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Movie Review (i.redd.it)

submitted 2 weeks ago by King@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The resistance was not on their back foot, they were fucking dead. It was 30 some people and the Falcon by the end of TLJ.

Kylo makes a terrible villain for the big bad. He already lost to Rey in the first movie even if weakened. He failed to turn Rey with his big join me speech in TLJ, and he gets embarrassed by ghost Luke. There's nothing scary about someone who's been throwing temper tantrums for basically two entire movies. Secondly, there was now way he wasn't going to end up being good, Disney wasn't going to greenlight a conclusion with him being evil.

Rey made peace with her past and admitted it didn't matter, there's nothing to explore there without the retcon Rise did. She also had multiple defining moments of choosing the light, basing a movie on yet another time is stupid.

Other force sensitive people is a meaningless thing to base the conclusion of a trilogy on. Elmer Sleazebaggano son of Elan appearing and being the big good or bad out of nowhere is just as bad as Palpatine. You could do something with an established character becoming force sensitive, but they butchered that anyway.

Leia even if Fisher hadn't passed couldn't be the main plot. Sure she could be a source of help or counsel for Rey, but that's about it. If Leia became the hero of the resistance like she was for the rebellion by using the force and welding a lightsaber it just begs the question why she didn't bother at any point in the last 20 years before everyone was dead. It also doesn't work with Disney's need to sunset the established character is and bring out the new heroes of the galaxy.

It's not about comparing the feelings of empire or the beat for beat replay. It's about comparing the narrative and where it was at that point in the story. Empire left room for growth, there were new questions to answer, TLJ didn't.

The rebels were scattered after Hoth, but most the ships were able to escape. This lets the following movie have the option of gathering on or off screen. TLJ left almost none alive, the next movie needs to invent new people.
The main characters were thoroughly beaten by the bad guy. This provides something for them to overcome in the next movie. TLJ ended with Rey succeeding, the first order is now 0-2 at being the big bad guy.
Luke had to process his father being Vader, Han needed rescue, and Leia wanted to rescue him. Rey, Poe, and Finn were all happily on the Falcon.
you had the seeds of romance in both. The problem with Reylo was Ren couldn't be the big bad and the love interest or the movie just ends with him telling the first order to stop once he acknowledged his love. You also had Rose and Finn, but that was one sided as he was obsessed with Rey the whole movie.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s not about comparing the feelings of empire or the beat for beat replay. It’s about comparing the narrative and where it was at that point in the story.

Contradicting your own claim in the next sentence. A+. Thanks for proving my point.

And deliberately holding up the worst interpretation of how those plot lines could be developed isn't meaningful. Might as well slap together a Chad-Soyjak meme and say you won.