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Huh, this criticism feels more like a Zero Punctuation-type review to me in that it grossly exaggerates actual flaws to make them sound far more problematic than they actually are. He's asking us to view the movie from the perspective of someone who has never heard of Star Wars and that's just so preposterously stupid that I had a hard time getting through to the end of his video. The whole point of this movie is that the lore and the world has already been established--there's no need to re-tread everything and explain every connection. It's not meant to be a "stand-alone" film--nor were Empire or Return of the Jedi, which also rightly assumed that people watching the movie had seen (or at least understood the major plot points) of the previous films.

Personally, I find his criticism of the characters wholly lacking as well. Why did he not like the characters? Why did he not find them compelling? I personally loved them all. One flaw in the movie is that there are so many things going on that most of the characters don't get enough screen time for us to get really deeply attached to them, but then again none of the characters are meant to survive the movie so that could be intentional? Certainly a few of the characters (Baze, Chirrut, and Bodhi) suffer from being one-dimensional as a result of this.

Fair enough if he doesn't want to check the character box because of that, but he never explained why the story and emotion boxes weren't checked. I mean, my wife cried both at Jin's father's death and Jin and Cassian's deaths. They were the three characters that were the most fleshed out of the cast. We understood their motivations and their internal conflicts (Jin's father between protecting his family and helping the Empire, Jin's struggles with trust after the feeling of betrayal at being left behind by both her father and Saw Gerrera, Cassian's struggles with duty and morality further complicated by his growing feelings for Jin). And their deaths were meant to underscore the harsh reality of the rebellion for the common foot soldier.

For me, this movie is probably the 4th best Star Wars movie to date after the original trilogy--much better than The Force Awakens, in my book. It's fine if Plinkett disagrees, but his video is completely disappointing as it doesn't really explain or give examples of how he came to this opinion. He just makes a blanket statement and then proceeds to monologue as if we should take his opinion as fact without him offering any evidence.

...at the end of Return of the Jedi two blue ghosts can briefly been seen laying into each other while blue ghost Jerry Springer attempts to pull them apart.

I'm sorry but the first movie is a feat of amazing proportions. It was dark and awesome with cool setting and art direction, filmed like a serious movie and it's soundtrack was AMAZINGLY corny to be put with that dark backdrop. I mean come on Sam Rockwell is in it as a little thug, that's amazing.

I still watch the first one to this day and it was the only movie poster I've ever had on my wall, I loved that movie more than any other as a kid. Multiple viewings over the years haven't disappointed me or spoiled me on it unlike nearly every movie including Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones Temple of Doom. April quietly monologuing while she draws these awesome pictures of the Turtles, it's incredible what comic book movie has the balls to do that?

The suits make that movie for me though, they work sooo freaking well. It's just the best, everything about it makes me love it.

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My favorite has always been the disappearing TIE fighters in Return of the Jedi. You'll need to use a copy of the original movie and not one of the new versions. Right after the Rebels escape Jabba's sail barge, we see a scene of TIE fighters circling the Death Star, welcoming the Emperor. As the scene starts, four TIE fighters appear from around the camera and fly down to the lower left. Keep your eye on them and *blink*, they disappear right before the scene changes.

I'll field this. Dark Knight rises came on the tails of the two best comic book movies for one of the best comic book characters ever made. Batman Begins was amazing when you compare it to Batman movies of old and then Dark Knight was probably the greatest action movie ever made, it was incredible.

The bar was raised super high, and people had a problem with the last movie. I think it honestly wasn't tight enough...Dark Knight is tight as a drum, Rises simply isn't. It meanders, it's just unbelievable at times, it doesn't handle some of it's new characters well at all. Although there's moments in that movie that are great, I feel it's second half really failed.

What I can see is there was simply too much they wanted to do...so guess what cut it into two movies. One is Dark Knight Falls and then Dark Knight Rises. I would've loved it, hell Hobbit is suddenly 3 movies so don't tell me Nolan couldn't make this stuff into two, it would've ROCKED.

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The ending wasn't handled well either but the argument to change it is weird too. Some people say Alfred should see Batman and Catwoman and just smile, and we never see them. To me if Nolan did that it would've been hacky and exactly the same as the ending to Inception.

As a whole, this trilogy is better than the original Star Wars Trilogy, based on story and characters alone. It's MUCH better you don't know anything if you disagree. Also just like Return of the Jedi is a disappointment (More Ewoks MUST DIE!) so is Rises, yet I'll still watch it.

I wonder if they shot Return of the Jedi today whether there would be GoPros on the speederbikes?

>> ^kceaton1:

That is one hell of a set. Buy some land and park that on it, and use it as your house--after it's been fixed up a bit... Also the outside would be redone to look like a ship that could take off. I should probably get Richard Garriott on the case.
/one day we need the ability to use a partial sarcasm button...


Yeah... Too bad all that would be is CGI today :-(

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I reckon when it was only A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, you had a contest. But today? Hmm.

>> ^heathen:

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>> ^mentality:
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Mon Mothma.
...and you call yourselves geeks.

They mention her.

Yeah, but only as "woman who gives the Rebels their instructions in Return of the Jedi....whatever her name is..." Was commenting more on that fact.

Now watch it again and try to prevent your ADHD kicking in before the 5:26 mark.


Heh, I stand corrected. But I'll deny the ADHD, and chalk it up to boredom with the quasi-attempt to emulate a Kevin Smith conversation.

>> ^probie:

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Mon Mothma.
...and you call yourselves geeks.

They mention her.

Yeah, but only as "woman who gives the Rebels their instructions in Return of the Jedi....whatever her name is..." Was commenting more on that fact.


Now watch it again and try to prevent your ADHD kicking in before the 5:26 mark.

>> ^mentality:

>> ^probie:
Mon Mothma.
...and you call yourselves geeks.

They mention her.


Yeah, but only as "woman who gives the Rebels their instructions in Return of the Jedi....whatever her name is..." Was commenting more on that fact.

"It's a trap" is from Return of the Jedi not Star Wars.

Jar Jar Binks isn't in Star Wars - but neither is Yoda. Just so you know.