Hated it.
As simple as that.
Terrible way to take the series to. I mean it's not as bad as the prequels, because the acting is quite all right, but it hits so many bullshit moments where I was facepalming every other scene it's unbelievable.
Started off as a half decent action movie till the truly horrible third act.
Why would the government not help kill them under the ice, they were quick enough to believe 'the future people'? Just so you can have your small group of outcasts save the world? Why go through more than half of the movie to help 'the future people' and then barely use what you fought for, the toxin? Terrible writing.
It's funny to see bad reviews for this movie, and a lot of criticism towards JJ, but it's clear that all the choices made in this movie was to correct the choices made in The Last Jedi, the movie that was hated by all the fans till yesterday, but now people are praising.
The Rise of Skywalker is a great movie, specially for fans, it's a great way to end this saga, filled with fan service. I don't think I can say more than that without spoiling the experience for everyone.
All the critcs you see here, or on twitter, are coming from people who thinks star wars, a space opera, should be a deep and complex movie with fanfics about romances.
I feel like I don't want to be too harsh on this film but I have to be sadly....
Boring. Slow. Uninvested. Unoriginal.
A very slow and predictable plot. Uninspiring turn from Tommy Lee Jones, who phones in his performance with all the class of a 1980s Motorola cell phone! I couldn't have cared less about whether this father/son relationship had any development. Why? Because Brad Pitt's character is also boring. He's a machine - we get that spelled out to us several times.
Now... Brad Pitt acts well. The visuals are good - but in a world of Interstellar and Gravity, they're underwhelming.
I liked the view of Moon travel. That's the only positive.
For a 2 hour film though, it felt like 3. That's a bad sign for any film. I'll be avoiding this one when I see it advertised on TV.
I'm settling on 5/10 because of Brad Pitt's performance and some of the visuals (particularly the Moon). But I could have gone as low as 3/10 or 4/10 based on my mood leaving the cinema!
What a totally unexpected ending, wow!!
I think now we can expect a different time line for the whole show xD
Another star trek style episode on a non star trek show :D
So it went just like the book. I loved it! Be sure to watch after credits, it has two scenes, Amma killing the girls, and the new friend who got very fond of Camille, and her as the woman in white in the park, that they don't explain, but amma was dressed as Artemis in the book cuz she been rehearsing a play in school. And she kills because as her mother she and her sister she is crazy and is obsessed with attention and been taken care of, and hated the idea of her mother being friends with the two girls. It explains why se run away when everybody stops paying attention in her at the play because of the fight that was going on. She made the hole town look for her. They don't literally explain that but is all there. Oh man, they respected the book and i loved it!!
Had to stop watching. One could forgive the general faith content, but the gaps in story telling are weird.
Further, what overflew my patience, is when the main protagonist question his christian believe directly with "god" (one-on-one). No direct answers, non-logical answers, yet he is ok with it. That when the story got broken for me.
Unless you are devout christian, I do not recommend, it will drive you nuts.
the amount of transphobia in this comment section is absolutely disturbing and sad. y‘all hating on elliot and/or viktor should be ashamed of yourselves.
EDIT: upon rewatch, I believe the open bar and pageantry of the premiere enabled me to put on goggles that shielded me from the trainwreck that is this film. Rian Johnson is a sorry excuse for a writer. It will probably be retconned at least 5 times in episode 9.
World Premiere Review: Vague, Spoiler-Free Edition
It was amazing. It still does nostalgic fan service, but nowhere near what Episode 7 or Rogue One felt like. It feels like its own film. It gets a little slow and repetitive in the last half of the first third of the film, but after the major show down in the middle of the film, it's non-stop action that's brilliantly paced. GO SEE IT!
I gave this an extra star based on the fact that everyone in the movie is so dumb just like the people I see outside everyday.
As a Turkish person, I can verify that most of the Turkish stuff in this show is accurate. They used Turkish actors and proper Turkish dialogue which isn't something you see on every show. Even the Turkish songs are VERY well-placed.
Jon Snow to Khaleesi :
together we're gonna run around, Dany, we're gonna... do all kinds of wonderful things, Dany. Just you and me, Dany . The outside world is our enemy, Dany... we're the only.... friends we've got, Dany! It's just Jon and Dany. Jon and Dany and their adventures, Dany.. JON AND DANY FOREVER AND FOREVER A HUNDRED YEARS Jon and Dany.. some...things.. Me and Jon and Dany runnin' around and... Jon and Dany time... a- all day long forever.. all a - a hundred days Jon and Dany! forever a hundred times.... OVER and over Jon and Dany... adventures dot com.. W W W dot at Jon and Dany dot com w..w..w... Jon and Dany adventures.. ah- hundred years..... every minute Jon and Dany dot com.... w w w a hundred times... Jon and Dany dot com......."
I've never wanted to beat a child in a movie more than I wanted to beat the son, and oh boy is the daughter just as dumb.
3 minutes in and all I can think is that this is really hard to watch after Andor… Everything down to the soundtrack is a knock-off of the best of Star Wars.
That said, I’m going to watch every episode.
- Okay, I just figured that--
- What? There's a human alive who wants to read Crime and Punishment?
Rude! I like the Crime and Punishment parallels.
I know Joe is a complete psycho and I still didn't see the ending of this episode coming. I deadass thought he was legit trying to be good and stay away from Love.
Love gotta be a female version of Joe, right? She’s pushy and invasive to a person she just met, I was getting obsessive vibes from her. Something definitely isn't right.
I feel pleased and in high spirits after having seen the movie. It's not a great movie, for the moment I rate it a little lower than The Force Awakens but it is a solid 7/10. It's not going lower. By comparison, I felt absolutely nothing after Episode 8. During "The Rise of Skywalker" I had tears several points in the movie, especially at the end. Overall I feel satisfied.
I really loved the general idea of the movie. The problem is, it's only half baked. They didn't have time. It's unfortunate they lost time developing the arc with the second movie. This happens when you don't plan a trilogy in advance.
Here is how I rate the sequel trilogy
1- The Force Awakens
2- The Rise of Skywalker
3-
4- The Last Jedi
God i'm gonna miss the Rocinante crew so fucking much. They definitely stuck the landing on this finale.
Holden: Guys! Guys!!!
Fred Johnson: What did you do?
Holden: There was a button. I pushed it.
Fred: Jesus Christ. That's really how you go through life, isn't it.
Great episode, Mother’s backstory was really well done. Young campion’s a bit of a twat though.
Oh come on ! A 1000 years in the future and they still have to wave a "cellphone-like device" around hoping to get some signal ? Guess they forgot about his ONI thingy in his eye, why not use that ?
Whatever, moving on ...
Wow. I am absolutely speechless. That last half hour was probably one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on television. It touched me deeply and made me feel so many things, I can't even describe them. I've been sitting here, just staring at the screen for quite a while now.
Mr. F****ing. Robot.
Another masterpiece of episode!
No one can be indifferent to such show, story written and masterly executed. This has to become a cult show!
Great ending to the best season of hard sci-fi TV we've had in years. The show is only getting better, I'm sure its new home at Amazon will help make it more visible to wide audiences too.
What incredible footage! Absolutely loved the music direction too, always pushing, dead set on the countdown. It's amazing what they accomplished with technology no powerful than the phone in your pocket.
Another thing that astounded me is how far behind we are today. We haven't been back to the Moon since the 70's. The speeches from the Presidents were so worldly, humble, and inspiring. You would not see that from the current President. WATCH THIS DOCUMENTRY.
This is the most I've cared about the human story in any transformers. It has a lot of heart and is quite funny too. The music is fantastic and it never lets you forget you are in the 80s. Hailee Steinfeld is great and John Cena does what he does best. The action isn't too over the top. There are definitely the way too much CGI parts but those are few and far between. I would like to see more prequel stories with new people every time without Michael Bay.
If the show stays on the same path as the first episode, we will be in for one hell of a ride
I began questioning my own existence after this episode.
Still can't believe he was acquitted even though there was so much evidence!
