Movie Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Gener: Sci-fi, Space Opera.
To clarify I have been a fan of the series for the majority of my life, read most of the books and invested several years into the lore of Star Wars. What gets me it seems like they ignored the rich lore this universe has, even if they stated everything after Return of the Jedi was no longer canon. It left me with more questions than answers, who the heck was Snook, why was he after Skywalker, where does he fit in the Sith or was he a Dark Jedi? He was to be the big bad, but they killed them off in the second movie. Then there is Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) he is nowhere as menacing as Vader, more like a Darth Riven wannabe without the full aspect of the dark side of the force. This is what I hate about the movie the most, you have great character development on the heroes but the villains, not so much. Snook and Kylo Ren are what I call lackluster villains, they could have been so much more to make the struggle feel real.
After The Force Awakens, I wanted to see more development in Rey, Fin and Kylo Ren. I got 2 out of three, if Kylo Ren really wants to be like his grandfather Vader, he would have to go to Mustafar to Vader's Palace where he would be exposed to the dark side even more. Also if Snook is Sith or even a Dark Jedi, then where is the power, where is the lightning where is the sheer presence of evil, like with Darth Sidious? Heck, even Exar Kun would have been more intimidating than Snook was in this movie. In The Force Awakens, it was just a hologram and it let us build him up to be more than he was in The Last Jedi. Then to use what the Emperor did in the Return of the Jedi because it was a good idea to temp Rey to join them?
Other than that it was a good movie, I am sorry this turned in to more of a rant, it is just that I hate when any character is poorly written, more so the villains they add the spice and flavor to the story, without them the story is like a flat soda, sure still good but still lacking.
Final Rating: Netflix it!
Gener: Sci-fi, Space Opera.
To clarify I have been a fan of the series for the majority of my life, read most of the books and invested several years into the lore of Star Wars. What gets me it seems like they ignored the rich lore this universe has, even if they stated everything after Return of the Jedi was no longer canon. It left me with more questions than answers, who the heck was Snook, why was he after Skywalker, where does he fit in the Sith or was he a Dark Jedi? He was to be the big bad, but they killed them off in the second movie. Then there is Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) he is nowhere as menacing as Vader, more like a Darth Riven wannabe without the full aspect of the dark side of the force. This is what I hate about the movie the most, you have great character development on the heroes but the villains, not so much. Snook and Kylo Ren are what I call lackluster villains, they could have been so much more to make the struggle feel real.
After The Force Awakens, I wanted to see more development in Rey, Fin and Kylo Ren. I got 2 out of three, if Kylo Ren really wants to be like his grandfather Vader, he would have to go to Mustafar to Vader's Palace where he would be exposed to the dark side even more. Also if Snook is Sith or even a Dark Jedi, then where is the power, where is the lightning where is the sheer presence of evil, like with Darth Sidious? Heck, even Exar Kun would have been more intimidating than Snook was in this movie. In The Force Awakens, it was just a hologram and it let us build him up to be more than he was in The Last Jedi. Then to use what the Emperor did in the Return of the Jedi because it was a good idea to temp Rey to join them?
Other than that it was a good movie, I am sorry this turned in to more of a rant, it is just that I hate when any character is poorly written, more so the villains they add the spice and flavor to the story, without them the story is like a flat soda, sure still good but still lacking.
Final Rating: Netflix it!
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