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Post #1190936

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DrDre
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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Date created
1-Apr-2018, 8:49 AM

Mocata said:

Okay rather than making another quote pyramid I will just say that yes I believe TLJ fans to be the majority. Or at least those whole liked it plus the viewers who thought it was average at best. The RT score has clearly been meddled with. However even if you don’t consider this the case their own score system is broken. Look at the average user review score = 3/5. Which equates to 60% which equates to fresh by their own rules. Hmmmm.

Meanwhile a site like IMDB which has no media value or current fashionable brand recognition has a pretty reasonable score above 70% after all the fuss died down. And this is even with the 1/10 member reviews that are at the bottom of the page being upvoted. Meanwhile home video sales on the likes of Amazon are selling out quickly. Maybe it’s supply and demand you say. But maybe this “polarizing” movie is no such thing and there’s just a vocal minority. You decide.

I think it’s a little more complicated, as the disparity is not among the general audience, who seem to view TLJ as an above average blockbuster, something I actually agree with, but among Star Wars fans, where opinion seems split roughly down the middle. TLJ appears to be a polarizing film among fans. My personal gripes with TLJ have mostly been from the perspective as a fan of the franchise. However, in a general sense, I consider TLJ to be an entertaining film.