How did Last Jedi get such a high rotten tomatoes score?

[HomerThompson]

Have one of my new patented Cruz Squares and take a knee.


<{cruzshake}>

Luckily I can take a knee, and get back up, because I'm not a fatass gamer.

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

rotten tomatoes is hot trash. imdb top 50 percentile is more representative of my tastes. that would make last jedi an 8, episode 3 an 8, and episode 2 a 7.


in reality, star wars sucks cock. i give them all a 3/10.

 

[Striderxdj]

The prequels screwed up Darth Vader, but that's certainly better than insulting and laughing at the audience for being interested in Darth Vader.

To be fair, the prequels *ucked up Vader by starting with Anakin as a slave kid...

Episode 1 should have been Anakin already as a teenage padawan, the only bits about his mother are him seeing her in visions while training as a child at the academy, which is what leads the Jedi to realize how powerful he is, as he exhibits powers way beyond any others his age, as he shouldnt know his mother but somehow does through the force. The end should be the start of the clone wars, and the first time we see what his dark thoughts make him capable of (he gets a vision of his mother being tortured, he goes to tatooine, sees her for the first time and she dies in his arms, he kills all of the Tusken Raiders), comes back and tells Padme, and the movie ends there with Padme horrified but attempting to console him.

Episode 2 should focus on the clone wars, with Anakin "throwing himself into his work", and his growing resentment towards the Jedi as they always do the honorable thing even when it results in bad outcomes, and this puts him at odds with the council, as he progressively pushes "the ends justify the means", but they know he gets results so he isnt punished.

Episode 3 plays out pretty much the same, but the transition from jedi hero to child murderer isnt so dramatic.

Fin

 

[Damien Karras]

He was the chosen one and him turning to the dark side, literally, changes the fate of the entire universe.

Yeah but does every central character have to have some connection to him? I don't see the necessity in having Rey be connected to the Skywalkers. Last I checked the Jedi council was filled with strong force users that weren't of the Skywalker bloodline.

 

[robertcop2]

It's not terrible, but i wouldn't say it's very high, especially if we're comparing it with other movie's scores.
TLJ IS AT A 91% I think..and that was a shit movie

I guess my point was more that if Disney was paying off movie sites, why only do it for SW and not their ginormous Marvel movie?

Yeah, but the problem is clearly with the TLJ score. That movie was an atrocity. Disney doesn't need to pay critics in regards to Marvel movies, they are good enough.

They shit the bed paying RT to rate TLJ high. They ruined theirs and RT's reputation with this move.

 

[HomerThompson]

Yeah but does every central character have to have some connection to him? I don't see the necessity in having Rey be connected to the Skywalkers. Last I checked the Jedi council was filled with strong force users that weren't of the Skywalker bloodline.

I never said she did, but there's a good reason that the Skywalkers are such an integral part of the star Wars Universe.

 

[Damien Karras]

You guys deserve it though. Gaming is lame as shit.

My friends got me a Nintendo Switch with 4 games for when I'd be hospitalized for treatments. I picked it up maybe twice for a total of maybe 90 min.

I used to enjoy gaming when I was younger and I was excited when I got it but I couldn't get into it anymore. I picked up my XBOX 360 controller just the other day and stopped after 10 min.

I think I aged out

 

[Damien Karras]

I never said she did, but there's a good reason that the Skywalkers are such an integral part of the star Wars Universe.

Of course they're integral. But I don't see the necessity of perpetuating it. Feels unoriginal and predictable

 

[HomerThompson]

Of course they're integral. But I don't see the necessity of perpetuating it. Feels unoriginal and predictable

I was just pushing back at what I saw as unfair criticism, because I feel it's obvious why they're so important.

Also, just because she's not connected to them, doesn't mean her parents have to be random nobodies. Rian did that just to be a a moron, I guess. Unraveling all of Abram's strings with no explanation is lazy, and hackish.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

The biggest fuckups that come to mind offhand are Highlander 2 and Terminator 3, and they aren't even close to the asinine bedshitting that Johnson rained upon us.

But you knew T3 was gonna blow going in. This movie had a lot of high hopes behind it.

 

[BillytheFish]

It amazes me that people are so 'into' star wars that in their minds it is some sort of deep and meaningful franchise. When it came out it had cool effects; other than that the story was full of cliches and ideas taken from other movies by a terrible director.

To that end it is pretty funny how grown adults shit all over the newest movies as if they are any different than the originals in substance. I enjoy the franchise in the same way I would watch pacific rim or 'innerspace' from the 80s...a bit of simple fun.

 

[Damien Karras]

I was just pushing back at what I saw as unfair criticism, because I feel it's obvious why they're so important.

Also, just because she's not connected to them, doesn't mean her parents have to be random nobodies. Rian did that just to be a a moron, I guess. Unraveling all of Abram's strings with no explanation is lazy, and hackish.

Hey, there's still one movie left. There's still a chance she's Han and Leah's offspring and they separated her from Kylo so to make sure they don't both end up Siths of something like that, which would suck.

I personally don't see the need to have he be somebody by birthright. I think there is a remarkable storyline in someone that is left for dead, becoming a survavilst nobody and becoming the savior of the Galaxy.

 

[robertcop2]

Y'all are butthurt that Luke died and that there are strong female characters.

The worst thing in the movie was Leah floating through space and surviving.

That movie sucks ass. Take your SJW agenda elsewhere, you look very idiotic with those arguments.

It's a shit movie. Period.

 

[HomerThompson]

It amazes me that people are so 'into' star wars that in their minds it is some sort of deep and meaningful franchise. When it came out it had cool effects; other than that the story was full of cliches and ideas taken from other movies by a terrible director.

To that end it is pretty funny how grown adults shit all over the newest movies as if they are any different than the originals in substance. I enjoy the franchise in the same way I would watch pacific rim or 'innerspace' from the 80s...a bit of simple fun.

 

[D3THRONED]

I was just pushing back at what I saw as unfair criticism, because I feel it's obvious why they're so important.

Also, just because she's not connected to them, doesn't mean her parents have to be random nobodies. Rian did that just to be a a moron, I guess. Unraveling all of Abram's strings with no explanation is lazy, and hackish.

That’s my biggest gripe as well. I enjoyed TFA and I totally get it’s critisms such as playing it safe and rehashing shit. But at least we had things to look forward to and mysteries. Obi wan calling out Rey, big bad evil snoke and figuring out who the fuck he is, now after the TLJ I have nothing to look forward to.

 

[minute bull]

Take your SJW agenda elsewhere, you look very idiotic with those arguments.

I like how his argument is there is no agenda and your argument is THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

 

[HomerThompson]

Hey, there's still one movie left. There's still a chance she's Han and Leah's offspring and they separated her from Kylo so to make sure they don't both end up Siths of something like that, which would suck.

I personally don't see the need to have he be somebody by birthright. I think there is a remarkable storyline in someone that is left for dead, becoming a survavilst nobody and becoming the savior of the Galaxy.

Right, but there needs to be a reason for her absurd power level. Especially because that's how it tends to work in the Star Wars Universe. Also, and again, Abram's set up some interesting mysteries, and I think dismissing them is lame. They could have revealed that her parent's were heretofore unknown, but they could still have a backstory that explains her power level, and heroic nature.

Maybe they were resistance members, who helped protect children from the Empire, but failed to protect their own, or something. Just spitballing here, obviously.

 

[HomerThompson]

That’s my biggest gripe as well. I enjoyed TFA and I totally get it’s critisms such as playing it safe and rehashing shit. But at least we had things to look forward to and mysteries. Obi wan calling out Rey, big bad evil snoke and figuring out who the fuck he is, now after the TLJ I have nothing to look forward to.

Plus the narrative was compelling, and the movie moved along at a good pace. Everything made sense, despite the derivative nature of the material.

In TLJ we had, running out of space gas.

 

[Damien Karras]

That movie sucks ass. Take your SJW agenda elsewhere, you look very idiotic with those arguments.

It's a shit movie. Period.

Did you see the long explanation as to why I enjoyed it or are you just going to stick to your predictably shallow response?

 

[I Am Legion]

At least there's some complexity and humanity to him. The other characters are cookie cutters.

He is jittery and jumpy and huffing and puffing in every scene. There is no chill to him at all.