I didn't watch this movie til a week after it had been released, which meant that for seven days I had to exercise the utmost care when turning on the internet, in case all the spoilers and angry fans come tumbling out of my screen and onto my lap. My youtube feed is currently a warzone of half hour long videos of adults complaining to the camera about The Last Jedi, and I've had it up to here with it.
The movie itself turned out to be fine. I liked it. It is good. It's festooned with niggling little things that will bother some people way more than me, but the core experience is a good one. It has a straightforward space plot involving a slow speed pursuit, which sets a nice impending threat and urgency to the movie. The secondary plot involves Rey going off to visit Luke to find out about herself and the force, which was enlightening and lets us see a whole new side to some characters. Finally, there is a tertiary plot in which Finn and newcomer Rose team up to hack a space do-hickey. The latter feels a tad ancillary to the story, but it does the ground work of fleshing out the setting beyond various battlefields, discussing the philosophy of war, and providing sequel material.
There is however some clumsiness to it. The movie has occasional Marvelisms, where characters will shoot off one liners and make stupid gags - most of these, including one within the first minute of the movie, fall flat. With those are some really cheesy lines, with characters repeating "we are the ember that sparks the flame" or some such nonsense over and over in the hopes it will stick. There are also some oddly directed scenes, including one stand out one involving Leia. None of these are especially egregious, just irritating little things that stick in your mind, perhaps more so than the cool fight scenes and space battles.
It`s Fine. (no spoilers)
I didn't watch this movie til a week after it had been released, which meant that for seven days I had to exercise the utmost care when turning on the internet, in case all the spoilers and angry fans come tumbling out of my screen and onto my lap. My youtube feed is currently a warzone of half hour long videos of adults complaining to the camera about The Last Jedi, and I've had it up to here with it.
The movie itself turned out to be fine. I liked it. It is good. It's festooned with niggling little things that will bother some people way more than me, but the core experience is a good one. It has a straightforward space plot involving a slow speed pursuit, which sets a nice impending threat and urgency to the movie. The secondary plot involves Rey going off to visit Luke to find out about herself and the force, which was enlightening and lets us see a whole new side to some characters. Finally, there is a tertiary plot in which Finn and newcomer Rose team up to hack a space do-hickey. The latter feels a tad ancillary to the story, but it does the ground work of fleshing out the setting beyond various battlefields, discussing the philosophy of war, and providing sequel material.
There is however some clumsiness to it. The movie has occasional Marvelisms, where characters will shoot off one liners and make stupid gags - most of these, including one within the first minute of the movie, fall flat. With those are some really cheesy lines, with characters repeating "we are the ember that sparks the flame" or some such nonsense over and over in the hopes it will stick. There are also some oddly directed scenes, including one stand out one involving Leia. None of these are especially egregious, just irritating little things that stick in your mind, perhaps more so than the cool fight scenes and space battles.