J.J. Abrams knows how to make great teasers.
Too bad he has no concept of what makes a good movie. The Force Awakens (and, for that matter, his "reinterpretation" of Star Trek) was visually arresting and narratively a catastrophe. This time, he's got the added task of undoing everything Rian Johnson did to sabotage his stupid puzzle box that he built with the first movie.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm still going to see it, because I'm a masochist nerd.
So a real question: What do you like about The last Jedi.
For me its just not even a good made film.
And i am not talking from a fan and World persepctive [(it's butchering there a whole lot, they should have had some people who knew something about the Star Wars universe and the rules and physics in it (you just need fuel for the initial push in space but the momentum will drive you forward even without fuel)] but more from a story-telling and movie-building perspective.
The dialoge is bad, the characters are bad written and the the movie has so many damn plotholes it should be a black hole.
No real usage of good plot-devices and just cheap storytelling and jokes make it a bad film in my opinion.
But i am interested what you liked.
Everything.....
I don’t go into a movie looking for plot errors.... or costuming mistakes.... or terminology gaffes (a parsec isn’t a measurement in time).... or CGI boo boos.... etc. etc.
I go to be entertained for a couple of hours.
The Last Jedi did that. As did Force Awakens.
Everything.....
I don’t go into a movie looking for plot errors.... or costuming mistakes.... or terminology gaffes (a parsec isn’t a measurement in time).... or CGI boo boos.... etc. etc.
I go to be entertained for a couple of hours.
The Last Jedi did that. As did Force Awakens.
But after episode 7 and rouge one i did not watch any star wars movie. They where just too bad.
I don’t go into a movie looking for plot errors.
i like the old bond movies.
I don't go looking either, yet they still find me.
anybody else have their endgame tickets yet? the amc on stapley has a dolby theater, which is what i always go to.
I think Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie since the original 3
I've only seen the pilot, as I refuse to buy CBS All-Access and am too chicken to pirate it. But I've kept track of it through plot summaries and so forth. I do like the touch of Pike's backstory being put in there, but over my lifetime I've started to get tired of one thing about late-era Star Trek that I'm also tired of in Star Wars - and that is that everything of importance in these vast, imagination-sparking universes created by Roddenberry and Lucas seems to happen to the same small groups of people.
I'm curious how much this movie will take in opening weekend.
I think Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie since the original 3
So a real question: What do you like about The last Jedi.
For me its just not even a good made film.
And i am not talking from a fan and World persepctive [(it's butchering there a whole lot, they should have had some people who knew something about the Star Wars universe and the rules and physics in it (you just need fuel for the initial push in space but the momentum will drive you forward even without fuel)] but more from a story-telling and movie-building perspective.
The dialoge is bad, the characters are bad written and the the movie has so many damn plotholes it should be a black hole.
No real usage of good plot-devices and just cheap storytelling and jokes make it a bad film in my opinion.
But i am interested what you liked.
I get that.Look, I'll be honest - maybe much of my Last Jedi love has more to do with how terrible The Force Awakens is than how good of a movie Rian Johnson made. I don't want to nerd out too much in this thread because I'm already on narrative thin ice around these parts but suffice to say that I think J.J. Abrams makes good teasers and trailers and would be a fantastic PowerPoint presentation guy, but is a terrible storyteller. His Star Trek and Star Wars movies have amazing visual flourishes, but they don't feel canonical, if that makes any sense. It's like he creates plot points specifically to show off cool visual effects and then sews them together haphazardly into a plot quilt, then stuffs it all into a puzzle box of alluded-to mysteries. It also feels like Abrams wants to retcon everything he touches because he feels like he could have done it in a cooler way (i.e. renaming the Rebellion "The Resistance," the Empire "The First Order," the Sith "The Knights of Ren," and the entire plot of Star Trek Into Darkness).
Anyway, I'd better stop before I suffer from more logorrhea. I just liked how Rian Johnson produced a story, one that stripped off the fanservice and fanfic elements of TFA and produced something narratively challenging.
.....but you have "free" medical insurance.Jeez, I'm getting boned. The 3k is on a 2016 VW Jetta. It was like 24k. Assuming I have it for 8 years, I will have paid for it twice (8x3000). Yippie.
You have to compare dollar to dollar. In other words you don't calculate in the exchange rate.Out of curiosity, how much are you guys paying for insurance? It's my understanding that it's much, much cheaper in 'Merica. And I think I live in the most expensive "zone" in Canada.
I pay ~$3,000/yr (2200 USD). This is on a 2016 car, someone with no accidents, couple of speeding tickets, and have been driving for 10+ years.
Episodes one, two and three ain't that bad.I’m pretty sure I’ve seen all of the Star Wars movies. Many of the new ones kinda of blend together in my head. I like the older three from the 80s and I think all of the newer ones are kinda bad. Except for Rogue One. That one was really good, I thought. Whoever was in charge of Rogue One should remake episodes one, two and three.
you mean tomorrow at 5 am gmtgame of thrones tonight. who else is in?
you mean tomorrow at 5 am gmt