Wow. That is hardcore, good for you. Out of interest, have you read the DOTF fan comic, or have been tempted to watch any of the more heavily modified TROS fan edits?
No, I haven’t, but I am aware of the outline of DOTF which I believe with some adjustments would have made a better finale than whatever Abrams directs.
In case you’d like to know my ranking of the Star Wars movies here it is:
- The Last Jedi
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars 1977
- Return of the Jedi
- Revenge of the Sith
- Rogue One
- Solo
- The Phantom Menace
- Attack of the Clones
- The Force Awakens (seriously, fuck this movie)
That contrast with TLJ being the at 1., with TFA at 10. is quite unusual: I love it! TFA is a weird film for me, the opening 30 minutes is great, but then descends quickly and continues on to spiral downwards. The substance expected around the galaxy setting just isn’t there either, which is a major mistake. But it still places well for me, only due to other films being considerably worse, and that enjoyable opening 30 minutes.
What placed as the lowest ranked film for you, and why? (Or pls point me to where you’ve previously explained this)
Of the 11 live action movies, if I’m ranking based on personal preference, then The Force Awakens is at the bottom. Rise of Skywalker is definitely the worse movie, but there’s something about TFA in particular that I just really dislike. It’s a more frustrating movie because I could see a lot of promise in it for the first half hour, but then the movie completely lost my interest by the end. The plot is shallow, the directing style is hyperactive, and it was trying to be a fan service movie while blatantly ignoring substantial things that fans would actually want to see.
Of course, this was all made worse by the fact that I had actual hopes for the movie going into it, while with TRoS, I had 0 expectations.
I naively still had hope going into seeing ROTS, even after TPM and AOTC, but ROTS gutted me as a fan. Interesting the contrast for you with TROS after TFA, and maybe with TLJ too? Or it being directed by JJ again, or something else?
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