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I'm not wishing to sound like Mr Grumpy Old Man and he can do what he likes with them but couldn't he have donated them to a kids charity or something similar and maybe disadvantaged children could play with them? Fair enough if he hates the new Disney trilogy - it's been very divisive - but seems a tad spiteful to destroy all the figures. Seems like a cheap way to get Youtube views. Is he a true SW fan to do that? Hmm. Debatable!
+1. I genuinely loved TLJ. The last 30 minutes are mind blown.
Plenty of valid criticisms out there once you wade through the manchild fanboys who love lashing out at it simply because they feel they have to.
I found it quite dull, with the pace incredibly turgid. It's badly written, with weak new characters undermining superior older ones and absolutely idiotic villains to top it all off, save for Driver who was excellent. The scenes between him and Ridley were the best parts of the film. Massively improved on their performances from TFA. I quite like Rey as a character overall, though.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, @fanbond123. More like a publicity stunt than anything else. But then it would appear that this is the new "thing" online: destroy stuff for fun. That dude looks like he could do with a little less sugar. Perhaps that can lend him some perspective.
Right now, a franchise's worst enemy is its fan. The line, "we're doing this for the fans", should change into, "we're hoping the fans will leave us alone".
Again, plenty of valid criticisms beyond that I think.
The guy in the video is behind the Mr Plinkett Star Wars reviews, he has extensive knowledge of the series. Red Letter Media have some great content, they don't take themselves too seriously like many movie review channels on YouTube.
"I wanted Luke to reveal he's Rey's father or that she's Obi-Wan's granddaughter but they didn't, so it means Rian Johnson is [insert insult]"
There are valid criticisms about TLJ, but there's lots of toxic and idiotic comments as well
That guy is a trekkie though.
That's true though we all need to make a living
I also noted how compact the actual story was. I saw in the Rolling Stone review that they said that you actually believe that the characters are breathing the same air as Luke etc. It's a nice way of putting it.
Another angle, for me, is that if you took away some of the more clunky fan service, it would still stand up as a great film. As with World War 2, the Star Wars universe creates a backdrop for great characters, great action and high stakes.
Rogue One is 2 hrs 13 mins long but, like all good movies, it does not feel that long. It builds up slowly but the climax is stunning with brilliant action intercut with crucial and sad moments within the various character arcs. (It reminds me a little of the Magnificent Seven as you start ticking off the hero's death scenes, each one individual but contributing towards the group's victory) Given the limitations re budget and time line (ie fitting it in as a prequal), it's hard to see how it could be improved.
Interesting video...."war is not great", GE really did put the WAR into Star Wars....
You can add me to that line of thinking. It's a notch above Return Of The Jedi.
If only it actually was the WW2 film that it was originally billed as instead of ALSO trying to do a typical Star Wars family narrative that falls flat, the film would soar. As it stands it's a mid-range curio, where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole.
I don't agree with this at all, especially the comments about Mendelsohn. He's one of the best Star Wars villains for the very fact that he's not simply an evil Empire stooge like Tarkin. Tarkin is iconic, of course, and rightly so. But he's not exactly three-dimensional.
Granted, I read the Catalyst novel which delved a bit into his backstory but even still, I think the film carries across the character's ambitions as a glory-hungry architect, rather than a simple uniform wearing cog in the tyranny machine, very well.
Still yet to get the Blu ray