IF You are a deep lover of the Star Wars Movie Series, or any aspect of Star Wars, please STOP reading right now. I don't need any HATE mail!
My prediction is not only this the last Star Wars Movie (most recent, we saw its opening on 14 Dec), but it may well be so bad as to be the death knell, making it the LAST movie of the series.
A group of us went, and perhaps I hopes were too high. I don't think that was true for me, as I really had NOT given it much thought. To summarize:
Things are looking bad for the rebels,
The nice-looking heroine seeks help from Luke Skywalker,
Not surprisingly Luke is very reluctant to do anything,
There are a few decent scenes of air-to-air explosions and dog fights,
The bad guys are really unappealing in all respects,
Except for one bad guy, who is kinda appealing for some reason, and
Heroism by Luke, et alia saves the day.
Well, just WHAT else were you expecting?
I found most of the scenes with Luke to be painfully tedious. I found the story to be pretty much the same story, with everyone a lot older than when this started back in the late 1970's. No surprise there.
As a person who tries to take a Christian worldview on everything, the movie had no philosophical or otherwise helpful insights. Sure, Good vs Evil, was the theme, but that is hardly a helpful insight. There is no hope in anything except non-existent help from unspecified "other rebels" who never showed up. There is no explanation as to why the two forces are fighting, except the old, old story of war.
So, save your $15.50 (yep) for something more worthy. And, if you must go, for the sake of your movie completion needs, keep your expectations really, really, low. Or, take my advice and spend your time and money on something that will stimulate some thinking, or reflection, or at least entertainment.
Sorry.
My prediction is not only this the last Star Wars Movie (most recent, we saw its opening on 14 Dec), but it may well be so bad as to be the death knell, making it the LAST movie of the series.
A group of us went, and perhaps I hopes were too high. I don't think that was true for me, as I really had NOT given it much thought. To summarize:
Things are looking bad for the rebels,
The nice-looking heroine seeks help from Luke Skywalker,
Not surprisingly Luke is very reluctant to do anything,
There are a few decent scenes of air-to-air explosions and dog fights,
The bad guys are really unappealing in all respects,
Except for one bad guy, who is kinda appealing for some reason, and
Heroism by Luke, et alia saves the day.
Well, just WHAT else were you expecting?
I found most of the scenes with Luke to be painfully tedious. I found the story to be pretty much the same story, with everyone a lot older than when this started back in the late 1970's. No surprise there.
As a person who tries to take a Christian worldview on everything, the movie had no philosophical or otherwise helpful insights. Sure, Good vs Evil, was the theme, but that is hardly a helpful insight. There is no hope in anything except non-existent help from unspecified "other rebels" who never showed up. There is no explanation as to why the two forces are fighting, except the old, old story of war.
So, save your $15.50 (yep) for something more worthy. And, if you must go, for the sake of your movie completion needs, keep your expectations really, really, low. Or, take my advice and spend your time and money on something that will stimulate some thinking, or reflection, or at least entertainment.
Sorry.
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