The Last Jedi was... pretty good?
Dec. 22nd, 2017 03:42 amSo two years ago I said The Force Awakens was OK. In retrospect, that seems to have been overstating things. OK, I haven't actually rewatched it since then. But I remember it as a sloppily-put-together movie where lots of parts felt seriously compressed and other parts seemed just seriously confusing (and then there was the whole problem with the destruction of the Hosnian system was brushed over...).
But, my initial assessment is, The Last Jedi is pretty good. Definitely not great; there's still a fair bit that doesn't make sense. But it doesn't feel rushed and compressed like The Force Awakens (although part of that is due to it being 2 and a half hours long). OK, some parts really do feel fairly compressed, but not nearly to the same extent. (And it's been a while since I've seen it but I'm pretty sure the same is true in Return of the Jedi.) There were substantial holes, but nothing like in The Force Awakens where you were just confused as to what was even supposed to be going on (more or less). It retreaded ground that previous Star Wars movies have gone to, yes, but it didn't feel pointless and forced and boring like The Force Awakens.
So, this isn't something on the level of the original Star Wars or the rest of the original trilogy (you want retroactive plot holes, those certainly introduced some). But "The Force Awakens" left me really disappointed in a way this didn't.
My notes on what worked/what didn't:
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But, my initial assessment is, The Last Jedi is pretty good. Definitely not great; there's still a fair bit that doesn't make sense. But it doesn't feel rushed and compressed like The Force Awakens (although part of that is due to it being 2 and a half hours long). OK, some parts really do feel fairly compressed, but not nearly to the same extent. (And it's been a while since I've seen it but I'm pretty sure the same is true in Return of the Jedi.) There were substantial holes, but nothing like in The Force Awakens where you were just confused as to what was even supposed to be going on (more or less). It retreaded ground that previous Star Wars movies have gone to, yes, but it didn't feel pointless and forced and boring like The Force Awakens.
So, this isn't something on the level of the original Star Wars or the rest of the original trilogy (you want retroactive plot holes, those certainly introduced some). But "The Force Awakens" left me really disappointed in a way this didn't.
My notes on what worked/what didn't:
( Cut for spoilers )
