I think we might get a Vader style Ren redemption in the end. Turns just in time to die.
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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Gris - Dec 18, 2017 1:10:44 am PST #1205 of 3463
Hey. New board.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2017 2:25:54 am PST #1206 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I agree with all of your points, Consuela. Also, I guess the movie is trying to make me think something else, but I will never believe anything OTHER than that Rey and Kylo Ren are brother and sister.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2017 3:54:26 am PST #1207 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, on a meta-level, I'm mad that Leia is the only one of the original three left. (Although I imagine Luke could still show up ala Yoda?)
Calli - Dec 18, 2017 4:16:45 am PST #1208 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela, re: Sixth, didn't Luke tell Rey that the Jedi screwed up everything? It was in the middle of a lot of other "I messed up terribly and now everything's awful," but I thought he brought up the Jedi order as a whole, too.
But, yeah, I agree with your other points.
amych - Dec 18, 2017 5:43:41 am PST #1209 of 3463
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I definitely got "the whole order needs to go" more than "I flubbed it" from Luke, but that could easily have just been my take.
I thought it was absolutely hilarious in a totally not-commented-upon way that Luke made his force-projection self younger and thinner. I see you, Mr. My Ascetic Lifestyle Barely Covers My Vanity And Does My Ass Look Big In These Robes.
Loved Rose. Almost loved Holdo but they never gave her a chance to really be a developed character? It felt sort of "oh and hey here's the obvious person to be your new leader!". Maybe if I had any familiarity all with the extended universe stuff in between...
Cried like a tiny baby at the whole ending. All of it. Cried extra at little kids telling the legend with made-up action figures, but it was a happy cry that time.
Steph L. - Dec 18, 2017 6:04:10 am PST #1210 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Oh, man, the kids at the end! I yelped when the kid Force-grabbed the broom.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 18, 2017 6:13:47 am PST #1211 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I was glad they gave Leia at least one scene where she actively used the Force, so it didn't seem like she'd completely ignored an inborn talent that would be a MASSIVE advantage in fighting against the vestiges of the Empire. I mean, Luke became a full-fledged Jedi in less than 6 years with relatively little of that under expert supervision, you'd think she'd have found time in 34 or so to cultivate a few tricks.
Of course, I wish she'd been allowed to use it to give Kylo Ren a Force-whipping that would have left him curled up in the fetal position and crying through the end of Episode IX...
amych - Dec 18, 2017 6:26:54 am PST #1212 of 3463
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yes to Matt's second spoilery paragraph, in full.
amych - Dec 18, 2017 8:04:48 am PST #1213 of 3463
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Incidentally, I'm overjoyed at all my fabulous bitches (both Buffista and non-Buffista) jumping on the dude on my facebook who was all "blah blah movie about having to listen to middle-aged women blah" so I didn't even have to.
Zenkitty - Dec 19, 2017 10:56:34 am PST #1214 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
So, I agree with all of you about The Last Jedi, and may I add that long fight scenes have become boring to me. When the fight lasts more than a few blows and no one is dead or seriously injured except redshirts, I start thinking about lunch. Also, I hate that I can see through the fight choreography now, THANKS