with the "true" (the puppet) form, and not with the CGI. 1-2 nostalgic moments, but not more...… Expand
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NotMyLukeDec 19, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What happened to Luke Skywalker? The greatest hero in cinema history reduced to a bitter, cowardly man. This movie is a slap in the face to anyone who loved the Star Wars trilogy. Thanks for absolutely ruining Luke, Rian. Must feel good that with a swipe of your brush you negated 40 years of imagination. I am so happy that real fans are honestly reviewing this movie and bringing down the cume. I’ve read a lot of reviews saying this new trilogy is “not for us, its for the kids and my kids loved it.” Well, guess what, when the prequels came out, the kids loved them too. Speaking of, I would rather watch any of the prequels INCLUDING Menace than to watch Last Jedi again. At least they FELT like Star Wars movies. Rian, how did you make a saga movie with Luke, Leia, Chewie and more OG’s and make it NOT feel like Star Wars? That is an amazing feat but you did it. Congratulations. You were so concerned about doing something different and edgy that you completely missed the point. FUN. JOY. ADVENTURE. HOPE. RESPECT for the source. This movie sucks and for the first time in my life I am not looking forward to another installment in the trilogy. Not at all. I don’t care anymore. Thank you Rian. #NotMyLuke… Expand
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billsnuthDec 19, 2017
This was not a star wars movie.

It was a Disney moneygrab. More cute animal merchandise, more pretty visual effects... The plot however, was ridiculous. They cut up Empire Strikes Back and glued it back together, butchering it into aThis was not a star wars movie.

It was a Disney moneygrab. More cute animal merchandise, more pretty visual effects...

The plot however, was ridiculous. They cut up Empire Strikes Back and glued it back together, butchering it into a confusing, twisting mess that has more holes than actual substance.

The Lucas magic is gone. TFA was good, it made sense and worked well as a movie. A Star Wars Movie. This would be a 5/10 for an original franchise but a 2/10 as a star wars movie.… Expand
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SnowdrifterDec 15, 2017
First the positive. It is well shot and the CGI is pretty good. It's not like Justice League that's for damn sure. Luke returns so euh that's good. And euh oh there is one amazing scene from a visual standpoint. My mouth fell open with howFirst the positive. It is well shot and the CGI is pretty good. It's not like Justice League that's for damn sure. Luke returns so euh that's good. And euh oh there is one amazing scene from a visual standpoint. My mouth fell open with how amazing it looked. The space battles are fine. Kylo Ren is cool euh kinda. Carrie Fisher is really good in this movie from an acting standpoint.

Now the negatives. This movie is so long and so boring in parts. I can forgive boring parts in a movie but when i want to cut more than an hour of scenes out of a Star Wars movie then you didn't do it right. It's like the first half of Rogue one but just longer. The story isn't good. Like really jeezes. I had so much moments where I was thinking wait that's not how the force works. They moved it in these weird ways that don't really make any sense in my mind. The new characters aren't that interesting. Laura Dern her character is fine but that's about it. The whole Finn storyline should have been cut out of the movie. It's funny but when you cut it out the movie doesn't change. Thats how useless it was. Captain Phasma is again not used. The whole training Rey with Luke thing takes so long to get going. I now he's had it rough but come on. Luke really doesn't do anything in this movie besides whining. He does one thing at the end. Yippie? There is to much humor in this movie. They try to do these dark themes but then ruin it with humor that doesn't really work most of the time. Snoke is useless. If you wanted to learn something about Snoke don't bother. The reveal of Rey's parent's is really weird and stupid. Don't bother just look it up. The movie itself is fine but i'll probably never watch it again for years. It's cool to see on the big screen but i kinda felt that i wasted my money. Sad life… Expand
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MAFIAxMaverickDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Based on the critic reviews, I expected to be blown out of the water. Not in a "this movie was over-hyped way", but more of a "they finally figured it out" way. I was definitely disappointed. The Last Jedi was still a fine movie. Acting, visual, musical score, character chemistry, and more comedy than usual that actually fit in fine with the film. My disappointment comes with the plot. There were quite a few plot holes and questionable writing decisions that just made no sense to me. Why keep Poe in the dark about the master escape plan? Then maybe he never sends Finn and Rose off the ship where they get double crossed anyway. The whole Casino part of the movie felt very out of place in the Star Wars universe. I understand the point they were trying to make with it. Those who profit from war have no side, it's about the money that fueling the destruction brings in. But it still just felt very forced and out of place.

The relationship between Luke and Rey was very reminiscent of Empires Strikes Back in my opinion. A lot of the reviews I read made it seem like this was all original stuff that didn't hearken back to its predecessors. I, now, feel like that was a false statement. Kylo's growth and development was great. It was a shame they built up Snoke so much only to see him cut down and we'll have to wait for expanded universe content to really know about the character. I get that it was probably about not wanting to create another "emperor" show down in the final movie, but it still felt lacking. I felt that the ending plot device was fantastic. Crait really showed the desperation that the Resistance is facing. I mean, the entire Resistance is now aboard the Millennium Falcon. There's no easy way for the Resistance to come back from what is surely a horrible defeat. And they basically have to build back from nothing a la Star Wars: Rebels. But all the ways we got to that final plot device was just disappointing. I definitely plan on seeing it again and trying to look at it from a different angle.

Still a good movie. But not great.… Expand
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paddyrx9Dec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I originally gave this a 3. Having watched it again I'm giving it an 8. Once you accept some of the decisions that have been made (which I still don't necessarily agree with), it's actually a very enjoyable film.… Expand
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MonitorheadDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. *SPOILER ALERT* From a fan who love FA, Empire, ROJ and a bit of Roque One: This movie looks amazing. But........ is overwelming inconsistent, messy and has really badly motivated storylines. Even if they would have skipped the wole codebreaker search it's still a movie that doesn't have a good pace. For me the movie started failing when Leia suddenly resurrected as superman from the dead with her Force. WTF! Also these strange long distance force phone calls between Ray and Kylo where to easy; there is no limitation, tension or magic when this happens. In the old movies, Luke had to be at least near Father to sense him, they could not talk like a phone call, only maybe one word orso. This was more indirect, more limited and therefore with more imagination of us a the viewer. A good movie I think should give the hero a limitation to struggle with. Let them deal with maybe two problems at once. Or when someones solve one problem, a new problem automatically comes forth of that. And show the a little more struggle/effect of a character, with sweat, a small silence, hesitation, an inner battle. Come closer to the eyes like a Spielberg shot. Why not show Luke battling internally with going bad if he is so scared of Ray, why not let Luke heavily attack her in his blindness. This would have got me on my seat immedaitly. Then Rey could be maybe be the one who turns Luke to good again. I also agree with the not so adventurous retro aspect of the movie, I could have accepted that; Force Awakens was also a remash, but i loved it in many more ways compaired to this one.
How is it possible that is from the same guy who made Looper! I don't know if his new trilogy will be ok at all.... Man what a major bummer indeed! And how can JJ fix this stuff? Man!… Expand
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Aare242Dec 19, 2017
Phantom menace was better. Please back George Lucas... I hate what the did with Luke Skywalker...whole movie was just a big mess...for me is not a Star Wars film...
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SkYler163Dec 15, 2017
Perfect visual, perfect battles, the worst SW script. I hate what disney's doing with star wars. No motivation, no story, no nothing. Just pointless but awesome battles. This is not what star wars were about
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BN333Dec 15, 2017
Similar throwback like Awakens was, still very within the mold, with less chances taken at times, outside of some minor twists. Some nice nods to the original and prequel classics but still very little done with the introduced sequelSimilar throwback like Awakens was, still very within the mold, with less chances taken at times, outside of some minor twists. Some nice nods to the original and prequel classics but still very little done with the introduced sequel characters and overall plot to move it forward, past the history of the originals and the recycled elements (e.g recycled designs, scenes, visuals, narratives). Very vanilla, including the disappointing villain Kylo Ren, a watered down Anakin/Darth Vader with little emotion and energy. Daisy Ridley does give it her all though, so props to an extent. Film feels like an Empire Strikes Back with touches of ROTJ but with less momentum. Ironic given Empire Strikes Back already was quite overrpraised movie in itself as a setup for Return of the Jedi. A lack of acknowledging the end of Returns seems to have tarred some plot points that would have been entertaining had they been explored. Similarly, The return of Yoda as a Force Ghost was expected, a speaking appearance by Hayden Christensen would have tied together past events nicely, while pushing some ideas forward. Especially given the importance of the resolved Father/Son relationship which was where Hamill's character and Christensen both left off after the previous 2 trilogies. However some of the small changes are still welcome and less shying away from the force tricks and cute wonderous creatures is welcome, the kids and adults loved the reintroduction of such goofy features sorely missing in Awakens. Nods to the paranoia of previous heroes and self sabotage were somewhat interesting. Overall quality of battles is still a letdown and at times, still plays the nostalgia card a little to heavily towards battles in episodes 4-6. Film still could have done a better job tying the prequel ideas and originals and then one upping them in some way, which the prequels did through variations to the formula while still including nods to the original.



Too much recycling of the original trilogy (4-5-6) will appease the small group of aging internet middle aged fan subgroup and the small but vocal nerd bandwagon online, but Disney will need to do more to keep the interest of kids, latter gen x, millienials and post-millienials who also appreciated the prequels and their expansion of Star Wars characters, story, humor, lore, scale, visuals and the overall universe, from a writing and production point of view. Drastic changes will be needed to continue the series outside of appeasing 40 year olds and the Hollywood elite that want a token cameo for nerd cred to relive their childhood. Critic influencers and clickbait blogs may push the film, but know it benefits them to do so. Perhaps the final (9th film) can build off the series the way the prequels (Volume 1 to 3) did wonderfully. 5/10… Expand
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oUlashDec 15, 2017
TLDR Disappointing. Innitialy i was not sure why i was disappointed, but more i think about it more i realize, its because of incompetent and fool villains, and also how the movie treated Luke Skywalker. The guy foiled the plans of the mostTLDR Disappointing. Innitialy i was not sure why i was disappointed, but more i think about it more i realize, its because of incompetent and fool villains, and also how the movie treated Luke Skywalker. The guy foiled the plans of the most cunning, resourceful and powerful sith, the guy who turned the galaxies most infamous and badass villain to the light side. I would go as far as and say, this movie is more disappointing than Phantom Menace, at least Phantom Menace give us Darth Maul and some memorable lightsaber duel. I can not say anything else without spoiler. Go ahead and watch it, and decide for yourself. Its not a terrible movie, but in my honest opinion it is the lowest point in star wars films.… Expand
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mrushing02Dec 15, 2017
The Last Jedi suffers under the burden left to it by The Force Awakens. With no clear trajectory or plan for this trilogy, Johnson works to forge his own path but it’s one fraught with plot holes and many times, muddied character motivations.The Last Jedi suffers under the burden left to it by The Force Awakens. With no clear trajectory or plan for this trilogy, Johnson works to forge his own path but it’s one fraught with plot holes and many times, muddied character motivations. The universe, as it stands, lacks cohesion, history or context and it’s hurting the story. I love that Johnson tired to be different and some of it really works now that I have seen it a second time, while other parts still fall very flat. I love some of the moments in the movie, especially Luke’s noble end and the strong work done with the Rey/Ben/Luke story but Abrams has his work cut out for him with Episode IX. I never thought I’d say this, but J.J. Abrams, you’re our only hope. The Last Jedi is rated 3 out of 5 stars.… Expand
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jonoblyDec 15, 2017
Never buy tickets to this terrible movie. Disney is trying to ruin Star Wars for the fans and push their liberal agenda by making a Chinese girl into a main character. We do not even know what leia is anymore she is proudly a unicorn. INever buy tickets to this terrible movie. Disney is trying to ruin Star Wars for the fans and push their liberal agenda by making a Chinese girl into a main character. We do not even know what leia is anymore she is proudly a unicorn. I rather watch the phantom menace 50 times because it has more story and light saber duels unlike this movie and Luke a master Jedi gets beat by a noob (rey) that doesn't even know what the force is. Disney hates the fans never watching any of their movies ever again I would rate this movie a zero if i had to and Luke loves **** green milk.… Expand
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hahn_s0l0Dec 15, 2017
Admittedly, this is a snap impression but here's the thing:

The set pieces were incredible. The filler between those pieces were sloppy at best. Here's what I mean. SPOIILERS AHEAD Okay so the ending. The battle between force ghost lukeAdmittedly, this is a snap impression but here's the thing:

The set pieces were incredible. The filler between those pieces were sloppy at best. Here's what I mean. SPOIILERS AHEAD


Okay so the ending. The battle between force ghost luke and kylo was excellent. Luke was relying on genuine Jedi fighting style (more reactive, acrobatic, and at his level, more masterful) while Kylo was using sith style. It felt authentic. But then why did the effort kill Luke? That was weird. Speaking weird deaths: Snoke and Phasma and Alex(?). We had deaths of characters who's character arcs seemed under-utilized. Snoke's death is particularly surprising given that we essentially (should he truly be dead and boy howdy did he look dead) have zero idea of who he is. How Palpatine did not know of him. Any of that. While there are lots of theories and I'm sure the books are comin' that, is a cheap cop-out. Your movie must defend itself and right now (short some explanation next film) we feel a little cheated of Snoke's storyline (and to an extent phasma's as well).

So now let's get to the real issues. How in the hell is the First Order so much more powerful than the Resistence? I mean, we have seen their Star Killer base destroyed. A Dreadnought gets rekt in the first scene. Yes, they destroyed five Republic planets but even given that those planets were core worlds, even one being the capital, the resistance by the end of the film is two dozen people all inside the Falcon. That isn't a resistance. That's an unruly armed protest. Hell, there are fewer members of the Resistance than there were physical Star Destroyers pursuing them (and I believe the current numbers on troops in the smallest class of star destoryer is ten thousand extremely conservatively as in, just the officers required to pilot one and one of these star destroyers looked to be on par with the executor class AND housed Supreme leader snoke a ship that estimates about 100,000 people).

I can suspend some disbelief but come on here: what is going on where twenty people are beating a force that has them at what looks like a 100,000+ to 1 ratio? (And I literally mean like, twenty people, the entire Resistance force is ferried away at the end on the Falcon which according to Wookipedia can supposedly hold 1-2 pilots and 6 passengers so even twenty is pushing it). Then there's the issue of what the hell was the plan (from both sides) with that extended chase scene that really made up the meat of the film. The eventual solution was for a pilot of the last remaining rebel capital ship to make a hypderspace jump directly through the star destroyers tailing them. Which is rad but like, raises the question, why didn't any of the other two (one of which being a medical frigate which is a fairly large rebel capital ship) make this decision as their fuel was running low? They knew it was death as soon as the fuel went out and I literally made this comment in the film like, oh, I guess that's just not something they can do. And then it was the ultimate solution. Those two points are illustrative of what I think is ultimately the problem with the movie. There are great moments but the film labors to set them up by creating bizarre universe breaking and absolutely reality bending decisions/results. And these are world breaking things that break what is happening, in this very film, let alone the general star wars universe (why were the rebel bombers not Y wings???). Overall, I like this film less and less the more I think about it. I can't help but feel it was rushed by production to capitalize on a rigid release schedule and, if they'd just taken the time to iron out some of the largest, glaring details, it could have been a really great film. 5/10 would not recommend paying money to see.… Expand
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Pegas123Dec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Saw it, worse than TFA and Rogue One. Oh boy..... Luke made like an **** Supreme leader made as comical relief, all that was missing was Vin Diesel for "One last ride"....

Like Holy HELL , Luke who wouldn`t kill his father would actualy think of killing Ben like wat were the screenwriters smoking.

Gave it a 6 for the special effects and Adam Driver performance.… Expand
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mx088Dec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Didn't feel the movie was all bad, just not as amazing as it's being painted. BAD:

The writers gave no respect to any of the iconic or new secondary characters, except for Rosa, and the reason for that is painfully obvious. It feels someone at Disney has put out a death warrant on all original characters (out with the old, in with the lame?). Truth be told, I never liked Rey so much, I just can't reconcile her being so amazing with STILL NO TRAINNING NOR NOTIONS ABOUT THE FORCE. Yeah Anakin killed a super destroyer when he was a kid, but that was the pre-craps. First order has way better equipment, which is so much bigger and better than the empire in its apex, to the point of being dysphoric (why do you really need super giant AT-AT's? No really, why? The original ones weren't killing people fast enough? The notion of resistance/rebellion is all over the place, its as if they really just gave up mid-screenplay and just started using them interchangeably. It really doesn't matter though, there's like 6 or 7 left of them anyway (what a massacre)

The movie goes from full on massacre/pseudo guerrilla weird to full on philosophical treatise, at 2.5 hours, can't think of how they can market it for kids Good but Meh

Finn, finally getting some love on the writing side, great chemistry with everyone, especially between Rosa and him. I put him here because his quest is worse than pointless, actually DETRIMENTAL to the Resistance/Rebellion.

Leia and Luke, love them, just the best. Its unforgivable just how little time they spend together. Regardless, they both shine in every way (though the script doesn't do them justice)

Good

Kylo Ren is less emo, more Sith on this one, pretty good development for the character. Daisy Ridley/Rey shine when interacting with him. Worthy bad guy now

Awesome visuals, great music Porgs are not given so much screen time… Expand
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MouthofSauronDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last Jedi is a beautifully filmed movie, but it's emotionally lifeless. There are very few moments that are genuinely gripping- the new cast (Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, and John Boyega) are not given any decent character moments. Who is the main character in this trilogy supposed to be? The character arcs are not clear, and many of the decisions they make in the film are questionable, or outright absurd in the case of Luke. Pressing questions from The Force Awakens are not addressed effectively, and some are not even addressed at all (i.e., how Maz Kanata acquired Luke's saber). By the end of the film, Rey and Kylo remain practically unchanged from TFA, and the galaxy has not changed one bit either, save for a shakeup among the First Order ranks. The Last Jedi just seems so pointless and meandering. The main characters are given very little to work with, and the dynamic between Luke and Rey is underwritten and underperformed (on the part of Daisy Ridley). Mark Hamill gives a good performance as Luke and is most definitely the saving grace of this otherwise lackluster film. Characters are introduced that provide very little purpose other than serving as plot devices (Benicio del Toro) and distract from the central characters.
TLJ is certainly different- it avoids rehashing previous Star Wars films, but the story is far too fractured, spending too much time on Cato Bight and too little time on Ach-To and Crait. Snoke, who is played incredibly well by Andy Serkis, is given very little to do, and his potential is wasted when he is rather unceremoniously killed by Kylo. Snoke is shown to be incredibly powerful, but dies in such a lackluster (and frankly, inconceivable) fashion that he comes off as a bumbling, pointless antagonist. Luke's actions in this film are so unbefitting and so contrary to his character that the flashback scenes are rendered unconvincing and weightless. The Jedi Master's final moment is well-filmed, but not as emotionally resonant as it could have been, a result of poor writing and character direction. As a film, TLJ is entertaining, but it's thin plot and poorly written characters ultimately hinder it from being anything but mediocre.… Expand
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pdesaab07Dec 15, 2017
Seen the movie at the opening on Wednesday... just to avoid spoilers. I did not like Episode VII, although beautiful, it felt to much like a "mash-up" of the first trilogy (a robot with a mission on a desert planet finds the main hero etcSeen the movie at the opening on Wednesday... just to avoid spoilers. I did not like Episode VII, although beautiful, it felt to much like a "mash-up" of the first trilogy (a robot with a mission on a desert planet finds the main hero etc etc... death star... stormtroopers) where it should have a been a new story completely. Suffice to say that episode VIII is a better movie but we are far from saying it's among the best of the whole franchise. I won't spoil the movie but if I have to summarize, the intentions are there but the execution is not successful. We can critize the second trilogy but Lucas tried to create different environements, worlds, visuals and the way the Empire rose made more sense than how this "First Order" became so powerful !! Apple fired Steve Jobs... look what happened when he came back... Disney should do the same with Lucas.… Expand
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SavageeRancorDec 15, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A proper review, void of hyperbole.

The last Jedi is good enough.
There is very little character development and fake deaths abundant. It is a borderline mess in its exposition and fails to move the story in any meaningful way. Visually impressive, And thematically pleasing. The Last Jedi hinders on being a truly great film.

I give the film 6/10

Its worth a watch, but don't be expecting anything of high quality.… Expand
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LightsideJan 2, 2018
Upon reflection after seeing this a few days ago. Yeah, it's a run of the mill poor Star Wars movie with some of the most depressing plot sequences ever. Especially in Force Awakens but it only continues here. Bringing back old cast membersUpon reflection after seeing this a few days ago. Yeah, it's a run of the mill poor Star Wars movie with some of the most depressing plot sequences ever. Especially in Force Awakens but it only continues here. Bringing back old cast members is fun and games but not original in any way. Some weird historic turn we did here on Earth to deserve such petty rubbish. Aside from all that the actors do an ok job and the special effects are good of course but for how much they are making on this.. the locations, new ships, new re-imagining of weapons, etc, plot and script suck. Just a money generating machine is all Hollywood is. Pretty much the embodiment of Snoke's obnoxiously huge star ship. It's no longer art, just leeching statements of the left.… Expand
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AnomandarisDec 15, 2017
Having read the reviews, I went in with high expectations. I thought the movie was good - not great, as the majority of the critics are saying. First, the positives: It's beautifully filmed - quite possibly the best looking film in theHaving read the reviews, I went in with high expectations. I thought the movie was good - not great, as the majority of the critics are saying. First, the positives: It's beautifully filmed - quite possibly the best looking film in the franchise. The action is brilliant as well - superbly executed dogfights and light saber duels. Mark Hamill and Andy Serkis are mesmerizing whenever they're on screen. And finally, BB8 is freaking awesome! Now for the negatives: Snoke is HEAVILY underutilized - watch the movie and see for yourself. It's a shame really as Andy Serkis does a fantastic job portraying him. My second gripe is the lack of chemistry between some of the characters (Rey and Luke, Kylo and Rey). Lastly, the plot doesn't progress all that much from The Force Awakens. Because of this, the movie feels like it drags sometimes.

Well, those are my thought on the movie. It's good - but definitely not a game changer as the critics would have us believe.… Expand
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LamontRaymondDec 15, 2017
It's good, solid fun, with some amazing visuals, but in no way does it rise to the quality of the original three films. No, those don't necessarily hold up in terms of film making, but the acting, the pacing, and the excitement were just soIt's good, solid fun, with some amazing visuals, but in no way does it rise to the quality of the original three films. No, those don't necessarily hold up in terms of film making, but the acting, the pacing, and the excitement were just so head and shoulders above anything that has come since. I will say that Ridley, Boyega, and Isaac have solid performances, but the material just didn't make them shine in a way that I had hoped. Yes, I had monster expectations, and they weren't met, but again, it's a good movie.… Expand
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jfontsDec 15, 2017
This movie is not going to go how you think it is. That's not a bad thing. Sure there are some boring side plots that don't wrap up extremely well. However, to say this movie is a 0-3 is simply untrue. This isn't a very bad movie, which thatThis movie is not going to go how you think it is. That's not a bad thing. Sure there are some boring side plots that don't wrap up extremely well. However, to say this movie is a 0-3 is simply untrue. This isn't a very bad movie, which that score would indicate. People need to realize just because this movie didn't unfold or hit their personal plot points that it is an extremely bad movie. You thinking it should've gone "this way or that way" doesn't make it a worthless piece of hot trash, as almost all these negative reviews are indicating. Expectations and presumptions lead to the dark side. Get over yourselves, your theories got debunked, move on, look to the stars and remember this is a middle trilogy movie, meant to subvert expectations and theories and leave loose threads and questions hanging. For everyone giving it undeservingly horrible reviews based on personal hubris, grow up, these aren't as bad as the prequels.… Expand
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BoabDreepsDec 15, 2017
I'm a fan boy. I was 5 when it all started. The OT means everything to me. I disregard the prequesls but have a soft spot for Rogue One. I hated TFA, so I was fully prepared to hate TLJ. I rolled my eyes as the new crawl went up "pfft,I'm a fan boy. I was 5 when it all started. The OT means everything to me. I disregard the prequesls but have a soft spot for Rogue One. I hated TFA, so I was fully prepared to hate TLJ. I rolled my eyes as the new crawl went up "pfft, honestly, give me a break".
But then it started and a voice in my head said "hey, this is pretty good fun...just go with it". So I did.… Expand
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MooncrustDec 15, 2017
Beautiful, mesmerizing, hilarious. Rian Johnson has made a masterpiece -- perhaps the single greatest Star Wars film for the better part of four decades.
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LuhterDec 15, 2017
TFA was a horrible movie, hate it and almost made me not see TLJ. TLJ is a good movie. The plot isn't riddled with deux ex machinas. While I almost fell asleep at TFA, TLJ kept me pumped up until the end, the reason: the plot is notTFA was a horrible movie, hate it and almost made me not see TLJ. TLJ is a good movie. The plot isn't riddled with deux ex machinas. While I almost fell asleep at TFA, TLJ kept me pumped up until the end, the reason: the plot is not predictable (at most of the times), character actions have good and bad consequences (not just good as in TFA), the plot is fresh not a rehash of an old SW movie, characters are more compelling, acting is better, music score is net superior, cinematography and directing is astonishing (there are still frames I want as wallpapers).

The movie is not perfect. A big part of the flaws is from what Jar Jar created in TFA: boring rebellion plot, Luke the hermit, Snoke the boring Palpatine, etc. Also, the jokes sometimes are cringy. But overall , TLJ earns is name as a SW original movie… Expand
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Goo4youDec 15, 2017
*You'll find my original take on the movie below as i've had a different perspective since seeing it a second time.

12/26/17 It's not perfect, but there are a lot more continuity connections than just watching it the first time. Character*You'll find my original take on the movie below as i've had a different perspective since seeing it a second time.

12/26/17 It's not perfect, but there are a lot more continuity connections than just watching it the first time. Character arc choices that I despised the first go around came into focus the second time through. Even the Snoke and Luke arc made much more sense; though I still feel like Rian Johnson threw a hail mary pass to episode 9 that is more a problem with the DIRECTOR and not the movie itself (and a sincere reason I don't ever want to see another Rian Johnson directed Star Wars movie).

Lines given the second time around worked (nominally;"Rebel Scum" still made my skin crawl and wanna throw-up a bit). Humor, while still contrived, didn't bother me as much. This brand of humor has no place in a Star Wars movie, but the second go I guess I just came to terms with it.

The biggest change for me was the plot and how much depth I missed in the first go around. The argument that it ignored everything from Episode 7 is false, that it doesn't tell the story in its own right is false and that it doesn't get us to episode 9 is a massive falsehood. The biggest crime The Last Jedi commits (and Rians greatest sin) is that everything is hinged on the answers Episode 9 has to cover.....which is a lot.

This isn't like the transition from A New Hope to Empire and how that lead to The Return of the Jedi. The empire is stung with the lost of the death star but the war rages on in empire. The rebels aren't destroyed in empire, nor are our heroes lost. If anything they too deal with turmoil and setbacks (and revelations), but their way forward is clear (as are the rebels as a whole). Jedi sums up empire and brings the series to a close (until then). The Last Jedi tries to do this but instead ends up being a stand alone story which was squeezed through a sieve and forced to be a bridge for the prior and the future, when really Johnson wanted to make his own movie with his own story. There is no place for this in Star Wars.

They are "episodes" sure but that is in name only. This series is just that--a long-running "LINEAR" story that must FULLY connect to the prior story and also be ready to line-up with the future installment as well as fit into the overarching narrative. Rian Johnson did not want to do this, I firmly believe that--which is why the movie is hated by the community at large. Not only this, but Johnson buries the literal previous trilogy (4/5/6) by upending the events of ALL participants, making them ALL failures. What a great feeling it is if you've watched these all your life. If that isn't overwhelming ego at work I don't know what is. At most, Rian Johnson should have been give just one of the "Star Wars Stories" to make. He could have done whatever he wanted to there, but with The Last Jedi; he was the absolute wrong choice.

Still, there are plenty of things episode 9 can (and will) use to make it all work and those things will (hopefully) vindicate episode 8. But that isn't good either. A future installment should NEVER justify the quality of the prior; Star Wars or not. I cannot truly sin the actors, the story or the movie at-large for the sins of the director. The movie itself does it's job, but only on a second viewing (which is why I also increased my score from a 6 to a 7). Do yourselves a favor, see it at least one more time.

*12/15/17The movie is far overrated for it's sake. The pacing was droll, the cinematography was dark (as in physically dark, you can't see much of what is happening half the time). Story told through imagery can be fine, but if everything is representative of something that needed to be told it gets oppressive. And that is what this move felt like; oppressive, bland and out of sorts with what it was supposed to be.

And that's not what I felt, the movie kept second guessing what it was or where it was going. Is it a Stars Wars movie or was it the evolution of the series into something else? I left the theater not knowing what the hell I just watched and not in the good way.

There is a disturbing trend happening with Disney's movies; they are all starting to taste like the same thing. Dialogue from the last jedi could easily fit into an Avengers movie. Humor and places like Canto Bight....I've seen it in Guardians of the Galaxy. That can't be the case with Star Wars. IT'S STAR WARS! The jokes were terrible. There needs to be some humor, but this? The fan service moments were cringeworthy and left a terrible taste in my mouth.

There's a really good reason Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver's performances have barely been covered in the early reviews of this movie; Neither really have ANY screen time when they do it's as side dressing to the bigger names. There's no kidding myself here with people not going to see this movie, but I promise you; you'll leave disappointed. Shame on you Disney and shame of what you've done to Star Wars… Expand
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NicholasNoelDec 15, 2017
Star Wars the last jedi is an amazing movie, full of surprises. Rian Johnson definitely went for a more intellectual approach with this entry, judging by the subtle influences riddled throughout. The action scenes are an incredible odeStar Wars the last jedi is an amazing movie, full of surprises. Rian Johnson definitely went for a more intellectual approach with this entry, judging by the subtle influences riddled throughout. The action scenes are an incredible ode towards Three Outlaw Samurai, full shots often complimented by stunning imagery. While there is no big twist there are multiple moments of surprise and fan service which will surely make any true fan tear up or smile with joy as the nostalgia trips are strong with this one. The acting is worth mentioning especially in Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher (may she rest in peace) cases who gives the standout performances of their entire careers. The movie does have its problems, mainly story arcs that don't feel compelling enough and some of the new characters are just not that interesting, however the already established Rey, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker and Leia make up for this giving us an overall entertaining, endearing, Star Wars experience. I will also take a few moments to point out how disgusted I am at the bunch of people giving this movie 0,1,2 just to bring its score down. These are the bandwagon flag carriers which are the most damaging not only to the film fan community but also to the Star Wars community, giving us a prime example of immaturity and lack of composure and/or ability to have an opinion of their own. While this movie may not be perfect and all film is subjective, this is not a 0, the amount of beautiful looking shots, acting and the music alone raise this movie above any other average flick.… Expand
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EpicLadySpongeDec 15, 2017
Once again, Star Wars: The Last Jedi manages to bring back everything that made its predecessor worth seeing. It was worth all the hype it deserves which makes it another one of the best of this year and the only movie with such a scoreOnce again, Star Wars: The Last Jedi manages to bring back everything that made its predecessor worth seeing. It was worth all the hype it deserves which makes it another one of the best of this year and the only movie with such a score automatically makes this one of the best films of this year in my opinion. What makes this film truly deserves the score are the surprises it gives us. Like literally, they are completely unexpected and aren't forced onto the film unlike every other film that were released this year I see as a joke. To tell what it attempts to do is completely difficult to say in a couple of words because they keep changing as the film progresses to its end and I got to say, it was worth waiting for another great film of this year.… Expand
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GarrDec 18, 2017
It is way better than Episode 7 The Force Awakens. It is very creative. It is smart. It is funny. It makes you think. It gets much better with repeat viewings.
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InfrnlmajstyDec 18, 2017
I have to give this a 10 but its more like an 8.5. Dorks giving it a 0 are being way to cynical, but then again the Star Wars community is the most toxic of any community.
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tacosyndromeDec 15, 2017
What this movie does right, it does very very right. Some moments were hard to swallow, I don't mean any of the plot points or character arcs (I loved those!), just some of the unimportant scenes had dialogue that was a bit... off? The mainWhat this movie does right, it does very very right. Some moments were hard to swallow, I don't mean any of the plot points or character arcs (I loved those!), just some of the unimportant scenes had dialogue that was a bit... off? The main story arc, I love, it's something very different to Star Wars land and even has a bit of a George Lucas vibe of sometimes thinking 'wait, what the hell?'. Imagine the movie as a grilled cheese sandwhich with cheesy-ness oozy out the sides, but damn it tastes good and you just keep eating it even though you know there's way too much cheese.… Expand
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dharmaDec 15, 2017
This will not go the way you think...It's a line that defines the whole philosophy behind this film. Old fans seemed to hate it, giving it 'extreme' negative ratings even on this website. The reality is that it is a Star Wars film made forThis will not go the way you think...It's a line that defines the whole philosophy behind this film. Old fans seemed to hate it, giving it 'extreme' negative ratings even on this website. The reality is that it is a Star Wars film made for the newer fans, a passing of baton of sort. As Luke Skywalker passes the mantle of this franchise to newcomer Rey, so should this franchise seek what can be considered as 'new customers'. For me, it is a great Star Wars film, and the complete polar opposite of the Force Awakens. While the latter is essentially a love letter to the original trilogy (some even accuse it of being a carbon copy), The Last Jedi's whole purpose is the upend any sort of notions that you have of the franchise. Johnson writes and directs this like a slow burn thriller...starts of with a bang..slows down for some exposition..before turning the storyline with twist after twist. I myself enjoyed this thoroughly as for the first time, we have no idea how the story will turn up. These series of twists and major changes are the points of contention for 'older fans', a fanbase that has digested loads of materials in the so called expanded universe (now made 'obsolete' by Disney). Other than that, absolutely great set pieces and high production values similar to TFA. Face it folks, Star Wars are here to stay, whether you like it or not. Disney is now the purveyor of many major franchises beside SW thanks to its purchase of 20th Century Fox and in my opinion, they are in good hands. Bravo.… Expand
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2old4thisDec 15, 2017
Best Star Wars movie and best movie of 2017 for me! I had low expectations, when going to the theater, but I was happy to be proven wrong! A lot of instances are simply EPIC and the design, overall quality is great!
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doublecdoubleDec 15, 2017
The plot holes and head-scratchers can't overshadow the furious last hour, which has more eye-popping battles and "oh **** moments than any other Star Wars film.
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HaydenWDec 17, 2017
The applause and the audience reactions in the cinema (both times) simply do not reflect the overwhelming negativity I'm seeing online. The bitterness is saddening. I guess it's a strong emotion which leads to reactive behaviour more reliablyThe applause and the audience reactions in the cinema (both times) simply do not reflect the overwhelming negativity I'm seeing online. The bitterness is saddening. I guess it's a strong emotion which leads to reactive behaviour more reliably than pleasure. So here I am simply to lend my positive opinion to the online realm and make it more reflective of the ACTUAL public opinion surrounding the film. Firstly, I'm a lifelong fan of Star Wars. I thoroughly enjoy all of the films, even those I understand to be objectively quite poor. I've spent hours lost in KotoR and the Jedi Knight games, and enjoyed reading the Thrawn books as well as some of Obi-Wan's EU saga, and I'm at peace with those stories becoming 'Legends'. I'm also at peace with the Star Wars saga going in a new direction, with the galaxy changing, and the nature of the force changing (you may call it inconsistency, but there's nothing in the SW canon that suggests that the living force is a static, unchanging entity). With that out of the way, I find 'The Last Jedi' to be beautifully written, spectacular, and wonderfully exciting adventure. I'm not going to put too much effort into a review that is going be skimmed over or left unread, and most likely attract a wave of 'unhelpful reacts' (that's modern discourse for you). But what I will say is that this movie touched me, awed me, and surprised me. It felt remarkably conscious and understanding of human nature, and the writing was brilliant in that regard. The set pieces were incredible, and there were some truly, truly grand and powerful moments that I just keep replaying over and over in my head. This movie made my imagination run wild, it made me laugh, it made sense (and almost all arguments to the contrary are trivially easy to defuse), it excited me, it developed characters in new and interesting ways, it introduced new and exciting locations, technology, characters, and creatures, it featured sombre, bittersweet, and meaningful moments, and it gave us truly iconic imagery that – whether you like it or not – will be adored and remembered by millions for years to come.

This movie is a deadset classic, and time will come to treat it as such. No amount of nitpicking will stop that. This movie succeeded in awakening the adventurous, hopeful, fun, imaginative parts of young and mature minds alike, and that was the main thing it needed to do. 'The Last Jedi' is a sheer victory.… Expand
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bde9000Dec 16, 2017
Sigo sin entender por que el odio a esta película, si quizá no fue lo que se se esperaba pero la verdad es que cumplió demasiado, los personajes son mejor trabajados en esta que en entregas pasadas haciéndolos mas humanos y no solo héroes porSigo sin entender por que el odio a esta película, si quizá no fue lo que se se esperaba pero la verdad es que cumplió demasiado, los personajes son mejor trabajados en esta que en entregas pasadas haciéndolos mas humanos y no solo héroes por que si incluso vemos un pensamiento en Luke con mucha razón y justificación. Pienso que a muchos les molestaron los giros pero creo que eran necesarios para que la película se sintiese fresca y no como un refrito de la trilogía Original o como que apelaban a las teorías de los fans, los efectos visuales son asombrosos eso si se usa un poco mas el CGI pero no molesta, la comedia tal vez sea el punto mas feo de la película no tengo problemas con chistes o bromas ya que se usan desde la trilogía original pero estos son malisimos a tal punto que se sienten super forzados. Una película fresca de Star Wars que soluciona muchos fallos de el episodio VII y que apesar de contar con fanservice este no entorpece la trama o la vuelve un calco de episodios pasados, veanla y tengan sus propias conclusiones yo la disfrute y hasta llore con lo emotivo que se vuelve.… Expand
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eljonDec 15, 2017
I believe the film was good but it wasn't great. There were a lot of things different and it went out of its comfort zone. We always wanted to see something new from SW and this film did that. And we also never expected twists which isI believe the film was good but it wasn't great. There were a lot of things different and it went out of its comfort zone. We always wanted to see something new from SW and this film did that. And we also never expected twists which is good.There were some scenes that were really good, well thought out and executed perfectly and just made you feel excited. It also showed some really good stories but there are a lot of flaws but even with those flaws the film is still good. The flaws would be that some of the side plots were completely unnecessary and not needed in the film. It was also a little bit of a mess on how they told the story and there are some characters that are just completely not developed.There are a lot if twists going on in the film but those twists don't have an impact since there is no development at all for these twist which is really a waste. The twists in the film when combined together will not match up to the level of the Empire Strikes Back plot twist. Sometimes the humor was good but sometimes it was really cringey and that made the dialogue suffer. The new characters were not really needed but I believe that they were pretty much fine. Overall, I believe that the film was good. It's not great but it's good. I think that the fans were not happy with the twist and they might not appreciate change, which is hypocritical but everyone has an opinion and for me the film is good and is not a disappointment.… Expand
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SuperKevDec 15, 2017
I don't get the negative reviews for this movie. It's almost like there is a segment of people that automatically gravitate to the polar opposite of the conventional wisdom. So this thing gets great reviews across the board and poof they hateI don't get the negative reviews for this movie. It's almost like there is a segment of people that automatically gravitate to the polar opposite of the conventional wisdom. So this thing gets great reviews across the board and poof they hate it. This is a great movie and sad it largely getting hammered because it got such great reviews. I enjoyed this movie from start to finish. Lots of twists, genuine scenes that had high gravity (something totally missing from the prequels). I genuinely disliked the prequels as they were almost like watching a cartoon. This movie was excellent and has a very real real Star Wars feel to it in every way.… Expand
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johnem95Dec 15, 2017
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” broadens the story The Force Awakens built up, sending this new trilogy in thrilling, and in some cases, unexpected directions. Rey, Luke, and Kylo Ren are the co-MVPs.
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MrMovieBuffDec 15, 2017
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' throws so much at you than any other "Star Wars" movie, that you walk out feeling both confused and exhausted... but, it isn't short of its fair share of thrills. The movie pretty much begins where 'Star Wars: The'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' throws so much at you than any other "Star Wars" movie, that you walk out feeling both confused and exhausted... but, it isn't short of its fair share of thrills. The movie pretty much begins where 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (2015) left off, Rey (Daisy Ridley) has finally found Luke Skywalker (a powerhouse Mark Hamill), and is ready to take her training. Gone are the days of her being a desert scavenger on the planet Jakku, and she has become what she never thought she could be. The Resistance is back with Leia (the late Carrie Fisher), Poe (Oscar Isaac) and Finn (John Boyega), as they try to escape the First Order after the destruction of Starkiller Base, and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is not wasting any time as he is being constantly tested by Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis). Now, I already know that just by explaining the plot, it already sounds similar to 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back' (1980), but no... it isn't. There are similarities for sure, and similarities to another "Star Wars" film which I won't mention, but you'll know when you see it. Director Rian Johnson ('Brick' and 'Looper') was adamant about how this is a more "different" Star Wars movie, and he is right. Aesthetically, this is one of the most stunning "Star Wars" movies I've seen, there is a lot of uses of the color red here. Not to mention that Johnson does break some rules (if I can say that) regarding the "Star Wars" lore and mythology, but at the same time, he also shows us how powerful something like the Force can be, and we may not have realized that. There is one scene however, which turns away from all that. Without spoiling too much, let's just say that there is a small plot where two characters have to travel to a particular planet to find something, and while on that planet, it feels like a completely different movie (maybe this was Rian Johnson's intention). The scene does go on for a bit too long, and ultimately, I could do without it. For 2 hours and 32 minutes, cutting out that scene would shave at least 20 minutes. The main reason why I would prefer "The Force Awakens" more is because that movie's plot was minimal and simplistic, despite it being infamously similar to 1977's "A New Hope". But it had great character development, and fast-paced action, and the story never lost focus. Here, just with that one scene, it did lose just a touch of focus, but Rian Johnson isn't afraid to throw so much at you. This movie tells a brilliant story regarding where our main characters go, and what fate lies ahead of them. There are also so many plot-twists in this movie, breaking the narrative code and taking as many risks as possible, this might just be the most complex entry in this iconic franchise. Obviously, I really enjoyed this movie, and cannot wait to see it some more. It is a fantastic follow-up to a very entertaining "The Force Awakens", and is sure to open more doors for the upcoming "Episode IX", Rian Johnson clearly has a unique vision for this franchise and its characters that no other director - not even George Lucas or J.J. Abrams - would dare to take. Johnson took some risks, and for the most part, it paid off, which makes his upcoming "Star Wars" trilogy all the more anticipated.… Expand
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MJStorey23Dec 15, 2017
The Last Jedi is a amazing film, but it does suffer from some pacing issues. This film is amazing, there is no doubt about that, the action sequences are fantastic, the character development is better than in any other Star Wars film and theThe Last Jedi is a amazing film, but it does suffer from some pacing issues. This film is amazing, there is no doubt about that, the action sequences are fantastic, the character development is better than in any other Star Wars film and the Actors, both new and old, are performing to the best of their abilities. Although the themes in this film are maybe a little darker than The Force Awakens, it still manages to combine comedy elements with more meaningful moments, something Star Wars has always been able to do. The only issue I had with the film was its pacing, I guess when you start off in the way this film does you have to expect the it to slow down, but I feel like The Last Jedi took a little too much time before we were treated to some more of the amazing action sequences that the film does so well. Overall this film is a fantastic addition to the Star Wars universe, picking up where The Force Awakens left off and leaving the trilogy perfectly poised for Episode IX.… Expand
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sambenaDec 16, 2017
Don't listen to this sea of negativity. I swear all these bad reviews must be from a sea of butt hurt social justice warriors. This movie was amazing. It will keep you guessing the entire time. I can't wait to see it again.
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GuillaumeBorkhDec 15, 2017
The strongest Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back! It has more heart and character driven plot than all the other films. Its made me laugh and cry intensely. At the very least it is a visually stunning masterpiece! Certain scenes left meThe strongest Star Wars since Empire Strikes Back! It has more heart and character driven plot than all the other films. Its made me laugh and cry intensely. At the very least it is a visually stunning masterpiece! Certain scenes left me utterly breathless. Most importantly, the core thesis of the film is so inherently what Star Wars is about and leaves both old and young with an inspirational lesson/ message: The fight is not about defeating your enemies, it's about saving those you love! This is the type of message I want my children learning.… Expand
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