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sasha_feather ([personal profile] sasha_feather) wrote2017-12-17 02:17 am

Star Wars: the Last Jedi

Star Wars: the last jedi



spoilers ahead

I didn't like:
--It was too long
--It didn't make much sense to me why the Vice Admiral would not just TELL Poe what her plan is, and forestall his foolishness. The resistance is not all about trusting in authority and following orders-- it's the opposite. I am hung up on this! She could have even approved his plan as a Plan A/ Plan B thing, and it wouldn't have affected the plot much.
--Snoke. Another evil character with facial disfigurement.
--No queers
--Speaking of which, I'm with Rey in that I didn't need to see Adam Driver shirtless.
--the constant death wore me down

I liked:
--Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, Daisey Ridley, John Boyega, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, the droids, etc
--Rey being a willful, resolute, absolutely good person
--The salt plains were super beautiful and so was the sacred island!
--I LOVED the spooky, mysterious cave beneath the island, and I like that it wasn't explained. I hope we see it again. This was the most science fictional and cool thing I've seen on screen in a long time.
--Leia SLAPPING Poe's face
--Fight choreography
--My roommate pointed out: WWI and WWII imagery, with bombers supported by dog fighters, and even a trench
--The casino full of rich arms dealers being the worst place in the world! And the detail about the arms dealers selling to both sides. And the dig at animal racing.
--The reveal about Rey's parents. The world can regard you as a nobody from nowhere, but you are still someone important. Everyone is someone.
--Some quite funny moments
--Overall, it felt fresh and interesting and layered. The theme of fighting facsists; surviving; holding onto hope-- felt needed and relevant.
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[personal profile] isagel 2017-12-17 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
I found Rose’s point of living on to hope and love rather than dying to destroy even more valuable when seen in dialogue with Rouge One. Rouge One is all about the nessecary self-sacrifice, TLJ builds on that argument with a “but” - that dying for the cause isn’t of value in itself, that surviving can be resistance enough.
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[personal profile] longwhitecoats 2017-12-26 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, I hadn't even thought of how that's in dialogue with Rogue One.