Chukzombi
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i guess i will watch it now that we are quarantined with toilet paper madness.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
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Quaid
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Solo is the best of the Disney Star Wars movies IMO. Some might like Rogue One more but that one didn’t feel like a Star Wars movie at all to me. Solo did and it’s worth a watch.
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Izo
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This might also make you go through TP much quicker, not a good move right now.
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Fucker
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Qhue
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There is a point in the opening act where we see Finn, Poe and Chewie on an adventure together (and then again later plus Rey) where you can't help but think: "Damnit, I want to see more of their non-world-ending adventures".
I really do hope that we get an animated series set after TLJ that lets them explore more of the serialized adventures that made Clone Wars great.
There IS a good movie trilogy to be had with this source material, but even I as a fanboi apologist will admit that they fucked up by not having a plan going in. Its basic writing 101 and there must have been someone in that room on day one of the 7-9 planning summit that said so but clearly not loudly enough.
Even still I think a really talented editor like Marcia Lucas could have salvaged it with aggressive editing. In the decades that follow I suspect we will see more than a few enterprising film students take on the task of 'fixing' 7-9 and ultimately all of 1-9 into a more cohesive and balanced presentation. Once we have deepfake technology to the point where creative types can recreate whole scenes and/or make new ones that look seamless the sky's the limit.
I really do hope that we get an animated series set after TLJ that lets them explore more of the serialized adventures that made Clone Wars great.
There IS a good movie trilogy to be had with this source material, but even I as a fanboi apologist will admit that they fucked up by not having a plan going in. Its basic writing 101 and there must have been someone in that room on day one of the 7-9 planning summit that said so but clearly not loudly enough.
Even still I think a really talented editor like Marcia Lucas could have salvaged it with aggressive editing. In the decades that follow I suspect we will see more than a few enterprising film students take on the task of 'fixing' 7-9 and ultimately all of 1-9 into a more cohesive and balanced presentation. Once we have deepfake technology to the point where creative types can recreate whole scenes and/or make new ones that look seamless the sky's the limit.
Tarisk
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I made the mistake of downloading and watching this. Wasn't worth the time at all. Some parts dragged on so terribly and as others said, not touched on enough. The sudden reappearance of the emperor with zero explanation. Not even in the opening scrolled text. Even the swtor mmo put in some effort to give the player a bit of information as to how powerful the emperor really is when he re-emerged.
Then of course the ham fisted sudden kiss at the end? Made the one from the last movie actually make more sense by comparison.
What I will give it credit for (doesn't save the film by any stretch) is the visuals, especially in the details around the ending scenes in the sith temple setting etc. It was dark but I loved them finally at least touching on it.
All in all. Definitely a waste of time. Better things out there to watch. Even if quarantined, just look out the window and watch grass grow if you have to choose.
Then of course the ham fisted sudden kiss at the end? Made the one from the last movie actually make more sense by comparison.
What I will give it credit for (doesn't save the film by any stretch) is the visuals, especially in the details around the ending scenes in the sith temple setting etc. It was dark but I loved them finally at least touching on it.
All in all. Definitely a waste of time. Better things out there to watch. Even if quarantined, just look out the window and watch grass grow if you have to choose.
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spronk
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for anyone wondering whats included in the new extras
Bonus material in the home-video release versions includes “The Skywalker Legacy,” a feature-length making-of documentary that goes behind the scenes with the cast and filmmakers. Other extras include featurettes about the film’s Pasaana desert scenes; Warwick Davis, who reprises his role as Wicket the Ewok; and how the Lucasfilm effects team created a record 584 creatures and droids for the film. The digital release also includes “The Maestro’s Finale,” an exclusive feature highlighting composer John Williams, who has scored every film in the Skywalker saga.
Bonus material in the home-video release versions includes “The Skywalker Legacy,” a feature-length making-of documentary that goes behind the scenes with the cast and filmmakers. Other extras include featurettes about the film’s Pasaana desert scenes; Warwick Davis, who reprises his role as Wicket the Ewok; and how the Lucasfilm effects team created a record 584 creatures and droids for the film. The digital release also includes “The Maestro’s Finale,” an exclusive feature highlighting composer John Williams, who has scored every film in the Skywalker saga.
Intrinsic
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I got about 30 minutes in to it this morning and had to take an indefinite break. Within those first 30 minutes there 15 different locations they were jumping around, random conversations about key plot points with no context, and god knows what else. Want to push through just to see the visuals, as mentioned above which should at least look cool? This is going to hurt.
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What?? When did this happen in the movie?
I'd legit watch the creature effects portion of those extras though
Bondurant
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RotS is a cinema masterclass at how bad one can achieve regarding acting, writing and direction levels with a virtually unlimited budget. People acting like they're in some TikTok video, writing being so goddamn awful you actually have to explain stuff afterwards and direction is so shallow and bland an AI could have done the same job, if better.
It's a shame this movie tried to hard getting at everything SW is while at the same time didn't reach it one single time. Bringing Palpatine and his top secret Scooby-Doo fleet out of fucking nowhere for the sake of the plot is a deep, disrespectful insult at anyone paying for this in a theater. A production failure at an industrial level.
It's a shame this movie tried to hard getting at everything SW is while at the same time didn't reach it one single time. Bringing Palpatine and his top secret Scooby-Doo fleet out of fucking nowhere for the sake of the plot is a deep, disrespectful insult at anyone paying for this in a theater. A production failure at an industrial level.
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spronk
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the final moments of the movie if i recall have some celebration shots like at the end of return of the jedi, i vaguely remember an ewok there. Which is kinda weird considering Endor should be suffering nuclear winter from a massive
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Jozu
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So after spending too much time thinking about this movie's plot ( any time is too much time) far and away the most stupid fucking thing is Palpatine's secret fleet of star destroyers. Forget the fact that procuring the materials to create these ships should be impossible given how massive a project it is, or how ridiculous the prospect of these ships being operational with a full staff is. The most preposterous thing of all is the fact Palps had them hidden underground, only to have them break through some ice in order to surface in atmo, which inexplicably puts them in a vulnerable position as their shields dont work unless in space. Even worse, the writers try to force you to believe that they need the assistance of a navigation beacon in order to deploy, instead of you know....just GOING UP?
When Poe says "they dont know which way is up out there" is the dumbest fucking thing ever uttered in the entire Star Wars universe. WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN? If a star destroyer, equipped with far superior technology than some shit rebellion frigate, cant find its way "up" then neither should any of the other 8478765 other ships that show up. Its the shittiest, most lazy plot device in order to give the heroes a single target to assault in order to win against such daunting odds.
And with allllll of that nonsense, they then try to convince you a landing party of infantry and cavalry could successfully disable targets on the deck of one of those star destroyers.....when the destroyer could literally just lurch to the side and make every single one of them slide right the fuck off. But maybe star destroyers cant rotate, yaw or do anything in atmo! But then....if thats the case, why couldnt they just go in THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE GROUND AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE before being destroyed??!!
When Poe says "they dont know which way is up out there" is the dumbest fucking thing ever uttered in the entire Star Wars universe. WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN? If a star destroyer, equipped with far superior technology than some shit rebellion frigate, cant find its way "up" then neither should any of the other 8478765 other ships that show up. Its the shittiest, most lazy plot device in order to give the heroes a single target to assault in order to win against such daunting odds.
And with allllll of that nonsense, they then try to convince you a landing party of infantry and cavalry could successfully disable targets on the deck of one of those star destroyers.....when the destroyer could literally just lurch to the side and make every single one of them slide right the fuck off. But maybe star destroyers cant rotate, yaw or do anything in atmo! But then....if thats the case, why couldnt they just go in THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE GROUND AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE before being destroyed??!!
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Agree, its all very stupid!! The ship can literally warp around space, but can't figure out which way is up. LOL. I thought about the same in the first Star Wars, all the resources to build a stupid death star. And how do all these planets look like deserts but have huge populations? And like smoking hot Rey would be single.
Vanessa
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LoL, what is "The Skywalker Legacy"? The part where 6 movies, the prophecy and Anakin's redemption doesn't mean a damn thing and a female Palpatine is the real savior of the universe?