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Post #1143960

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TavorX
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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Date created
17-Dec-2017, 6:15 PM

Both those reviews are terrible.
"The beautiful Princess Leia’s message was urgent. Her desperation was a call for immediate action, to save her, to save everyone in the galaxy, and Luke was ready and able to accept that heroic task."
Uh no, Luke told Ben he had to stay on Tatooine and help Uncle Owen. Wasn’t until Aunt Beru and Owen died did he decide to follow Obi-Wan. His main motivation wasn’t even to save the Princess, it was to learn the ways of the Force like his father. Like jeez, yeah the OT is amazing, but some of these journalists are embarrassing themselves by increasing the tint of those rosey glasses.
The second review is just plain awful too.
"No. Owen and Beru get killed, Luke arrives just in time to find their charred bodies, looks sad for a second and tells Obi Wan, “I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.” Then he f***ing gets on with it and doesn’t cry like a [non-gender-specific person] for two-and-a-half hours."
It’s as if the writer is implying Star Wars is some macho manly series devoid of emotional pull. I mean, Luke is whiney in ANH about wanting to get off the rock, but still wish washy about going with Obi-Wan to Alderaan prior to seeing his family die. God forbid I mention Luke’s “NOOOOO” in ESB.

I’m not a fan of the Last Jedi currently, and maybe that’ll change. Sure, point out the tonal and comedic differences, or how more market-heavy these films have become, but you can do that without this silly commentary that raises the OT to this untouched masterpiece, at least to the extent where it’s misplaced as pointed out above.