Star Wars : Episode 9

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I enjoyed it. There are bits that were iffy but some awesome scenes and some emotionally triumphant ones too. Despite having a bit of work to do to recover from TLJ I think it's comfortably better than the prequels and probably comes in 5/12 Star Wars films.
 
Bairns loved it but I thought it was bang average... kylo Ren turned into a complete pussy and after 40 odd years of franchise all we learnt was that the Skywalker family are a traitorous bunch of turncoats..
 
Poor

that Rey has to be One of the most wooden actors in history

totally miscast In all of the last batch which have been far and away the poorest of the entire series

Star Wars turned pc
 
Enjoyed it. They had to pack in an awful lot into 2 hours in order to "end" the story. I found the re-emergence of Palpatine fundamentally questionable and would have like to have seen it explored more, even referenced in previous episodes. It was was all a little too convenient.

As for Rey being Palpatine's Granddaughter - I can get on board with that, it makes sense and certainly explains a bit of her leaning towards the dark side

End scene was poor. Palpatine defeated them too easily then was defeated too easily.

All in all, I could get on board with the concept but felt like the story moved on too quickly. We could have done with Ep 10 to end to the story.

I'm not one of these haters demanding all sorts of explanations or slagging it off, ultimately it's a Star Wars story and will always have holes.


Also, I love Daisy Ridley, but not as much as I loved Carrie Fisher. Shed a tear at the end of Ep 8 when the dedication appeared on screen. Shed more than a tear when she died on screen.
 
Rise of Skywalker – 6/10

My thoughts on a poorly thought out trilogy;

After TFA, JJ Abrams essentially left Rian Johnson with a room full of open doors and windows. Instead of deciding to explore one of these openings, RJ spent the entirety of TLJ nailing everything shut and boarding it all up, before laying a huge turd in the middle of the floor. JJ then turns up with a crowbar and desperately tries to force his way back into some (any) of these openings whilst trying not to gag on the stench of Johnsons turd. This is how we ended up with this disjointed and messy finale.

Despite enjoying TLJ as a cinema experience, the 2 years of inane discourse has quashed any excitement I had for this final instalment. Already I am finding the discourse surrounding this one to be even more insufferable, so I’ll try and keep this short;

I went in with low expectations and I had a decent time with it. The big problem here is that the plot does not hold up to scrutiny AT ALL. You can see the cogs of the Disney machine whirring away in the background. You can blatantly tell that they scrambled around in the editing room and wrestled with different scenes and plot points. The guys over at RLM summed it up perfectly when they described the frantic pacing as “dangling a shiny object in front of a cat”.

The strength of this trilogy is in the new cast. Adam Driver is the main saving grace, but Daisy Ridley’s performances have all improved notably with each film. They both do an excellent job with a troubled script. The strong chemistry is also there with Boyega and Isaacs imo. I liked all these characters, even though they clearly didn’t get enough to do.
 
TopCat said:
Enjoyed it. They had to pack in an awful lot into 2 hours in order to "end" the story. I found the re-emergence of Palpatine fundamentally questionable and would have like to have seen it explored more, even referenced in previous episodes. It was was all a little too convenient.

As for Rey being Palpatine's Granddaughter - I can get on board with that, it makes sense and certainly explains a bit of her leaning towards the dark side

End scene was poor. Palpatine defeated them too easily then was defeated too easily.

All in all, I could get on board with the concept but felt like the story moved on too quickly. We could have done with Ep 10 to end to the story.

I'm not one of these haters demanding all sorts of explanations or slagging it off, ultimately it's a Star Wars story and will always have holes.


Also, I love Daisy Ridley, but not as much as I loved Carrie Fisher. Shed a tear at the end of Ep 8 when the dedication appeared on screen. Shed more than a tear when she died on screen.
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I'd have preferred it if ended when the emperor regained physical form from Ren & Rey, but finished them off & leathered the shit out of everyone. Could've made it really dark, unpredictable & put the cat right amongst the pigeons but it would never happen. Still enjoyed it & think its probably the best of the newer episodes
 
DJ Doubt said:
Rise of Skywalker – 6/10

My thoughts on a poorly thought out trilogy;

After TFA, JJ Abrams essentially left Rian Johnson with a room full of open doors and windows. Instead of deciding to explore one of these openings, RJ spent the entirety of TLJ nailing everything shut and boarding it all up, before laying a huge turd in the middle of the floor. JJ then turns up with a crowbar and desperately tries to force his way back into some (any) of these openings whilst trying not to gag on the stench of Johnsons turd. This is how we ended up with this disjointed and messy finale.

Despite enjoying TLJ as a cinema experience, the 2 years of inane discourse has quashed any excitement I had for this final instalment. Already I am finding the discourse surrounding this one to be even more insufferable, so I’ll try and keep this short;

I went in with low expectations and I had a decent time with it. The big problem here is that the plot does not hold up to scrutiny AT ALL. You can see the cogs of the Disney machine whirring away in the background. You can blatantly tell that they scrambled around in the editing room and wrestled with different scenes and plot points. The guys over at RLM summed it up perfectly when they described the frantic pacing as “dangling a shiny object in front of a cat”.

The strength of this trilogy is in the new cast. Adam Driver is the main saving grace, but Daisy Ridley’s performances have all improved notably with each film. They both do an excellent job with a troubled script. The strong chemistry is also there with Boyega and Isaacs imo. I liked all these characters, even though they clearly didn’t get enough to do.
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She has been absolutely hopeless in all of them, in fact cringeworthy. The trilogy itself has been an exercise in money making and has added nothing to the story. Very poor all round.
 
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