I can’t imagine having such a violent reaction to what’s basically the cinematic equivalent of a ride at Coney Island, but you do you I guess.
Perhaps I was being a wee bit hyperbolic just then.
But really, a random movie being bad is fine, and even expected. But most random movies also don’t promise to be the epic culmination of forty-three years of storytelling and mythic adventure for at least three generations. As a point of similarity, Season 8 of Game of Thrones managed to vaporize all the interest and goodwill built up over the previous seven seasons instantly, and TROS is GOT Season 8 on steroids.
Is it, though? There’s a good chunk of the population that very much enjoyed TROS. NOBODY actually enjoyed the back half of GOT Season 8.
I’ve seen people defend both, actually, but all of it that I’ve seen has been coming from a place of defensiveness. It’s all subjective of course and it doesn’t really have anything to do with fanediting so let’s try and circle back around to that 😉