You just don't introduce that many (some stupid) new technical things in the last episode of a Sci-fi saga like this (can't list them all, easily spottable for a fan). Some good things like Lando and the return to Tatooine at the end . Not bad, but easily the worst Star Wars. The Phantom Menace is a great film compared to this.
Well a Star Wars by Disney!
Good picture with a story that tries to fix broken episodes 7 and 8. If you want to be advertise and have some nostalgia go check it.
Personnaly, I found some scenes entertaining, especially one Marvel-like scene toward the end, but the ending itself is really really poor. Disney should watch Joker or rewatch Rogue One to see that dramatic ending is also great.
As someone that just enjoys some pew pew in their Star Wars movie, I enjoyed it.
This movie really falls apart when you start thinking about it, but this is not a movie that you really think about. Despite that, it has some absolutely great scenes! Plus, I just love Star Wars. 8.5/10 :star:
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Worst star wars movie in my opinion, has cool scenes tho. I'm not the greatest fan of Star Wars but I didn't enjoy this movie the same as the other ones.
More in detail, I felt this movie completely ignored the past two. Palpatine's return came out of nowhere and doesn't make any sense, a lame choice in my opinion.
The plot wasn't as entertaining as the others, I had a slow feeling watching it.
5/10 for me, it's not horrendous as other people say, just a meh movie.
I hate this film so much
I enjoyed it, but I did so with a sizeable asterisk
is Rise of Skywalker a course correction or a flat-out apology? I'm leaning to the former, but there can be no doubt that much of what Last Jedi introduced into the canon has been unceremoniously discarded. Indeed, Rise is more of a sequel to J.J. Abrams's Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) than it is to Last Jedi, one or two major plot points notwithstanding, and whilst Last Jedi looked forward, clumsily introducing new concepts and themes to the franchise, Rise follows Force Awakens in doing the opposite – it looks back, and is chock-full of throwbacks and references to the previous films. And although I certainly enjoyed it as a spectacle (it looked and sounded exceptional in 3D IMAX), there's no doubt it's a deeply flawed piece of work. It's the kind of film that feels like it was created by a computer algorithm or a corporate committee trying to tick as many boxes as possible – rather than attempting something ambitious which fans might not like, it's far more concerned with trying to please everyone without offending anyone.
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A pretty spectacle with little substance and tons of fanservice. A movie that tries to make bold decisions, only to backpedal from it a scene later.
The more you think about the story, the less sense it makes. Pretty scenes make this utter nonsense watchable at least.
.. bad actors, terrible acting; bad history; terrible directing. The worse thing I ever saw under the "Star Wars" name. Unspeakable disapointment.
1 of 2 movies I saw on the big screen in 2020. Not worth it, if you love Star Wars, please don't watch it.
ignore the haters, just go and watch on disney+.
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Oh man, WTF did I just watch? Not sure what Star Wars is about anymore... I really wonder how they come up with those crazy ideas. I assume it must take a lot of brainstorming sessions. Watching this felt like they tried out a lot of different ideas simply because they could but didn't ask themselves if they should. It also felt like watching a lot of different movies (dark scenes with light flashes form DC, comedy by Marvel, drama from Romeo and Juliet, some fight scenes from The Matrix, etc.).
I tried to excuse a lot of tings during the first two movies but let's face it: IMO the story has become really bad really fast (I mean the first 6 movies had to be better, right?).
Anyway, the CGI was still great (but now I get why some hate CGI - but please don't, CGI is simply a tool and the hate should target those that try to hide a bad story with CGI and not the amazing CGI artists).
Whilst still serviceable, 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' disappointed me - it makes for a relatively limp finish to the sequel trilogy.
The plot is the biggest letdown. It's all over the place, it might have a good amount of action but the actual point of the film is uninteresting and feels like something we've seen before. The cast still do well amongst all that, but I can't say I'll remember a performance from this.
With that said, Daisy Ridley is the best thing about it. Adam Driver is fine, but his character doesn't interest me much at this point. John Boyega and Oscar Isaac felt underused, while Kelly Marie Tran is discarded almost completely. Richard E. Grant is a slight upgrade on Domhnall Gleeson, but not by much.
A shorter run time may have helped this, instead it feels kinda bloated and without much reasoning to be so. I don't dislike it, it's still just about what I'd describe as good, but given it's part of 'Star Wars' it should've been far greater - in my opinion, at least.
Well that's it, right? Definitely end. All the ghosts that could come out have already come out.
The only thing that bothered me in this movie was that Rey renounced her parents' name who died to protect her. It's disrespectful and honestly she disappointed me, so I like her a little less now. I really thought she would see her parents and not Luke and Leia. I know Skywalkers are all gone now and the writers wanted someone to continue the legacy, but she could've just added the Skywalker name to the Palpatine and be Rey Palpatine Skywalker, that way she would be honoring both her parents and the Skywalkers and it would be a much better ending.
It is very predictable and corny but I think it is a good movie, thus my rate. I found it a little longer than it should be. The plot is OK and the performances are good. Oscar Isaac does a very great job in the new trilogy. I really never connected with Rey but I didn't dislike her either. And John Williams deserves every single award in this planet.
amazing graphics enjoyed watching it
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - what a great name for a Star Wars movie. All the expectations, all the potential… ok it is just to obvious in what direction this is going to.
In a nutshell: I found myself with this "But why?" expression on my face in front of my TV. There is this one weird point I don't get about the reboot (sorry, but this is just a mash-up of episode 4-6) of the Star Wars franchise. On the one hand they made these spin-off movies like Rogue one. Good movie - seriously. I had the worst expectations after episode 7 but this one was a movie I enjoyed. Mandalorian - fine, too… and than they release this. What bugs me around most is that they can do it better but for some reason they fail - three times in a row. I'm not going into the detail here, it is not about acting (ok, maybe a bit…), style, CGI, or whatever. It is the writing (and to some point) and directing what messed up the whole thing.
This one is horrible... I've seen soap operas with a much better dialogue. And about the plot? THERE ISN'T ONE!!!!
Why did it have to be so long? It was painful
Browsing Ebay by the end
I'm guessing a lot of the commenters are younger and not from the original trilogy. This one ended with the classic Star Wars ending, except they stole our happy ending. Rey and Ben should've ended together, but they had to end with the just the 3 like in the original instead of ending it the way it "started". Love story to tragedy to heroism to love story. Hell couldn't even end with Ben standing there with Luke and Leia.
Yes, still gave it a 9. Just missed the call on the ending
Why the hate with this saga? sometimes I don't understand what fans want.
I mean, at least she’s good looking...
I have lost track of these stuff a very long time ago, i cannot keep up on what is a sequel, a prequel, a continue story, a parallel story and everything is on the altar of the franchise and money. So just for the movie. Not that bad. i cannot comment on what i have actually seen in terms of the saga but it was a blockbuster with full of battles , some stupid decisions, jokes so we can satisfy the kids and Disney, and Rey as the new superman. The force is not Harry Potter. At least we didn't have a lot of that douche-bag and totally untalented actor Mark Hamill.
This movie made no sense. The resurrection, Rey's background, the ending. It was all over the place with absolutely no sense of continuity. And the most confusing parts are only there for fan service and have nothing to do with the continuing plot. It was a frustrating crash ending to a failing trilogy that started off with such potential.
Much like its predecessor, The Rise of Skywalker is the fall of Star Wars.
Me: But, what about the plot holes?
Disney: What about them?
Such boring movie, as expected from Disney
Well, at least it's still going to make great demo media for UHD TV sets...
Well did i expect better? Yes, of course i did. Is this a movie worth remembering? Nope. Was it a great watch? It was fun for a single watch, u can't go back to it ever again cuzz its just by the numbers stuff!
The writers gave up on this. It feels like there was so much pressure from the studio that the story was generated by an AI who has no idea what the rules of this universe are.
Evidently upset by Rian Johnson's contribution to the series in The Last Jedi, JJ Abrams has returned to the Star Wars universe to set the record straight, often directly contradicting the plot points and character arcs set in motion by the preceding film. That makes for an awkward sort of arm wrestling competition, as Johnson himself often seemed intent upon bucking the conventions established by earlier chapters in the franchise. In other words, "you undid my work, now I'm going to undo yours."
The result, in this case, is an overstuffed mammoth of a film that tries to do too much while also, somehow, accomplishing very little. Not the first time a Skywalker film has been messy, but the lack of enthusiasm and excitement is certainly new. Even in the much-maligned prequels, there was something unique and special about seeing a Star Wars movie. This time, despite the enormous budget, eight films' worth of lead-in, tons of new environments and alien races, plus constant callbacks to please the die-hards, the final product is rather bland and pedestrian. And that's probably the most damning thing I could say about it. This isn't the grand conclusion to a generations-long space epic, it's just a nondescript, run-of-the-mill science fiction shelf-filler with a billion-dollar sheen. It's a mass of writer's room concepts, tossed into a tumbler and belched out onto the screen without much connective tissue.
Episode IX does have successful moments. The law of averages says, given enough options, something's bound to stick. Yet, even when they hit upon a winner, Abrams and company's lack of conviction, their reluctance to take a risk and get firmly behind any one direction, lessens the meaning of the whole. How disappointing that it's come to this.
I quite liked the movie. It was not as Disney cutesy as the previous new episodes. Also did conclude most of the story in a quite satisfactory way. Sad though that this was it. Story was fine. Not everything was perfect but well made. Definitely enjoyed it and was happy that it did not end in a happy-ever-after Disney fashion. :wink:
"Suffers from a frustrating lack of imagination".
TROS really needed just one more edit before being filmed. It's got good bones but it just doesn't feel like it hits the mark.
The most uninspired, yet not the worst Star Wars movie.
As a star wars fan I appreciate the effort they put into recreating the sw universe and I can say they've done a very good job of it but the story however, what the f*** was that? That was nothing like star wars. Still entertaining though.
A huge disappointment for me!
A fair and satisfying ending for a triology we did not need in the first place.
It was okay and it is way better than "The Last Jedi" without the bad comedy and a very fast pacing.
Too fast paced first quarter or so of the movie. Cheesy throughout. Tropes galore. Digging out an old 2nd hand voldemort type enemy for $reasons. Everything seems to have gotten some huge power creep. Quick unnecessary kiss at the end. Never particularly cared for Star Wars, but this trilogy was just not good.
I don't understand the poor critical reception. This is 10 times better than The Last Jedi. I loved seeing some of the old characters in cameos. Pure adrenaline for 2 hours and please don't complain the movie is too long. I really want to go into detail but I'm not a spoiler. JJ Abrams is a master. Please go and enjoy the best SW movie is years. Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you.
Not to sound like an entitled nerd, but I'm kind of upset with it. They did a Game of Thrones to this Star Wars series and the characters especially with Kylo Ren's character .
Considering the almost cul-de-sac premise left behind by Rian in The Last Jedi, JJ still somehow manages to squeeze out something above par with all the trademarks we've come to expect from a Star Wars movie. Does it retcon the core premise and finality of its predecessor, which fought so hard to drive home its message of killing the past, and moving forward with your own legacy? Sure, but I'd argue that bridge needed to be burnt to produce something that is fitting of a 9 film saga finale. Minus all the baggage, TROS is a solid sci-fi spectacle piece that rushes and bumbles its way to the finish line, but damn it looks good while doing it.
I enjoyed it, and I liked the characters much more than I have in the previous two movies, but overall this was a mess. It felt like a reactionary movie that's trying to "fix" things, rather than one with a clear goal in mind. As a result, they shoved way too much stuff into a it, and most of the story points didn't have a chance to breathe long enough for you to care what was happening. It would've been pretty good as 2-3 movies. Also, Palpatine and his massive hidden armada were ridiculous.
You'd think the largest media empire on earth could afford to plan out their goals for the largest franchise on earth a little better.
I was a big fan of the original Star Wars universe, which is full of great stories in books, comics, and video games. So why don't they just adapt those? Put Rey, Finn, & Poe in them instead of Luke, Leia, & Han.
I liked it even a lot of fanservice and with things taken out of the sleeve. It has been a final good
The kiss of Kaylo Ren and Rey made me cringe. I didn't expect that. I haven't felt the Force of romance between them. Lol
I gave this an 8 whereas it's a kind of a 6.5.
I did that because of the last 15 minutes especially that last line.
I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.
Rey's Parentage kind of didn't make sense but I guess it was the best of worst options.
The good part and bad part of the movie is the same. Legacy. Seen that, heard that, what's new?
The thing that's gives you comfort also feels so deja vu. I want that and i don't want that.
I want something new but i get emotional if the old stuff is ignored.
I don't envy JJ Abrams. He did the best h cold with this 40 year old Americana.
I hate to say it and it hurts me to say it but at the end of the movie i was partially glad that this was the end of skywalker saga. I was just exhausted and sad and melancholic all at the same time.
It's like saying goodbye to your childhood. You don't want to keep reliving it again and again at the danger of begin to start hating it.
.I feel kinda disappointed, but the film is overall is nice.[/I would prefer that Ben survived instead of Rey, but loved the yellow lightsaber.]
I think JJ did his best but we should forget this trilogy.
First half of the movie was pretty forgettable, as you can see J.J. Abrams pulling his hair out trying to fix all the fk ups in episode 8. Sometimes he succeed sometimes he didn't, but what's good about this effort is that it managed to set the table for the later half, where the main course is finally served. Fans be prepared for some nostalgic moments and some boxes left looong unchecked finally getting their ticks. I can't really tell you how satisfying it was for fans like me to see those nerdy stuff, but boy for me it definitely evened out some shortcomings of this movie. wouldn't say Rise of the Skywalker was a great movie, even less a starwars movie, but putting it down in the saga right next to it the catastrophic episode 8, it's a reliever the starwars I love didn't end up in flames.
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They cant be serious. Palpatin is back again why didnt they bring another death star. Ohh wait they did but now its a Ring around a Planet and not a whole Metall ball. Never seen a more boring and uncreative franchise than this. The older ep 4 5 and 6 were at least enjoyable but still uncreative. This isnt even that.
Ive seen so many doomsday weapons in Action Media and all they can come up with is a big Ball for 3 times with the same villain.
The only decent new star wars movie is rouge one
I rewatched The Rise of Skywalker the other day in honor of May the Fourth. I've been steadily rewatching the franchise (as I basically always am) and as I made my way back through it I was hit in the face with a bag of bricks with a realization: all these movies are good to varying degrees, but if you want to look at each trilogy as its own entity it becomes absolutely fascinating. The original trilogy is a fan favorite. It has two of the strongest entries of the whole deal and it gets bonus points for kicking off this absolute unit. But it also feels extraordinarily limited at times, not by technology but in an understanding for how a universe can exist. This is through no fault of the films or the talent behind them, who could have really known what Star Wars would become? I think my most nuclear take at this point, though, is that the prequel trilogy is actually lowkey the best trilogy. It's the most consistent, it builds world the best, introduced the best memes, and feels like an incredibly cohesive three film arc, particularly if you start considering Obi-Wan as protagonist and think of it as some tragic arc. Everyone sort of recognizes Revenge of the Sith as a good film, but the way all three of those films move is dynamic in a way that makes me absolutely mourn how blockbusters used to function.
And then we get to the sequel trilogy. It's definitely the most uneven of the whole lot. But in being uneven, you introduce variance. And in the case of the sequel trilogy, that means you get the highest highs (The Last Jedi is unquestionably the best entry in the entire franchise. Yes, I will explain that in another post. And no, your opinion does not supersede mine). But you also get the lowest lows: enter Rise of Skywalker.
The issue with this movie boils down to how everyone treated Episode VIII. It gave everyone cold feet on how to move forward because not only did Solo underperform at the box office, but it was also happening in the wake of the whole DC Universe thing crashing and burning which was happening alongside the Dark Universe failing to even launch. Studios were suddenly aware that their franchises, regardless of how big and produced they felt, might suck--financially and critically. And so, after all this happened and Disney also saw the shifting perspective of Trevorrow we witnessed one of the harshest pivots I've ever seen in a sequel. The Last Jedi works because of how it subverts expectation for how a second entry in a trilogy operates. So many plot threads were seemingly resolved. Luke is dead, Snoke is dead, Rey's parentage was revealed (and yes, her being nobody is much more interesting by a country mile). It set up the then theoretical Episode IX to be something entirely new because it seemed like it would be much more difficult to just be some retread of anything we'd seen before. And instead, Disney and Abrams and Kennedy seemed to get cold feet.
The Rise of Skywalker feels like two movies smashed into one. And so my biggest question becomes: if they were going to pivot this hard, why not just make two movies? You don't need to retcon anything. Just have the Skywalker Saga end not with a trilogy, but a quadrilogy. I mean, hell, even call it Rise of Skywalker Part 1 and Part 2 to keep it technically as a trilogy, a la Tarantino on Kill Bill. I doubt anyone would have really been upset they needed to go see another Star Wars movie in theaters. And it would have easily fixed the biggest issue in the finished product: the pacing.
I'm an editor. Pacing is something I'm always tracking and clocking. It's chief amongst any editor's concerns when piecing together the movie after everything is shot. And Rise of Skywalker's pacing isn't whack just because of how quickly it moves, but because of how many elements it introduces and then immediately moves on from. When Disney announced this was the end of the Skywalker Saga, I immediately assumed we'd see a long movie. I'm never really upset to have a theatrical experience like that either. And Disney themselves proved fans will turn out in droves to see long movies with Endgame, so when the runtime for Episode IX came in ten minutes shorter than Episode VIII, you could say I was confused. adding a half hour to this movie would remedy so many issues with it (although you should also excise everything Palpatine here too).
And it's weird because everyone's biggest echo was that the sequel trilogy felt so unsure of itself. And Disney had an opportunity to use everything set up in VII and VIII to prove that as absolutely false. There was a great thread running through the sequel trilogy that the old blood and old ways have a tendency to repeat the past mistakes and that rebellion and greatness can come from anyone. And they reneged on it. They had a great throughline of pushing the story out of realms we'd seen before: new lightsabers, new planet types, a side of the galaxy that had been to that point unexplored (Rose and the Codebreaker are such good characters because they are actual laypersons, two sides of just trying to see the next day). But instead we got a package where Rey's power only comes from her parentage, Kylo Ren gets a redemption because so did Vader, rogues who seem uninterested show up because they've got good hearts. And Rey just...chooses to claim Skywalker, despite being associated with both Vader and Kylo Ren?
Listen. If you look at The Rise of Skywalker in a more isolationist perspective, it's really not that bad. It's still a hell of a lot of fun and has some really great worldbuilding to it. I liked the idea of settlements. I liked seeing the aftermath of the Death Star crashing onto a planet. I liked the idea of a Sith homeworld (even though Palpatine shouldn't be there). It had a focus on adventuring that hasn't really been seen in the movies which are usually much more conflict based than exploratory. So there's things peppered throughout that seem to be less concerned with wrapping up the Skywalker Saga, and more with being a love letter to the franchise to show how much more juice it has in it. And I'm cool with all that. I think it does a good job at proving that it exists less as a series and more as a series set within an entire universe. It might put a bow on one massive story, but there's so much more to explore. It has a good mouth feel, if that makes sense.
Its not the best star wars but is good
Full disclosure - I am not a fanboy. I don't know all of the various secondary story lines and I really didn't care too much if there were minor plot holes. I generally don't like comic book movies and when I do watch them I don't take them too seriously. That said... I didn't mind this movie at all. Or the one before it. I did have a problem with 7 because it essentially felt like "hey, we've got the band back together so lets go re-make a movie that we've already made before". It has to be hard to close up this kind of series as I really don't think you can win. They could have beaten us over the head with cliches about the force (the dialog at the end of ROTJ almost kills the scene). They could have dipped even further into nostalgia. I think the final narrative (each of us has a choice at to who we are) is excellent and the people executing their will against their oppressors is timely. Did it feel like a video game at times? Sure. Overall I was entertained on the level that I was watching it.
One other note. There have been a ton of "rank all of the Star Wars movies" blogs coming out and many of them have this one as the worst of them. I didn't see the middle three (chronological order) for more than 10 minutes each but that was enough to see that they were unwatchable.
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Well, at least it’s better than Attack of the Clones.
A good conclusion to the Star Wars third trilogy. That being said it’s a complete mess.
This should please everybody that hated episode eight.
But this is fluff that we could do without, and highlights why George Lucas And writer and Lawrence Kasdan are the masters.
It’s a Star Wars film by name, and Adam Driver saves the film.
A good conclusion to the Star Wars third trilogy. That being said it’s a complete mess.
This should please everybody that hated episode eight.
But this is fluff that we could do without, and highlights why George Lucas And writer and Lawrence Kasdan are the masters.
It’s a Star Wars film by name, and Adam Driver saves the film.
The worst ending for the best epic saga. The 3 main characters - Rey, Poe and Finn are unmatched to the likes of of Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo and Lando. Even the Emperor Palpatine is not as evil as the earlier Emperor. The final battle was far less thrilled and not as glorious as the final battle in Return of the Jedi. A very BIG disappointment. My overall rating for this movie 6. Would have been lesser if the movie is without Kylo Ren and the special appearances of Lando and Hans Solo.
Very much felt like watching an entire season of a show with just the exciting bits left in without any balancing dramatic interplay. Very much Disney movies become more like their themed rides which are bumpy and enjoyable but with little heart and soul. It brought about resolution after watching the first one in the cinema when it came out I suppose, and is the lightest touch of Wagnerian space opera. For that in its simple form it excels. My favourite movies will be the first three made, and bizarrely enough, Rogue One which I dismissed at the time as pointless, but now I feel excels all the rest even with the Plasticine Tarkin. The future of the Star Wars universe is now in the serial form, not movie, and it is here now it is, and will, be best rendered. 6/10.
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Much of the best moments in 'The Rise of Skywalker' are the ones filled with Fan-service. In this manner, JJ manages to create a rollercoaster of emotions for this thrilling end of the Skywalker story and brings satisfying answers to HUGE mysteries of the trilogy (and the whole saga). Filled with jaw-dropping twists, unexpected outcomes and a more straight-forward plot, Rise of Skywalker course-corrects many of the bad aspects about the previous episodes in its very first act. Many will be divided about the direction for the whole film, but the finale proves to be what fans and none-fans alike didn't expected to watch in a very positive way.