- Post
- #1142515
- Topic
- The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1142515/action/topic#1142515
- Time
I thought the film was fantastic. I was lucky enough to see it in a small town cinema on wednesday at 5PM, so there were only about six people in the cinema. And four of them were me, my girlfriend, my sister and my father. Because of this the cinema was absolutely silent during most of the film (especially the important bits). This film did really hit hard emotionally, and I was honestly shocked at some of the decisions made (especially killing Snoke, killing Luke, destroying the Jedi texts (but not really), having Rey be nobody special and having Kylo Ren become the main villain). But I didn’t mind them because I thought they were very well done. When the film was over we all had tears in our eyes. I thought the death of Luke was sad, but extremely beautiful, and the first words my girlfriend and I said to each other (after the credits, when we could speak again) were “we are seeing this again.” I see online most people being angry about 1: Luke’s death, 2: Rey’s unimportant parents, 3: Snoke’s death, 4: Luke being in part responsible for the rise of Kylo Ren. But here’s how I see it. 1: The scene was beautiful, and I could think of no better death for this character than using the force with great power to save the people he cares about. 2: I think it’s even better that Rey has no special parents. When Star Wars first came out, Luke Skywalker was just a nobody. People didn’t know about his relation to Darth Vader. He was an everyman, and so is Rey. 3: I didn’t see this coming either, but I like it. Kylo Ren as a character has always been far more interesting than Snoke. I do think it’s sad we didn’t get to see his backstory, but honestly to me it doesn’t matter that much. 4: I think Luke has been greatly romanticized since 1983. So much fan fiction has turned him into an infallible angel. A super-being incapable of error. But in the original trilogy Luke made mistake after mistake. His entire duel with Vader at the end of Empire Strikes Back was a mistake (for the character, not the film, I mean that Luke made a mistake and should have stayed on Dagobah to finish his training), and it was one of the best scenes in all of Star Wars. Luke was never infallible, and I like the fact that in this film he is still human. Capable of error. This is where tragedy and drama come from. I think this may be one of the best films in the franchise.