Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (J.J. Abrams, December 20, 2019) Movie • Page 291

D-O and BB-8 are the hot new couple and you can’t convince me otherwise!

 

I liked it but yeah it’s the worst of the three

 

The lack of consequences is a real bummer.

Rey is very powerful and impulsive. She is full of arrogance (and anger) and it gets Chewie killed. Wait no just kidding he’s fine no consequence no lesson just go on. She doesn’t need to learn from that go run off and jump in the ocean next, it’ll be fine. Get angry. Stab Kylo. Oops. You’re good no worries.

I don’t even know what they are trying to say with any of that ... but it didn’t work for me.

 

What the fuck was that.

 

I don’t know. I’m all for representation but the same-sex kiss might steal The Golden Pander Award away from Sulu’s holding hands with his boyfriend/husband in “Star Trek Beyond.” It’s like you can be gay as long as it’s the background and your embrace lasts no longer than three seconds. I can’t speak for anyone in the LGBTQ community, but that seems insulting.

 

Dude yes that definitely bothered me - like oh no chewie gone jk he was on the convenient other transporter of course!

 

That’s fair. I didn’t see it from that perspective - it’s like the typical corporate bare minimum for inclusion

but like I said the real power couple is D-O and BB8

 

C-3PO too. He gets his moment of emotion as he’s about to lose every memory from this incredible saga. Then - nope! Just kidding! R2 had it!

 

I full on rolled my eyes at the “I was controlling and making Snoke all along” part too. Cool thirty year plan that got fucked up cause your little antenna thing wasn’t thought through. Damn, if only he had kept his little Sheev in his pants he woulda ruled the galaxy.

 

It was super pandering and full of fan service without any real consequences

Hey maybe I actually hate this movie!!!

 

it was fine.

but screw everyone who approved the two gigantic middle fingers they gave to The Last Jedi. Unforgivable

 

The worst thing about Star Wars' obsession w/ bloodlines is that I've seen people mad online that the Skywalker bloodline was eliminated & the Palpatine bloodline continued. Like, holy fuck, what kinda bio-essentialist bullshit is that? Literally everything in my being, my worldview, my literal existence, is an active refutation of that neonazi terf garbage. Gah. Rey should've remained from nobody for exactly that reason, but since we knew JJ was never gonna let that happen, thank goodness they picked the literal second best option & made it at least a story of abandoning what her lineage said she should be, instead being adopted & grafted into the line of Skywalkers.

Anyways, I'll talk more in the days to come about what I liked & didn't like in this mess, but like, I just can't let that rest.

 

the chewie thing is, i think, an example of overexposure in trailers and tv spots. I absolutely agree about the consequences issue, mainly there being none, but like, there were several scenes you see in trailers and commercials that hadnt played out up until that point so immediately i said nah chewies in a bunch of scenes where theyre escaping some ship with poe and finn he aint dead at least not yet.

 

So like...palpatine wanted rey to kill him...but was fully prepared, using snoke, to have kylo kill her? Fuck this movie is so stupid

 

Yeah, that’s what it came across to me. But I’m not in the place to really say as any type of authority.

 

the knights of ren big time stunk too

 

Classic JJ Abrams

 

Oh yeah, the crawl definitely was the least star warsy also.

 

I want the Ben/Rey sitcom where they’re constantly force stealing objects that the other one is holding.

 

“The dead speak!” is truly a wild way to start a movie.

 

It’s not a great movie but all the pandering and fan service to suckers like me will give it some more positive word of mouth

the more I think about it the less I like it - oh well I’m sure I’ll see it 2 more times!

 

Hannah and I are currently trying to figure out the movie rules for when she can “kill” him and be ok and not a Sith for it. In anger. Sith. But billions are about to die. Still Sith. Can I calm myself and save them? No. Sith. Ok but what if he shoots electricity at me and I fry his ass with all the Jedi in me? Sure that’s cool. Get him.

is it because of sacrifice? What are the rules to when we can murder a storm trooper or Sith Lord and when we can’t I’m confused

 

Would watch.

 

So my big question is: Did Kylo ever really turn or was it just Leia in his body? Because as soon as he disappeared she disappeared. And she only had so much strength for her one last thing. Makes that kiss real awkward

 

Shh it’s best to not think about it because JJ Abrams clearly didn’t