Haven't seen a thread on this yet. Will be interested to read some of your opinions on it. I'm seeing it with my family on Saturday afternoon. Currently 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Eh. I'll see it but probably not this weekend. 

Seeing it at noon tomorrow.

I've heard some reviews saying it didn't meet the hype ... given the hype I can see it not meeting some expectations ... but that won't deter me, and I'm sure it will be awesome!

Since I am unemployed, and my wife is self employed, I imagine we will go tomorrow during the day. 

 

Excited!

 

I've heard some reviews saying it didn't meet the hype ... given the hype I can see it not meeting some expectations ... but that won't deter me, and I'm sure it will be awesome!

 

Funny, the only two I saw said it was very good.

 

Funny, the only two I saw said it was very good.

They still said they were good, just not that good, given the hype.

 

And I'm not even sure where I read it, so maybe I'm confusing it with something else.

I have read a ton of reviews and the majority of them are positive. I will find out tomorrow.

 

This is the 9th Star Wars movie. At worst, it will be the 6th best. I have a feeling, when I get done seeing it, it will end up in my top 3.

I read a mediocre review too. I'm pumped to see it regardless.

93% on rotten tomatoes. I think that's pretty good.

Pretty sure I will be getting personal reviews from one of the sons and one of my friends tonight....

Pretty sure I will be getting personal reviews from one of the sons and one of my friends tonight....

I rely on those types of reviews more than published critic reviews.

 

I rely on those types of reviews more than published critic reviews.

 

well, they both LOVE star wars....not the most reliable in this case, frankly.

well, they both LOVE star wars....not the most reliable in this case, frankly.

I LOVE Star Wars, too ... if they don’t like the movie, I likely won’t. If they like it I will, too. Is more reliable for me than a critic, IMO.

 

Either way, I’ll still go to it.

Unbelievably awesome!  Even better than I imagined it would be.  Exceeded all my expectations.

I seen it at 9:00am today. I thought it was fantastic! Original, but still very much Star Wars. Every movie has it's flaws but IMO Rian Johnson knocked it out of the park.

 

I have never looked forward to a movie like I have for "The Last Jedi". I feel empty inside now.

The first hour should have been 40 minutes so they could just get it out of the way because the following 90 minutes are some of the best Star Wars ever put on screen.

Brock and I must have seen different movies. I left entertained, but not satisfied

 

Brock and I must have seen different movies. I left entertained, but not satisfied

It looked forward, not back. I badly wanted to see a Star Wars movie do that because it's been a LONG time since I saw it happen in a good movie. While both TFA and Rogue One were pretty good films, they had their heads up the original trilogy's ass a lot of the time. The Last Jedi felt like it was trying to actually advance the mythology, not mire itself in homage to what came before.

Since this is spoiler free, for now, we'll wait....I liked it a lot. I did not love it.

Since this is spoiler free, for now, we'll wait....I liked it a lot. I did not love it.

Clearly you missed the Yu Darvish in a Twins uniform cameo.

Going to see it again on Sunday (when the church people are doing their thing) and/or Tuesday (5 buck movie day).

 

Clearly you missed the Yu Darvish in a Twins uniform cameo.

This deserved a quote and an LOL and not just a 'like.'

 

Lol!

Saw it today. Gotta agree with Mike Sixel...I enjoyed it, but honestly was a little underwhelmed. I expected more. The last hour was excellent, but the first hour and a half was pretty slow.

That was my favorite Star Wars movie.

 

Clearly you missed the Yu Darvish in a Twins uniform cameo.

 

Do the Twins blow-up the Yankee Death Star to advance in the play-offs?

 

Edited December 18, 20178 yr by D. Hocking

I think I know what the issue is for me. 

 

SPOILERS!

 

 

 

 

 

First, I don't think that every part of every story has to move the main plot.....

Second, I hate when characters don't communicate. It isn't realistic. People OVER share, they don't keep secrets from each other. It's one of the things that annoys me about The Magicians tv show.....

 

I don't think the Poe or Finn stories are good enough.

Leia and Han had intersting stories, and were interesting characters. Finn should be the most interesting non-Jedi character in this arc. A former storm trooper who decides the first order is evil. But, I felt like his story was tacked onto the story here. The one good point of his story was showing that eternal war between light and dark is bad for everyone, except arms dealers. Unless he is integral to the story next movie, it would have been better for him to die. A non-jedi hero for the galaxy...even the non-jedi can stand up to the first order!

 

Why did the new leader hide the plan from Poe? Stupid. If she had not done that, they might have succeeded. I feel stuff like this is done as plot device, but is 180 degrees off from how people would act in the real world. Plus Poe doesn't do anything in this whole movie, other than the first battle scene. He lacks the depth of Han, imo.

 

I think the movie needed more for the non-Jedi characters to do.

 

Just once I want the bad guys to be really good at fighting. Like Darth Maul. But, Rey and Ben were outnumbered two to one and barely got a scratch. The scene was well done, but it lacked any sense of tension that the darth maul scenes had.

 

Also, the music was lacking, for the first time in a Star Wars movie, none of the music moved me.

 

I think I know what the issue is for me. 

 

SPOILERS!

 

 

 

 

 

First, I don't think that every part of every story has to move the main plot.....

Second, I hate when characters don't communicate. It isn't realistic. People OVER share, they don't keep secrets from each other. It's one of the things that annoys me about The Magicians tv show.....

 

I don't think the Poe or Finn stories are good enough.

Leia and Han had intersting stories, and were interesting characters. Finn should be the most interesting non-Jedi character in this arc. A former storm trooper who decides the first order is evil. But, I felt like his story was tacked onto the story here. The one good point of his story was showing that eternal war between light and dark is bad for everyone, except arms dealers. Unless he is integral to the story next movie, it would have been better for him to die. A non-jedi hero for the galaxy...even the non-jedi can stand up to the first order!

 

Why did the new leader hide the plan from Poe? Stupid. If she had not done that, they might have succeeded. I feel stuff like this is done as plot device, but is 180 degrees off from how people would act in the real world. Plus Poe doesn't do anything in this whole movie, other than the first battle scene. He lacks the depth of Han, imo.

 

I think the movie needed more for the non-Jedi characters to do.

 

Just once I want the bad guys to be really good at fighting. Like Darth Maul. But, Rey and Ben were outnumbered two to one and barely got a scratch. The scene was well done, but it lacked any sense of tension that the darth maul scenes had.

 

Also, the music was lacking, for the first time in a Star Wars movie, none of the music moved me.

You need some freshly squeezed green milk. That solves everything.

 

You need some freshly squeezed green milk. That solves everything.

 

I liked it......with some changes I would have loved it. The jedi parts were sooooo good. The other parts were tacked on, but they could have been good.

not really a spoiler so to speak, but SPOILER just the same...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind of weird to be rooting for all these suicide bombers in 2018, am I right?