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Movie Review: Star Wars The Last Jedi


The Last Jedi Movie Review



The latest entry in the Star wars universe is a very good one. I don’t really think its better than Force Awakens but its great. Last Jedi picks up right after Force Awakens…The movie has good pacing for the most part. However, the infamous pat in the middle is weird but actually necessary to the plot.
            Last Jedi has more going on than its predecessor. The movie changes location a lot. I love the way it starts out. There’s a lot of unforced comedy in the movie. It kinda comes off like a Marvel movie. The start of the movie is funny as Resistance pilot Poe jokes and stalls General Hux. I gotta say that I like both Poe and Hux more in this film than in Force Awakens. The Resistance destroys the enemy Dreadnought. The victory is short lived…As the First Order stalks them through space even after they go lightspeed….
            It would seem TLJ is an expansion of what we know about Star Wars….In TFA you just feel like you need to catch up to what happened after Return of the Jedi and how to find Luke. TLJ flips the script! It jumps around a lot….and again besides the horrible but necessary sub plot on the casino planet (with Finn and Rose) the movie is so entertaining and well paced…. I think the villains are masterful here. Especially Snoke. He’s like an Palpatine light version haha. Leia is far more interesting in this movie. Those force powers tho….
Overall I can understand why this movie is so divisive among the fanbase. There are things I loved and things I wasn’t too fond of. This movie has changed the game….

What I Liked
·         Snoke’s Character
·         The fight scene with Snoke’s guards
·         The opening sequence
·         Kylo Ren’s character
·         Leia’s character
What I Didn’t Like
·         The Entire scene on the casino planet with Finn and Rose
·         Luke’s character/ The fact that Luke died without actually dying in combat
·         The fact the darkside mirror scene was not really explained (yet)
·         The new space shield mechanics
·         The overuse of comedy which was unnecessary.
Rating: 9.0/10

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