Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Rise of Skywalker



4 years ago i said no film would match Force Awakens ever again. That is true, the anticipation of a new Star Wars would never be the same since Disney churns em out. The Rise Of Skywalker nearly had that anticipation, the anticipation of closure. Sure you can say we had that in 1983, and we did, but this is Disney, so they had to get their fingers on it, and this isn't really the end, but it had more of a closure buzz for me than Avengers Endgame did. Endgame just felt like a conveyor belt film, but Rise of Skywalker felt like so much more. This was everything i wanted in a Star Wars film. The set designs was gorgeous as was the wardrobe, plus most of the film looked like a painting. The plot fixes what was done in the Last Jedi, now i dig Last Jedi, but it is flawed. How that is the one critics love and this is the one critics trash is beyond me. That film made characters regress, but here to progress to how they should be. Rey is becoming a Jedi, Poe is still brash but in a respectful way unlike Last Jedi, FInn is the winner though, he isn't a pussy like he went back to being in Lest Jedi but instead a strong leader. The droids get good time as do bit players in the Resistance. Kylo's arc is perfect, i could see some saying it became repetitive but to me it was needed for where he goes. Hell we could have used more scenes, push this to 3 hours, it wouldn't have hurt as the pacing was light speed fast, Now there is a certain Force Ghost and thank fuck we get a proper send off that is true to the character. I wont say the name, but c'mon put 2 & 2 together, it is Star Wars a ghost is bound to come up. The battles were top notch, the score was beautiful, this film was poetic. If you hate this film, ask yourself why. Did you already hate the new trilogy, then you were bound to with your get off my lawn mentality. Did you hate it cause you loved the Last Jedi, well fuck off, this here is a fun and fast film, it is a Star Wars film, through & through. Good & evil, light and dark, this is a film that should be celebrated. If you hate then go watch the Mandalorian, in fact i finally want this universe to end in film and just focus on TV. I usually hate the forced TV angle these days but this universe can be expanded upon without the characters we know. Let this be the swan song, i mean i'll still totally see a new film, but this is legit a perfect ending to the greatest franchise of all time.

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