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The Last Jedi

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scrabble1 · 12/12/2017 21:29

Off to see this in IMAX on Thursday morning!

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ladymelbourne1926 · 13/12/2017 14:04

I'm seeing it tomorrow too, very excited!

MephistophelesApprentice · 13/12/2017 14:05

6am tomorrow, can't wait!

Dozer · 13/12/2017 21:58

Exciting! No spoilers or spoilers on here once it’s out?

scrabble1 · 14/12/2017 13:45

Wow. Go and see it!!

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MephistophelesApprentice · 14/12/2017 13:52

Saw it at 6am!

I personally thoroughly enjoyed it, but I think I'll need to see how all three movies hang together before I can say if it's truly great or not.

CornflakeHomunculus · 14/12/2017 14:41

I went to a midnight showing of it last night and I hated it.

It was far, far too long and felt every single one of those 152 minutes. There were too many plot lines that the film kept haphazardly cutting between, at least one of which was completely superfluous and did nothing to advance the overall plot or further develop any characters. The writing was poor, there was far too much expository dialogue and it was often delivered badly. The attempts at humour were absolutely cringeworthy and in many cases those scenes lasted way too long, further bloating the film. The design was weak (especially alien creatures) and some of the effects were extremely ropey. Pretty much the only plot device in use was “bait and switch”, setting things up so they look like they’re going one way only to do the opposite. Occasionally we got a double switch so what originally looked like it was going to happen kind of did. There were far too many callbacks and they were much more intrusive than the ones in TFA, there was some dialogue very clearly based on stuff from the original trilogy and there’s a ship based scene remarkably close to a bit from ROTJ. The characters didn’t feel like the same ones from TFA, especially Poe who seems to have turned into a mansplainy dickhead.

There were a few bits I kind of liked. I don’t think the overall plot was bad, it would have been nice to see it done well. I liked the amount of women in the film (I do have a major gripe related to this, don’t want to get into spoilers though), nice to see they didn’t fall into the Rogue One trap. Without the pointless side story, rubbish design and awkward “jokes”, kept to a reasonable length and with decent writing/directing I think it would have been really good. As it is though it’s a pretty poor attempt at a Star Wars film. Not as bad as the prequels but I enjoyed it far less than I did Rogue One which was itself a very flawed film.

ladymelbourne1926 · 14/12/2017 18:37

I've just seen it, are we spoilering or not on this thread? I wanna talk about it :) really enjoyed it.

FreeNiki · 14/12/2017 22:05

Oh god 152 minutes?!

Think I'll see it in a recliner screen

Davros · 14/12/2017 22:28

Waiting to go in for 10.45pm show at BFI IMAX. Looking forward to it .... if I can stay awake!! DD is a big fan, I do t mind a bit if Sciifi and fx

ButchyRestingFace · 15/12/2017 12:02

6am tomorrow, can't wait!

That’s keen! ShockGrin

Hoping to see it today.

I’ve already been spoiled to fuck though so...

scrabble1 · 15/12/2017 16:04

You might like the Jedi Council Forum. Great place to chat about everything Star Wars

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Lionso · 15/12/2017 16:12

It was awful. The worst Star Wars film apart from Attack of the Clones. Johnson has practically ignored all the nice threads left at the end of the Force Awakens and completely wasted them.
Awful use of Mark Hamill too.

2/10 for me.

RainyDaisy · 15/12/2017 16:23

It's a 12A right?

My 9 year old son has been invited to see it as a birthday treat for his friend. He's more mature than he was, but still quite sensitive. He's not seen any 12A films before and I won't be going.

Can you,please tell me if there's anything massively scary or emotionally upsetting!

Thank you

ButchyRestingFace · 15/12/2017 16:25

It was awful. The worst Star Wars film apart from Attack of the Clones

Don’t say that! I’m going in in 20 minutes, troops! Wink

ButchyRestingFace · 15/12/2017 16:28

Can you,please tell me if there's anything massively scary or emotionally upsetting!

I have read about a potentially upsetting event.

I’ll let you know in 3 hours whether I was 😭 or 🤣.

RainyDaisy · 15/12/2017 16:42

Ah Butchy that's interesting. If you have time (and can be bothered) could you please PM me and let me know. Thank you so much (and sorry for hijacking the thread OP)

ButchyRestingFace · 15/12/2017 16:45

Will do. 👍

Lweji · 15/12/2017 16:45

Tomorrow after lunch.

The fluffy one doesn't bode well, but fingers crossed.

ASDismynormality · 15/12/2017 16:49

I went to the midnight showing and thought it was great!

Lweji · 16/12/2017 23:13

It could have been shorter, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Is there a thread for spoilers?

nooka · 17/12/2017 02:44

Incredibly disappointing.

colleysmill · 17/12/2017 07:30

I really enjoyed it too. Worth booking comfy seats and 3d if it's an option.

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NormHonal · 17/12/2017 08:38

If they had cut the last 15 minutes and left a cliffhanger I'd have been excited to see the next one.

But they didn't and I'm not.

I was SO excited after The Force Awakens, my mind was buzzing with questions. I'm not sure I care enough now.

Lweji · 17/12/2017 08:43

I don't agree with the cliffhanger. It works as a movie on its own and sets the scene nicely for a third and many character developments from the new generation.
It's not a TV series.

WheresMaHairyToe · 17/12/2017 08:50

I loved bits, but overall it wasn't great. Some stuff was jarringly awful. Kylo Renault is a brat who needs a flick on the ear. Rey is brilliant, I love her, and Leia was excellent.
Too much "funny" stuff, way too many shit alien CGI things and far too long for the content.

I did get a special bucket for my popcorn though Grin

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