The consistently awkward dialogue from every character in the prequels brought down all of them. This has some prequelish moments, but not that terrible.

I wish they had not CGI'd Snoke. Make him up heavily, give him the gnarly scars, but have an actual person play the part. It reminded me a bit of I Am Legend where CGI zombies just sucked. It just loses something. Scarred up Palpatine was scary and intimidating in ROTJ. This computer thing walking near his throne was awkward

Its not that it's "cool" to bash this movie....it's that the movie is simply mediocre at best, and because it's an entry in the most beloved movie franchise of all time people are disappointed.

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Its not that it's "cool" to bash this movie....it's that the movie is simply mediocre at best, and because it's an entry in the most beloved movie franchise of all time people are disappointed.

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It's mediocre at best to some and a great movie to others. There is no majority view on this movie

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Its not that it's "cool" to bash this movie....it's that the movie is simply mediocre at best, and because it's an entry in the most beloved movie franchise of all time people are disappointed.

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Nah. It's great at worst. Certainly better than The Force Awakens and easily better than all the prequels. Right up there with the original trilogy. Go watch Kill Bill if you want the same formulaic crap.

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Its not that it's "cool" to bash this movie....it's that the movie is simply mediocre at best, and because it's an entry in the most beloved movie franchise of all time people are disappointed.

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Nah. It's great at worst. Certainly better than The Force Awakens and easily better than all the prequels. Right up there with the original trilogy. Go watch Kill Bill if you want the same formulaic crap.

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This guy.

I'll back myself up:

Episode 1: Jar jar, trade disputes, midochlorians, little kid accidentally defeats an entire army by himself, etc.... despite pod race and decent fight scene at the end movie was total crap. Surely everybody agrees.

Episode 2: Terrible dialog, stupid love story, boring plot. At least Natile Portman looked good. Still crap.

Episode 3: More terrible dialog, wooden acting. The turn of Anakin unconvincing and stupid. Last 5 minutes were good merely because of the nastalgia factor (except the "noooooo"). Best of the trilogy, but still bad.


Rogue one: Damn good. The most "adult" of them all until possibly The Last Jedi. Only one where basically every good guy dies. Incredible effects. Lots of sacrifice, inspiring story, etc.


Episode 4: Special effects and production value doesn't hold up particularly well. Still the dialog was good (e.g. "I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit"). Introduced probably the greatest villian of all time. The story was good, was inspiring and obviously nostalgic for us old timers. (My kids think it was boring and "meh"). The edited re-releases make it worse.

Episode 5: Best of them all. Not much needs to be said here. Old timers and kids alike recognize it's greatness.

Episode 6: Despite the Ewoks helping to defeat the Empire, the movie was still damn good and has many moments that are part of cinematic history. The escape from the reactor still probably the most awe inspiring scene I have ever seen in a theater. I still remember which theater I saw this in and where in the theater I was sitting.


Episode 7: Campy and a complete ripoff of Episode 4. Harrison Ford's campy return tarnishes the Han Solo of old. He seems to be more of a ripoff of Mal Reynolds (from Firefly) than Han Solo from Empire. Rathtars were stupid, Ren is a lackluster villian, Rey was ridiculously powerful out of the blue, planet splitting in half just at the perfect time to stop a fight, etc. Special effects were great, but story and acting (except Ridley) was meh.

Episode 8: Completely unpredictable departure of the now formulaic past. Plot was clever and characters used their minds to get out of problems rather than pure grit. Nothing happens like it seems and characters are more complex. I came away from episode 7 thinking Ren was a terrible villian to now thinking he is great. He's now a more complex character after two movies than most other legacy characters were after 6.


I'm not trolling. This was a good movie. One could say that it wasn't as good as the original trilogy... that would be a reasonable argument. But anybody who tries to put it among the prequels deserves to be scorned, laughed at, and ignored. You guys need to put the crack pipe down.

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Episode 8: Completely unpredictable departure of the now formulaic past. Plot was clever and characters used their minds to get out of problems rather than pure grit. Nothing happens like it seems and characters are more complex. I came away from episode 7 thinking Ren was a terrible villian to now thinking he is great. He's now a more complex character after two movies than most other legacy characters were after 6.

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You didn't think Kylo turning on Snoke was predictable? Or that him trying to get Rey to join him was predictable? Or that the last bomber would manage to drop all the bombs despite the pilot lying there desperately kicking the ladder to drop the remote, and catching it as it falls past was cliche? Or that something would happen to save Finn and Rose from execution mere seconds before they lose heads? That is probably as cliche as it gets.

Here's the formula this movie followed.
1. Overwhelming force falls prey to cheeky escape plan
2. Heroes think they are in the clear and get surprised, creating a race against clock scenario
3. Heroes come up with plan to save day, and get ever so close to achieving before everything turns wrong
4. Bad guys are moments from ending it all before deus ex machina helps heroes get away
5. Final minutes of the movie even repeat the whole cycle. We're trapped, let's blow up this thing, we can't make it in time, I'll sacrifice myself, no you're saved at the last minute bc I love you, force badass is giving us time to get away with the most awesome force use evvaarr!

I really, really liked this movie. A lot. If others didn't like it, fine. But kindly shut it if you're going to go around acting like it's an indisputably terrible movie. Fact is, it has a massive audience (it'll make more than Empire and Rogue One, even adjusted for inflation) and its one of the more critically acclaimed movies in the franchise. Those are facts.

I thought it was rote formulaic. There really wasn't an original moment.

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I thought it was rote formulaic. There really wasn't an original moment.

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I truly can't understand how anyone could call this movie formulaic. I think it is is the most unpredictable and unformulaic movie in the franchise.

It was just total nonsense plot. All the characters were idiotic losers. Most had really bad attitudes and bull**** social crap. They all sucked. That is a total travesty. Then the garbage attempts at humor? Pointless yoda? Loser Luke? Seriously? Other than the rip off of having tie fighters, lightsabers etc this movie wouldn't have made a dime.

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Of course not.. They freaking forshadowed it from the beginning. Congratulations on figuring that out. The twist wasn't that he was going to turn on Snoke, it was that he was going to replace Snoke and then try to kill everybody including his mother afterwards.

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Or that him trying to get Rey to join him was predictable?

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Again he was doing that through their ESP sessions throughout the movie. Of course it was no surprise that he'd try again after she arrived. Again... Congrats on that prediction.

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Or that the last bomber would manage to drop all the bombs despite the pilot lying there desperately kicking the ladder to drop the remote, and catching it as it falls past was cliche?

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The point of that was to show that all of that was a waste. That even that victory was too costly and not worth it. That point wouldn't have been driven home if they all just got wasted.

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Or that something would happen to save Finn and Rose from execution mere seconds before they lose heads? That is probably as cliche as it gets.

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Again, I already said I wished they died. Clearly Disney greenlights who dies and lives since they famously did so for R1. I think the writers played it well given the constraints they under. Finn is the clear choice to board that ship since he was a deserter. Despite my near certainty that he was immune from death in this trilogy, they had me thinking he might actually die twice in this movie. That's good writing, not bad.

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Here's the formula this movie followed.
1. Overwhelming force falls prey to cheeky escape plan
2. Heroes think they are in the clear and get surprised, creating a race against clock scenario
3. Heroes come up with plan to save day, and get ever so close to achieving before everything turns wrong
4. Bad guys are moments from ending it all before deus ex machina helps heroes get away
5. Final minutes of the movie even repeat the whole cycle. We're trapped, let's blow up this thing, we can't make it in time, I'll sacrifice myself, no you're saved at the last minute bc I love you, force badass is giving us time to get away with the most awesome force use evvaarr!

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Uuuh.. Both "cheeky" plans failed and they get wiped except for a few dozen people. That's the only time that has ever happened in SW history. Yeah... So formulaic.

Even most of the ardent haters on this thread admit that the light speed destruction of that ship was awesome. You actually trying to claim that was lame? Who can take you seriously after that statement?

And I stated the "love" line was lame. That's the difference between you and me. I have an open mind about the movie. You, on the other hand, will clearly think this movie is lame no matter what happened on screen.

Sorry this wasn't Kill Bill part 3. I know that must disappoint you. Lucky there are plenty of Van Damme movies to intellectually stimulate you. Have at it.

I'm just confused on why you keep referencing Kill Bill

LOL at people so butthurt over criticism of the movie that they'll hurl insults at other ags

Empire>A New Hope>Return of the Jedi>Force Awakens>Rogue 1>Last Jedi>Prequels

I may netflix the rest of the upcoming "new" ones.

Now, Avengers Infinity looks badass.

BTW, the new bad guy has now been beaten by an untrained girl twice. What exactly have we seen Kylo Ren do that should make us (the audience) fear him?

Don't get me wrong, I think Adam Driver is one of the best parts of the movie (same with TFA). But this movie was bad. Nonsesnical and pointless plots.

I mean, sure, it'd be "differenr" and "non-formulaic" for Batman to be able to fy and Robin to be a better crime fighter. Doesn't mean it makes for a good story.

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LOL at people so butthurt over criticism of the movie that they'll hurl insults at other ags

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LOL at people being so butthurt at the movie that they'll hurl insults at people who liked it.

I've criticized this movie like others, but I'm not going to say it's as bad as the prequels. It sits alone in between the prequels and the rest of them.

Having said that, i now rank these movies as either above or below a "watch again" line. This movie and the prequels are below the line. I have no desire to see this again or own it. To me, its a highway rest step on the way to the final destination. I wanted to see TFA again and own it. Recognizing it's a total ripoff of ANH I at least wanted to see it a second time to judge my first impression. This one....don't care to.

Rogue 1 is the best of the new SW movies and it's not even close.

I'm not a nerd Star Wars fan either. Just the movies, a little Clone Wars and Rebels, and a lot of TIE Fighter. Some good, but mostly just a mess of a script from a director who admits he made up characters to patch script problems. Meh. You don't have to be a nerd to be dissatisfied.

I totally disagree. If Dirty Harry had shot a nun in the first ten minutes and gone off to be a drunk hobo for the rest of his life it might have been 'unpredictable and intelligent' but it would have been a ****ty movie like this one. None of the characters are acting in anyone's self interest. They are just doing stupid, irrational **** - and **** that is out of character as well as full of assinine current social assumptions. .