SparkySywer said:
thebluefrog said:
StarkillerAG said:
But Yoda was only a joke for one scene in ESB, and he was intentionally acting silly to test Luke’s patience. It wasn’t his entire character for the whole movie, like slapstick Hux in TLJ.
I realized what was so “off” about TLJ’s tone: it felt like the prequels–specifically, Phantom Menace.
I agree TLJ has a different tone than the OT and the rest of the ST, and it’s a fact Rian’s a bigger prequel fan than anyone except maybe Kathleen Kennedy, but I wouldn’t really say it’s similar to TPM or either of the two prequels.
I was specifically referring to the forced humor of TLJ, which is why I said it’s most like Phantom. And even Lucas knew better than to ruin EVERY serious moment with a Jar Jar joke. An example is Jar Jar acting silly at Shmi’s dinner table with his Yoshi tongue, Qui-Gon then ends the nonsense, allowing Anakin and Shmi having a serious dialogue exchange about the dangerous Pod Racing uninterrupted. TLJ, on the other hand, has serious moments, like Luke meeting Rey, broken by little quips. Their serious first talk: “Where are you frommmm…no one’s from nowhereeee…OK FINE THAT IS NOWHERE. Ahem, serious mode…whhhy are you here…?”
It’s like…anime. I like anime, but it’s horrendously rife with “serious moment…then you MUST break the tension with sight gag/dialogue.” I’m betting Rian must be a hardcore anime fan.
The best edits I’ve seen of TLJ were those that removed all of those awkward moment-breaking jokes. Anti-Cringe was pretty good, too.
I wonder what would happen if someone edited TLJ the other way, embracing all the comedy and cutting down the seriousness as much as possible.