[Augustus_Cole]

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Originally Posted by Gunathar

No Star Wars movie is perfect. I wasn't expecting Last Jedi to be either but I was expecting it -at the very least- to be respectful of its established characters and its universe. Here's what frustrated me, off the top of my head:

1 - Hux / Poe conversation - Not funny at all and it reduces the menace that Hux represents (the First Order) to a stereotype of the bad guy of the week in a bad TV series.
2 - Luke tossing over his shoulder the lightsaber (that Force Awaken established as a kind of Excalibur of Star Wars) - No respect for his late father's item; the same I-don't-care-about-it-all-anymore attitude could have been made without the "funny" effect by simply letting Luke drop it to the ground.
3 - The milking scene - The less said about that the better. It was embarrassing and totally unnecessary.
4 - The whole casino sidestory, especially the search for the slicer Maz (underused) suggested; why go through all the trouble simply to end up in jail where -oh what a surprise- a guy rots there just waiting to be recruited? Cut the entire Canto thing from the movie and the story will not change. Superfluous.
5 - Rey's vision - Someone can explain what that hole in the ground was supposed to represent beside the obvious a-hole of the island?
6 - Phasma - Wasted, again. It has become ridiculous.
7 - Snoke - Would it have been so hard to make it boast what he has done, where he has been during the Empire, how he has become the "Supreme Leader", etc. when he confronted Rey, just so we could have had a glimpse at who the ****ing hell this big bad guy is?
8 - Look, I'm Leia Poppins y'all - Really? THIS is what the filmmakers came up with to show Leia use the Force? In what was supposed to be a big emotional moment for the character, there was laughter in the theater where I attended. Personally, I was embarrassed for the late actress.
9 - Holdo vs Poe - I understand there was two points of view opposed here but the way it was filmed made the vice admiral look like a villain in disguise. IMO, it should have been Leia in that hyperspace ramming scene...
10 - Luke vs Kylo - I'm ok with all the Force projection power. But someone explain to me why Luke chose to show himself holding the now destroyed blue saber -which Ren broke with Rey- instead of his green one?

This said, here's what I actually liked:
1 - Kylo Ren's inner conflict is fascinating and makes the character that much more interesting to me.
2 - The soundless hyperspace ramming scene was very artistic and enjoyable.

I'm forgoting some things, good and bad, since I've only seen the movie once. It's the first time I don't see a Star Wars movie in theater at least twice.

For me The Last Jedi was not a good Star Wars movie. If the director has to go and explain -continuously- some things from his film, it simply means he didn't do his job well. A movie should stand on its own and this latest episode simply doesn't.

interesting points..
and while i wholeheartedly agree with you on some..
that list would would be TWICE as long for almost any other star wars movie....
pleassssse don't get me started on the prequels....and i like ALL of them..but i accept them for what they are/were independent films