IN SHORT:
Great movie, as entertaining as they come.
Don't listen to the noise, there's a lot to like.
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LONGER REVIEW:
My guess is that none of the negative reviewers of these Star War movies have any succesful movies out there released of their own making. I bet none of them can manage even a small 5 person crew, let alone take on the monstruous task of directing hundreds of artists and craftsmen and -woman, under supervision of a board of directors and producers, alongside the stress of delivering something that milions of people are waiting on to be the most life changing movie of their time. So yeah @ 1~6 star reviewers; easy job to tear it all down.
I like and respect these new movies, however flaud or Disneyfied they may be. I am not a fan of episode VIII, but that's another story. My point is that cast and crew did so many things right, and people take it all for granted. I mean: actual dolls for Yoda and Babu Frik, real locations, much less blue screen as in the prequels, some cinematic shots that are clear tributes to the original movies, our beloved BB8 - not only his persona, but it's an actual functioning robot puppet, great cast, lovable characters, that Klaud character when they enter the Falcon (Lol !!! He is on screen for maybe 3 seconds, and manages to establish itself completely) ..
Go find the 3 hour behind the scenes documentary of this movie on Youtube; you will find the missing piece of the puzzle that allows you to understand the scope of what is really going on here.
The woke agenda went over the edge again - thank God only at a diminished rate of what they did in episode VIII - but lets not spoil it because of some personal side quest. Everybody makes mistakes .. some of those mistakes are now on the big screen forever, and maybe that's a good thing because we can learn from these mistakes.
I have a few story line gripes as well, but won't get into them. They pale next to the collective effort, next to what is actually there.
I can whole heartidly give 99,5 % of the cast and crew from episode IX another go at it. In fact it is my humble opinion that it would only be just to have them craft episode X. Forget the trilogy thing for a second, it doesn't always have to be in 3's, right? I can hear some of you grumble at that, but isn't Star Wars also about change? or look at it this way: it would be 3 movies directed by J.J. so it is a trilogy in the end.
So to all cast or crew reading this: you guys did a superb job. I know many things didn't go exactly the way you thought it would, but as a fellow artist (I am a composer) your passion and craftmanship comes across. I would love to see another J.J. Abrams directed Star Wars Episode featuring you - and I am talking both cast and crew. I bet there's even more to be found in that treasury trove that you hold.
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