I just watched all nine 'Star Wars' movies for the first time at the age of 38 — here's what I thought
This film is supposed to be the highlight of the series? Oh lord.Now we're talking! The first 30 minutes of this movie is outstanding -- the Jabba The Hutt scene where the gang tries to rescue Han Solo. The idea to set up an elaborate debauchery scene as the setting for a what's in effect a well-paced heist is **chef's kiss.** I was riveted. Very cool way to start a movie.
But there is so much Jar Jar Binks in the movie that it's unwatchable for long stretches. Literally unwatchable for me -- I had to fast forward. After that, we get right into Anakin's descent into the dark side, prodded by some mildly believable acting by's Empire Palpatine. And the scene where Anakin wipes out the younglings -- powerful! I was moved. What is this salty discharge?
They're setting up the defector Storm Trooper -- Finn -- to fall in love with Rey, who appears to be cast as the next Luke Skywalker....but that entire plotline kinda disappears when Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher return, which is great from a fan standpoint but not great from a "movie structure" standpoint.
Obviously, it's miserable for many reasons that Fisher passed away. She's criminally underutilized in this movie, even though apparently she'd ended production by the time she died. Carrie Fisher is funny! Let her be funny! You've got Michael Jordan, why do you keep making him pass?!For some reason, they abandoned the Finn-Rey romance thread and moved on to Rey-Ren instead. I feel like that needed to be explained. That was definitely being teased in the last movie.
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