Rise of Skywalker rewatch review and sequel retrospective
I would compare this film to two 8 year olds dumping out their toys on the floor and having a massive battle where they try to beat each other with power scaling (I have 100 Star destroyers with Death Star lasers, oh yeah will I have all the spaceships in the galaxy, he has the souls of all the Sith in him, oh yeah well she has the souls of all the Jedi). I genuinely can’t watch this movie without picking out the convoluted writing choices, which is the core problem I have with the film. Like the previous sequels, the acting, soundtrack, effects, and everything else is all fantastic. Upon rewatch I couldn’t get through it without pointing things out that I thought didn’t make sense and I never do that for any movie EVER. The first two in the trilogy, though I have my gripes, are still decent films. This one felt much messier. Maybe it’s weird that I enjoy the prequels over the sequels but at least the prequels had a unified vision. This is the only Star Wars movie I never intend to willingly rewatch.
I preferred when Hux was a full on dictator.
Phasma and Finn had the most unrealized potential.
I wish Rey felt less hollow.
Luke’s character was butchered in Last Jedi.
A giant chunk of the Death Star II should not be fully intact. It was incinerated.
Lightsaber duels in the sequels feel boring, lacking the technique present in the prequels and their mysterious magic present in the originals. The duel at the end of force awakens is my favorite and last Jedi throne room battle is best choreographed.
Now if you excuse me, I’m going to go watch Star Trek: The Original Series.
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Rise of Skywalker rewatch review and sequel retrospective
I would compare this film to two 8 year olds dumping out their toys on the floor and having a massive battle where they try to beat each other with power scaling (I have 100 Star destroyers with Death Star lasers, oh yeah will I have all the spaceships in the galaxy, he has the souls of all the Sith in him, oh yeah well she has the souls of all the Jedi). I genuinely can’t watch this movie without picking out the convoluted writing choices, which is the core problem I have with the film. Like the previous sequels, the acting, soundtrack, effects, and everything else is all fantastic. Upon rewatch I couldn’t get through it without pointing things out that I thought didn’t make sense and I never do that for any movie EVER. The first two in the trilogy, though I have my gripes, are still decent films. This one felt much messier. Maybe it’s weird that I enjoy the prequels over the sequels but at least the prequels had a unified vision. This is the only Star Wars movie I never intend to willingly rewatch.
I preferred when Hux was a full on dictator.
Phasma and Finn had the most unrealized potential.
I wish Rey felt less hollow.
Luke’s character was butchered in Last Jedi.
A giant chunk of the Death Star II should not be fully intact. It was incinerated.
Lightsaber duels in the sequels feel boring, lacking the technique present in the prequels and their mysterious magic present in the originals. The duel at the end of force awakens is my favorite and last Jedi throne room battle is best choreographed.
Now if you excuse me, I’m going to go watch Star Trek: The Original Series.
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