Stating the truth isn't tearing someone down. It was an unenviable task, it didn't have to be. All Rian had to do was deliver a great Luke.
That's it. That's all he had to do. Not only did he not do that he also torched Finn and Poe and had a slow speed chase in outer space
Mr. Subvert Your Expectations failed so spectacularly that it split the fanbase. JJ had to come back and do emergency surgery to save it.
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"The Marvel EIC Chair has a certain curse that goes along with it: it tends to drive people insane, and ultimately, out of the business altogether. It is the notorious last stop for many staffers, as once you've sat in The Big Chair, your pariah status is usually locked in." Christopher Priest
Although I am the first to say that sales does not equal quality. I am happy as a clam that it is doing well. This was a very good film and it bodes well that SW will continue to make movies for those of who like a good old fashioned yarn and want fall into a story.
By the way I just saw the film for the 10th time on Tuesday. I will probably see it at least once a week until it's pulled.
Opposite for me. I never saw TLJ as eye candy. I thought that it was one of the most cerebral films I have ever seen. I started watching it again the other day and I was immediately hit with why I loved it and found it so engaging. I posted that I love TROS more, but that might not be the case. TROS is great for me due to Rey, but over all I like TLJ because it has that something. Time will tell how they both shake out. But I love them both. I just got the over-sized French movie posters.
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Maybe it's all they have left, at this point?
You're not alone. Some I like a lot more then others and some that I really dislike certain parts of, but, yeah, I overall have enjoyed the whole series to date. Considering how many there are and the insane expectations some of them "had" to deliver on, that's pretty impressive.
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Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
"The Marvel EIC Chair has a certain curse that goes along with it: it tends to drive people insane, and ultimately, out of the business altogether. It is the notorious last stop for many staffers, as once you've sat in The Big Chair, your pariah status is usually locked in." Christopher Priest
There is just a troubling general trend with the infantilization of pop culture, where pretty much everything popular these days is some updated version of something that people enjoyed as kids, whether that be Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, or what have you. And as much as filmmakers hate pandering to the hardcore fanboys, the studios and their parent companies are keen to find ways to hook them, because they know that a crazed man child that will shell out obscene amounts of money for merchandise is the equivalent of dozens of normal moviegoers who will just buy a ticket and nothing more. And so if that means throwing your actors and directors under the bus to satisfy the wishes of irrational fans, then that's what they will do, basic human decency be damned.
And while the studios are making money hand over fist with honestly minimal effort putting out these copy pasta superhero and sci-fi movies, I do feel like that we need something more substantial in our entertainment. Marvel and Star Wars are basically like the cinematic equivalent of junk food, and while we might enjoy watching them, they are fundamentally unsatisfying and will always leave us with a sick feeling if we consume too much. The delusion for many fans is that this is somehow not an inherent property of these types of films, but rather something that can be fixed if only they would tweak a few details here and there, but if you just take a step back and think about it, that will never work. From the beginning, Star Wars has been a blatantly commercial vehicle with a recycled plot, wooden characters, and some of the most ridiculous dialogue ever committed to screen. We may have been blind to that as kids, but now that we realize this as adults it does kind of make our childhood memories seem a bit manufactured and inauthentic, and the fact that the new films constantly remind us of the fundamentally corporate nature of the franchise is just troubling to us. But there just isn't a version of the sequel trilogy that will put the cat back in the bag and restore the magic of the originals, since that was always just an illusion all along.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
Indeed I am Very Happy that Rise of Skywalker hit the Billion dollar Club as well, Loved the Movie, deserves it!
It gets more interesting to when you do the Movie Math as well to put some things in a Real Perspective for this and Disney Star Wars.
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