The Disney era of Luminous Spheroid Of Plasma Armed Conflict movies has been very controversial. Depending on who you ask, they'll either think it's the good ol' Star Wars as they know it or cheap pandering audience manipulative garbage. Wherever you stand, which one do you think is the best?
While I do gradually think it gets a little bit worse with each entry, I still like all three movies. Even with their many flaws, they never bore me to death like the first two prequel films, and contain the sense of fun and excitement I'm looking for from these movies. Plus when they want to convey the seriousness in a situation they succeed... mostly.
I'll admit, the main problem I have is that sometimes it gets a little too goofy. I noticed there was more of a comedic tone with The Force Awakens. And it wasn't just comedic, it was the Disney kind of comedic, like when Rey tells a stormtrooper to drop his weapon and he just goes "Aaaand... I drop my weapon." Now, the interesting part here is not the line itself, but how he says it. In A New Hope when Obi-Wan used mind manipulation, the stormtrooper just responded completely neutrally, with no emotion in his voice whatsoever. While here, the drawn out "Aaaaand" is clearly there for comedic purposes. It doesn't really sound like he's being hypnotised at all. I always found that part jarring.
The Last Jedi also had quite a few weird comic bits, like any scene with General Hux where he just acts like an absolute moron, or even scenes where Kylo Ren acts a bit stupid.
There are certainly still some highlights though. Han Solo, C-3PO and yes, Luke Skywalker as well manage to get the most genuine laughs from me.
In The Rise Of Skywalker there was also some weird inconsistent writing rooted in sudden script changes. For example Palpatine just revealing he created Snoke himself, which doesn't really make any sense. Why would he create such an easily defeatable clone? It seriously takes Kylo one blow and he's dead, while with Palpatine there clearly was more of a hard struggle when Luke fought him in Return Of The Jedi.
The Finn and Rose romance is also completely nonexistent, even though it was made out to be a big deal in The Last Jedi.
Hux also turns out to be a spy for no reason.
But hey, at least they didn't bring back Captain Phasma again.
In terms of quality, The Force Awakens is my favorite of the three. I don't care that it doesn't have the most original story as long as it's helluva entertaining to watch, and it is. There's also a benefit to it having the simplest story to follow, being that it doesn't contain too many irrelevant or rushly handled plotpoints (although I don't hate the Canto Bay plot as much as most people, it easily could have been trimmed down). In terms of the humor, I used to think it was more blatant than The Last Jedi, but in retrospect it's kinda the opposite. Even when it doesn't really work, it's not so bad it makes me roll my eyes. Having Han Solo in it alone is enough to give me several hearty chuckles. It's also the only one in the franchise where Finn feels genuinely interesting, like he's actually a character who came from a dark place and wants to atone for all the horrible things he's done. They kinda forgot that rather crucial part about him in the later entries.
What are your thoughts though? Maybe you feel the other way around, that it gets better with each number. Nevertheless, please don't kill each other..
While I do gradually think it gets a little bit worse with each entry, I still like all three movies. Even with their many flaws, they never bore me to death like the first two prequel films, and contain the sense of fun and excitement I'm looking for from these movies. Plus when they want to convey the seriousness in a situation they succeed... mostly.
I'll admit, the main problem I have is that sometimes it gets a little too goofy. I noticed there was more of a comedic tone with The Force Awakens. And it wasn't just comedic, it was the Disney kind of comedic, like when Rey tells a stormtrooper to drop his weapon and he just goes "Aaaand... I drop my weapon." Now, the interesting part here is not the line itself, but how he says it. In A New Hope when Obi-Wan used mind manipulation, the stormtrooper just responded completely neutrally, with no emotion in his voice whatsoever. While here, the drawn out "Aaaaand" is clearly there for comedic purposes. It doesn't really sound like he's being hypnotised at all. I always found that part jarring.
The Last Jedi also had quite a few weird comic bits, like any scene with General Hux where he just acts like an absolute moron, or even scenes where Kylo Ren acts a bit stupid.
There are certainly still some highlights though. Han Solo, C-3PO and yes, Luke Skywalker as well manage to get the most genuine laughs from me.
In The Rise Of Skywalker there was also some weird inconsistent writing rooted in sudden script changes. For example Palpatine just revealing he created Snoke himself, which doesn't really make any sense. Why would he create such an easily defeatable clone? It seriously takes Kylo one blow and he's dead, while with Palpatine there clearly was more of a hard struggle when Luke fought him in Return Of The Jedi.
The Finn and Rose romance is also completely nonexistent, even though it was made out to be a big deal in The Last Jedi.
Hux also turns out to be a spy for no reason.
But hey, at least they didn't bring back Captain Phasma again.
In terms of quality, The Force Awakens is my favorite of the three. I don't care that it doesn't have the most original story as long as it's helluva entertaining to watch, and it is. There's also a benefit to it having the simplest story to follow, being that it doesn't contain too many irrelevant or rushly handled plotpoints (although I don't hate the Canto Bay plot as much as most people, it easily could have been trimmed down). In terms of the humor, I used to think it was more blatant than The Last Jedi, but in retrospect it's kinda the opposite. Even when it doesn't really work, it's not so bad it makes me roll my eyes. Having Han Solo in it alone is enough to give me several hearty chuckles. It's also the only one in the franchise where Finn feels genuinely interesting, like he's actually a character who came from a dark place and wants to atone for all the horrible things he's done. They kinda forgot that rather crucial part about him in the later entries.
What are your thoughts though? Maybe you feel the other way around, that it gets better with each number. Nevertheless, please don't kill each other..
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