As always, RLM lingered on a few points for too long but overall a really great review. Brought up a lot of good points. I particularly liked the point about how there is a big difference between our characters encountering a series of obstacles as opposed to just making a series of stupid mistakes.

And for people who say “RLM hate everything Star wars related and are overly cynical”, yes, they are cynical, but they sure as hell make an effort to sympathize with filmmakers and see where they are coming from. They even have a segment in the review where they give appreciation to Rian Johnson and where he was coming from. They like that he wanted to take some chances, but they feel like he went about it the wrong way. RLM for the most part has liked two of the four Disney Star Wars movies so its not like they blindly hate everything that is Star Wars.

At the end of the day, I think I have settled on my opinion for TLJ. Some of it is really good. Some of it really frustrates me. At the end of the day, it’s alright to me. A fine movie with some missed opportunities.

P.S. Long live RLM