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Ep IX
December 6, 2019 at 4:02 pm
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I have no interest in this movie, but wherever I look there's an ad for it. And when you see the reasons people are planning to see this movie in the numerous internet articles, it also seems as if they don't have intrest in seeing it but rather have a relationship with Star Wars. They always start with how they went to see the oldest movie and then they try to impress us with details they remember from that night in 1977.
Or maybe it's the story how they first saw Special Edition in the 90s and it's always with dad just after divorce, or brother that is now dead, or sister that is now insane or mother who is now carrying her head in a basket, or with an aunt with whom nobody speaks about.
And then how they were unexpectedly growing up in all that time because they still feel like children.
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RE: Ep IX
December 6, 2019 at 4:22 pm
I haven't seen any but the first three (or the middle three - the counting is weird) and I thought they were terrific.
But I agree. Star Wars anymore seems as much propelled by inertia/nostalgia as by anything else. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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RE: Ep IX
December 7, 2019 at 4:37 am
I will not watch it at the cinema. I'll wait until it is released on blu-ray/DVD.
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RE: Ep IX
December 7, 2019 at 11:22 am
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The only Star Wars movie I REALLY love is the Empire Strikes Back. It's a perfect film. I still like the rest - even the shitty prequels - because I grew up watching them all
This new trilogy has been so... meh. Not awful. Not good. Just sort of there. My excitement for Episode 7 was off the charts, but in the past 5 years, I've sort if stopped caring.
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RE: Ep IX
December 8, 2019 at 7:23 am
Sense a disturbance in the force, I do.
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RE: Ep IX
December 8, 2019 at 6:15 pm
I will be seeing this in the theatre.
The last movie was utter shit wit plot holes I could fly a death star through, but this is the last movie in the Skywalker saga and, while I have little faith in Jar Jar Abrams, it does wrap everything up.
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RE: Ep IX
December 8, 2019 at 6:17 pm
I was disappointed in how derivative EP7 was and how badly the story flowed, that I kinda lost interest.
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RE: Ep IX
December 8, 2019 at 7:02 pm
(December 8, 2019 at 6:17 pm)Alex K Wrote: I was disappointed in how derivative EP7 was and how badly the story flowed, that I kinda lost interest.
Here’s one of the annoying contradictions:
Han Solo can fly the Falcon through hyperspace with such accuracy that he can bypass a planetary shield.
But the First Order can’t jump ahead, in open space, of a hundful of ships just outside their weapon range?
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RE: Ep IX
December 8, 2019 at 8:50 pm
I still can't figure out why those Oompa Loompas in bear skins haven't taken over the Empire yet.
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