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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    The reaction on Match Cut is not too far off from the general reaction elsewhere. After watching it, I would not expect this to be the most divisive Star Wars film and people claiming it isn't just bad but worse than the prequels. You know... the films with Hayden Christensen, Jar Jar Binks, sand romance, and Yoda and an 80 year old man flubber lightsaber fighting.
    And yet.... this movie has a worse story than any of them.
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    Can you even tell me what The Phantom Menace is about?

    Not being snarky, but just curious, because that movie's plot is convoluted as hell.
    Sure why not?

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    I CANNOT wait for Red Letter Media to review this. Of all people out there, I agree with the conflicted take that Jeremy Jahns has on it.

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    Quote Quoting Watashi (view post)
    Can you even tell me what The Phantom Menace is about?

    Not being snarky, but just curious, because that movie's plot is convoluted as hell.
    It’s about two guys finding some young kid and thinking he’s someone special. That’s about all that matters; it’s enough to make it better than whatever this is trying to be.
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    And yet.... this movie has a worse story than any of them.
    Are you guys purposefully saying crazy stuff?

  6. #6
    Quote Quoting Grouchy (view post)
    Are you guys purposefully saying crazy stuff?
    No. I genuinely think this is a bad movie and i genuinely think that if Lucas or Abrams had directed this, it would be more universally lambasted.
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    No. I genuinely think this is a bad movie and i genuinely think that if Lucas or Abrams had directed this, it would be more universally lambasted.
    Holy bad faith assumption alert. (Don't mind me, I should get used to it by now and somehow still don't)

    Quote Quoting Grouchy (view post)
    I will say this, the weak point of the film is Finn and Rose's casino adventure - the casino planet itself is great, but I found the animal cruelty message a bit too on-the-nose and laughable... and it was kind of weird that they didn't really achieve anything at the end.
    The execution is arguable, maybe should be more zippy or delve deeper (as in not concentrated to just Rose's one speech, although I liked the appearance of locals by the end). But conceptually I love that the the whole plotline, along with many minor details along the way, is a bigger demonstration of the conflict between Dern and Isaac.
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