Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) by Joey S — 17 Dec 2017

Didn't enjoy myself at this film at all. Nothing like a Star Wars movie, just a ton of fanservice, and self-insert wish-fulfilling. I hated Rose the most, because you could take her out of the movie completely and lose nothing. The romance between her and Fin was incredibly forced, and she robbed Fin of the only redeeming thing he could have done in the movie altogether.

People are touting Rey as this impossibly great character because she's already strong with the Force and whatnot. Would you rather your strong female lead be handed everything because they were deep-down a magical girl on the inside, or overcome true and crushing adversity and hardship in order to earn it? Well, this movie does a whole heaping helping of the former.

You get women in strong leads, which is a good change of pace nowadays, but most of them feel forced into place because "GENDER EQUALITY" rather than an actual character that belongs. If Rose had more going for her than "I just so happened to be a character at the right place at the right time with the right job" and more of a fleshed out character than "My sister is dead but it's okay, I have this hot black accessory to keep me happy as I smile in front of all these green screens", I would have loved the character.

The Force Bond between Rey and Kylo could have lead to an AMAZING feat of Storytelling, where Light and Dark fall in love but resolve to end one another, or the two gain some sort of real understanding of each other, making their confrontation even more powerful, but its all brought low by the fact that it was Snoke the entire time.

Speaking of, I've never seen a lamer Super Villain for a story. "I can see the future, but I can't see whats going on an inch away from my left arm.".

Its like this movie couldn't tell if it wanted to be for kids, or adults. It goes in one wacky, zany, kid friendly direction then veers back to the dark and gritty side of things. It's like watching a WORSE Rogue One, if thats possible.

Oh, and they shit all over Yoda's legacy towards the end. Like it's absolutely brilliant, whoever came up with that scene should be a legend. They use what I could only assume to be a McDonalds version of Yoda for this scene.

But people are going to watch this, they're going to look past all of the flaws and terrible crap and scream "AAAAH, LOOK AT ROSE! SHES MY FAVORITE CHARACTER, WE'RE SOOOOOOOOO RELATEABLE" or how Rey and Kylo touched fingertips and are now a couple, even though she clearly rejects him.

There are SOME good parts. Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker is one of, if not THE BEST acting in this film. When Mark is on screen, the scene just comes alive, whether he's moving around in it, or standing stationary and talking.

Other than that, all I see another mass of wasted potential kept behind super safe directing with a completely lost agenda. 2/10.