What exactly would you guys say are specific reasons why TLJ is so divisive?
Not why it sucks, or why it’s wonderful—but what about the film seems to (apparently) be making it a love it or hate it kind of thing?
Like, if I were to have a conversation with someone I know irl about TLJ, and if I said it seems to be really divisive regarding the fanbase, and they asked me why, what could I say?
…I’m having this hypothetical conversation with family in my head, but I don’t know how to explain conceptually why its divisive, especially to someone who hasn’t seen the film yet.
I think there are a lot of things that can putoff viewers:
+Things you that were made to be important are easily dismissed
+Lacks traditional Star Wars pacing
+story only really builds to middle act, not final act
+feels like you are watching another film, not a Star Wars film
+has a general disrespect for the universe created before it
All of that probably is less of a reason and the biggest reason is people had really high expectations for this because of inclusion of luke/leia and it being the middle chapter of this trilogy. People went into it expecting ESB level filmmaking.