30th December 2017, 10:31 AM
The difference between critics and fans on this movie is amazing. Personally, I leaned more towards the critics on this one. I enjoyed it for what it was and for being different. At least visually, I think it looked better than any other Star Wars. However, I'm not a long-time Star Wars fan, so when my friend who is told me it was worse than some of the prequels, I was pretty surprised. I get it now though.
I did notice one thing that really bugged me. No less than 5 times they did a plotline bait-&-switch in this movie. I'm talking about it standing on it's own mind you. They let us think Kylo might turn good, then he acts on that lead up, then nope, back to square one he's evil again. They let us think Luke's student betrayed him, thent hey flash back showing Luke betrayed his student, then they flash back again saying " nope it was the first thing after all". They let us think that woman dressed like a hunger games character is noble, then an evil general, then she's noble again. They waste our time with a sub plot involving disarming a warp space tracker only to reveal it was all pointless and never actually the plan.
Those little sub plots only existed for tension, none of them paying off in any real way.
I did notice one thing that really bugged me. No less than 5 times they did a plotline bait-&-switch in this movie. I'm talking about it standing on it's own mind you. They let us think Kylo might turn good, then he acts on that lead up, then nope, back to square one he's evil again. They let us think Luke's student betrayed him, thent hey flash back showing Luke betrayed his student, then they flash back again saying " nope it was the first thing after all". They let us think that woman dressed like a hunger games character is noble, then an evil general, then she's noble again. They waste our time with a sub plot involving disarming a warp space tracker only to reveal it was all pointless and never actually the plan.
Those little sub plots only existed for tension, none of them paying off in any real way.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)