Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Rian Johnson
Written By: Rian Johnson
Starring: Mark Hamill, Laura Dern, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Benicio Del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Billie Lourd, Kelly Marie Tran
Genres: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Franchises: Star Wars, Skywalker Saga
AKA: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Country: USA
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Kojiless | 38 39th |
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It was about 20 min. into this Disney-licensed toy ad, that I came to the sad realization that Star Wars is no longer a series made for me. In some sterile board room in SoCal, it was decided by a murder of pressed Armanis that Star Wars should no longer be something that *some people loved*, but something that *everyone liked*, and in doing so, they sucked all the magic out of it, choosing to embrace demographic metadata in a corporate cash-grab rather than the hearts of those who remember '77.
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Mentaculus | 85 82nd |
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Last Jedi manages to intercut a dozen characters of consequence between and through scenes, across the universe and within internal states, and somehow keep its core logic unscathed. And that logic is founded on a sly disregard for fan service. You want proclamations of heredity and lore? Go watch the Prequels. When Luke tosses his lightsaber, he dismisses an entire cottage industry built on safety and expectation. It's a blockbuster looking forward and not back. The sacred texts are burning.
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terrymac | 84 92nd |
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Star Wars films should be exciting and leave you with a smile on your face, This was exciting and left me with a smile on my face.
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Hawkins | 52 14th |
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I haven't seen a chase sequence take that long since the cops were tailing O.J. down the 405. The Resistance is the creative state of the franchise - running out of fuel, crawling forward when it should be blasting off, commandeered by people with different agendas who aren't in on each others plans, assailed by angsty man-children with gripes about the past.
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Paxton | 73 73rd |
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Another movie with some glaring silence that was extremely effective, maybe my favorite moment in the whole series. Most of the fighting was impressive in an inconsequential Sucker Punch sort of way. Thusly I feel that the original trilogy STILL contains the best fight scenes. Someday somebody will pull a The Matrix worthy fight that is as relevant to the plot as the fight scenes in The Matrix. Group discussion: Should the Wachowski's direct a Star Wars sequel? No and no. Discussion over.
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Barthalen | 55 32nd |
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Ahhh boy. I'm just so tired of all these star wars.
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FrederikA | 75 77th |
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Brimming with adventure, humor and a playful toying with the serie's tropes, this sequel plays like a string of mostly great set pieces tied together by a refreshingly simple plotline. Once the (red) dust settles though, the main story and many of the characters haven't progressed all that much, considering we're now two thirds into the trilogy, but I enjoyed the ride all the same.
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Leonardis | 90 65th |
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I like it! I did have a few gripes about it, but I still had a great time. I really like what they did with Luke, Rey, Poe, and Kylo. Hands down the best characters. I also liked all of the surprises this movie offered. It's different than the other movies, but I would say it's a pull in the right direction. I didn't care about Snoke in the first place, so his fate was whatever, and Ros isn't unnecessary, but she isn't a likable character. This could be edited down, but I still liked it.
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andayb | 40 15th |
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a huge step back from episode vii, the last jedi is meandering mess of convoluted sub-plots and a weak storyline that runs a whopping 2.5 hours. there are deus ex machinas galore, and huge jumps in plot points towards the end in an effort to reduce the runtime. none of the characters develop further from the first movie and kylo ren is just a weak villain who has no menacing presence. and by the way, wtf was that force-skype bs? seriously.
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guy piranha | 45 17th |
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aside from randomly regurgitating themes, beats and outright scenes from the OT, disney upped the ante and pooped on it now, too. and on mark hamill, for that matter. most people may not care all that much about coherency, whether it's in plot, characters, tone or canon. most people watch 'despacito' on youtube regularly, too. whoever greenlit johnson's vision of star wars (yeah you, kennedy) seems to want it going down in flames. something that at this point i wholeheartedly concur with.
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SullaLion | 40 11th |
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Boring. What a complete mess of a film. Out of place slapstick humor, a stupid plot that doesn't make sense, simple and uninspiring dialogue, forgettable music, an obviously contrived "diverse" cast to make the social justice warriors happy, and don't forget that rich people are evil. This is the death of Star Wars. What comes after may wear the same clothes, but has none of the soul, depth, and imagination.
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| 13 | daveyp | 58 7th |
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Long, messy, lazy, derivative, shallow and full of injections of totally out of place slapstick humour every few minutes. Massive disappointment. Doesn't build on the framework set up by TFA or move any characters forward in a meaningful or interesting way.
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Groovy_Souls | 85 82nd |
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After a few days of consideration, I feel comfortable enough to say that I really really loved The Last Jedi. It was the first Star Wars movie in a long time that I felt I couldn't predict. It had lovely visuals courtesy of Rian Johnson, and the script was tight and condensed into 3 main stories, none of which were uninteresting. I had gripes, which included some weird humor, and the lack of scope in some stories, but overall, The Last Jedi holds up as one of the better and weirder Star Wars.
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BeeDub | 75 29th |
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A parade of baffling narrative, character, and universe-building decisions made by a man given too much free reign and who clearly holds Star Wars and its fans in contempt. Rian, if you're going to "subvert our expectations," what you come up with instead better be an improvement - and this wasn't. J.J. Abrams, for all his shortcomings, at least had good intentions.
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juntakinte99 | 88 78th |
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I have to applaud Rian Johnson for not going the easy route synthesizing a new movie by temp tracking all of the notes from The Empire Strikes Back. This flick has a slyer humor and social commentary in it. Storywise these characters find a way to confront their personal truths in an always intriguing way. It comes across as more of a quiet drama/loud action movie--akin to something like Heat or The Dark Knight. But the performances & Old Hollywood Western/WW2 vibe are nice. Recommended.
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Robart | 0 5th |
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People are stupid.
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BillyShears | 75 65th |
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Ignore the score I'm like Kylo Ren force manipulatiing the score up as I seethe hatred at this kinda boring slog but it's peppered with some really great parts that the inner obese aspie in me is whooping and clapping my hands obnoxiously at the expense of others. I am Luke Skywalker and JJ Abrams fun in the sun Star Wars is the weird sex milk alien and I need to be sated.
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Luna6ix | 80 74th |
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A step up from "The Force Awakens," I haven't been impressed with Ridley since the get go and want to roll my eyes at her fashionably bandaged arms, but the fact is, that "The Last Jedi" is only an improvement upon episode VII and both are vastly better than the Hayden Cristensen crap that came out of the early 00's. I've never been a rabid Star Wars fan, but if this trend continues, I might be won over. A solid balance between throwback ideas, built previously and new sights and characters.
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nutcrackr | 58 14th |
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The Last Jedi is not good. Luke's part is not totally horrible and some jokes were okay. However it is nonsensical, lackadaisical, and heretical. Combat and action is boring. Finn and Rose rescue some ugly horses on a casino planet that has no personality. Laser projectiles curve downwards in space. Transport vessels are invisible despite being in visual range. It's mostly bad because it tosses the lore aside and fails to replace it. The franchise has very little to get excited about now.
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Bown | 88 88th |
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Sorry, but I'm not as cool and elitist as everyone else who's reviewed this so far - I LOVED this movie. It's long as all hell and feels it, but the character work and dramatic stakes are superb, the comedy is hilarious (bound to be considered too irreverent by purists, but fuck em), it's absolutely gorgeous, and the performances are impeccable, especially Hamill. Were it not just a little too convoluted, it would probably be my favourite movie of the franchise. God damn, Rian.
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MontyCircus | 60 68th |
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They're saying "Best Star Wars since Empire!" but I didn't like it as much as "The Force Awakens". My main issue is that what critics praised as great "twists", they were really just a series of "fake-outs", which lead me not trusting to believe anything that happens, as each and every big moment turned out not to be real, which left me uninvested emotionally. Kind of like how every big moment in "Mission: Impossible" is a face mask rip off...it tires you out.
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NothingsGood | 30 20th |
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The worst adaptation of the OJ Simpson Ford Bronco low speed chase ever made. Was there a plot? Do endless fetch quests count as a plot? I think if you cut the first 100 minutes from this movie no one would notice.
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LookJabba... | 7 57th |
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The Last Jedi takes Star Wars in new and unexpected directions and Rian Johnson takes gambles with the past and the future of the saga. There are lots of surprises throughout and whilst some are rewarding there are others that underwhelm. Pacing issues, disjointed subplots and forgettable new characters also hinder this sequel. Daisy Ridley & Adam Driver impress once again. As do the incredible set pieces. But it's Mark Hamill who steals every scene with a memorable yet unexpected performance.
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| 9 | kjetting | 90 93rd |
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"Hope is like the sun, if you only believe in it when you can see it you won't survive the night". Something along these lines is attributed to Leia Organa in the movie, and it's also a running theme. Rian Johnson's entry into the Star Wars cannon is filled with breathtaking cinematography and a wide range of emotions, but most of all it's very committed to its themes, like freeing oneself from putting too much importance on tradition and lineage, and maintaining hope when none is in sight.
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JackRyan2014 | 75 85th |
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TLJ is the most interesting of the new SW films. Instead of purely good Jedi and evil Sith SW8 introduces ambiguity. The Rey and Kylo dynamic is the most interesting plot thread but Mark Hamill as Luke isn't far behind with a great performance and an unexpected character arc. There's quite a few funny comedic beats, Finn's story is an entertaining diversion and how the rebel fleet section ends is visually spectacular. My main issue is the pacing isn't quite right and I felt the long running time
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| 9 | Countdown | 0 0th |
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Craps all over everything that makes Star Wars great. I hate this movie.
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TheDenizen | 70 63rd |
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There's some tonally out of place humor, Leia flying through space is dumb as shit, and the entire Finn/Rose mission was entirely pointless and only slowed down the middle of an already-too-long film...but it's still a Star Wars movie with plenty of cool fights and space battles and heroic sacrifices and all that other fun stuff. Let's not forget that these flicks have always been intended as pulp entertainment for the masses, and drop the hand wringing analysis of every single scene.
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Alex Watkins | 3 38th |
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It has an admirably irreverent attitude towards canonicity, and while it's broadly satisfying to see Johnson symbolically cast off the shackles of the previous films, there's still too much reverence for this installment to escape the terribly long shadow the franchise casts. To say nothing of the fact that its stabs at progressive politics are facile at best; there's nothing all that impressive about the billion-dollar blockbuster finally sort of letting a black guy do something.
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| 8 | theficionado | 63 61st |
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Best part is how the death/rebirth themes are metacommentary on the series itself. When a set of sacred texts go up in a pyre, TLJ invites us to consider its own violence to the first trilogy's completed narratives, how it has compromised the moral standing of the closest thing our culture has to myths. When Luke is moved to action by an iconic vision from the original trilogy, it invites us to contemplate the series' enduring vitality. It anticipates & preempts criticisms from its fans.
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DavidBlast | 90 92nd |
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I hear a lot of complaints like: Cash grabbing, as if Star Wars was originally made to conjure up unicorns. Snoke's character lacks a background story, as if Palpatine wasn't just an evil dude in a chair. It's no middle chapter, as if 'The Empire Strikes Back' didn't leave us bewildered. I think Rian Johnson did an impressive job under extreme circumstances. He made a kids' movie that we can all enjoy, if we let the past die and watch it the way our inner 8-year old would.
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ZachReviews | 95 86th |
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Shut up, losers. It was good.
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Tony Irwin | 37 36th |
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I had fun watching it in the cinema, but it's a poor movie I won't need to watch again, and in fact I've no real desire to turn out for the sequel. They wrapped up my favourite character, and that pretty much wraps up Star Wars for me. It's pretty much gone the same way as DC - you'll have fans genuinely experiencing euphoria in the cinema and and defending it to the death, but you can't keep putting out this quality of stuff and expecting regular folks to get hyped for it. We remember boredom.
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MrHallenbeck | 92 84th |
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Weird and wild and thematically resonant in a way that makes me care for it more than most of the others in this series. I dug it a lot.
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gyrro7 | 55 15th |
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The tone was all over the place.. pointless scenes. Yuck yuck humor. I felt like I was watching Austin Powers-like farce in places. Mark Hamill went full camp in the tree scene. All while against a LONG clock lets them travel the galaxy to find what they need. Take in the sights, play a few slots, then oh ya get back and save the day only to not and go off on another mission. Oi. Makes me appreciate the prequels much more. A total mess.
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TimeCapsule | 74 73rd |
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As a youngling my father introduced me to the wonders of "Star Wars". Now with my younger sister's new found enthusiasm for the franchise, with this post-Disney resurgence, it's become a family tradition to see the latest film together. This year there was a moment, the one where Leia was flying through space, when I turned to my father and we shared this "WTF?" look with each other, and right there, "Star Wars" brought us together again. So I guess Carrie Fisher was right, it's about family.
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| 8 | JizerOne | 20 3rd |
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The Last Jedi is just like your typical Marvel - that's pretty much all you need to know without being spoiled to think of before going to watch it in the cinema.
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schnofel | 57 48th |
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First of all, Johnson's jokes are so lame; their timing undercuts the weight of the drama, which, btw, just repurposes Abrams' mythical vision into end fights, cliffhangers, and philosophical placeholders. As a result, all the new characters lose their charisma and the old ones, well, Mark Hamill gives it his all. I'm not denying the film its moments of pathos and beauty, but the fire is lost in an endless war, and "turns" from good to evil and back. Burn it to the ground indeed.
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alohim | 75 17th |
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I am fed up with Star Wars and all that money-sucking movies over and over re-created and resurrected. It may be good for newbies or those who are keen in it. But for me it was just ordeal to sit in cinema whole 2 and half hours and watching all that fights over and over as I watched many many times before in many many other movies of this kind. And I got this feeling that it is just cheesy and created for product placements and merchandising purpose. And maybe to keep people in wanna-war state
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Ytadel | 5 57th |
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Some of the elements that annoy certain people - namely the wry self-deconstruction of Rey's parentage and that one Snoke scene - actually appeal to my storytelling sensibilities. Many other things, like Leia Poppins and the dumb casino planet subplot and the consistently lame Vice-Admiral Purple Hair, do annoy. What's become of Luke Skywalker since Return of the Jedi is ultimately very underwhelming, but a few individual set pieces are strong.
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Anomaly | 77 66th |
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Props to Johnson for his disregard of Abram's "mystery box" writing style, but it's a bit too overstuffed for its own good. Even in a two and a half hour long movie it's always hurrying around, never giving us needed time to breath. BUT all the moments between Kylo and Rey are excellent, and all the forced character divergences really pay off once we get to the climactic fight(s). The throne room battle was especially good. Leaves me wondering what Porg tastes like.
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frederic_g54 | 6 35th |
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Our brains are hardwired for junk food. Cutting up a piece of fruit and mixing a salad are far more laborious than visiting your local fast food joint for that instantaneous fix. Sure, new items are occasionally added to their bland and overpriced menu, yet rarely does it deviate from its successful and well-established formula. Like any bad habit, it takes time and perseverance to break it. And I'd much rather jump ship now before the porgs become a thing. Seriously, fuck those useless fuckers.
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KasperL | 60 50th |
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Even though the action sequence on Crait was pretty sweet, 'The Last Jedi' is my least favorite installment so far in what is at the moment, I suppose, an octalogy. Johnson's script is messy and often disappointingly clunky, and neither it nor his direction make any of the characters shine the way Rey and Finn did in the much more exciting 'The Force Awakens'. So now it's up to Abrams to bring back the force in Episode IX... Also: Hux sucks!
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TheRealJ-Ro | 85 84th |
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Full disclosure: I wanted this to go in a direction that it didn't really go narrative-wise, and it's a movie that, in some ways, feels more "same-y" than TFA ever did to me. But my second viewing absolutely helped, and I can't recommend that strongly enough. It does a bunch of fun, cool stuff. There are only really a few sparce parts to the movie that take me out of things, and I overblew my distaste for other things. Take it as it is, not as how you wished it was, and it's a pretty good movie.
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Beer94 | 66 56th |
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While the last one felt quite classic and true to its roots, this film seems to be a little more daring in some aspects. It takes a while to truly get going with a few other gripes here and there but a nonetheless solid outing for the Star Wars saga.
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SirStuckey | 65 45th |
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Everything interesting they teased got fleshed out in the least interesting and mediocre way possible. Half the movie doesn't even matter because so much of the plot ends up pointless. Best parts involve some character interactions between Rey and Kylo, and Luke and a droid. The worst parts are every time they try to make a joke as this is the least funny movie that's ever tried to be funny. I didn't mind Luke's character changes as much as some but it was a bit jarring at times.
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Velvet Crowe | 38 34th |
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I will never comprehend the people who praise this movie. The writing is insufferably bad making it hard to take this movie seriously. What exactly should I find interesting about this movie thematically or why should I think this movie handled its themes well? It's mostly a superficial and sloppy take on rebellion with general resentment of what Star Wars is in the public eye. This was done better in various EU stories, so why should I be impressed by the movie merely attempting this?
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hellboy76 | 70 79th |
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As someone who was around for the initial Star Wars mania, this is a complete fuck you to the entire process.I am glad. If our old familiar heroes were trotted out and saving the universe it would have been a shit pile so large it could not be quantified. Every knock against this entry has literally been in the series prior and the ones that haven't been almost refreshing in their swagger. I don't care that Snokes wasn't epic, or Leia Poppins or Luke's ultimate failure. Damned entertaining.
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bof | 76 73rd |
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It's messy, with at least 7 scenes filmed like the Final Battle and a few unnecessary sideplots, and in a lot of ways just as derivative and fanservicey as Abrams' movie. But where Abrams is content to dress old content in new clothes, Johnson plays around with it, and he's much less willing to trust that Destiny, Redemption and Balance are immutable forces of good. You'll recognize scenes and lines, but they mean something new, which makes the movie mean something new. Burn it down, start over.
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eCitizen | 75 77th |
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I'm a huge fan of Star Wars and I expected to absolutely love it, but some of it was rather disappointing. I was annoyed by the overuse of mind connections and it was exhausting to watch the resistance be decimated to such dreadful depths. Daisy Ridley was marvelous. I disliked Fisher and was disappointed by Hamill. I thoroughly enjoyed about 3/4 of it. Some of the writing was poor. Overall it's a mixed bag of great moments and a few not so good.
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mattorama12 | 73 71st |
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Lots to love, but also some big issues. The visuals, the big surprises, the action scenes, and some of the cool new Force powers were really incredible. However, the humor was a serious problem. The humor did provide some laughs, but there were several times where it was used during an otherwise powerful sequence and dreadfully undercut the tension. Not that this franchise needs to take itself seriously or anything, but this really went overboard in the other direction.
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Matija D | 58 28th |
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Weak, TFA is a masterpiece for this. But hey, at least porgs and ice dogs will be a good sell. Everything for the marketing. Woo-hoo :/
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Temptershell | 62 20th |
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A huge disappointment caused by the idiotic development of the story. Very provisional treatment of many important characters and secrets and the worst finale of all parts. Great marketing but the very poor effect of the work of such a remarkable cast.
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amazedemon | 76 93rd |
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The greatest hurdle the SW franchise now faces is inconsistency. The "mystery boxes" Abrams relied on so heavily for TFA are tossed aside by Johnson (rightfully so in my divisive opinion), to allow TLJ to be something different. This is a film about failure, with character arcs about surpassing it. The humour is very en vogue, and Johnson favours cinematography over sensibility. Hamill is a highlight and Tran is a good addition. Flawed, but I enjoyed it (assuredly after a 2nd watch).
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Jimmy Suede | 55 21st |
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Too much plot is still just blatantly rehashed from the original trilogy, and too much is not developed or explained, to make room for more videogame-style action, more jedi powers we've never seen before, more desperate last stands, and even Adam Driver's pecs. Seriously, how many last stands are enough? As the movie drug on I was impatient for it to end, which is unheard of for me and an epic sci-fi movie. Yes, there was good here, but everyone else is spouting that, so I don't have to.
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timmo | 95 88th |
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Johnson's vision is smooth, chaotic, and original. His knack for universe-creation is put on full display here. That's probably why he's been given the power to control the franchise's path forward. The characters are interesting and fun. The story is thrilling. Go see this film.
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martryn | 72 57th |
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This film ruins the franchise worse than the prequels. It contained two plot lines (both Poe and Finn) that did nothing, and the Rey/Ren team-up that was teased ended up not happening. There was nothing brave about Rian Johnson's decisions. Social justice commentary, rewriting characters, disregarding teased elements, wasting talent like Benecio Del Toro. Movie made me hate Poe and Finn, resent Leia, and feel sorry for Mark Hamill. And I liked Rian Johnson before this. What a cluster fuck.
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edkrak | 55 36th |
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I only wonder how many lives would be saved if Rey just got it over with and telepathically sucked Darth Vader II's dick.
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Ofterdingen | 79 92nd |
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Harder, stronger, faster - and better than The Force Awakens. I just wish they had left out that casino sequence, Benicio Del Toro included.
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fact100 | 75 77th |
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Simple maths: 8>7
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DesertPunk | 81 76th |
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Keeping Star Wars stagnant in the same narrative and intellectual space is far more insulting than letting it change. That was my concern with The Force Awakens, that attempting to appeal to what people think Star Wars "should" be was creatively strangling a franchise that had long since went blue. I'd rather see a bold new vision than a sad reunion tour, and The Last Jedi feels like the first few baby steps into the former.
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DrGoatman | 100 99th |
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It's the Star Wars we need, not the Star Wars we deserve.
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The Beast | 5 40th |
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Seems like I lower this score every time I see it. Snoke, milk, reylomance, Princess Poppins, whoever that new girl is whose name I really don't know, a general who prefers mutany to revealing that she's actually got a plan, the most poorly choreographed fight scene I've witnessed. This is a very bad big budget movie. How much was that walrus enjoying being milked? He seems to REALLY enjoy that.
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Xenophule | 5 13th |
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This felt more like a high-budget fan film than a solid Star Wars movie. There are many very pretty scenes, but everything that's presented to us feels like it amounts to not much. We walked away feeling very underwhelmed and like we just watched a 150min commercial for the latest plush toys. All this may be a setup for the final film, but by itself it's very...meh.
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easydiff | 90 96th |
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"Leave the past behind. Kill it if you have to." Our chief antagonist delivers the thesis, and Rian Johnson follows up with a powerful film about how stupid it is to depend on the icons of the past, when the way forward is bending the future to your will.
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coffee | 85 85th |
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I've got loads of questions on my mind. How long has it been since Leia took over the leadership of the rebellion? What kind of democracy does the rebellion have? Do the rebels elect their leader among candidates? Why can't a leader step down after her own son betrays her cause and becomes second in command of the enemy? She obviously is not a good mother. She also brought the rebellion to the brink of extinction. She's definitely not a good tacticioner. What more do you need to step down Leia?
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evrana | 59 23rd |
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It was the worst episode up to now. You can only reheat the same dish so many times, you know. It has enough eye candy for a 3D viewing on cinema; and with Disney they got down the quite chimera animal thing down. but aside from that, there is not one memorable new character (they still rely on old ones, except BB-8; but that is a better designed R2D2 also), not a real storyline and nothing to look forward to. If this Republic is so weak that it falls with each little push, why bother saving it?
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panomadgreek | 52 9th |
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I think Phantom Menace might have been better than this shit.
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Bunyas | 72 66th |
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I've decided! This trilogy won't be nearly as good as the original trilogy! I can even say that although in total the new movies are bit better than the Prequels, they are close!.. As of first two installments, they are like two totally diffent movie, they don't have a trilogy feeling.. They have their strong moments and are good looking movies but they are just.. feel not like Star War'ish to me! Standalone Rogue One was and felt more like a Star Wars movie than these new ones!..
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maddog | 79 60th |
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Trying no spoilers. This movie's greatest strength is to subvert expectation. It knows we know the formula for Star Wars, and it knows we're expecting our real life knowledge to dictate what happens to characters. Instead its focus seems to be on heroism versus living to fight another day, on plans not working- and I mean really not working! It has flaws, sometimes rooms of people are all dealt with 'perfectly', and similar action movie syndrome nonsense. Still good. Messes up long-term story.
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Ross | 95 99th |
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Being in my thirties and having seen nearly 3000 films it takes a lot to really excite me, but Last Jedi did. I loved every scene with Rey, Kylo and Luke. To a point where I can forgive that Finn, after being the revelation in Force Awakens, is totally wasted in an odd Indiana Jones side story, and that Hux and Phasma are among the worst SW villains. This could very well by my second favorite Star Wars film after Empire.
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INDYATMN | 85 74th |
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The 1st half suffers from many lackluster scenes. In addition to Luke's explanation for opting out of the war feelng insufficient & thoroughly unsatisfying, the film - once again - recycles scenes from the originals: yet another version of a Mos Eisley cantina; another stand-off w/ the "Emperor". You begin to wonder if everyone forgot that the most loved sequel - Empire - was entirely new. Things pick up a great deal though once the players are in position & the conflicts get much more personal
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EastonD | 45 30th |
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An intriguing clusterfuck that wasn't a pandering New Hope retread like Force Awakens but seemed like it was actually trying to send this franchise in a different direction. It seemed to be actively ignoring most if not all of the questions that TFA brought to the table in an attempt to give this sequel trilogy its own identity. The new identity unfortunately also included forced humor that was distracting rather than funny and shitty CGI creatures that would have made George Lucas rock hard.
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WWallce4prez | 80 72nd |
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Rian Johnson's behemoth of a film is a worthy follow up to the Star Wars reboot. The narrative is often clumsy as at least one of the story lines turns out to be fairly mundane, but there are enough "wow" moments to push past the bad. As with The Force Awakens, it is the new characters that shine in a story that feels crowded. The charisma of the young actors makes me want to spend more time with them and explore more of the galaxy.
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fenixdown | 45 8th |
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Undercooked and overlong. Tensionless battles, lame antagonists, poorly timed jokes, good characters wasted, and really bad characters introduced.
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Okkervil | 80 83rd |
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[spoilers] I can see why some of the fanboys lost their shit over some parts of TLJ, & to be fair it's got issues; Snokes history & demise, Luke's murderous streak & evaporation, Finn's sojourn & some (not all) of the comedic choices all have problems around them. But these were mostly minor issues for me & some weren't really issues at all! TLJ is fantastic fun & the final third particularly is a pulsating ride. Impressively it's quite unpredictable & that's truly rare in Hollywood.
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chemtrails | 50 38th |
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Pretty cool that Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were willing to perform in this fan film
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| 5 |  |
mrandersen10 | 60 20th |
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Solo dead. Leia dead in real life. Luke is now dead. New characters are weak and have no chemistry... What the heck were they thinking? As a stand-alone film, maybe it's not so bad. If you don't care about SW, it's tolerable and it entertains. But for those passionate about the SW universe and its characters, it's a complete and utter disaster. And what hurts most of all is what the movie represents: the final nail in the coffin for this beloved franchise. All hope has been irrevocably crushed.
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| 5 |  |
Bandy | 60 15th |
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Poorly plotted and frequently nonsensical, The Last Jedi all but ignores previously established character arcs in favor of a flaccid takedown of hero worship.
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Barraoc | 70 64th |
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The true villains of Star Wars: The Last Jedi are whoever sold the Rebel Alliance that batch of autopilot-less spacecraft.
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JLFM | 86 91st |
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V3: Gold standard blockbuster filmmaking. If Abrams’ Force Awakens was a (satisfying) replica of what came before, Johnson’s Last Jedi is a radical expansion pointing to a more daring future (hypothetically). I love the audaciously rule-breaking nature of Johnson’s sequel that threatens to change everything you know about Star Wars without ever disrespecting it. How appropriate for a film that spends so much time discussing legacy, yet emphasizes the importance of moving forward.
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Cotote2018 | 20 0th |
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The most angry i've ever been at a film and definitely the most disappointed. Terrible in every way.
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TheEscapist | 68 40th |
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I was disappointed and underwhelmed. There are some cool scenes, but overall the film feels like a mess. I loved TFA and TLJ just pales in comparison. The humour didn't work for me and I felt like it tried to reach the widest possible audience rather than staying true to the SW universe. Characters that were smart and interesting in TFA now seemed dumb and unable to do anything. On rewatch it's less terrible but more boring than I remember. It just goes nowhere and feels like a bad parody of SW.
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hisblob | 46 27th |
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Given the opportunity to form a duumvirate that would balance the badness of the "bad" guy, the clueless millennial throws everything down the drain for another round of deadly galactic hide-and-seek
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| 5 |  |
redflag | 86 33rd |
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Enjoyable mixed bag at best. At worst, extremely cynical "media experience" masquerading as a film for the purpose of next quarter's acquisition and merchandising plans. Good fight and battle sequences, good turns from Luke, Leia, Ren, and (less so) Rey. The rest...............
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| 5 | Ippei | 75 72nd |
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This felt the least like any other Star Wars film and could possibly be why I enjoyed it. The main story arc was well drawn out and whilst the film does feel long, none of it feels unnecessary. There are still typical Star Wars things that happen and the performances feel much more controlled and better overall, compared to The Force Awakens. They also handle the Carrie Fisher farewell very very well.
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Byder | 74 77th |
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Every Star Wars Aspect of it was great. Everything else not so much. Sometimes I wanted to close my eyes and return my mind to the wide ether of the force but then something fantastic happened and I was hooked again. It's a shame they wasted so much screentime on boring stuff that ultimately was just...there. Sad.
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luord | 58 40th |
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As expected, it hits too many of the same beats "Empire Strikes Back" hit but unlike "The Force Awakens", which managed to keep itself entertaining, this one is bloated and often dull. It picks up at the end (in a climax that actually seems tacked on) but it's, in general, not very good.
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cowfrappe | 63 39th |
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Entertaining and well-shot but heavily over-written.
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Nathan S | 3 45th |
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I appreciate this film's attempted irreverence, though it is ultimately shallow and fleeting, overshadowed by standard heroic antics and the awkward clashing between mythological solemnity and an utterly goofy sense of humor. It's an okay film, sometimes pretty good, but my enthusiasm for this creative universe has waned significantly.
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twincinema | 65 43rd |
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This is a fun movie, but goddamn, Kylo Ren is such an ineffectual villain. He is continually bested at every turn. Benicio Del Toro added a lot of fun to the film. I felt like the film really started when they got to the casino world, mostly because by that point, I was starting to get sick of what felt like an endless battle. I needed five more minutes of Luke sexually milking the alien, while they both their "O" face.
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frankswild | 80 75th |
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Best Star Wars movie since Empire. I especially liked how it went out of its way to frustrate people's expectations and nostalgic attachments
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| 4 |  |
bowfinger | 50 42nd |
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It's just another day in Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe 2.
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| 4 |  |
Duder | 60 40th |
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* Not a good sequel. Meaningless and waay too long subplots that mount to nothing, characters that you dont care about, Heroism everywhere. A deusex machina is almost every time a bad escape tool for bad writers, but when you have 200 of them, I don't even know what to say.. So sad after Force Awakens.. A merchandising machine and at its worst.
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| 4 |  |
dst7175 | 0 1st |
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So disappointed! Disney hyped up Luke return and give me this shit. Snoke scene was a joke. I was a huge Star Wars fan but each new movie I become less interested.
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| 4 |  |
letskillrobots | 14 36th |
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Rey is like "you're a monster" then Luke is like "yeah his heart has turned" and then Rey is like "you don't know what you're talking about!" to someone who is like idk the most powerful jedi of all time? Maybe he should know. Anyways I'm #teamKyle over #teamFinn.
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Ocelot | 50 40th |
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some cool moments. a lot of stupid moments. all of it, largely, eminently pointless. this movie spends a lot of time asking what it means to be a Star Wars movie, but it never seems to ponder why we should be making them, it at all. the film does have one scene that works as an apt metaphor: when a weird alien is salivating over coins as a casino burns. Disney is that weird alien, and we're the cannon fodder on the ships blowing up. more thicc women in space, please.
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wetwillies | 85 59th |
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Viewed December 20, 2017. The best BB-8 movie yet. I really dug this, if only for the wind, the rain and the deep, expressive use of the color red. Rian Johnson has made a movie that's deeply indebted to the Star Wars myth, that has an undeniable love for the franchise within its bones. At the same time, it's willing to take things on its own terms, to deviate from the structure and from fan service, and to get weird and beautiful when it really counts.
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| 4 |  |
kgbelliveau | 60 11th |
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Somwhere a long the way it just sort of lost touch with the force and became a farce of monumental stupid ideas from all the characters. Finn and Rose? Wasted pile of garbage storyline. Rey and Kylo mind connection? Definitely not deep enough. Luke and Leia reunion? Perhaps the films only genuine moment. What the hell is Episode Nine even going to be about at this point? There are very little threads left to explore for the so called grand finale. This was not the sequel we wanted. Come on guys!
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VinegarBob | 0 2nd |
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I don't even know where to begin.....
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| 4 | timmytom | 15 13th |
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What... was the story there? What was it attempting to say? What happened? These aren't questions that have answers when the script is mad libs scenes pulled from a hat and filled in at random.
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| 4 |  |
PetrosTser | 80 86th |
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A pleasant surprise from beginning to end and the best film of the franchise since the first one. The visuals, sound and effects were all amazing but what made this stand out was how quickly those 150 minutes flew: it's packed with both action and character insight/ growth and rarely puts a foot wrong. Nothing's black-and-white, the motives of everyone are thought-out, all action scenes range from great to fucking amazing and although there's so much going on it never feels rushed or overloaded.
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Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter) | 75 84th |
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Star Wars: Episode VIII--The Last Jedi is a very good movie that is a step in the right direction for the franchise. Yes, even if that results in a less-than-perfect movie at this point. Its prevailing theme of pushing forward and not focusing on the past is exactly what it should be doing. It has solid action, good acting, interesting characters, some funny jokes/lines, and it's pretty entertaining overall. It even has a couple of twists that delight. It's a very good movie. [Full Review]
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| 4 | damil | 70 67th |
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I didn't love this. One of the best things about The Force Awakens was that it truly looked, sounded, and felt like a Star Wars movie. And this one didn't. It just didn't sweep me up with that magic. Johnson's cold, detached style didn't work for me. There's some great character stuff with certain characters, and then some stuff that feels unnecessary and slightly irritating. There was some good action. A lot of the humour fell flat. Overall, I just really think it could've been bett
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| 4 |  |
goremeat | 70 58th |
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TLJ is rather oddball and feels like a different franchise - which was nice. It became very thematic - laced with a kind of hatred for what it is now expected to become. But still suffers from the same shit of the other SW films: unfunny humour, banal adventuring and Mary Sues everywhere.
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| 4 | Scorpus | 81 73rd |
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Thematically strong and filled with memorable turns, The Last Jedi is a decent entry in the post-Lucas franchise
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Seethruskin | 4 52nd |
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Luke drank space cum
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| 4 |  |
TheDailyNathan | 82 61st |
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Very split opinion on this movie. As a standalone, it's an entertaining but perhaps long 2.5h. The battles and climactic moments are some of the best in Star Wars, but there's a lot of jarring slapstick comedy, and very undeveloped character arcs, despite Ep7 having the tougher job of actually introducing these chars. As part of a trilogy, it is the most frustrating and least worthwhile of all Star Wars movies, closing off a lot of plot, which is where a lot of the disappointment will come from.
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| 4 | Lightning17 | 80 89th |
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Visually stunning and dramatically epic, The Last Jedi is everything The Force Awakens should have been: a space western. Building more off of what George Lucas started with the franchise than Abrams action-packed Star Wars, The Last Jedi has tension and drama that fills a short plot, and makes up for its less than strong start. The side plots do fall short in many aspects, but flaws aside, there's nothing like an epic Star Wars film, and this (mostly) fits the bill.
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| 4 |  |
FoxyRussian | 81 43rd |
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Great set pieces but there is to much time spent on bridges talking. The movie ends up feeling more like a Star Trek film instead of a Star Wars film. The comedy placed throughout sure doesn't help, and really makes the pacing uneven at best. At the films core, the Luke-Rey-Kylo storyline is solid and one of the best things about the Star Wars universe, but its everything else in the new trilogy that falls flat (Special Shoutout to Rose, for being the new worse Star Wars Character ever)
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| 4 |  |
Dakota99 | 7 77th |
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While feeling like it retreads on past tropes, The Last Jedi is a solid addition to the franchise despite the glaring holes it suffers from. Johnson's entry doesn't strive away from the usual, as it holds the same light hearted moments previous films have, and the exposition carry steadily up to the final act, despite a convulted plot than the description suggests. Along with questionable character decisions, pacing and some poor CGI, it will be interesting where Abrams closes this chapter
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| 4 |  |
KenMeisters | 92 99th |
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Rian Johnson breaks free from Star Wars nostalgia and adds something new to the canon. The main message of hope rings throughout the whole movie. Even though not everything clicks on the first watch, the movie steps up to the challenge to surpass its teacher. The final sequence looks gorgeous and the characters develop in smart and interesting ways. Also, this is the most Mark Hamill Luke Skywalker ever.
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| 4 |  |
deep_green | 30 11th |
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I definitely don't give a shit about star wars anymore.
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| 4 |  |
joel-w-m | 6 44th |
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It was the cons I was thinking about when I left the theatre-the jumble of rollercoaster plot threads and tones, the bloated run-time, the sometimes cheesy dialogue ("Every word in that sentence was wrong")-but it's the pros that have been popping up for me ever since: The fantastic female representation, the fascinating relationship between pro- and an-tagonist, and the bold (often fourth-wall) subversions of tradition and expectations (see Yoda's lightning, Poe's humbling, Rose's save).
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SuperSui | 94 99th |
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Right after the movie I was devastated, disappointed and sad but after some reflecting I feel like "yeah this is the way it should go". Clearly it has boring moments and many of the characters are bland and I really don't care about them in this movie. Rey, Luke and kylo are the big exceptions and everything with them or the force is great and the most "star wars force stuff" ever. Give it a try, I bet it gets better after the second or third watch. But please, less Marvel-comic-nonsense.
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| 4 | law | 65 72nd |
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Not another rehash of the original trilogy, which is nice. The Rey-Kylo-Luke thread is 9/10. The Finn-Rose thread is 4/10. The rest is standard 6/10 Star Wars stuff. Altogether, that works out to 12/20 in my weird rating system. (I rounded down for the Yo Mama joke, Luke dusting off his shoulder, Leia floating, and porgs.) The company line is this was all Rian Johnson's, but there's no way that's true. He's not faultless but much of the blame must fall on monolith Disney's hidden interference.
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SlrSoapbox | 90 92nd |
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I may end up changing this score as I still have very complicated mixed feelings about Episode VIII, but it's a genuinely exciting story with a lot of unexpected twists.
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Filligan | 98 97th |
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Rian Johnson is a talented filmmaker and Star Wars benefits from his craftsmanship. Visual storytelling leaps from every frame, daring ideas explore uncharted territories, and the whole cast sells this affecting vision with renewed gusto. Driver and Hamill are especially fantastic. All of this in the most beautiful Star Wars to date. This only takes a few wrong swings, and I know fans are divided and calling it riddled with plot holes (it's not), but this is where Star Wars needs to go.
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djross | 40 26th |
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Previous instalment was red and blue: here the blue has been ditched. Also breaks new ground for this "franchise" (where this term should be understood as meaning that the director is someone authorised to act as an agent for a company's products) by having a couple of actual chuckles. Perhaps the least incompetently written and directed film of the series, for what that's worth, but the "prequels's" ambitions to create a world of political and economic concerns are now well and truly discarded.
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Kavu | 82 76th |
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First in the series in 34 years to be original and good simultaneously. It takes a long while to end though.
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iqcumber | 20 2nd |
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Three hours of wall to wall cringe. I can't uncringe my face now, thanks a lot.
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cagedwisdom | 75 65th |
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Too long and a bit messy. There's a lot of really excellent stuff, but there are also a lot of elements that are really weak and awkward. It's fine, not great.
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Cowman | 60 28th |
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Get ready for a couple of very impressive fight sequences and set-pieces, but also expect to do some serious facepalming during a handful of very, very silly moments; e.g. princess leia cruising through space might be one of the most stupid scenes ever.
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AFlickering | 3 38th |
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if j.j. was necessarily devout, rian's all bergman struggle. it's marvel-tinged, overelaborate & rushed (exception: that breathtaking stretch from mirrors to hands), but the radical narrative subversions are mythological autocritique, embodied by hamill's conflicted performance (disdain alongside a nostalgic 'milking' of the SW mystique--a love/hate relationship). leia's projection inspires his own, their suns set together: a symmetrical conclusion made resonant by the intervening loss of faith.
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Icarus | 50 14th |
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So, this is basically giving the finger to the original trilogy with all its "let the past die" and "burn the texts" stuff, right? Nearly everyone of consequence in this film wants the past to fade away, to stop having an impact on their realities today, and that includes the filmmakers themselves. Call me naive, but that's a nonsense way of looking at the world. At least it was funnier than average for a Star Wars movie.
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| 3 | RedBarDragon | 70 37th |
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This is my least favourite Star Wars movie. Here is why without any spoilers: Last Jedi tries too hard to deliver its core message. The movie goes about it with the finesse of a hammer. It is true humour was present throughout, but there is nothing a fan has not seen before. The "huge" reveals felt like a letdown and at least one character proved to be either a publicity stunt or merchandise bait. Likely both.
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whatismyname | 60 49th |
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I kept waiting for it to ramp up, for the story to grip me, the characters to become entertaining, but it didn't.
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Obdurate | 70 40th |
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It's a good movie that occasionally reaches greatness. Looks great, the universe is still fantastic, but now the bad: There was an opportunity here to do something unique and it didn't do it. Some hokey dialogue and acting here and there, a trilogy built on the backs of uninteresting characters but they were a little better here; I am fine with a formula but it needs something to invest in. The final act was a lot of fun. Some scenes were brilliant.
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vespera23 | 81 72nd |
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Pulling an almost complete 180 from Episode VII, The Last Jedi tries to subvert the tropes of the narrative; heroic gestures fail, legends are flawed, and Bad Guys don't always lose. Aside from a story arc that could be removed entirely from the movie without any real change in the plot, VIII is a welcome change for the franchise
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| 3 | sellis | 49 17th |
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Great, zigzaggy visuals, communicating the sometimes complex action scenes fast and efficiently. Some cool individual scenes, and the set piece with Rey and Kylo doesn't disappoint. Almost everything else is a total mess. The biggest problem here is time. Not enough of it for the bible-long bullet point list that is the story beats of this film. This is a season of television crammed into two and a half hours. Few of the character beats resonate because of this, and I am left feeling nothing.
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| 3 | BurstBubble | 98 86th |
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So, the casino section was off tone and too long but overall a really enjoyable film. At this point, I definitely have two very different Star Wars universes but I really like what they're doing in this one. Very curious for the next film.
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Stewball | 70 54th |
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Pretty good in places, not in others. Gotta be Oscar Isaac's worst performance.
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omgfridge | 3 27th |
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This was poo. I actually really liked "The Force Awakens" too. Scenes are contrived even in a Star Wars blockbuster sense. It's also Michael Bay level cringe at times.
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Judge Holden | 4 51st |
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I mean, really, whatever. Another overhyped and overanalyzed Marvel superhero movie with colourful swords. Another subpar instalment in a consistently subpar franchise. This one comes fully loaded with constant deus ex machinas, a padded script disguised as character drama, cringeworthy dialogue, and laughable attempts at political relevance.
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bolivar | 70 54th |
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whereas the two other new movies somehow could survive on pure nostalgia, the last jedi cements the idea that this disney revival is nothing but an utterly meaningless and redundant money milking process. to put it shortly: this movie has no raison d'être whatsoever. oh, and was it just me who reacted on that this movie contained unusually many close ups with the eyes out of focus?
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| 3 | CarsonWid | 68 50th |
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A lot of good stuff here, but the downside is that there's just too much stuff altogether. This is really two different movies/stories that are being crammed into one movie, which leaves both underdeveloped.
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overrated | 34 26th |
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The pacing is awful and overall feels like two or three scripts Cronenberged into one. Cute creature insertion reaches critical levels. Also ridiculous that this became a front of the culture wars, i.e. if you disliked it you're a redpilling MRA incel. On the plus side, TLJ takes some subversive stabs at traditional formulas which was desperately needed. And Luke drinks alien walrus boob milk, something I desperately needed.
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Cinema_Asia | 70 56th |
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Thematically this is an interesting film since it directly questions much of the established lore of SW. What this doesn't do so well is make these new faces as compelling as the old ones. It still feels like fan service at times. They try to make Rey this engima but she's more boring than enigmatic. As the movie says many times Kylo Ren is no Darth Vader. Rian's subversion of fan expectations is interesting but you need more than that to build a living breathing star wars universe.
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mandy | 6 44th |
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This is part of a whole phenomenon which is indisputably iconic and great but as a stand alone it is entertaining and amusing in places but just that.
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Talvitie | 61 31st |
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Well... At first I thought that this is the best StarWars I have ever seen. Then after the first act I started to feel sleepy (really). And when the third act started I woke up again. The movie doesn't deliver anything new and the editing reveals surprises too easy. It's okay, but far from great. Oh yeah... The fact that main character refuses to do what we expect him to do... Come on... That is one of the oldest cliché and if you really do a movie with it. Make it with an interesting twist.
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axleblaze | 90 77th |
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I'm honestly pissed by how much I liked this movie
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DaWolfey | 72 89th |
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On the whole, I was not disappointed because my expectation was that it would be easy to watch and pretty enjoyable, and it was. However - every "comedy moment" grated on me horribly and felt terribly out of place. It was also too long, not in the sense that it needed tighter editing, just less film. The light-speed kamikaze explosion though. Wow, that was phenomenal.
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misterlizard | 65 66th |
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TFA was a love letter to the original trilogy. This tries to move beyond that and take the franchise in a new direction and I commend it for that. But I feel that, like with Rogue One, the more the films try to move beyond the classic hero good-v-evil trope, the less SW they become. Nevertheless, the film is hugely enjoyable despite it being a mess of bad editing and go-nowhere plots. I hope this is just an awkward but needed break from the past and the next film will establish a new SW myth.
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glumpy_99 | 98 95th |
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Emotionally charged series entry revisits (and deepens) the thematic beats of EMPIRE; bravo to Johnson in keeping his vast canvas of characters in sharp focus at all times. Fisher's scenes have an inbuilt emotional heft, but it is Hamill who steals the film in a deeply moving and poignant revisiting of Skywalker. Manages to be both distinctive and of a mind with previous entries in its design; only nitpick is a 3rd & 4th act which could have been combined for more cohesive dramatic effect.
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Ununnilium | 87 87th |
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A fun, powerful movie with some structural oddity. The Resistance's losses go too long and steal some of the triumph of survival, Rose and Finn's side journey doesn't fit with what's around it... these are minor complaints. The important parts are Good. TFA's characters push forward on their personal journeys; new ideas hop in to enrich the world; and Star Wars gets interrogated, in a way that honors the ideals behind it. I love Rey and Finn and Poe and Rose and Luke and Leia. Good shit.
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natebarrios | 70 56th |
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LET'S 👏🏼 FUCKING 👏🏼 GO 👏🏼 KELLY 👏🏼 MARIE 👏🏼 TRAN! 👏🏼 YOU FUCKING MADE IT!! (also the movie's just kinda good, had a lot going for it and some un-ignorable flaws too, idk, it's just not bad, people gotta really chill.)
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OrangeAmel | 82 78th |
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I saw this part 6 hours after watching the previous one for the first time, so I still remember what happened before. This movie focuses on the WAR for a change and has its surprises which is a good thing, but it has its downsides, too. There were too many repetitions, there were also moments that felt like a pure fanservice (depressed Luke joking? Really?). The cool idea of the Abyss was never extended. This part is definitely better than the previous one, but it has many unused opportunities.
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CMonster | 30 12th |
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Obviously script by committee because this makes no fucking sense.And I ain't bitching about Luke and all that no good vs. evil stuff. The actual time frame and continuity is broken garbage.
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| 3 | ericambler | 85 89th |
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THE LAST JEDI is an exhilarating, ballsy end-run around the storytelling parameters established by THE FORCE AWAKENS, and a secret handshake for those who prefer its predecessor's same-but-different vibes delivered with a bit more subtlety. This is STAR WARS through and through, deftly pulling the levers of nostalgia and tapping out weird variations on a familiar tune, while greatly expanding the thematic scope of the series. A direct hit on both the head and the heart.
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| 3 | jthusky | 78 76th |
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Will rewatch and revise. I have a hunch my score will rise.
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ThereminJam | 85 77th |
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Love Star Wars and loved this.
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Dumptruk4Lif | 89 69th |
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Like the originals, I like my Star Warses different each time, and this was definitely that. There's a lot of unpredictability and suspense, and the characters have complex motivations and actions. There was a great feeling of mysticism in how the Force was portrayed that felt really otherworldly like in the original trilogy. I don't think the movie was unfaithful to the originals, and even if it does feel that way to many, there's always the originals, they're not disposed of because of this.
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| 3 | myfavchords | 86 90th |
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It is evident that this film has a different writer and director than the The Force Awakens. This film does not fit in some ways with the previous chapter. However the film works by itself. There are plenty of exciting scenes and moments the entire way. Also there are some interesting surprises in the script. Overall I would recommend this film.
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| 3 | sabysims | 40 0th |
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Cheap, commercial pandering. Nothing original, scriptwriting by focus group. Not worthy being mentioned in the same breath as the Lucas ones. Still like drugs and reality tv.. there will be enough undiscerning people interested enough to watch it and it will make money.
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| 3 | whatisitisee | 30 3rd |
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mediocre by all conceivable aspects, shitty story, shitty characters, shitty acting, shitty writing, shitty everything
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| 3 | Insti | 79 64th |
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I'm not sure what I think of this film. Some bits were good, some bits were not so good.
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Amadeus | 20 3rd |
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Worst Disney Comedy. Ever.
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| 3 | chhe | 47 2nd |
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Really bad. Not just your average action CGI movie with no story or dialogue. They decided to kick it up a notch by throwing in communist and feminist propaganda into the movie too. Its so drenching in this nonsense that they managed to ruin what would have been a perfectly horrible movie.
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lex | 80 53rd |
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Motions to be progressive and subversive to the series' tried and true light side vs dark side conflict, but ultimately plots towards an ending that feels too safe considering what just came before. It's a legitimately innovative Star Wars driven by Kylo Ren's boundary-breaking inner conflict and the most involving portrayal of the rebels to date (forget Rogue One), but some clunky bits of storytelling and cautious conclusion keep it from realizing the truly great ambition it seemed to have.
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90sCoffee | 73 43rd |
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Not the same fun adventure as The Force Awakens was and not the same level of climax or natural flow either. Quite messy and a muddy drama. Still, it has enough moments of magic and grandiosity to elevate it above average. Lots of misses but enough hits. Unfortunately, whereas Abrams left a bunch of intriguing questions coming into this film from the previous one, Johnson leaves very little setup for the next one and almost ignores the fact that it's a trilogy.
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| 3 | DyanneThorne | 90 95th |
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A challenging movie. Like The Force Awakens it uses a lot of elements from the old movies but it likes to subvert all the tropes. Which means that it's not so much unpredictable, as seemingly predictable until the last moment, where it fails to deliver on the promise. Here, a crazy million-to-one-chance scheme does indeed not succeed, despite all narrative laws. Fortunately, I've had five volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire to get used to that exact feeling.
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| 3 | whotemp | 55 5th |
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I don't know what kind of story they were trying to tell, and I don't think the writers do either.
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philamental | 89 95th |
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I'll get the worst right out of the way, I hate that TLJ means I can no longer refer to Episode VI as simply 'Jedi'! As for TLJ itself, I loved it. I enjoyed TFA but wasn't a big fan of it's familiar formula and mystery box narrative and TLJ surprisingly takes the story in unexpected directions. It's main flaw is that there are too many cheesy gags that upset the tone of the scene taking place, but that's forgivable in an otherwise stellar John Williams score driven Sci Fi fantasy adventure.
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| 3 | BadFurDay | 7 74th |
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I'm glad they're trying something different. In traditional Star Wars fashion, there's still a ton of annoying deus ex machina, but at least the plot avoids a lot of their usual tropes and tries to have a fresh direction. Would be more than 7/10 if there wasn't that Leia shark jumping scene early in the movie, and if the main characters weren't written to be extremely stupid and unable to solve things by just talking to each other.
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backwardsuit | 63 29th |
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There's some great ideas in this but even when concerned with breaking the mold of its franchise the film remains almost ironically encumbered by its broken remnants. Beyond this curious meta-struggle it has next to no story to tell, only half baked ideas loosely woven into a tonally & structurally confusing plot. Somewhat entertaining but its sparks of greatness are smothered by Disney cheese & substitute fanservice. It seems the series can no longer afford a fresh course it desperately needs.
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VorpalKitten | 85 75th |
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Good enough movie with some awesome parts to it, the scenes with the four force users are good, the thief was cool AF and the rest of the movie kinda dragged on.
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Corbad | 85 90th |
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Too long, and starts clumsily, but worth it for the film's surprising nuance and intricacy, intertwining not only multiple storylines but commentary lines as well. A plethora of strong female characters, staggering visuals, and moments of powerful subversion allow each of the multiple final acts to ably carry my interest onward. Did I mention the visuals?
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siphus007 | 68 20th |
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Confoundingly intimate with an actually fresh vision, but also filled with mediocre acting, unexplainable events, and head-scratching, this movie still manages to leave a mark in a way that others have not. But it's clear that Lucas' universe is now more of a tool for writer's block, and the legitimacy of his original vision is no more than a holographic projection from the past.
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| 3 | MikeTown | 1 5th |
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Terrible terrible movie. Let it all end now.
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| 3 | Oktfest | 94 67th |
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What a refreshingly pleasant change to this franchise. There were a few things I wasn't big on with the story, but overall, I loved the message, and how this movie made me feel. It went in a different direction than would have expected, and I was thankful for that. By the end, I almost cried, and almost embarrassed my family be cheering loudly. I know I embarrassed them with my loud outbursts of laughter. My favorite Star Wars movie of the 9.
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DMCrimson | 78 46th |
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I like the ideas in The Last Jedi more than the execution of those ideas.
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MadMan | 94 82nd |
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PORGS. And oh yeah, the movie was pure Star Wars.
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Voltaire53 | 89 97th |
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If you watch for the 1st time believing the indications from the trailers you may have trouble liking this movie (you won't be alone!)... maybe Disney *wants* you to have to come back and see it again! I went in knowing the trailers were deceiving and I personally loved it wholeheartedly, great action, great set pieces, not afraid to be controversial in how it progressed the plot in the set up for 'The Big Finalé' and humour injected really well at suitable points... can't wait fpr #9
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TheDiceman | 70 82nd |
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Entertaining.
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supergloo | 9 76th |
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I rather enjoyed this.
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Difontaine | 82 83rd |
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It's not perfect, but it had plenty of Mark Hamill as Luke, and I'm happy about that. I am stoked about Episode 9.
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MJVmovieMan | 71 52nd |
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The Last Jedi takes baby steps in the narrative and definitely struggles with a saggy midsection. Fans of the classic characters will be disappointed, but the movie overall entertains and sets up what will hopefully be a more exciting final chapter to this trilogy.
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nilkynarfy | 82 83rd |
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kylo's inner conflict wasn't light vs. dark, but bastard vs. motherfucker. that was neat. the rest of it was good, sometimes great. okay, I liked the space princess thing.
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caocao | 79 93rd |
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The good outweighs the bad considerably. It stayed with me for considerably longer than any of the other new Star Wars fare.
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td888 | 80 89th |
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I can understand the criticism, but I don't give a fuck. It's a rehash/mix of the originals and I enjoyed it.
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Koalafish | 60 30th |
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was ok
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msprague | 75 73rd |
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I was impressed that they managed to squeeze in some product placement with Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now?" advert. Overall this was good but mostly thanks to Mark Hamill.
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muutanet | 77 77th |
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The other new generation Star Wars film. There was still some (un)necessary links to oldies but the story was more or less well build. The running time could be less. All in all nice reds in the end of the story.
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Julius | 85 73rd |
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This is not a movie for the casual fans of Star Wars. It takes a deeper knowledge of the lore of the SW universe - and the Extended Universe - to truly appreciate what is happening. Could it have been any better? Yes, obviously! But personally I think it did a darn good job at progressing the mythology of Jedi vs Sith.
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geohawk | 90 78th |
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The most thematically interesting movie in the series, but also kind of a mess. It has fun (and amazing) scenes, playful writing and righteous twists, but it felt like the action got shortchanged. Never, and I mean never, have I rooted more for a Laura Dern character, though.
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babamots | 52 31st |
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Episode 8 added nothing to the universe and aborted promising storylines. Johnson took the baton from Abrams and not only failed to keep it going, he tossed it back in the opposite direction.
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Weafdog | 45 79th |
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Someone else wrote: "It's the Star Wars we need, not the Star Wars we deserve." I would say that the Last Jedi is the Star Wars we deserve, but not the one we want. If this was supposed to be the "dark one", we can forget gravitas in Episode IX. Oh well. Still fun and entertaining to see my childhood heroes revisit their roles.
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| 2 | Kalmah7 | 84 80th |
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I'm not a big Star Wars guy, but I'm big into protege training. This is like if I wrote fan fiction (as long as you dump the silly subplots and contradictions that surround it).
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eric-jan | 75 74th |
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MY FAVOURITE STAR WARS movie thus far :). It really had it all.. Drama, comedy, fantasy, action, adventure, sci-fi, horror, you name it! Either you loved it or you hated it. I LOVED IT, can't wait till the next one comes out!
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walkearth | 60 60th |
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Star Wars at the cinema! What more do you want from life? There are light sabers, space battles, Luke Skywaker (!), effects, John Williams, plot holes, unnecessary plot lines with second-grade characters and - SPOILER ALERT - Yoda! If there was more of Kylo/Rey/Luke/Leia and fewer forced scenes involving the aforementioned second-grade characters due to studio necessities I guess, it would have been perfect.Would definitely watch it again. And again. Because it's Star Wars. /c Vue Purley Way
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 85 68th |
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The Kylo Ren/Luke/Rey stuff was fantastic, the rest was fine. Better than Force Awakens.
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snbutler | 55 12th |
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A mess. The plot is erratic and unconvincing, it's over-filled with characters to the point of bursting at the seams, and it has nothing interesting to say.
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Dunder74 | 6 46th |
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the film is enjoyable, and i (barely) recommend it, but it feels strangely finalizing for the second installment in a trilogy. messy. too many ideas and no sensible hand to hold as johnson presents them all. why is it all so inconsequential? reminded me of a prequel.
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| 2 | forehead1 | 40 26th |
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Episode VII's major crime was that it was completely unoriginal: mercifully TLJ makes an attempt at a new story (I suppose), but the result is still the same. For while there is the odd decent performance and scene, it's really poorly written stuff - Star Wars or not - with a truly awful script and virtually no action leading to its logical consequence. Ever. Special mention to the time consuming Boyega/Tran storyline: utterly pointless, and as wooden as anything you will see on the big screen.
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BionicNinjas | 90 83rd |
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Perhaps the most daring installment in the franchise, with a story that grows on you over time.
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burakc | 85 78th |
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Best Star Wars movie recently, I really really like it.
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Taliban | 70 65th |
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Rey is inspiring millions of little boys to become girls.
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SpaceEcho | 45 18th |
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This is what's left over when you suck all the fun out of Star Wars.
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AAAutin | 60 72nd |
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Benicio flipped; Benicio flipped, for real.
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Syntheseizur | 88 89th |
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If you're looking for perfect narrative logic and plot consistency or unchecked reverence for the Star Wars legacy, this will comfortably disappoint you, but almost as a prerequisite for what it's trying to say. In general, it sets up a much more conflicted but also healthier version of the franchise. The film both grapples with the unspoken complications of a decades-long legacy and does everything Star Wars does best with confidence and originality.
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| 2 | blubble | 72 42nd |
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Quite enjoyable, with some good cinematic scenes. The comedy didn't really do it for me, though; it definitely detracted from some of the scenes. I enjoyed the Kylo Ren character more than in TFA however.
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a.carsten | 60 8th |
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I thought Disney couldn't make nothing worse than the prequels. Sadly, I was wrong. There's still plenty of Star Wars elements to please fans, but the franchise legacy has already been lost.
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closedmouth | 70 41st |
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Really dope second act, I dug the emotional tension between Rey and Kylo. It loses a lot of that tension after the eye-popping throne-room fight (which felt too much like a denouement), but it remains dumb, silly fun throughout.
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| 2 | jlewis | 90 81st |
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Everything is turned up to 11 - beautiful star wars imagery, just slightly overdone stay wars camp, star wars action, star wars mythology, star wars opera, and absolute star wars rebellion, sacrifice and rebirth. It's *almost* too much. The lack of even a little bit of humility that this is Star Wars and you're gonna love every second made me love it more, only downside was the content and characters being completely accessible to all ages was at the cost of complex dialogue and deeper emotion.
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Jerky | 75 93rd |
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Star Wars: Episode VIII - Luke Skywalker Drinks Alien Titty Milk
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stuie299 | 70 33rd |
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Honestly I can't remember the last time I felt this indifferent towards a movie. A two and a half hour movie should not feel this rushed. All the scenes felt inconsequential because of it. Some things annoyed me, but nothing was really that bad. I guess the easiest way to put it is that whatever magic the original trilogy had is completely missing from the new trilogy. I just don't care about any of these characters.
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maakal | 78 64th |
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Starts slow but gradually picks up steam, and I was fully into it by the conclusion. It's far from perfect, but overall if you're a fan, you should love it.
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| 2 | BeautyBliss | 90 91st |
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It's good to see that Mark Hamill is still just as whiny as he was 40 years ago. I fully admit that my rating of this film is inflated by my undying childhood love for Star Wars. This one is better than Force Awakens. It offers enough surprises and development without being too much like the original. Actually, there is still a lot of similarity. It would be nice to see something really original from Disney, but I'm not holding my breath.
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ribcage | 90 92nd |
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My biggest gripe with ep7 was the sameness of the story, my highest praise for the gray of Kylo ren. Both are improved upon greatly in last Jedi. Even luke becomes gray in an interesting and gripping backstory. The final act was intense and for good or bad blasts apart the lore...i appreciate doing something different. The resistances chase scene is stupid and mostly serves to pace the luke-rey plot until it all comes together in the end
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chmul_cr0n | 69 52nd |
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Pretty out-of-focus. Like, plot-wise. Even if you just took all the genuinely interesting parts (Rey- and Kylo-stuff), it's more than enough. The rest was just too mundayne in comparison. Or actually unecessary, like Benicio del Toro. All the rehashing worked muuuch better than in VII. 'cause all the interesting parts are nothing but recycled V and VI material. Which I think is the way to go with these. Just re-use the same themes and do something a little different with it. Different enough.
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Gnalkhere | 75 59th |
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I haven't had the same thrill of seeing a 2.5-hr film to this extreme since Olivier's Richard III
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saudade | 60 87th |
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Luke, Kylo, Rey, and Snoke. Everyone else leave the room so they can settle their differences.
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3dRevelation | 70 47th |
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It's a popcorn movie. I didn't find it anything amazing, but it's not bad either. There are some head-scratching moments. I didn't think it was as good as The Force Awakens, Rogue One, or the Original Trilogy and I might not want to sit through it again, but it earns a place firmly in the middle of my rankings.
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tofof | 5 23rd |
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The very-2017 and painfully-long cellphone joke in the first 5 minutes tells you everything you need to know. Hamill can't save this. Decent villain that's lost under writing that would be good for Starlords, not Skywalkers. Cgi podrace, deus-ex-machnia by the cgi goggled gram, cgi furby slapstickery, cgi milky walrus nipples. Who let George Lucas back in here? Even decent parts die to clumsy handling - Luke was trapped by his hero status, so we close on children telling new Luke legends. What?
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beard_metals | 75 81st |
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Star Wars: the deus ex machina machine.
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hotsake | 46 29th |
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The dialogue is really terrible and full of shitty jokes the whole feel of the film was different, kind of like watching a ham fisted coming of age Disney TV movie. I would say this is more "Ewoks" than "Star Wars" proper. The effect had a distinctly Doctor Who feel to them. If I was between 8-10 I'm sure I would've liked this more.
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SirSass | 80 92nd |
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https://i.imgur.com/jNGNsII.gif
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| 2 | batolo | 64 31st |
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Yup, it's another star wars movie. At least it distracted JJ for a bit.
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| 2 | Ritteh | 78 81st |
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Better than some of the other Star wars movie. Had a few silly lines which were probably meant for the wee ones, but otherwise a good episode of the series. For the first time outside of the original trilogy, I started getting a hang of who the characters are. Say bye to Leia, Luke, Han, and Anakin, and hello to Kylo Ren (Ben), Finn, Rey, and Poe (and maybe Rose). I can't name anyone in episodes 1-3 except Jar Jar Binks :)
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| 2 | PUNQ | 70 96th |
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It's weird. I wasn't into the 8th episode for the longest time, and I'm not really a Star Wars guy, so I was worried I was going to end up hating such a prestiges release. But the second half sucked me in big time! The humiliation of Kylo and the stylish action scenes upped-it to a exceptional level, ending up as a real cool experience and much hyped for a 9th.
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VengefulKBM | 70 51st |
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Slightly hampered by some bizarre, prequel-esque goofiness and a couple meandering, go-nowhere subplots, the new Star Wars movie still undoubtedly packs some serious punch. Luke, Rey, and Kylo Ren's story becomes one of the most compelling story arcs in Star Wars, and the strength of that main plotline (plus some utterly gorgeous visuals and some great acting) saves the movie.
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| 2 | PluggedIN | 70 72nd |
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It shouldn't surprise us that not everything in The Last Jedi holds together. (Unlike, say, the Millennium Falcon.) The movie has so many moving parts that, at times, it can swing a bit off balance. And, naturally, it has the same content problems that almost every Star Wars film has: Its muddy spirituality; its rare-but-still-there language issues; its massive casualty count.
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| 2 | ebel | 80 82nd |
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I can see why this annoyed the dudebros
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flipzo | 72 26th |
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I absolutely enjoyed this movie. Fun and epic, well acted... great show, hands down. Two great flaws: 1- too long; 2- two scenes are a frankly tacky and unnecessary. Casino scene is pure trash. What were they thinking?! I am a fan of the original trilogy and I do belive that Luke's transformation is consistent. It looses a bunch of points because I miss the western, Sergio Leone, atmosphere. They need to slow down and take a long breath.// Update: second time is worst. Random scenes. No good. :/
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Yiannos | 63 53rd |
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The negative reaction from the nerd brigade is completely absurd: it isn't THAT different from previous installments, although Johnson's handling of Luke and Leia is questionable. Hamill looks bored and/or confused, and the attempts to create new iconic moments with him don't ring true, while the casino set piece is a non-event. There are too many subplots and Johnson's blocking is overly fussy, but the action moves along briskly and it's entertaining enough to sustain interest. For now.
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mooper | 75 67th |
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A hit and a miss, really. Sometimes manages to surprise you with a clever twist you didn't expect but then it divulges into unnecessary humor that just makes you lose the feeling.
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Armilio | 72 72nd |
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Ok, that hyperspace scene doesn't make sense, Every sci-fi nerd knows that. But it's a beautiful scene. And we have also: relatable and well written characters that (like in Rogue one) seems have complex motivations and backstories; great space battles; an idea of death and resurrection that imbue all the movie, making me believe for a moment that the Rebels could be wiped out... for real; so, suspense until the end too. Can you ask more to a SW movie? it's the SW Quantum Solace.
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| 2 | kljnsclkn | 70 24th |
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Very difficult to connect to any of the characters. The only two with some significant conflict are Master Luke and Kylo Ren - both with difficult connections. Will we connect to an old Jedi Master? Or with he villain? The more approachable one is Rey, but she didn't have enough screen time to really show a conflict.
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thunderPIN | 80 68th |
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The Last Jedi delivers a strong narrative. There were a few things that didn't click with me which included some useless characters and characters that could have had a more important role. There were a few scenes that created a very high level of tension which I really enjoyed. The final act will leave you on the edge of your seat. I can understand some of the complaints with this movie but in the end I enjoyed it. Episode IX is set up nicely. 4 STARS
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afifchoirul | 85 61st |
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Love and hate for the movie is unreal. I'm not a die hard star wars fans, nor hater. I'm just casually enjoy good cinematic experience in the universe that lucas has created. And Last Jedi offered even more majestic world that I keep wondering since I saw A New Hope. Definitely one of my best in this year. Good job Rian Johnson.
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Daigoro | 5 29th |
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An improvement over TFA in pretty much every regard, but still not that great overall. While some of the attempts at humor are lame and unnecessary, Luke's actions made no sense and most of the new characters are superfluous in the long run, but the plot is actually somewhat interesting this time around (as opposed to TFA simplying copying ANH's story beat for beat) and returning characters are given a fair amount of depth and development.
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| 2 | prepwrestler | 40 3rd |
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Coming from a Star Wars fan, it is depressing, how Star Wars has turned up.
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| 2 | PeterVincent | 80 58th |
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The movie was really great and the visuals were excellent. The Fin casino plot was totally pointless and should have been cut from the script.
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| 2 | Zangin | 73 71st |
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Great concept, not so great execution. Overall, a fine contribution to the Star Wars franchise.
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| 2 | em0nster | 70 68th |
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Even though the universe felt rather small around the main story line, it was still a good space opera. Sure, most people will have a "I wish this/that happened" comment, but they can't please everyone. I personally enjoyed it.
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| 2 | Arberwaticus | 94 68th |
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A good middle film that does a good job holding its own story amist all the film's. One of the darker Star Wars movies it brings more character development than any other. Lots of call backs to old films in fun ways. I do think the casino chase scene was way overdrawn and did actually stunt the pace at a point which was a shame.
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Nyctalope | 64 18th |
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Boring, bad writing, too long, too many plot holes to list. Also, that stupid Leia space scene.
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| 2 | mwestcott | 98 87th |
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Rian Johnson has crafted a deeply affecting if only slightly flawed entry in the Star Wars franchise with The Last Jedi. He demonstrated a deep understanding of not only the universe, but the characters within it as well. Not to mention amazing moments for all the fans who've been delighting in revisiting this world once again on the big screen. Adam Driver of course dominates every frame he is in with intensity and power. While it is truly a shame Mark Hamill won't get an Oscar nom this year.
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beardobaldo | 80 62nd |
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There were a few confusing points and A LOT of plot to sift through, but it's still a solid flick. The palace guards thought they were all Power Rangers.
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| 2 | Cardinal | 31 13th |
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It rips off The Empire Strikes Back, puts the supporting characters in unnecessary subplots, and concludes most of the subplots that were intended to be developed over 3 films instead of rushed in 2 movies.
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bhajansunlo | 55 29th |
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Not so much subverting expectations but systematically reversing all expected outcomes. When you flip lame, you, unfortunately, end up with lame. The non-consequential side quests were infuriating but underscore the main point that we end exactly where we started. Guess what, we were spinning wheels the whole time and slinging mud. Still, I applaud Johnson for trying to tonally do something different. Much more tolerable than rehashing the same shit.
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| 2 | vv238 | 58 61st |
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This is, perhaps, the best and worst Star Wars film in one. It has the action and narrative beats you expect. The problem is that the film is schizophrenic: for every moment of brilliance there is at least one moment of head-in-hands level stupidity. The biggest positive is the acting, which is far and away the best in any Star Wars to date. The biggest problem is its length and reusing too many beats from the other films. I also wish it didn't back down from challenging standard conventions.
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Actionberg | 85 84th |
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A healthy helping of "blockbusterness" is forgiven by thrilling action accompanied by the most iconic imagery in form of static wides since Empire. Luke's character arc is riveting, utilizing all of the best, most enrapturing aspects of the Jedi to reinforce his mystique and complete his spiritual journey. I even loved the alien typage found on Planet Casino. This is about as good as new Star Wars can get amidst the context of its predecessors and its position as a flagship for the industry.
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jhmclellan | 65 26th |
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Daisy Ridley is still hot. Horrible, horrible editing.
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grimsooth | 53 45th |
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The recut of the movie where the BS is removed will be good. The space wizardry was taken too far and Luke was written poorly. It was so close to being good.
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Mojo_Jojo | 38 20th |
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Long and bloated.
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| 1 | zwyk | 67 51st |
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Since I'm not a fan of the series (like many people who are very passionate about it), I personally find this episode quite entertaining. In general it's a good work. Technically decent, but with a few low points. The part of the narrative with Finn and Tico is absurd and useless. Tico is a horrible character. Vice Admiral Holdo is turned into a hero, she still is a very annoying character. Looks too detached from TFA and from part of the "star wars universe".
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janus | 70 51st |
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Action scenes kept short and snappy (or seem that way (maybe it's the crosscutting?)) which is nice but like all blockbusters now it's soooooo looooong; the last act on the salt planet doesn't in itself drag but the film is a fully deflated balloon by that point. Driver has improved in his role immensely, and Hamill is a pleasure as well. Script feels written around lofty sound bites; it's faintly topical but mostly just reads as a response to The Force Awakens' shortcomings.
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heapshake | 60 53rd |
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First Star Wars movie I've seen since I watched the one with ewoks as a kid in the theater. It was better than I was expecting but it bothered me that the mechanic lady became a pilot. Rey seems like a great character.
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CosmicMonkey | 75 49th |
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Far less formulaic than TFA, yet despite active efforts to shed the pre-existing lore, kill off existing characters and take the franchise in a new direction, the entire film still felt entirely designed-by-commitee to me. Not to say it was entirely bad though, the production design and visuals were great and the throne room scene was one of the best fights in the series, but at the end of the day, it was far too safe a film, with not.enough ambition or artistry, for me to fall in love with it.
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zspyry | 4 12th |
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A convoluted plot that ultimately doesn't achieve much takes this franchise into a direction that doesn't integrate well with either the original trilogy or the Force Awakens. I for one appreciated some of the socially progressive messages, but some were poorly conveyed. What kept my attention was that a couple of key characters are still well written and some action scenes were masterfully choreographed. Ultimately though I lost a lot of enthusiasm for the franchise.
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mwgerb | 63 73rd |
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I did like this, but can't help feel resentful that it undercut all the decisions made in the first film. Not to mention many of the ones made in this very film.
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deaddilly | 55 19th |
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I was buying into the film after the first 15 minutes. I then cracked one of my teeth in half with a popcorn kernel. I can't tell if I actually hated what was happening on screen of if I was just mad at the kernel.
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dwyer | 78 58th |
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My enjoyment comes from what feels like a shift in the direction of the franchise. The Force Awakens seemed determined to bring the old faithful back to the fold while hurling the galaxy far, far away in a new direction; The Last Jedi seems to ask the same faithful to play with some of these new toys, rather than leave them in a box on a shelf. Toys should be played with, and legends should be allowed to die. It's a dismal message, but that's what we love about The Empire Strikes Back, right
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Sweekoden | 71 67th |
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Coupla eyerolls here and there, and Kylo Ren seriously generates nothing but go-away heat, but I did have a good time watching it (with the biggest OG SW fan in the galaxy). The multiple stories happening led to no chemistry being developed by any key characters outside of Rey and Kylo, so going into the next one I can't imagine anyone caring much about anyone aside from C3PO and Chewbacca, but maybe they'll wind up pulling a space rabbit out of their elaborate and impractical theater hats.
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| 1 | bentien | 78 88th |
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Surprising and dark. Especially three characters get to shine, Rey, Luke and Kylo Ren.
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d_r_e_s_ | 3 65th |
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Okay, so I watched this like a year and a half ago, and totally forgot to rate it. However I remember that I wasn't that overwhelmed like I was with The Force Awakens. The red scene was beautiful and all, but not enough to really keep up with Episode VII. *Good
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| 1 | Thelenius | 20 2nd |
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Poorly written mess.
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| 1 | lethias | 81 51st |
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Shows just a bit more guts than Han Solo, but it just doesn't work in that great proportions that it was intended to work. Still, it's fun. But forgettable. Ah - I finally got a bit of that good ol' Star Wars nostalgia.
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auhasarderik | 7 61st |
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Thank you John Williams.
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medikolayn | 62 35th |
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END THIS SERIES ALREADY!!!
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Calabria | 83 72nd |
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I got to watch The Force Awakens directly before this in the same day so clearly I'm not a Star Wars fanatic. A lot of what I think sucked about TFA (specifically the Abrams factor) is, of course, not present here. This one is much better looking and has a slight hint of a soul.
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colinlogue | 50 13th |
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Plays as if Johnson only cared about the Rey/Ren plot (the only interesting thing in the film) and he just handed the rest off to Marvel.
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gkfilm | 70 79th |
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Entertainment: 4/4 -- my favorite Star Wars episode. Spirituality: 2/3 the Force, of course. Sustainability: 1/3.
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Goldbluming | 60 18th |
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I also don't give a shit about star wars anymore. Had to turn this off - even before the casino scene.
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magdabag | 90 79th |
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This movie has honestly grown on me the more I've watched It. Most of the characters get pretty decent development, and the dynamic between the 3 leads is done very well. I absolutely hate what they do with Finn in these movie, which is nothing by the way, and adding Rose was just a needless ploy to give Finn a love interest. All of the effects in this trilogy are topnotch, so that's a definite plus. I'm a sucker for these movies, so I give 9 porgs out 10 porgs.
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Fuentissimo | 46 50th |
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I'm disappointed to see the series heading in a direction that is geared to be entertaining for kids. The silliness, child's attention span pacing and having to explain everything verbally to make sure kids can follow what's happening all got old very quick. It's "ok" for an action film, but is moving even farther away from the magic of the original films.
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| 1 | Ric | 65 18th |
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A mixed bag again. Most of the acting is ok, special mention to Daisy Ridley. Visuals are still impressive. But the dialogues sound too often ridiculous, the badies lack gravitas (General Hux especially). And the story ... come on! The resistance has already been on the run for the last 5 episodes. Time to change the tune. At least, if you decide to wipe out most of the resistance, don't put a grin on the last few characters remaining in the Millennium at the end! + watching Luke sulk is boring
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EvilMangoes | 92 76th |
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| 1 | CStewart64 | 16 89th |
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W4E2P2S1V2M1A1R3. I have been thinking about it for days since, so the core film was a great addition to the canon. And on 2nd viewing, it was a delight. But the storytelling was full of miscues. They heard the criticism of the Force Awakens as being too much of a copycat of New Hope. So they took the Empire Strikes Back copycat they had already made (which would have been good), and just added an inane twist to every scene regardless of the twist's merit. Some worked, though many didn't.
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Yoshinaruto | 70 71st |
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Not nearly as bad as some would have you believe. The first half is mildly slow, and doesn’t change the scenery much. But the second half is pretty much what I wanted out of this movie. I did feel as though all of the plot lines were too split up, and Finn’s storyline feels underwhelming and unimportant (not to mention Rose is fairly annoying), but the great action and merging of these plot lines had a great payoff. First half: 6/10 Second half: 8/10.
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medinavi | 72 52nd |
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Deus ex machina festivali ama star wars kulliyatindaki en cesur ve derin felsefi durusa sahip film.Adam Driver cok iyi. Filmin sorunu senaryo olarak hicbir yere gitmiyor olması. Felsefi olarak cesaret edip sundukları her seyi de son yarım saatte cope attılar. Komedisi hiç çalışmıyor ve kesinlikle haddinden fazla uzun, fanların neden sevmediğini de anlayabiliyorum ama bence cesaretiyle serinin onemli bir filmi olmayi başarıyor.
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| 1 | PasadenaVic | 85 28th |
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I truly disliked the Luke's dialogue.
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NickTheo | 65 27th |
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Whereas the Force Awakens followed a very similar storyline to the previous Star Wars films,this film goes in a lot of different directions.Sometimes it succeds and sometimes it doesn't.There's some really fantastic stuff here envoling Rey and Luke and the new ways the use the force.That being said though the movie does go in some weird directions including a very unnecessary sublot that is very uninteresting and ruins the film's pace.Overall it's a mixed bag where the good outweighs the bad.
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| 1 | Pratchett3 | 7 51st |
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lots of cool aliens and puppies and kitties but things just never felt like they had enough gravity, felt unfocused, like they tried to jam too much stuff in. some of the jokes hurt the tone.
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Aph002 | 5 7th |
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Its pretty, but there's not too much else.
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Rexlito | 72 3rd |
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It has some of the worst writing I have ever seen, but it can be appreciated aesthetically.
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WongFoo | 1 3rd |
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Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson fucked in a hot tub of fanboy tears and this is the decrepit stillbirth that popped out nine months later.
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Ametrine | 10 91st |
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One of the greatest fantasy films ever made. An absolute joy from start to finish.
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| 1 | baseballs | 80 70th |
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A pleasant surprise and a huge improvement over Force Awakens. Feels like a real film rather than some Marvel-esque franchise installment. Has actual themes and stuff. Surprisingly funny too - loved grouchy old man Luke. It's about half an hour too long and Rey still feels like a blank slate to me but I had a great time with this.
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| 1 | goldenstate5 | 96 90th |
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Alongside Empire Strikes Back as a game-changing blockbuster that advances the Star Wars series. Fuck the haters, Rose Tico is great and this movie is great.
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morphinapg | 95 94th |
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Is this movie exactly what I expected coming out of The Force Awakens? No, but I would argue that's a good thing. Rian Johnson has genuinely studied Luke Skywalker and Star Wars in general, and was able to develop these characters and this world in a way that makes sense and is unexpected. It's shot beautifully, I love seeing Master Luke, and adore the way his character is handled. Rey further impresses me. Finn/Rose's side story is unfortunately the weak point, but does do some things rights.
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MichaelMan99 | 68 42nd |
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It's okay, it isn't really a bad movie, just a bad Star Wars film.
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jarobmul | 95 99th |
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The Last Jedi takes on the task of providing character depth for the shallow new characters, and motivations for the old characters whose arcs had been reversed. It does all this while providing commentary on political neutrality, facing failures, and the importance of fighting for a cause, not personal glory. Most of the criticisms people have make me wonder if they paid any attention to the film at all. (And as a bonus this film provides the best cinematography in Star Wars to date!)
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| 1 | taurus1982 | 72 63rd |
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Bizarre and bewildering to see a filmmaker so full of himself that he decides to completely upend and subvert the groundwork laid by the previous installment in such a beloved franchise. And the fact that it's done in such laughably unsubtle ways is especially cringey; Luke literally tosses away the lightsaber, Snoke tells Kylo Ren to take his "ridiculous" mask off, etc. The ham-fisted political messaging is equally atrocious. That said, there are some spectacular (if derivative) visuals.
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