have you seen this book? I have the one for with a son but the daughter one is funny too
Holy poop!! This made my day. Goes to email my pops...
have you seen this book? I have the one for with a son but the daughter one is funny too
Ewoks? Yikes.
Mine was Star Trek: The Motion Picture...... not one of the even numbered ones sadly.
Maybe the Last Jedi is a bad Star Wars movie, but a good movie. personally I think it is both a good movie and a good Star Wars movie, but what do I know.
I bet you know a lot...we should talk about those subjects
I actually agree with everything you said prior to this, though...
I just think - like he prequels - people may see bits and pieces of this movie for years and continue the quest for the hidden thing they missed that pays off...but be as successful as they would finding the lucky charms leprechauns beach house.
The fact is - I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. Many people (apparently you as well) didn't. I'm unlikely to convince you it is good as you are to convince me it's bad. One of the greatest movies of all time is considered to be Vertigo. I hate that movie. It doesn't make me "wrong", it just strikes me as Jimmy Stewart's character is a crazy idiot, and so he completely turns me off to the whole movie. (And I LOVE Hitchcock otherwise.) I enjoy Citizen Kane, but lots of people hate that movie with a passion. There are many other very divisive movies like this in existence. Blade Runner, Brazil, The Shining, even the prequels have their defenders.
There are clearly, many, many people that liked or loved the last Jedi, I talked to friends at work and outside of work that really enjoyed it. I've said in the real world, it's probably about 90 to 10 in favor of it. On here it seems more evenly split, but I notice the people that hate it tend to be more vocal so it's hard to say. (The people that like it come on and post once that they like it - the people that hate it post 30 or 40 times.) My wife is not a Star Wars fan and she really enjoyed it, as did my daughter. Just because you didn't enjoy it doesn't mean I'm right and your wrong...we are both right. Everyone on this thread is in fact completely right. That's how cinema works. It affects us all in different ways. It's fun to argue about it, but in the end, it's an argument that no one's going to win. I'm not suddenly going to go "Oh yeah, how DID Rey learn to lift all those rocks so fast." and think what a pile of crap. Now at some point I may rewatch it and find I don't like it as much, it's quite possible, but until I watch it again I am not changing my mind by what anyone here says.
But arguing is fun. Heck, I'll gladly argue with folks that A New Hope is better movie IMO than Empire Strikes Back. We could have 100 pages on that argument - though I know the majority of fans prefer the latter, and at one point I was one of them, I feel I can make a very persuasive argument why (not saying ESB is bad - just not as good). But if you believe ESB is better, it is extremely unlikely I will convince you or anyone else.
Enough for now.
The people that like it come on and post once that they like it - the people that hate it post 30 or 40 times.
When it comes to the box office drop-off, I wonder if a lot of people were hoping/assuming that the new trilogy would be focused on the continuing adventures of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewy.
In The Force Awakens, there was some hints of this. In The Last Jedi, combined with the real life death of Carrie Fisher, that dream is buried. There is no more hope for that.
If someone was hoping for the Original Trilogy Team-up Part 2, there is no way they would (on first viewing) like TLJ, because it was the official notice of the end of their hopes. They're not going to be in a hurry to go back and see it again.
This movie made it clear that the new trilogy is only loosely tied to the original trilogy. The original characters' stories are not the focus and are only used to launch the new characters on their journeys. That's going to rub some people the wrong way, if they're not prepared for it. I don't think any effort real was made to prepare them for it, either.
These new films have some good actors and actresses, and even good writing. Good enough writing that they could make me stomach a character portrayed by Laura Dern. There is some competent film-making in these two movies - and hopefully the third.
I think there's a chance when these three movies are looked back on in 5 or 10 years, with the context that they are their own story - not a continuation - we'll see the opposite of what we saw with the prequels. They'll start to grow on people.
When it comes to the box office drop-off, I wonder if a lot of people were hoping/assuming that the new trilogy would be focused on the continuing adventures of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewy.
In The Force Awakens, there was some hints of this. In The Last Jedi, combined with the real life death of Carrie Fisher, that dream is buried. There is no more hope for that.
If someone was hoping for the Original Trilogy Team-up Part 2, there is no way they would (on first viewing) like TLJ, because it was the official notice of the end of their hopes. They're not going to be in a hurry to go back and see it again.
This movie made it clear that the new trilogy is only loosely tied to the original trilogy. The original characters' stories are not the focus and are only used to launch the new characters on their journeys. That's going to rub some people the wrong way, if they're not prepared for it. I don't think any effort real was made to prepare them for it, either.
These new films have some good actors and actresses, and even good writing. Good enough writing that they could make me stomach a character portrayed by Laura Dern. There is some competent film-making in these two movies - and hopefully the third.
I think there's a chance when these three movies are looked back on in 5 or 10 years, with the context that they are their own story - not a continuation - we'll see the opposite of what we saw with the prequels. They'll start to grow on people.
Yeah, that's why I've stopped replying to the thread in general.
Remember when that Ewok gets shot and the other Ewok grabs his arm and tries to pull him up and then sits next to him all sad?I loved the ewoks!
When it comes to the box office drop-off, I wonder if a lot of people were hoping/assuming that the new trilogy would be focused on the continuing adventures of Luke, Leia, Han and Chewy.
In The Force Awakens, there was some hints of this. In The Last Jedi, combined with the real life death of Carrie Fisher, that dream is buried. There is no more hope for that.
Remember when that Ewok gets shot and the other Ewok grabs his arm and tries to pull him up and then sits next to him all sad?
That gets me every time!
Heck, I'll gladly argue with folks that A New Hope is better movie IMO than Empire Strikes Back. We could have 100 pages on that argument - though I know the majority of fans prefer the latter, and at one point I was one of them, I feel I can make a very persuasive argument why (not saying ESB is bad - just not as good). But if you believe ESB is better, it is extremely unlikely I will convince you or anyone else.
RIPAs if the Han Solo movie needed any more bad news... Deadpool 2 will now open the week before instead of after. The Deadpool film is getting good early press, the Han Solo movie is... well... coming to theaters near you.
https://www.slashgear.com/deadpool-2-release-date-update-with-han-solo-gambit-new-mutants-12515037/
And we still don’t have a trailer for soloAs if the Han Solo movie needed any more bad news... Deadpool 2 will now open the week before instead of after. The Deadpool film is getting good early press, the Han Solo movie is... well... coming to theaters near you.
https://www.slashgear.com/deadpool-2-release-date-update-with-han-solo-gambit-new-mutants-12515037/
I heard it was supposed to come out today. I wonder if they will postpone the release until DecemberAnd we still don’t have a trailer for solo