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Post by trentvale68 on Dec 19, 2019 19:00:48 GMT
Anybody seen it yet??
Looking forward to it, if only for the return of The Emperor
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Dec 19, 2019 19:13:06 GMT
I was never a big Star Wars fan after the Empire Strikes Back, but remember when Star Wars movies came out once every 3-5 years or longer? ...a cause for some excitement. Now, it's like the same old everyday cup of coffee. When does it stream on Netflix? I'll put it in the queue and maybe get around to watching it, perhaps after the last X-Men movie.
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Post by salopstick on Dec 19, 2019 19:18:18 GMT
The original three brilliant
I appreciated the sequels their main flaw apart from jar jar was they looked technically superior too much cgi but nevertheless a decent story
Force awakens. Story wise didn’t need to be made but as a rehash of a new hope was ok
Last Jedi wank. After reading spoiler free reviews decided to wait till it was on sky. Story was terrible
This new one is tying up loose ends. Will be wank because Carrie fisher died and TLJ was so terrible. I will wait for sky
A shame because rogue 1 was excellent and in the right hands there are good stories to be told.
SOLO. Wank. And probably not a great character for a solo (pun) movie
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Post by adri2008 on Dec 19, 2019 21:31:16 GMT
Saw it last night. Visually spectacular, some decent acting by the main characters but the plot is a bit lacklustre. Nothing particular bad, it just feels like we've seen it all before now.
I actually prefer the 'prequel' trilogy to this 'sequel' trilogy - some horrific acting and annoying CGI but it at least had some intrigue in the plot line.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2019 21:34:10 GMT
Watched it a couple of days ago on my box, it was really good but i will probably go to the Cinema to get the best atmosphere
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Post by Etain Tur-Mukan on Dec 19, 2019 22:45:39 GMT
Just got back from seeing it and I thought it was epic!
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 19, 2019 23:37:55 GMT
Good guys win bad guys lose. Just a guess. Not sure how long I'll have to wait for it to arrive in this part of Wales.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2019 6:14:06 GMT
It's wank compared to Last Jedi and where did Palpatine come from? So he's been in hiding for 30 years creating starships from nothing that can destroy a planet each oh and he has several clones of Snoke to just hand out as and when oh and he has also apparently died before but that's never been mentioned before unless he is Darth Plagueis but again never outright said
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Dec 20, 2019 9:24:16 GMT
Could have been better, could have been worse.
JJ Abrams had to pack a lot into this one, in order to get the series "back on track" I guess, after the fanboy reaction to TLJ.
I had to go and look up the meaning of the word "retcon" (is that even a word) after looking for some online reviews, That might give anyone who hasn't seen it a clue as to how everything is nicely tied up and brought to an end.
- Which begs the question, where does Star Wars go in terms of movies now? The Skywalker Saga is over, Solo should have been a TV series (IMHO), Rogue One was ace as a spin-off/prequel-filler, but Disney seems to prefer the TV/online route now. The Mandalorian is very watchable, and you don't really need to be familiar with Star Wars to enjoy it. Obi Wan's story is supposed to be next for the TV treatment, but after that.....?
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Post by Etain Tur-Mukan on Dec 20, 2019 10:32:40 GMT
Could have been better, could have been worse. JJ Abrams had to pack a lot into this one, in order to get the series "back on track" I guess, after the fanboy reaction to TLJ. I had to go and look up the meaning of the word "retcon" (is that even a word) after looking for some online reviews, That might give anyone who hasn't seen it a clue as to how everything is nicely tied up and brought to an end. - Which begs the question, where does Star Wars go in terms of movies now? The Skywalker Saga is over, Solo should have been a TV series (IMHO), Rogue One was ace as a spin-off/prequel-filler, but Disney seems to prefer the TV/online route now. The Mandalorian is very watchable, and you don't really need to be familiar with Star Wars to enjoy it. Obi Wan's story is supposed to be next for the TV treatment, but after that.....? Supposedly the old Republic... thousands of years before the Empire etc.
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Post by starkiller on Dec 20, 2019 11:07:52 GMT
Disney have killed my love for Star Wars.
This trilogy is a train wreck. Will not be giving them any more of my cash.
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Post by clarkeda on Dec 22, 2019 17:48:12 GMT
It's wank compared to Last Jedi and where did Palpatine come from? So he's been in hiding for 30 years creating starships from nothing that can destroy a planet each oh and he has several clones of Snoke to just hand out as and when oh and he has also apparently died before but that's never been mentioned before unless he is Darth Plagueis but again never outright said Yeah I thought it was quite gimmicky too. Also felt it tried too hard to fit everything together. The whole ray story is a HUGE plot hole IMO. (Trying not to give too much away).
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Post by clarkeda on Dec 22, 2019 17:49:46 GMT
Could have been better, could have been worse. JJ Abrams had to pack a lot into this one, in order to get the series "back on track" I guess, after the fanboy reaction to TLJ. I had to go and look up the meaning of the word "retcon" (is that even a word) after looking for some online reviews, That might give anyone who hasn't seen it a clue as to how everything is nicely tied up and brought to an end. - Which begs the question, where does Star Wars go in terms of movies now? The Skywalker Saga is over, Solo should have been a TV series (IMHO), Rogue One was ace as a spin-off/prequel-filler, but Disney seems to prefer the TV/online route now. The Mandalorian is very watchable, and you don't really need to be familiar with Star Wars to enjoy it. Obi Wan's story is supposed to be next for the TV treatment, but after that.....? I think the Obi Wan spin off (if a series) could be quite good, there’s a huge void of time that’s missing there. I think they’ll do something around the Yoda story too.
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 22, 2019 20:55:08 GMT
Watched it this afternoon - thought it was boring.
Ah well - bring on Jumanji Xmas Eve. That should be great.
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Post by salopstick on Dec 22, 2019 20:56:39 GMT
Obi Wan went to tatatooine to keep watch of Luke how could he leave luke to have adventures
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Dec 22, 2019 21:56:47 GMT
Saw it today and really enjoyed it. Best of this trilogy by some margin for me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 1:02:00 GMT
Watched it this afternoon - thought it was boring. Ah well - bring on Jumanji Xmas Eve. That should be great. I watched Jumanji last night mate, really enjoyed it. Was easily on par with the 2017 one although that one edges it as you know what to expect now if you get me. The ending of this new one is interesting not sure how they will go from there
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 1:02:37 GMT
Obi Wan went to tatatooine to keep watch of Luke how could he leave luke to have adventures To be fair there's a lot of books and comics that detail it so they can draw from them
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 23, 2019 8:14:07 GMT
Watched it this afternoon - thought it was boring. Ah well - bring on Jumanji Xmas Eve. That should be great. I watched Jumanji last night mate, really enjoyed it. Was easily on par with the 2017 one although that one edges it as you know what to expect now if you get me. The ending of this new one is interesting not sure how they will go from there I’m looking forward to Jumanji - I was never arsed with the original, but loved the reboot. After a quiet few weeks of cinema releases, it looks like there is a load of good stuff on the way for the opening weeks of 2020.
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Dec 24, 2019 9:07:16 GMT
Obi Wan went to tatatooine to keep watch of Luke how could he leave luke to have adventures To be fair there's a lot of books and comics that detail it so they can draw from them I love Star Wars, but I've never really bothered with any of the books or the animated series spin-offs. My lad loves all that stuff though - I always end up consulting him for additional "canon" when I get confused.
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Post by starkiller on Dec 24, 2019 9:46:27 GMT
This trilogy took a big fat dump on the enduring and universal mythology of Lucas' vision.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2019 14:42:29 GMT
I quite liked it.
It was all over the place plotwise, but I'm ok with that, some of the visuals were brilliant. More holes than a sieve but I enjoyed it nontheless.
Particular nod to rolling back on the character Rose and all that excursion into animal rights and shoving it down your throat.
SPOILERS(ish):
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I do wonder if the healing power is specifically a Palpatine thing, and if so it might lend credence to baby yoda being some sort of mishmash of genes as a clone.
And who were all those hooded lot in the sith arena?
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Post by Etain Tur-Mukan on Dec 24, 2019 18:29:04 GMT
I quite liked it. It was all over the place plotwise, but I'm ok with that, some of the visuals were brilliant. More holes than a sieve but I enjoyed it nontheless. Particular nod to rolling back on the character Rose and all that excursion into animal rights and shoving it down your throat. SPOILERS(ish): --------------------------------------------------- I do wonder if the healing power is specifically a Palpatine thing, and if so it might lend credence to baby yoda being some sort of mishmash of genes as a clone. And who were all those hooded lot in the sith arena? I've read force healing is more of a Jedi thing rather than a Palpatine/Sith thing. Ben did it too for example. The hooded lot I thought were force ghosts of Sith past. Palpatine did say something along the lines of all the Sith in the past being behind him or something.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2019 18:49:47 GMT
There's just a load of things that don't line up for me.
J.J. Abrams has apparently come out and said that the thing Finn wanted to tell Rey throughout the whole film was that he was force sensitive which makes no sense as why wouldn't he want to tell anyone else that considering the hope it would bring?
If Palpatine was behind it all from the start there's no foreshadowing or anything like that whereas for example in the Prequels even if you'd never seen the original movies the foreshadowing that the Chancellor/Emperor was up to no good was there for all to see.
Why does he need several clones of Snoke? Was he just going to stick another one somewhere if the current one died before his time?
So Anakin goes through his whole ordeal in Revenge of the Sith to save Padme from death, becoming Darth Vader in the process because he wants to learn / be able to bring her back from the dead but Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine just have it naturally to save people from mortal wounds and bring them back from stone cold, eyes open, no expression death?
Apparently the 'Disney Overlords' according to Oscar Isaac turned the romance between Finn and Poe into a bromance.
There's loads of info on the net that hints at there being extra scenes and dialogue filmed where Ben survives as well and people are even dissecting the camera copy available on the net saying that the editing of the final scene between Rey and Ben is hacked up from several takes and you can visibly see Rey's mouth moving even though there is no sound etc.
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Post by Robo10 on Dec 24, 2019 19:02:23 GMT
I thought it excellent, and (no spoilers) a really, really fitting end to the saga.
Enjoyed it a lot.
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Dec 25, 2019 20:33:00 GMT
There's just a load of things that don't line up for me. J.J. Abrams has apparently come out and said that the thing Finn wanted to tell Rey throughout the whole film was that he was force sensitive which makes no sense as why wouldn't he want to tell anyone else that considering the hope it would bring? If Palpatine was behind it all from the start there's no foreshadowing or anything like that whereas for example in the Prequels even if you'd never seen the original movies the foreshadowing that the Chancellor/Emperor was up to no good was there for all to see. Why does he need several clones of Snoke? Was he just going to stick another one somewhere if the current one died before his time? So Anakin goes through his whole ordeal in Revenge of the Sith to save Padme from death, becoming Darth Vader in the process because he wants to learn / be able to bring her back from the dead but Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine just have it naturally to save people from mortal wounds and bring them back from stone cold, eyes open, no expression death? Apparently the 'Disney Overlords' according to Oscar Isaac turned the romance between Finn and Poe into a bromance. There's loads of info on the net that hints at there being extra scenes and dialogue filmed where Ben survives as well and people are even dissecting the camera copy available on the net saying that the editing of the final scene between Rey and Ben is hacked up from several takes and you can visibly see Rey's mouth moving even though there is no sound etc. Thank heavens none of the above bothers me in the slightest.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Dec 25, 2019 21:42:47 GMT
Rogue One was the best of all the Star Wars films for me.
Answered a massive question, you got to see DV going ham on the resistance and no Hollywood happy ending really.
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Post by starkiller on Dec 26, 2019 0:20:57 GMT
There's just a load of things that don't line up for me. J.J. Abrams has apparently come out and said that the thing Finn wanted to tell Rey throughout the whole film was that he was force sensitive which makes no sense as why wouldn't he want to tell anyone else that considering the hope it would bring? If Palpatine was behind it all from the start there's no foreshadowing or anything like that whereas for example in the Prequels even if you'd never seen the original movies the foreshadowing that the Chancellor/Emperor was up to no good was there for all to see. Why does he need several clones of Snoke? Was he just going to stick another one somewhere if the current one died before his time? So Anakin goes through his whole ordeal in Revenge of the Sith to save Padme from death, becoming Darth Vader in the process because he wants to learn / be able to bring her back from the dead but Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine just have it naturally to save people from mortal wounds and bring them back from stone cold, eyes open, no expression death? Apparently the 'Disney Overlords' according to Oscar Isaac turned the romance between Finn and Poe into a bromance. There's loads of info on the net that hints at there being extra scenes and dialogue filmed where Ben survives as well and people are even dissecting the camera copy available on the net saying that the editing of the final scene between Rey and Ben is hacked up from several takes and you can visibly see Rey's mouth moving even though there is no sound etc. Because this trilogy was a total shitshow, that was winged without a plan, other than negate everything folks held dear about the franchise.
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Post by partickpotter on Dec 26, 2019 7:44:46 GMT
There's just a load of things that don't line up for me. J.J. Abrams has apparently come out and said that the thing Finn wanted to tell Rey throughout the whole film was that he was force sensitive which makes no sense as why wouldn't he want to tell anyone else that considering the hope it would bring? If Palpatine was behind it all from the start there's no foreshadowing or anything like that whereas for example in the Prequels even if you'd never seen the original movies the foreshadowing that the Chancellor/Emperor was up to no good was there for all to see. Why does he need several clones of Snoke? Was he just going to stick another one somewhere if the current one died before his time? So Anakin goes through his whole ordeal in Revenge of the Sith to save Padme from death, becoming Darth Vader in the process because he wants to learn / be able to bring her back from the dead but Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine just have it naturally to save people from mortal wounds and bring them back from stone cold, eyes open, no expression death? Apparently the 'Disney Overlords' according to Oscar Isaac turned the romance between Finn and Poe into a bromance. There's loads of info on the net that hints at there being extra scenes and dialogue filmed where Ben survives as well and people are even dissecting the camera copy available on the net saying that the editing of the final scene between Rey and Ben is hacked up from several takes and you can visibly see Rey's mouth moving even though there is no sound etc. Thank heavens none of the above bothers me in the slightest. The new Jumanji film is much better. No hidden meanings, great depth, philosophical points. Just great fun.
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Post by trentvale68 on Dec 30, 2019 18:29:06 GMT
Massive fan but tbh I found it really dissapointing, save for the scenes with The Emperor and a great performance from Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. Crammed too much into it's running time. Great characters like Richard E Grant's General Pryde given too little screen time.
And the most dissapointing final space battle you could imagine.
Even the lightsaber duels were underwhelming as was the musical score
To be honest, the whole trilogy has been a bit of a mess, no cohesion, no structure, poor characters played by wooden actors. The original big bad inexplicably killed in the second movie, requiring an act of desperation to remedy that, and there's just no way the Emperor was planned originally to return.
The great hope now is in the world of TV as we've seen in the Mandalorian...
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