It's been 42 years since my Junior High sweetheart and I went to see this popular new film called STAR WARS in the theater. We were 13 at the time. We have seen every single film in the franchise together in the theater now, many of them on opening night. So it was with a little trepidation and a lot of excitement that we went to the Majestic 12 tonight to see RISE OF SKYWALKER.
I'm not going to give a bunch of spoilers, but, this movie is GREAT.
A wonderful ending to a magnificent space fantasy saga that has spanned four decades of my life. Wonderful performances, cool storyline, villains and heroes old and new . . . I don't like to use the phrase "perfect movie" too often, but this is awfully close.
I know some naysayers and nitpickers will carp and whine and criticize, but they can go suck eggs.
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!! 5/5
After THE FORCE AWAKENS I felt so cheated and insulted that I decided to avoid the rest of these movies, so I guess I'll never know.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 20, 2019, 06:59:26 AM
After THE FORCE AWAKENS I felt so cheated and insulted that I decided to avoid the rest of these movies, so I guess I'll never know.
Imo
The FALL of skywalker was horrible! I loved Starwars too
damn shame... did they even read the books or listen to the fans?
I haven't seen this yet
I'm a little surprised that there is such a wide margin between critics and audiences for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes
---- there have been for movies in general the last few years for some reason, but this seems like the biggest divide between them in a while to me
I think maybe it helps me appreciate the movies some that I never read many of the "Extended Universe" books or comics or whatever they are called. I had no huge problems with any of the recent films, and this one was far and away the best as far as I was concerned. It felt like pure STAR WARS through and through, and I want to go see it again!!!
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Quote from: bob on December 20, 2019, 06:59:02 PM
I haven't seen this yet
I'm a little surprised that there is such a wide margin between critics and audiences for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes
---- there have been for movies in general the last few years for some reason, but this seems like the biggest divide between them in a while to me
Check IMDb for a more ridiculous huge gap, even with the score of the movie itself. When you go to the review section the hate for the three movies by Disney is intense, yet they have 8, wtf.
I'm willing to bet that they rigged the scores.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 23, 2019, 06:50:39 AM
Quote from: bob on December 20, 2019, 06:59:02 PM
I haven't seen this yet
I'm a little surprised that there is such a wide margin between critics and audiences for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes
---- there have been for movies in general the last few years for some reason, but this seems like the biggest divide between them in a while to me
Check IMDb for a more ridiculous huge gap, even with the score of the movie itself. When you go to the review section the hate for the three movies by Disney is intense, yet they have 8, wtf.
I'm willing to bet that they rigged the scores.
Oddly enough it doesn't seem to be big business that is rigging scores, rather negitive comments are being generated by bots most of which seem to come from Russia. I could understand why a company would rig scores, but why people would want to go to all the effort of setting up bad comments for a movie is beyond me. Still, the fans seem to be enjoying the movie from what I hear from people who have went to see it and I guess in the end of the day their opinions are the only ones that matter since they are the ones paying to go see it. As long as it makes money I doubt Disney (or any other company for that matter), will overly care for naysayers. Should it bomb (and from the box office so far this seems highly unlikely) then whiners will get paid more attention to.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 23, 2019, 06:50:39 AM
Quote from: bob on December 20, 2019, 06:59:02 PM
I haven't seen this yet
I'm a little surprised that there is such a wide margin between critics and audiences for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes
---- there have been for movies in general the last few years for some reason, but this seems like the biggest divide between them in a while to me
Check IMDb for a more ridiculous huge gap, even with the score of the movie itself. When you go to the review section the hate for the three movies by Disney is intense, yet they have 8, wtf.
I'm willing to bet that they rigged the scores.
of course the scores are rigged lol :thumbup:
Quote from: Alex on December 23, 2019, 08:14:30 AM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 23, 2019, 06:50:39 AM
Quote from: bob on December 20, 2019, 06:59:02 PM
I haven't seen this yet
I'm a little surprised that there is such a wide margin between critics and audiences for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes
---- there have been for movies in general the last few years for some reason, but this seems like the biggest divide between them in a while to me
Check IMDb for a more ridiculous huge gap, even with the score of the movie itself. When you go to the review section the hate for the three movies by Disney is intense, yet they have 8, wtf.
I'm willing to bet that they rigged the scores.
Oddly enough it doesn't seem to be big business that is rigging scores, rather negitive comments are being generated by bots most of which seem to come from Russia. I could understand why a company would rig scores, but why people would want to go to all the effort of setting up bad comments for a movie is beyond me. Still, the fans seem to be enjoying the movie from what I hear from people who have went to see it and I guess in the end of the day their opinions are the only ones that matter since they are the ones paying to go see it. As long as it makes money I doubt Disney (or any other company for that matter), will overly care for naysayers. Should it bomb (and from the box office so far this seems highly unlikely) then whiners will get paid more attention to.
LOLLOLOL
Russia bots... are you serious!??? :twirl:
Quote from: VenomX73 on December 23, 2019, 05:06:24 PM
Quote from: Alex on December 23, 2019, 08:14:30 AM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on December 23, 2019, 06:50:39 AM
Quote from: bob on December 20, 2019, 06:59:02 PM
I haven't seen this yet
I'm a little surprised that there is such a wide margin between critics and audiences for this movie on Rotten Tomatoes
---- there have been for movies in general the last few years for some reason, but this seems like the biggest divide between them in a while to me
Check IMDb for a more ridiculous huge gap, even with the score of the movie itself. When you go to the review section the hate for the three movies by Disney is intense, yet they have 8, wtf.
I'm willing to bet that they rigged the scores.
Oddly enough it doesn't seem to be big business that is rigging scores, rather negitive comments are being generated by bots most of which seem to come from Russia. I could understand why a company would rig scores, but why people would want to go to all the effort of setting up bad comments for a movie is beyond me. Still, the fans seem to be enjoying the movie from what I hear from people who have went to see it and I guess in the end of the day their opinions are the only ones that matter since they are the ones paying to go see it. As long as it makes money I doubt Disney (or any other company for that matter), will overly care for naysayers. Should it bomb (and from the box office so far this seems highly unlikely) then whiners will get paid more attention to.
LOLLOLOL Russia bots... are you serious!??? :twirl:
Yup. They tracked much of the trolling and bad reviews for the last film back to bots from Russia. Can't for the life of me think why they'd want to, but there you go.
Here is one of the articles on it.
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John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran experienced online abuse over their roles in The Last Jedi.
John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran in The Last Jedi. Photograph: Allstar/Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Pictures
More than half of the hostile responses to The Last Jedi, episode eight of the Star Wars saga, were politically motivated trolling or the result of non-human bot activity, according to an academic paper published by a US digital media expert.
Morten Bay, a research fellow at the University of Southern California (USC), analysed Twitter activity about the film and concluded that more than 50% of posts are by "bots, trolls/sockpuppets or political activists using the debate to propagate political messages supporting extreme rightwing causes and the discrimination of gender, race or sexuality. A number of these users appear to be Russian trolls."
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The supposed fan hostility to The Last Jedi is a well-known phenomenon, with actors such as Kelly Marie Tran experiencing extreme levels of abuse, and campaigns cropping up to lower the film's rating on critics' aggregators and fund a remake. However, Bay's research indicates that not only are negative comments on social media about the film in a minority, but the "anti-Jedi" campaign has been designed to serve a wider political purpose. "The study finds evidence of deliberate, organised political influence measures disguised as fan arguments," Bay writes. The likely objective of these measures is increasing media coverage of the fandom conflict, thereby adding to and further propagating a narrative of widespread discord and dysfunction in American society."
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Bay analysed the 960-plus accounts which had tweets aimed directly at Last Jedi director Rian Johnson for the seven months after the film opened on 13 December 2017. He found that 21.9% of users – less than a quarter – expressed a negative opinion of the film. After stripping out bots/trolls and users who had what he describes as "clear political agendas", that figure dropped to 10.5%. Bay concluded that real fan hostility to the film is much less than has previously been reported.
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Of this negative group, Bay established that 50.9% were "likely politically motivated or not even human". This included 5% of posts by bots, 16% by trolls or sockpuppets (of which half appeared to be Russian trolls), and close to 30% by users with political agendas.
The Last Jedi's director, Rian Johnson, retweeted the paper, writing "what the top-line describes is consistent with my experience online". He added: "And just to be totally clear: this is not about fans liking or not liking the movie – I've had tons of great talks with great fans online and off who liked and disliked stuff. That's what fandom is all about. This is specifically about a virulent strain of online harassment."
And another.
Quote'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Backlash Was Fueled by Russian Troll Bots
A lot of the accounts slamming Rian Johnson aren't even real.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Backlash Fueled Russian Troll Bots Toxic Fandom President Trump Alt Right
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According to a new study, it appears a great deal of the online hate against Star Wars: The Last Jedi was partly due to politically-driven troll bots from Russia. The claim was made in an academic paper by Morten Bay titled "Weaponizing the Haters: 'The Last Jedi' and the Strategic Politicization of Pop Culture through Social Media Manipulation."
The paper's purpose was to investigate allegations that say the film ruined the Star Wars franchise, finding that a lot of the accounts were "politically motivated or not even human." The results continue to say it "[found] evidence of deliberate, organized political influence measures disguised as fan arguments."
The study claims the objective of these bots was to increase media coverage of the film's backlash, which would fuel a propagating narrative of divisiveness and dysfunction in America, similar to bots' hand in Brexit and the 2016 Presidential Election. "Persuading voters of this narrative remains a strategic goal for the U.S. alt-right movement, as well as the Russian Federation," according to Bay.
It was deduced that over 50 percent of the negative tweets The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson got were from "bots, trolls/sock puppets or political activists using the debate to propagate messages supporting extreme right-wing causes and the discrimination of gender, race or sexuality." The confirmation of these bots being from Russia comes from Twitter itself, as 16 of the 2,752 accounts listed as being linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency's "troll farm" were found confronting the director.
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A bit of Morten's research came out awhile ago and made some headlines – here's his full paper. Looking forward to reading it, but what the top-line describes is consistent with my experience online. https://t.co/MTRgmPxGgZ (https://t.co/MTRgmPxGgZ)
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) October 1, 2018
oooh boy. :bouncegiggle:
Personally I thought the film was poor enough to generate its own bad publicity.
Not seen yet, I'll probably check this out when it hits home video.
A friend of mine works at a theater, and they got orders from Disney to cancel special events not related to the latest Star Wars movie, so they can squeeze in more screenings for The Rise of Skywalker. He said no other studio has ever demanded something like this :buggedout:
(https://i.imgflip.com/3kbx09.jpg)
Agreed. I'd say it was about as likely as Disney manipulating the reviews on the website.
I saw it today, and I think I can say the following without spoiling anything.
The acting is fine, and the root of the story doesn't bother me.
What bothers me is that in their quest to make sure that they topped everything that has been done before in this "final" movie, they definitely overdid it.
It's as if what we saw on the screen was the result of 100 exaggerated retellings via oral tradition before anything was written down.
It is a blast! It may be nonsense, but it is glorious nonsense.
There are many elements (chief being the return of Palpatine) that may be problematical for the general consistency of the Star Wars universe, but I agree that they work great in the context of this movie. And the Kylo Ren - Rey - Palpatine interactions here give a glimpse of what we might have had in the prequel trilogy, had Anakin and Amidala been actual characters.
For the rest, this is a movie with everything. I suppose the studio gave JJ Abrams a 20 page list of stuff they wanted in the movie, and he flipped through it and said 'Sure, we can do that, no problem'
Sit back and enjoy the ride!
Quote from: Dr. Whom on December 25, 2019, 03:52:48 AM
It is a blast! It may be nonsense, but it is glorious nonsense.
There are many elements (chief being the return of Palpatine) that may be problematical for the general consistency of the Star Wars universe, but I agree that they work great in the context of this movie. And the Kylo Ren - Rey - Palpatine interactions here give a glimpse of what we might have had in the prequel trilogy, had Anakin and Amidala been actual characters.
For the rest, this is a movie with everything. I suppose the studio gave JJ Abrams a 20 page list of stuff they wanted in the movie, and he flipped through it and said 'Sure, we can do that, no problem'
Sit back and enjoy the ride!
Wait Papatine comes back???
:bouncegiggle:
The RIZE... of SKaEYE WALK AH !
I should at least give some of this STAR WARS thing half a chance. I seen the first one in '77.
It was fun Flash Gordon stuff. But it got real old with it being on lunchboxes and pillow cases and endless toys and TV junk. The world turned to Star Wars.
I think -and thank- Star Wars for turning me into a punk rocker. Because I saw s**t being marketed and shoved down my throat.
The RYiiiZZe of SKA-EYE-WOKer... :lookingup:
http://youtu.be/p5lD9HYa9QE (http://youtu.be/p5lD9HYa9QE)
Star Wars : the Rise of Skywalker
If IV was a product of the '70's, then this is a product of today, but there is a lot of IV in it, even if what there is seemed to be amped up to the nth degree. And when I say something than I have seen it, and to date, I have seen o'er half the episodes.
Same
violence. next to IV, this is probably the most violent of all the episodes.
humor. yes
emotional impact. yes
actors. Lord, it was good to see Billy Dee Williams as Lando again, as he was the best thing I took out of V.
+ Richard E. Grant
Keri Russell
Domhall Gleason
action. oh, hell, yeah!
More
Complex
IV was basically a simple story simplely told, which is probably why it has lasted so long, as simple normally has a longer shelf life. Whereas, this one was more complex. One need go no further than the trailer to see that.
Honest
in a conflict it is not the only "bad" guys that die, but also the major "good" guys, as here, which left me with one disappointment which I won't go into, as it gives away a major plot point.
was it worth it? was the war really worth it? This one comes nearer to asking that question than any of the other episodes.
Realistic
I put it to one, that the victory celebration at the end of the film was more realistic than most of the other victory celebrations in the other episodes, as it was more spontaneous and less organzied than those.
Past
blue state/red state. whether deliberate or happenstance, the color blue is associated with Democrats and liberals, while the color red is associated with Republicans and conservatives.
Present
whether we see 'em or not, rumor has it that there are 2 more trilogies in the works. There is certainly enough materials out there. To date of all the inhabited planets, and if each has the same population of earth, and some such as Coruscant have more, then we are talking about billions of people with billions of stories and a history that is o'er 5000 years. And with the apparent success of The Mandalorian, one can do something Star Wars that has little connection to the original films.
Future
should one see it? That depends so much on the person asking. So, Ill say what I do. If a film interests me, then I go see it. If it does not interest me, then I do not go see it.
And we will see what we will see.
Warning: spoilers
Here's what I've been told from a source that worked on TROS. (https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/eisnd8/heres_what_ive_been_told_from_a_source_that/)
Quote from: ralfy on January 03, 2020, 08:05:38 AM
Warning: spoilers
Here's what I've been told from a source that worked on TROS. (https://www.reddit.com/r/saltierthancrait/comments/eisnd8/heres_what_ive_been_told_from_a_source_that/)
So, basically, JJA is awesome and did everything perfectly, even when I consider
THE FORCE AWAKENS as total garbage. :twirl:
A close friend of mine who lives in Reno, NV saw it and enjoyed it. He did confirm that "there were plot holes big enough to drive a death star through!"
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on January 03, 2020, 08:35:39 AM
So, basically, JJA is awesome and did everything perfectly, even when I consider THE FORCE AWAKENS as total garbage. :twirl:
Could have, and maybe a bit better than what came out. In general, we can't blame the film crew and the actors because they did their best. Unfortunately, producers got in the way, and there were too many problems in the previous films that had to be resolved.
Watched it today, thought it was good. You could tell they were doing their best to work around Carrie Fisher having died and I think that lead to some of the films weaker points. Not a fan of JJ Abrams as a film maker generally, but he did ok this time. I was worried he'd do what he done with Lost and introduce a load of elements without thinking out a satisfactory resolution for them. A lot of things were still left undeveloped, but you can only fit so many things into an already fairly long run time before a film becomes overbloated (I'd have liked to know a little bit about the Knights of Ren for example and the Asian woman's character whose name I've forgotten, Lando could have handled better). The film hit a few emotional spots, possibly more due to my attachment to various characters from my childhood and it still has too many action sequences and not enough character development but despite all these quibbles it ended up being a decent (although not exceptional) film.
Every single one of JJ's movies should be posted in "Bad movies" forum.
This was nothing more than a re re hashing of previous Star Wars stories. JJ offered nothing new to the Saga what so ever.
I didn't like it at all. The whole thing lacked... purpose, for lack of a better word. Pretty much everything that happened seemd random to me, something I already noticed in the previous film. I mean, even the George Lucas prequels had a plot, how difficult can it be? Even SW videogames have better plots than this new trilogy.
The next trilogy in December 2022, 2024, and 2026.
Timeline: Old Republic
What we know: it is nice to be wanted. Originating with the showrunners from Game of Thrones. They had to step away from the project, as they are too busy making shows for Netflix. Though, the idea will continue.
What we do not know: Who will take over.
What we do know: it will not be Rian Johnson nor Dave Filoni. Both of whom are working on their own trilogies for Lucas Films.
Despite the controversy swirling around, or, because of it, Star Wars : the Rise of Skywalker is expected to soon gross over $1B on the international boxoffice. Even taking into acoount inflation, this would probably make it the most successfull Star Wars trilogy to date at the box office.
Which is probably why we are getting talk of spin-offs featuring Rey, Poe, and Finn. Though, it is unclear whether this is 3 in 1 show or 1 in 3 shows.
And we will see what we will see.
Man, we surely love to eat crap.
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on January 20, 2020, 06:59:51 AM
Man, we surely love to eat crap.
Umm...
(*looks around*)...
Isn't that why we're all here? :D
Well, the next trilogy in the Star Wars saga is one step closer to being made, but, 1st . . . did anybody recognize any of the following?
a.) an alien
b.) a bartender
c.) a stormtrooper
Answers at the end of this post.
The powers that be in the Star Wars universe, apparently, want Taika Waititi to direct one of the films in the next Star Wars trilogy, and it will probably be the 1st one in the trilogy, which continues to be thought to take place in the Old Republic or some 5000-33 years ere episode IV and 5000-32 years ere episode I.
As for who recognized . . .
a.) musican Ed Sheeran as an alien.
b.) composer John Williams as a bartender
c.) and Radiohead producer Nigel Goodrich as a Stormtrooper.
More as it becomes available.
Quote from: kornula on January 14, 2020, 03:13:36 AM
Every single one of JJ's movies should be posted in "Bad movies" forum.
This was nothing more than a re re hashing of previous Star Wars stories. JJ offered nothing new to the Saga what so ever.
Quote from: Neville on January 19, 2020, 02:11:58 PM
I didn't like it at all. The whole thing lacked... purpose, for lack of a better word. Pretty much everything that happened seemd random to me, something I already noticed in the previous film. I mean, even the George Lucas prequels had a plot, how difficult can it be? Even SW videogames have better plots than this new trilogy.
:thumbup:
exactly! this new crap makes the prequels look like masterpiece!
Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on January 19, 2020, 02:57:30 PM
The next trilogy in December 2022, 2024, and 2026.
Timeline: Old Republic
What we know: it is nice to be wanted. Originating with the showrunners from Game of Thrones. They had to step away from the project, as they are too busy making shows for Netflix. Though, the idea will continue.
What we do not know: Who will take over.
What we do know: it will not be Rian Johnson nor Dave Filoni. Both of whom are working on their own trilogies for Lucas Films.
If they're smart, they'll bring in Jon Favreau to helm the project. He did an unexpectedly fantastic job with
The Mandalorian (2019) Disney+ series. A couple episodes were misses, as well as a couple of casting picks, but the overall story was great and the characters themselves really filled in a lot of gaps that I felt were missing in the movies as far as the Galaxy Far Far Away itself was concerned.
As for the topic itself, I've only seen it twice now, once in the movie theater on preview night back in December, and when I bought the movie earlier this week on 4K Blu Ray. I had a better time watching it here at home because my 65-inch Samsung QLED and Dolby Atmos surround sound system rocks it better than the movie theater did. The movie itself was still clunkier than a pair of old steel-toed boots tossed in a clothes dryer machine set on High, but I had a better understanding of what was going on in the movie with a second viewing, not to mention a better understanding of what was wrong with it, of which there was plenty. Daisy Ridley (Rey) is still a young little 27-year-old cutie in real life, but somehow they made her look 10 years older in this movie like she's pushing 40 with 2 kids and her third husband or something. R2-D2 is barely in this last trilogy, which would be fine if the droids that replaced him were likable, but these little bowling balls with heads rolling around are more annoying than anything else; R2-D2 you actually gave a s**t about in the previous six movies and he was *never* annoying, ever.
Still, I am oddly enjoying the movie when I watch it the second time around. The same weird thing happened with The Last Jedi despite it still being the worst of all the Star Wars films. Regardless, this newest Star Wars trilogy does make the prequels look like masterpieces.
As one of those who saw Star Wars in the cinema as a kid, and who was deeply imprinted by the experience, I'm a bit sad to say that I've lost interest in the franchise.
The Force Awakens was good, but seemed like a retelling of the first movie, and there were too many introductions of seemingly non-canonical things, like Rey suddenly have Force skills without any training at all. Supposedly these things have been explained by the end of the trilogy, but they seem like after-the-fact patch ups, rather than well thought plotlines. And seeing clips of Luke milking green ooze out of some space mammoth, really? Such balderdash. No wonder Mark Hamill kept telling fans that 'it's not going to be the blow away experience you had as a kid' prior to its release.
So rather than let my deep love of the original visions be spoiled by the current attempt to remake the old with vain attempts at creating the new, I've bowed out. I haven't seen the 2nd or 3rd movies, neither have I seen Solo, which seems to have vanished from public awareness. Must have been a great movie, yeah.
And yet, there's the Mandalorian series which is purportedly really darn good. I don't know.
@indianasmith loves the third movie, and he's a cool and wholesome dude, so there might be some merit. But from what I seen and read, I don't know if this is the Star Wars finale that I wanted.
Finally saw it and how should I sum up my feelings? Well, I can honestly say I don't see how Disney could have made it any better than it was.
Know what I mean?
I have to agree here. DId I want a better ending? Well, hell yes. Do I think an ending that matched what I thought was possible?
f**k, hell no.
It was as good as ending as we deserved.
Quote from: Neville on January 19, 2020, 02:11:58 PM
I didn't like it at all. The whole thing lacked... purpose, for lack of a better word. Pretty much everything that happened seemd random to me, something I already noticed in the previous film. I mean, even the George Lucas prequels had a plot, how difficult can it be? Even SW videogames have better plots than this new trilogy.
I am currently binge-watching
The Clone Wars TV series on Disney+, which is surprisingly well-written and violent for a kids show. It is keeping me entertained for the most part; a couple of the kids episodes with C-3PO and R2-D2 feel like cute fillers, but just when you're about to get bored the episode ends because each one is only 23 minutes long. There are also some
really good episodes that focus on the war itself, and some of those battle scenes enter into
Saving Private Ryan (1998) territory due to their intensity, to the point where I forgot that I was watching a kids show aimed at 10-year-olds. I am doing the entire May The Fourth marathon by watching all of the
Star Wars movies and TV series in chronological order as it pertains to their storylines, because what else to do during a global lockdown? But so far I'm glad I'm finally watching this TV series because it does make the prequels that much better by tying together the awkward
Episodes 2 & 3 movies and making them make a lot more sense.