You bring up excellent points Broom Kid, it’s interesting how fickle we can be, in TFA there are both shots I find too “modern” for lack of a better word AND too traditional at other points. Definitely a lot is preference, I never actually liked the slow motion in ESB either. All that said I will maintain one distinction that’s just a personal gripe that I think is at the heart of the complaint which has less to do with betraying the original visual language and more with using a set of tricks we’ve all become accustomed to seeing in action/blockbuster movies over at least the last 10+ years. I’m going with calling it rumble this time, beyond Star Wars this way of putting the camera itself into the action as less omnipotent and more conscious for me really acknowledges the presence of a physical camera within the scene, these atmospheric tricks are very effective in video games and movies like Saving Private Ryan, but in a fantasy setting they just don’t sit right with me and do take me out of the story instead of immersing me in the middle of the action as is the intention. I can accept that’s just a personal pet peeve and it’s not something I would apply exclusively to Star Wars either, but yeah can’t say I like it. RJ’s visuals to me stay much more true to the operatic heightened style than JJ’s on the ground realism, of course Star Wars was always the dirty fantasy so it’s not an obvious balance.