In Defense of The Last Jedi: Dynasties Don't Matter

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6 жыл бұрын

In this episode of Movies with Mikey, we discuss grey Jedi and why dynasties don't matter.
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@solaariz
@solaariz 4 жыл бұрын
“Why would I make any more when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?" -George Lucas 2012 on why he refused make more Star Wars films.
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
I can't enjoy one single minute of the prequels. Trust me, I can't. But I feel sad for George, he made his movies. He gave his best, we all know he gave his best. It's sad because he is a person, and people didn't like his movies, and now they want to say that his person sucks? Ironic
@theothertonydutch
@theothertonydutch 4 жыл бұрын
@@o...o4144 Not even the podraces? The duel of the fates bit?
@paulheap1982
@paulheap1982 4 жыл бұрын
@@theothertonydutch pod races not needed and the duel cuts away to crap stuff al the way through.
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
@@theothertonydutch oh that's true, pod racing and Duel of the Fates are pretty enjoyable. But the overall story doesn't work for me, but that's no excuse to harass George
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
@kevin willems I really hate Episode 3 😂
@GnRGaming
@GnRGaming 6 жыл бұрын
"Rey raised herself." When Rey asks the Force to show her who her parents are and she just sees herself finally clicked.
@MrSubstance
@MrSubstance 6 жыл бұрын
This whole 'show me who my parents are/were' thing is odd. She must have known them, to a point. It was pretty clear from TFA that she was raised by parents who she remembers (else why whine for them). She then probably had some kind of adult supervision (unkar plutt) til she was old enough to look after herself. Not a huge reveal, really.
@kinggoten
@kinggoten 6 жыл бұрын
+Don Substance that scene in my opinion was the worst form of fan service ever, at no point in TFA did I ever get the impression Rey did not know who her parents were! so why would she do that? and then you have that scene with Kylo seriously if her parents were not going to be a major detail there is no reason to bring it up at all in the movie.
@KTSamurai1
@KTSamurai1 6 жыл бұрын
hooooollllyyyy ffffffuuuuuck
@JCIce007
@JCIce007 6 жыл бұрын
Don Substance she also remembers seeing a ship take off with them apparently in it. Which is odd for a couple of lowlifes so poor they sold her for drinking money
@kinggoten
@kinggoten 6 жыл бұрын
well the value of ships is never defined in star wars so they could still be lowlifes, hell they could of even of stolen it, but either way it does imply that she does know who they were if she remembers them leaving her on jakku flying off in said ship.
@zarlieck
@zarlieck 5 жыл бұрын
The whole "Rey's backstory is the Villain's and Kylo's one is the hero's" thing blew my mind. Also I loved the "Dynasties don't matter" part.
@TheGprinziv
@TheGprinziv 4 жыл бұрын
I keep rewatching this video and my biggest fear is honestly that they backtrack every meaningful decision in order to make Rey belong to some legacy or bloodline and make it all cookie cutter with some special twist. This is my second-favorite Star Wars film because of how Rian goddamn well he handled the greater themes of Star Wars and told a genuinely heartfelt and entertaining story . I don't want them to try and negate that, though honestly even if they do, nothing could take away from the story told here.
@Wiffernubbin
@Wiffernubbin 4 жыл бұрын
The only problem is that both actually have protagonist backstories, and that Kylo's turn happens entirely offscreen because "a wizard did it"
@krieghart5515
@krieghart5515 4 жыл бұрын
@CommandoDude Anakin was the first nobody. They don't have to make her special by contriving some bloodline, she can also be a nobody with a humble background, but at least some explanation of her abilities would be nice. The point isn't that anyone can be special, it's that a special person can come from anywhere. What makes them special is they all have an incredible story to tell. Rey so far has no story, and we're two movies in.
@krieghart5515
@krieghart5515 4 жыл бұрын
@CommandoDude The Jedi chose him, randomly bumped into him, mention throughout the prequels they might have misinterpreted the prophecy. None of that even matters because Anakin was a nobody before the Jedi found him. At least Luke can't say he was a nobody after that. edit: the many abilities need an explanation because: 1) using the Force without any training or any knowledge of what the Force even is, let alone what it's capable of, to the degree Rey does in TFA and TLJ is faster and better than Masters practicing for decades, centuries in Yodas case. How? 2) She flies the Falcon better than we've ever seen, and she's never seen it off the ground. 3) She's practically lived as a hermit dealing with the possibility she was abandoned by her parents, but has no problem relating to people, is more altruistic, more optimistic, practically no flaws, and that's boring. She's already a paragon, she's got nowhere to go but down. I thought she was the main character, but maybe it turns out the dude who murdered Han is the good guy?
@Kinghenhog39
@Kinghenhog39 4 жыл бұрын
@@krieghart5515 I totally agree with you that those reasons need an explanation.
@ArgonathJon
@ArgonathJon 4 жыл бұрын
Rey not being a dynasty character really, REALLY makes me pray that she isn't a Palpatine clone
@Kinghenhog39
@Kinghenhog39 4 жыл бұрын
What if she's Luke's clone from his severed hand which is why she's attracted to his lightsaber and has that vision with multiple hers in the cave? And she still has no real parents. Idk it's simple and it would make me happy.
@shindari
@shindari 4 жыл бұрын
I agree. And have to say it is DISGUSTING how many so-called "fans" actually want this reality to be true. I just want to shake them roughly in my hands, and scream at them: "NOT EVERYONE IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE HAS TO BE RELATED TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR A GOOD STORY TO BE TOLD!!" It's honestly like the original generation of Star Wars fans has been hypnotized by Episodes IV, V, and VI, and they literally cannot accept anything remotely different. Remember when the Prequel Trilogy was tied up for a burning at the stake?? You should, that was only twenty years ago... But then "Force Awakens" borrows a ton of stuff from Episode IV, and... they all just FREAK OUT over it! I suppose there's a lesson here... You literally CANNOT please some people...
@james501001
@james501001 4 жыл бұрын
Calling it a "dynasty" is really fucking stupid. Normal people call it a family
@msmslatinclass4959
@msmslatinclass4959 4 жыл бұрын
@@Kinghenhog39 Also the the arc of the Meta-Crisis Doctor from the NuWho season 4 finale....
@Kinghenhog39
@Kinghenhog39 4 жыл бұрын
@@msmslatinclass4959 sorry as geeky as I am I have never seen Dr Who past the first episode but I've always wanted too.
@subroy7123
@subroy7123 5 жыл бұрын
"We are finite creatures" *holds on Carrie Fisher's face* oh....
@galactic85
@galactic85 6 жыл бұрын
One key point that people never seem to mention regarding Kylo's "let the past die" speech. He talks about burning everything and starting fresh but then immediately after he says that gives Rey a variation of the same "join me and together we can rule!" line that Vader gave Luke at the end of Empire. He thinks he's moving on from the past but all he's doing is neglecting the lessons learned by the previous generation and making the same mistakes.
@xalrath
@xalrath 6 жыл бұрын
as we may recall from that time a young dipshit wandered into a cave, looking for the Dark Side to grant them an answer, and encountered only their own reflection: such is the dark side. the dark is the same thing. forever. yourself. only yourself. alone, and empowered by that solitude. something that cannot be comprehended by lesser minds; something that cannot be beaten. something that cannot be betrayed. an eternal solipsism, certain that your will alone defines possibility. and always so unpleasantly surprised by the discovery that connections to other people still matter
@Xemnas4
@Xemnas4 6 жыл бұрын
Yankee Ice Still a recycled scene that Johnson stole from a far superior SW film. Along with several others.
@cedricwublin9306
@cedricwublin9306 6 жыл бұрын
No, but see, Abrams is the one who steals from superior SW films. Johnson honours and transforms it to his own purposes.
@xalrath
@xalrath 6 жыл бұрын
hey remember that time finn hit the thing, and the star wars chess thing popped up really added to the movie, imo
@elizabethashley42
@elizabethashley42 6 жыл бұрын
Op, this is such an insightful comment and the reason why I didn't mind at all that everything we know about the Force is being shaken up.
@TheLittleFangirl
@TheLittleFangirl 4 жыл бұрын
Gosh, seeing this again after TROS is just depressing
@mariahweakland8511
@mariahweakland8511 4 жыл бұрын
I know Right?
@blokey8
@blokey8 4 жыл бұрын
Just wonder what could have been
@lged98
@lged98 4 жыл бұрын
It really is. If they would have continued with the storyline, it would have been a masterpiece. But instead we got rushed story that doesn't make sense to the whole trilogy. Very disappointing in TROS.
@About37Hobos
@About37Hobos 4 жыл бұрын
They pandered to bad faith criticism and it’s just so depressing that the bones of a good story were just under the surface
@blokey8
@blokey8 4 жыл бұрын
I remember leaving my second screening of TLJ having had everything click, and just elated that the moorings had been cut for Episode IX to chart its own path. Man, I'll never underestimate creative cowardice again.
@sebastianholzl5187
@sebastianholzl5187 5 жыл бұрын
You millennial kids with your non-binary Jedi identities get off my lawn... I laughed so damn hard
@brandonrittenour5905
@brandonrittenour5905 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah I thought that was by far the best line. Had me laughing out loud.
@kadijahamad9862
@kadijahamad9862 4 жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard my mum yelled at me to shut the fuck up. Worth it
@shindari
@shindari 4 жыл бұрын
@Ricardo Gonzalez I am literally seven months off from being a Millennial myself. Was born in 1980. But because I was born right before one generation officially began, but right at the tail end of the previous generation, I've never felt like a member of EITHER.
@sebastianholzl5187
@sebastianholzl5187 4 жыл бұрын
@Ricardo Gonzalez i didn't use it as an insult.
@RaVNeFLoK
@RaVNeFLoK 4 жыл бұрын
Ricardo Gonzalez aren’t we forgetting generation-z then?
@sith50
@sith50 4 жыл бұрын
Rey, born with a villain's backstory, but chose to become the hero Ben, born with the hero's backstory, and felt he was entitled to be the hero
@pezdispencer113
@pezdispencer113 4 жыл бұрын
Wait, these characters have backstories? Which book did you read those in?
@sith50
@sith50 4 жыл бұрын
@@pezdispencer113 no book, it's said in the video
@josiahferrell5022
@josiahferrell5022 4 жыл бұрын
@@pezdispencer113 It isn't given in expressed detail, but the basics are understood.
@embraceaswampthing9186
@embraceaswampthing9186 4 жыл бұрын
Joshua Greger lol Ben is a fascist who leads space Nazis. He ain’t helping nobody. Rey is a hero who saved the Resistance
@2nnawrap
@2nnawrap 4 жыл бұрын
Jacob Waldrup lol what how do you get Kylo Ren = nazi. his character arc is so divorced from whatever the hell the first order is up to that it barely matters that he’s the designated poster boy for them. y’all ever read a book before, ever seen a multidimensional character, ever heard of varying plot threads, ever learned what a character foil is 😔😳 kylo ren is not your abusive ex boyfriend, or your racist neighbor, or the MRA you argue with online. he’s fictional stop projecting 🤧
@rodgerlang884
@rodgerlang884 4 жыл бұрын
It’s so weird stumbling on this after ROS. So much they could have done, but chose to try to please everyone and failed so badly
@natecorwin4382
@natecorwin4382 3 жыл бұрын
It’s not really their fault because they wanted to appease the fans who were constantly bitching it’s the fans
@shadow.3xereactions518
@shadow.3xereactions518 3 жыл бұрын
@@natecorwin4382 Pretty much
@luisrivera5476
@luisrivera5476 3 жыл бұрын
@@natecorwin4382 Star wars fandom sucks they say the want some thing, they hate that thing and then they wanna see the same history over and over, and Is ok to don't like a movie. But shit some people is very mean (sorry if my english is not perfect) ryan Johnson is a nice guy, he looks happy and exited about his job and people just insult him a treat him like some kind of villain. Is sad And shit i hated ros, but jj habrams is a human being doing his best to make happy and audience that hate everything
@frams12
@frams12 3 жыл бұрын
They chose to pander to bad faith criticism. A terrible movie, made worse by the cultural moment that birthed it.
@doomse150
@doomse150 3 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when you try to please the toxic fandom, that will hate your movie either way, just because they want to hate it. Sad that they paid so much attention to that bs
@LordTactusMe
@LordTactusMe 5 жыл бұрын
The Last Jedi was a 2017 Holywar You already got me, man
@evertonporter7887
@evertonporter7887 4 жыл бұрын
The Last Jedi was a Pearl Harbour for Star Wars fans...it was the start of a civil war in the fandom.
@Blue-Apple-fc9eo
@Blue-Apple-fc9eo 2 жыл бұрын
@@evertonporter7887 yes
@matthewtopping2061
@matthewtopping2061 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know if Mikey ever did an essay on the sequel to this movie, but I really wanted a sequel to THIS MOVIE. I'm extremely disappointed with what we got instead, and I just wondered what Mikey thought about it.
@Dialgadude
@Dialgadude 6 жыл бұрын
"We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters." -Yoda
@hariman7727
@hariman7727 6 жыл бұрын
It's sad that so many fans are focusing on Kylo Ren's "Burn It All" message.
@alexanderrabey6718
@alexanderrabey6718 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, for real. Kylo's all-consuming need to "kill the past" was what blinded him to all the clues that Luke wasn't really there on Crait.
@timy9197
@timy9197 6 жыл бұрын
His only student failed and his only hope would've happened regardless of whether he got involved or not.
@marksmane6238
@marksmane6238 6 жыл бұрын
So, in 30 years, we can expect a star wars reboot with Rey failing a student and reverting the galaxy to Empire 3.0?
@tsrav5
@tsrav5 6 жыл бұрын
Herman Cillo That's kind of the whole point of the movie, isn't it? To reject and abandon the teachings, legacies, and attachments to the past? Isn't that why it's so important that Luke accepts himself as a failure with no more purpose, and Rey learns nothing meaningful from him?
@rozaliacucuiet3726
@rozaliacucuiet3726 4 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this just so I could feel some kindness, it literally makes me cry every time. Thank you, Mikey
@frams12
@frams12 3 жыл бұрын
I rewatched Force Awakens recently, and considering the amount of blowback that Last Jedi received for not closing the loops in the way that a lot of fans wanted, I was surprised to be reminded just how minor Rey's parentage and Snoke are to that movie. I think that a lot of people just spent a lot of time on the Internet theorizing and then were angry that their theories didn't get paid off. That's not Last Jedi's fault.
@Flash244MCGaming
@Flash244MCGaming 2 жыл бұрын
No it has nothing to do with fan theories, people hated the fact that snoke was supposed to be an incredibly powerful enemy and force user who was given an incredibly disappointing death that served no purpose except to push the trilogy in rian johnsons direction, which was fucking terrible
@frams12
@frams12 2 жыл бұрын
@@Flash244MCGaming Think I'm just going to have to disagree with you on this one, bud. First of all, let's go straight at it and say that Snoke sucks. Snoke was an exceptionally silly creation (he's the Emperor, just even more grotesque!), and he is onscreen for all of two scenes that don't even add up to three minutes *as a hologram* in TFA. I think it's pretty hard to argue, just based on the movies, that he was "supposed to be" anything. The only place he was "supposed to be" an incredibly powerful enemy and force user was reddit or in the heads of some fans. Taking an axe to the things like Snoke about TFA that didn't work to carve out more time for the things that did was absolutely the right decision, especially in the context of this already somewhat bloated movie (which I love). And besides, we really didn't need a complete regurgitation of the Emperor/Vader Master/Apprentice dynamic. It's great that people love this universe so much, but not every Star Wars movie or television show can be an artistically bankrupt exercise in circling back to all of the things we like about the movies that came before. Why even make new movies at that point? And I just completely disagree that his death served no purpose, or that it was disappointing. For me, Snoke's death was probably the biggest Oh Shit! moment I've had watching movies or TV since Ned Stark's head got lopped off on GoT. It opened up so many more storytelling possibilities and was the first time watching anything of the sequel trilogy that didn't make me think "Oh, they're just doing the original trilogy with new actors." It was very, very cool and definitely not a disappointment. I got chills and my jaw hit the floor when that happened. Those are the kinds of moments I want to experience when I go to a movie.
@mayorofbagtown9097
@mayorofbagtown9097 2 жыл бұрын
@@frams12 well said. Agreed.
@mayorofbagtown9097
@mayorofbagtown9097 2 жыл бұрын
@@Flash244MCGaming yet another complaint that says nothing of the filmaking on display. Everything you said holds zero water.
@Flash244MCGaming
@Flash244MCGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@mayorofbagtown9097 the movie fucking sucks, end of story and im not gonna spend my time making points thatve been made by hundreds of reviewers who actually know good movies
@aliliving7774
@aliliving7774 4 жыл бұрын
If they make Rey a skywalker, and the title Rise of Skywalker is due to her, I'll be disappointed 😞
@dizzygnome6698
@dizzygnome6698 4 жыл бұрын
It might be refering to kylo
@oggiwa
@oggiwa 4 жыл бұрын
I hope its kylo
@zero132132
@zero132132 4 жыл бұрын
It might be referring to her, but the movie could be about the elevation from a name to a title. The notion could be that you don't have to be born someone special to be great. I prefer a nobody overcoming the life they were born into over someone important deciding not to be a dick because someone new was nice to him.
@aliliving7774
@aliliving7774 4 жыл бұрын
@@dizzygnome6698 oh so conflicted haha. When a Skywalker redeems themselves, they go dead hah. If this wasn't SW i would think it's Kylo's rise to supreme power, ruling the galaxy, and being the new final boss in the franchise for the next films hehe. As if, hehe.
@luchensky1886
@luchensky1886 4 жыл бұрын
I've heard of a leaked script and it seems that in the end of ep 9 kylo ren builds an order called "the skywalkers" whoose members are grey jedi who defend the force
@jeffwallace673
@jeffwallace673 4 жыл бұрын
Also, I really like that the scene on Canto Bight was a way for the audience to see War profiteers and people that are exempt from scrutiny while also exposing the naivety of the good guys and accidentally inspiring some children to prove that people from any background can be part of the force
@TCO_404
@TCO_404 4 жыл бұрын
I love how the windows designs look like death stars. Showing us without telling us that, yes, these people are profiting from war, but then showing through DJ that they are playing both sides.
@wpaunan
@wpaunan 2 жыл бұрын
This would be an interesting thing to explore in later movies/TV shows. Maybe they can do a heist movie to steal their money like Ocean's 11. HAHAHA no.
@Flash244MCGaming
@Flash244MCGaming 2 жыл бұрын
in reality canto bight was a way to fill screen time with meaningless sub plots, but you can go with that if it makes you feel better
@jeffwallace673
@jeffwallace673 2 жыл бұрын
@@Flash244MCGaming it does because I actually understand story structure but feel bad about it if you want to
@Flash244MCGaming
@Flash244MCGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffwallace673 so what part of the stories structure was canto bight? and i mean besides a REALLY obvious take on capitalism that even a middle schooler could understand
@wolframflorian
@wolframflorian 4 жыл бұрын
My first thought when leaving the theatre back in 2017 was: "I love that film, it's a masterpiece." Two years later I have a deeper understanding of why i had this first thought. The Last Jedi truly is a masterpiece, that the franchise desperately needed. Thank you for this video!
@napoleon4153
@napoleon4153 4 жыл бұрын
Say sike!!
@BeccaLozierTrumpet
@BeccaLozierTrumpet 4 жыл бұрын
Samesies
@Charybdis47
@Charybdis47 4 жыл бұрын
You really dont understand the franchise
@leanasa2915
@leanasa2915 4 жыл бұрын
masterpiece? nah fam, but it is a good movie. I like this movie but it has up and down like the plot holes and i disliked the ending the most. The ending seems defies the theme of the movie, if u should forget the past and embrace urself, why Rey still taking taking the mantle of Jedi and preserve it. Rey could still be the good guys but leave the jedi tittle behind. Hope this make sense
@telefrag.
@telefrag. 4 жыл бұрын
It's not a masterpiece, but it laid a foundation for one in the future.
@theycallmerisky619
@theycallmerisky619 4 жыл бұрын
JJ shoulda stuck to the path this movie layed out. Star Wars woulda got pretty bold. This is good storytelling
@kungolaf4499
@kungolaf4499 4 жыл бұрын
@Pierce Farrell I agree with all of those to a certain extent except the mistreatment of Leia and Luke...
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
@Pierce Farrell hahaha The guy searched for links to prove his arguments. Bro, Rian, JJ and a door knows more about screenwriting than you
@niahoad
@niahoad 4 жыл бұрын
If there only was a outline for all 3 movies
@Duplacorn
@Duplacorn 3 жыл бұрын
Like you don’t even have to know improve to know that “yes and...” is the one rule in continuing any story
@chrisquinn3377
@chrisquinn3377 3 жыл бұрын
It really did set up an unpredictable end but no instead they scrapped it and made a worse movie by a mile with a terribly boring predictable ending
@thewhatness
@thewhatness 4 жыл бұрын
There's a reason why we're going to be talking about this film for the rest of our lives, while most have already closed the door on TRoS.
@frams12
@frams12 3 жыл бұрын
Whether or not I liked or didn't like a particular Star Wars movie, I always remembered them at least. Rise of Skywalker was already leaving my brain two minutes after I stepped out of the theater.
@doomse150
@doomse150 3 жыл бұрын
TRoS was a last attempt at pleasing the toxic fandom, which in itself was an attempt doomed to failure before it had even started. Because at least I whole-heartedly believe that there is nothing they can or could ever do to flip the "OT only hardliners" and the "EU enthusiasts" so I can only hope that they understood that now and stop listening to those people
@HufflepuffDaddy
@HufflepuffDaddy 2 жыл бұрын
No, it's a super-rare Dumpster Dyad and Ballyhooed Binary of the cinematic universe -- you can't see one film without seeing how the other film screwed it up and vice-versa.
@Flash244MCGaming
@Flash244MCGaming 2 жыл бұрын
@@doomse150 TRoS was an attempt by abrams to fix the shit show rian johnson started. TLJ just takes everything that was built up in the first film which was actually an ok movie aand throws it out the window. Instead we got a movie with no logic, no likeable characters besides Poe and Finn, and a movie that sets up the third one for complete failure
@doomse150
@doomse150 2 жыл бұрын
@@Flash244MCGaming Care to back up any of the claims you are making?
@themetalstickman
@themetalstickman 5 жыл бұрын
That point you made about the mind tricks got me thinking. People seem to assume that Rey never used the Force before TFA. But you suggest she was always using it as a child, and that makes a lot of sense to me. How did Rey survive jumping around the cavernous interiors of wrecked starships? How did she fight off the various thugs and other scavengers of Jakku? She's been unknowingly connected to the Force her whole life; she says as much to Luke. "Something inside me has always been there. But now it's awake, and I'm afraid."
@mattmorehouse9685
@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын
Good point. After all, the old jedi order started training kids in their preteens, so I could see the force being unconsciously used by a young woman in times of stress. That and all the fans complaining that Luke didn't use the force till after he met Obi Wan. A) I thought the force was a mystical energy field with a mind of its own, not high level calculus. Sometimes it's more powerful in one person, or manifests differently, sometimes it's less. People scream that the force has to reach its apex in Luke, as though we cannot have more powerful characters than him. It's fan favoritism, and I think it would make the Star Wars universe a whole lot duller. "You know the protagonist of the first Star Wars movie? Well he's the apex of power, no one can be more powerful than him." Seems to really set the universe up for failure, or at least a long slide into mediocrity. B) Why the hell can't the force manifest in a freaking teenager. Weren't plenty of teens in the old jedi order padawans who were going on adventures with their masters? C) You want midiclorians? You want the force to be explained scientifically? Cause this sort of whining about the slightest inconsistency is how you convince the writers to bring back midichlorians. After all, the fandumb screamed that the force has to be consistent, so you'd better come up with iron hard rules for it.
@jordanhoover2984
@jordanhoover2984 5 жыл бұрын
I hated the last Jedi but after watching this changed my opinion. Thank you for opening up my closed mind.
@djazzy
@djazzy 4 жыл бұрын
I wish more people are open minded like you. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case. Stay awesome!
@TheSkizz89
@TheSkizz89 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome back. We always knew there was still good in you.
@judeannethecandorchannel2153
@judeannethecandorchannel2153 4 жыл бұрын
Isn't that great? Mikey totally opens minds. Definitely mine...
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
@@djazzy welcome back!
@Scroolewse
@Scroolewse 4 жыл бұрын
I loved it but for much different reasons. I went high as fuck and just thought it was good fun (which is the same opinion I have for every star wars pretty much) though watching this made me realize there was a lot more to it.
@Flamespidey
@Flamespidey 2 жыл бұрын
I come back to this video every now and again and just get a little emotional about SW, TLJ, and RoS. TLJ in a way flipped a switch in me and made me think about movies and movie analysis a lot more. This video from Mikey very much nurtured that.
@chrismurphy9932
@chrismurphy9932 4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with just about everything. Too bad Rise of Skywalker completely screws it up.
@paulmurphy3655
@paulmurphy3655 4 жыл бұрын
Personally did not enjoy TLJ but God damn can I agree with you. If Disney had doubled down supporting the man they hired to helm this film then perhaps the final film in this franchise could have at least been coherent and had some real vision and message behind it...
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't get what was Disney goal with TROS. If Disney wants people to enjoy TLJ, how they can expect that they will, when they make a movie that points the middle finger to TLJ? If Disney wanted to improve TLJ perception through the Fandol, why not make a movie that concludes its ideas? WTF
@joshuaashton1929
@joshuaashton1929 3 жыл бұрын
Enzo Saraiva Disney’s goal was to wash their hands of this trilogy once they’d realized the shit storm they created.
@joshuaashton1929
@joshuaashton1929 3 жыл бұрын
Crusty783 How though? No offense but are u a movie goer who just admires the spectacle? Genuinely curious as to how someone could like these movies.
@Prof_Tickles92
@Prof_Tickles92 3 жыл бұрын
Paul Murphy He wanted you go the Grey Jedi route, and was making decisions that were truly terrible and in some instances out of character. Trevorrow had to go
@purplecat84491
@purplecat84491 4 жыл бұрын
This movie has so much subtext - I won’t get over it
@embird7864
@embird7864 4 жыл бұрын
It’s such a thoughtful deconstruction of Star Wars and it’s such a shame to see people accuse Johnson of not caring about the franchise
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
Yes. Rian gave a new meaning for all the themes in Star Wars. Poe is an impulsive pilot who always win - Rian made Poe face his flaws to become something more than just a good pilot. Rey is a Jedi apprentice who needs to stay in the light side with her master - Rian made Rey interact with Kylo, in a way that she almost likes or trusts him. Luke is now a cool Jedi master with super powers and he is going to train Rey - Rian made Luke a man who failed to live like the person the galaxy expected him to be, so now he needs to learn to rise again and become a legend. The list could go on
@thehodgi1
@thehodgi1 6 жыл бұрын
* Mikey says “don’t jump to conclusions” * literally does a jump cut to his video’s conclusion
@Squeekysquid
@Squeekysquid 5 жыл бұрын
While I hear these industry terms thrown around in various videos I watch, I don't know what most of them are/mean. It's nice to see Mikey pleasing more than just the "target" audience. He tends to be clever like that.
@IOTewks
@IOTewks 4 жыл бұрын
his match cut about Snoke's fashion had me rolling boy has some geeky industry humor
@TSmith-yy3cc
@TSmith-yy3cc 5 жыл бұрын
People losing their minds over this movie when the last of the originals had grumpy teddy bears as it's Deus ex Machina is kind of silly.
@pacman5698
@pacman5698 4 жыл бұрын
Or all of a sudden now complaining about "plotholes" or "inconsistencies" "ruining" the film when the original had Leia knowingly bring the entire Empire to the doorstep of the rebel base when she decided it was a good idea to bring the Falcon carrying the plans to Yavin IV knowing damn well it was being tracked the whole time.
@pezdispencer113
@pezdispencer113 4 жыл бұрын
@@pacman5698 You need to rewatch that scene. Leia isn't flying the ship/in command, she tells Han they're tracking them and he straight up says "Not this ship, sister." Regardless, attacking the OT doesn't defend the ST, it just attacks the OT. You're basically saying "well star wars was always terrible!", its not much of a defense.
@directorforplastic7929
@directorforplastic7929 4 жыл бұрын
@Pez Dispencer I think what he/she was trying to say that, if you’re judging films to this kind of level, you need to be able to acknowledge those same kind of flaws in the movies you do like. It’s not really a defense of the ST but more of a, “when you criticize this for doing that weird thing, why aren’t you being critical of those ones as well?” When you to give some movies a pass for doing one odd thing, but bash another for doing something on par as odd, it basically shows bias.
@pezdispencer113
@pezdispencer113 4 жыл бұрын
@@directorforplastic7929 people did criticism the Ewoks in RotJ, they were not a popular edition. They called Luke a whiny bitch in 4 and we all know how popular Jar Jar was. TLJ is not being held to a special standard which is exactly my point, and again it still doesn't make TLJ any better at all.
@pacman5698
@pacman5698 4 жыл бұрын
​@@pezdispencer113 Ditto for what Director of Plastic said. Also, I have seen the scene multiple times, and if we're gonna chastise Star Wars, or any film for "plotholes" again, Episode IV can't escape it. To say all the logical inconsistencies of the original trilogy can be brushed aside by making up some fan theories or speculation but the inconsistencies seen in the sequels should be taken and used against the films on face value proves that the foundation of criticizing a film for it's gaps in "logic" tends to be completely arbitrary. If you were to approach somebody on a film they loved but pointed out some random inconsistency that doesn't really detract from the viewing, many are quick to pull some random explanation and speak on behalf of the movie's own logic themselves, but if it's a movie somebody hates they'll usually agree it's a plothole on face value. And I've seen the original film multiple times. For a rebel leader who has been adamant and centered nearly every move on making sure the plans don't fall into the Empire's hands and that the rebellion can take the battle to the Death Star, she seems to suddenly give no crap about bringing the entire fascist force right to the base of the alliance which would certainly spell destruction for the whole resistance. Saying "Well, Han Solo was in charge of the ship." is kind of a lazy explanation to brush it aside. A simple line or scene or her objecting or arguing with him would seal up perhaps a bit better, but we don't get that. And keep in mind, I'm not the only one who has noticed arguably one of the biggest plotholes in the entire franchise on film,. HISHE was doing parodies of Leia bringing the whole Empire to their doorstep back in 2007. And keep in mind, the reason it's a plothole in the first place because Maria Lucas, (who saved the entire film in the editing bay and is an unsung hero of the whole franchise) rewrote the whole scenario of the Battle of Yavin. Making it so that instead of the Death Star hanging around in space for the rebels to blow it up, she would use different takes, off-screen dialogue, re-use shots, etc. to make it so the whole rebel base was about to be blown up if the Empire's weapon wasn't destroyed in time. So hey, a logical inconsistency which made the whole finale, one of the greatest final action scenes of any movie ever made, a better product in the end. And of course I'm not arguing from the point of "These movies suck with their faults, so the originals sucked too!" I'm coming from the point that, despite what many may say, "plotholes" or "inconsistencies" can be a great thing for movies if they are used to a better end. Some of the most loved and praised movies have tons of moments where their own logic is contradicted or peddled back again. Just look at the rest of the Star Wars trilogy. The Empire clearly could have created a better blockade around Hoth to ensure the destruction of the rebellion's escape, the Empire never brings that AT-AT which brings Luke to Vader in RotJ to the Battle of Endor to crush the entire Ewok and rebellion uprising to destroy the shield generator, Vader could have easily force lifted Luke out of the Cloud City air shaft when he decided to jump in ESB, the list goes on. Yet do I care about any of this plotholes? No, not really. Because the characters, messages, themes, and stories surrounding these inconsistencies are so great that they basically go unnoticed. Same thing goes with the sequel trilogy in my eyes. And the same goes with tons of movies I love that aren't Star Wars related. If Doctor Strange were to just cut off Thanos's arm on Titan like he did to his goon back in NYC when Ebony Maw first came to Earth, Thanos would be quickly dealt with, and Infinity War would not have its astonishing ending. And no End Game to boot. Oh, and speaking of End Game, why didn't Strange get the time stone and bring Tony back to life as we was dying from his snap like he did to so many bad scenarios in his solo movie? In Jurassic Park, it makes no sense why the scientists John Hammond hires are so brilliant that they can understand DNA and the harvesting of proteins to the point they can bring back extinct forms of life, but at the same time have such a horrific misunderstanding of basic biology when they don't know certain types of frogs can change their sex. Yet, if they were to fill this plothole, the movie would lose its lovely metaphorical and literal message of "Life always finds a way.". Then there's the fact the town in Beauty and the Beast doesn't know anything about it's own apparent monarchy, how the police are so incapable of dealing with a single madman in post 9'/11 America with the Joker in The Dark Knight, etc. As HISHE should have pointed out, if we judged every movie based on its logical inconsistencies and "plotholes" like we do in so many film criticism videos trending on KZfaq, we would discover practically no movie is safe from a brutal beating. Now, this doesn't mean one has to like the sequel trilogy, or shut up about whenever they see a logical fallacy in a film, but the idea that we can decide whether or not to judge a movie as good or bad on plotholes alone is a very shallow and dangerous way to approach movie criticism. And this is what cheap channels such as CinemaSins, MauLer, and Channel Awesome love to do. Spending way more time trying to "outsmart" the director on his inability to make his film totally logically consistent instead of spending time focusing on what the movie means as a thematic piece of work, it's connection to the culture it sprang from, what the characters go through when all is said and done, etc. I mean, we did get that 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast that did dedicate moments of its runtime to explaining tiny little nitpicks people had with the original 1991 classic (Wiping out the memory of the prince and his castle from the civilians of the kingdom, explaining why the servants were also cursed etc.)...yet is anybody going to try and argue this makes the 2017 version better than the original animated masterpiece. Because, spoiler alert...it wasn't.
@Epiousios18
@Epiousios18 4 жыл бұрын
“Broom kid” has a new meaning after watching this.
@matti.8465
@matti.8465 4 жыл бұрын
@Réd Rôsé Broom kid is Darth Plagueris' son.
@vintheguy
@vintheguy 3 жыл бұрын
@@matti.8465 You fool Its obvious, that Broom Kid IS JAR JARS ADOPTIVE SON
@g.lether7973
@g.lether7973 6 жыл бұрын
I loved how Luke reproaches Rey for saying that the force is used to move rocks and then that's what she does in the end of the movie
@Epiousios18
@Epiousios18 5 жыл бұрын
That was his Third Lesson. "Lifting Rocks"
@IAmGeorgeLucas
@IAmGeorgeLucas 4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. TLJ is one of the most thematically inconsistent blockbusters in recent years
@pogotheclown6088
@pogotheclown6088 4 жыл бұрын
@@IAmGeorgeLucas quite.
@krieghart5515
@krieghart5515 4 жыл бұрын
lol remember when Yoda struggled to keep those few pieces of ceiling from falling onto the others?
@pogotheclown6088
@pogotheclown6088 4 жыл бұрын
@@krieghart5515 lol remember whem star killer tore down a star destoyer and TOTALLY RUINED STAR WARS DEERRRREBUUURRRP HEEEHHAAAWWWW
@g41g32
@g41g32 5 жыл бұрын
I don't always agree with your opinions or views, but goddamn will I always be open to listening to your point.
@magneto44
@magneto44 4 жыл бұрын
the Last Jedi isn’t perfect, but I absolutely love that movie
@kommissar.murphy
@kommissar.murphy 4 жыл бұрын
Even the casino Planet detour?
@MingerHarrier
@MingerHarrier 4 жыл бұрын
@@kommissar.murphy I liked it, it reminded me of SWTOR for some reason
@SgtKaneGunlock
@SgtKaneGunlock 4 жыл бұрын
@@MingerHarrier honestly i like this whole movie because it reminds of Kotor 2 so i get that
@HannibalHanslaughter
@HannibalHanslaughter 4 жыл бұрын
@@jc_3679 The casino scene was some of the best shit in the entire movie, the people who dislike it are absolutely dillusional. Honestly I feel like they all listened to some right wing looser complain about Rose Tikko not being hot enough for five hours and came out feeling like there is something substantially wrong with the film. I can't wait for when in twenty years the fandom collectively realises 'Oh yeah TLJ was actually really good, how' d we miss that?'
@HannibalHanslaughter
@HannibalHanslaughter 4 жыл бұрын
@@jc_3679 Ugh but it adds so much to the story. It adds the theme and the heart it shows what it is they are fighting for, who their enemies really are, it's absolutely vital. I don't understand how people think it's unnecessary. How little media literacy do people actually have?
@NightRogue77
@NightRogue77 4 жыл бұрын
“I’ll feed you baby birds if you graciously stay with me for a bit” ROFLMAO so done, and already hooked into the video
@michaelparr2050
@michaelparr2050 6 жыл бұрын
Dammit Mikey, I was very attached to my hate of this movie, so much so that I refused to watch it again. Now you've had to go and point out a bunch of stuff I didn't pick up the first time around, and now I can't hate it any more. I'm not sure if I can say I like it, but you have made me think more deeply about it. Thank you for doing what you do.
@raynite9408
@raynite9408 6 жыл бұрын
Michael Parr Kek
@connor3198
@connor3198 6 жыл бұрын
I love Last Jedi. Give it another chance and seriously think about the film. Most Last Jedi haters don't.
@raynite9408
@raynite9408 6 жыл бұрын
Cooper Bane Preach.
@thiagovidal6137
@thiagovidal6137 6 жыл бұрын
lol Since I watched this movie and saw all the hate on the internet and people complaining about stuff that had explanation behind that they didn't get it I said: "There are people who liked this movie, and people who didn't understand it." I had a counter argument to ever single criticism people had about this movie... Everything people would point out they didn't like, I would explain why they simply didn't get it. I dare anyone to throw a plot hole at me and I can explain what they missed.
@thaThRONe
@thaThRONe 6 жыл бұрын
Thiago Vidal Sure you can make up your own answer. The problem is the movie doesn't answer the plot holes which is why they are plot holes. Some stuff like the ships being lighter therefore faster is just absurd and has been touched on in the OT.
@maanyashukla326
@maanyashukla326 5 жыл бұрын
"... you're nothing" That's why she's so special.
@JukeboxHero_
@JukeboxHero_ 4 жыл бұрын
As someone who loved this movie, it's wild to me how quickly opinions flipped on it after The Rise of Skywalker. I also thought TROS was good, but they were good for different reasons, and I can understand why someone wouldn't like one, but would like the other. The odd part was that everything people complained about in TLJ was flipped in TROS and people then got mad it went back the other way. To make a long story short, there was zero chance of a sequel trilogy ever pleasing 100% of the fanbase. We can't even decide which of the OT is the best movie. Hell, even the PT gets more love now that the RLM review is far enough in the past.
@Spthomas47
@Spthomas47 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't hate this movie. Other than execution(and I don't mean the acting), thought the ideas presented were intriguing. Didn't _really_ hate TROS either, but I just shook my head at the lack of commitment along with the scrambling at recovering ideas that just jumped the shark. After watching it all I could think was "okay. It's done. Let's move on." Boom. Enter The Mandalorian.
@Gamemaster6400
@Gamemaster6400 3 жыл бұрын
I thought that we had come to the consences that of the OT it was Empire Strikes Backs, and Revenge of the Sith in the PT
@LorenzoDoesntExist
@LorenzoDoesntExist 4 жыл бұрын
Some nerds are actually like, "How dare you defend a movie?"
@LorenzoDoesntExist
@LorenzoDoesntExist 4 жыл бұрын
@SpiritWolf2K Don't see that it could have existed without them.
@LorenzoDoesntExist
@LorenzoDoesntExist 4 жыл бұрын
@SpiritWolf2K I think if you casually state your opinions to strangers as facts, there isn't really anything eventful that could come from arguing with you.
@LorenzoDoesntExist
@LorenzoDoesntExist 4 жыл бұрын
@SpiritWolf2K .
@WeAreLegion1904
@WeAreLegion1904 4 жыл бұрын
@SpiritWolf2K true every movie does have flaws, Some have bigger ones than others.
@lindalee2975
@lindalee2975 4 жыл бұрын
@SpiritWolf2K you mean like emotion and development yes a complete waste of time yea the star wars fandom is toxic as fuck for no reason
@blackphantom21
@blackphantom21 6 жыл бұрын
"Star Wars needs to grow up and and WE need to grow up" Yes Yes Yes thank you
@Battlecry45
@Battlecry45 4 жыл бұрын
"he can make small feel big and big feel small" I guess that is the "lord of the rings"-quality I so love about this movie
@Epiousios18
@Epiousios18 4 жыл бұрын
Even the first shot you chose for the video is beautiful. Actually looks like a painting you'd see in a museum. I think the cinematography is the most underrated aspect of this film.
@revuesdeminuit4071
@revuesdeminuit4071 4 жыл бұрын
Nick TLJ is without a doubt the most beautiful Star Wars movie ever
@caelinnis
@caelinnis 5 жыл бұрын
I feel like in ten years, people will love this movie. it happened with RoTS.
@ExcaliburHeavyBattlecruiser
@ExcaliburHeavyBattlecruiser 5 жыл бұрын
People have come to like the phantom menace and even attack of the clones. Don't worry bud. The hate shall die off and I'll enjoy the day when I no longer see comments sections being filled with hate.
@singingchef23
@singingchef23 4 жыл бұрын
People who hate it which I have a friend who thinks it should exist and is full boycott of Disney seem to have lots of traits. 1 is no children, 2 limited mental scope 3 an undying loyalty to only the source material and cannon and will reject any and all attempts to modernize and broaden the appeal of star wars since they dont actually realize it was a kids movie, bitch your 35 grow up, and let MY kids enjoy this in peace. I remember my mother flat out telling me, she suffered through this trilogy which she hated because I liked it when I was 10. She though Return was one of the WORST films ever with those corny Ewoks. She but she enjoyed the darker films like Solo, R1, Empire and TLJ because they had a bit more for her to think about. Personally I really loved this take on Star Wars, and the more I hear people complain about it, the more I realize why they are hypocrites.
@tinfoilhatmaniac6924
@tinfoilhatmaniac6924 4 жыл бұрын
@Drewdles the Noodle gorge Lucas publicly apologised for it
@Sofista-Camaleon
@Sofista-Camaleon 4 жыл бұрын
Slightly Irritated Video Game Geek That was because OT and prequels weren't SJW movies, full of their crap agenda... Not SW.
@defenstrator4660
@defenstrator4660 4 жыл бұрын
Did it? Because most people I know seem to think it's just ok.
@toyfreaks
@toyfreaks 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, MikeyFace, for articulating what I found to be so satisfactory about The Last Jedi. For a guy old enough to remember the world before Star Wars, this movie in particular brought the saga full circle. In the beginning, Luke Skywalker wanted to know about his father and had fantasies about what a heroic character he was; so much so that Obi Wan allowed him to KEEP BELIEVING them! In the next chapter, Luke finds out his father embodies Ultimate Evil. As the Original Trilogy comes to a close, Luke comes to terms with that monster still having some humanity and through this, allows him to gain some measure of salvation. From Episode IV on, Star Wars has had a double edged lesson: Don't let your heroes become gods and don't let your enemies become monsters.
@gr13v0u5
@gr13v0u5 6 жыл бұрын
^ This. Aaaaall of this.
@krieghart5515
@krieghart5515 4 жыл бұрын
Full circle as in rehashed, poorly copied, and destroyed the legacy of the accomplishments of the OT and Luke, then ok.
@brianbrush5107
@brianbrush5107 4 жыл бұрын
@@krieghart5515 Having the Same theme is not the same as "Rehashed" And it's handled and displayed in a very different way
@krieghart5515
@krieghart5515 4 жыл бұрын
@@brianbrush5107 Who cares about themes? You can make them up based on what you took away from the movie, even "find" new ones the more you watch it. What matters is the execution, and it failed to execute even its own themes, let alone the themes of the movies this one copied and is a sequel to.
@Triforcefilms
@Triforcefilms 6 жыл бұрын
I'm SO glad someone finally put this all into such precise words. Your experience and observations were identical to my own. And well made film dude, keep at er.
@vexienroe
@vexienroe 5 жыл бұрын
Identical... really.... Sigh
@TheJrade
@TheJrade 5 жыл бұрын
There were a lot of fancy words in it, but zero reasons why the movie wasn't bad
@thomasc.5219
@thomasc.5219 5 жыл бұрын
Its a terrible movie.
@Sam-jx8tv
@Sam-jx8tv 5 жыл бұрын
@@TheJrade what does he have a write a freaking novel to explain his love of a film?
@Curiosity_Engaged
@Curiosity_Engaged 2 жыл бұрын
"The moral of this film [...] was to not jump to conclusions." I've watched this video, like, 50 times and somehow that line specifically didn't stand out like the Beetlejuice sign until THIS watch. Damn.
@UNSTABLE111
@UNSTABLE111 4 жыл бұрын
It's funny, I'm kinda glad that people are appreciating The Last Jedi a bit more now after RoS came out...but I'm kinda sad, because I also like Rise of Skywalker..that said, I feel Rose deserved way more..
@darkthorpocomicknight7891
@darkthorpocomicknight7891 4 жыл бұрын
More than 70 seconds LOL. I feel so sorry for Kelly what an injustice
@UNSTABLE111
@UNSTABLE111 4 жыл бұрын
@@darkthorpocomicknight7891 yeah, it really is...just really disappointed when I think about it..Kelly deserved better
@karenstraberri4070
@karenstraberri4070 3 жыл бұрын
IK people say their hot racist but this is just as sexist and racist as some other things
@davznothere
@davznothere 4 жыл бұрын
I have watched this a few times since TROS. Regardless of what you think of the finale, I am thankful this exists. The SW saga hits me on a super personal level, and when someone shows this much love to the craft and and thought behind it all it is a beacon to all those those may feel lost in the storm. Thank you again Mikey.
@Lunar_Pendragon
@Lunar_Pendragon 2 жыл бұрын
This was a phenomenal video and a phenomenal explanation for why The Last Jedi is a great piece of dramatic film. I think Mikey made a few mistakes and errors (basically totally missing why people criticise Rey for being so overpowered), but other than that, back when I watched this video, I was extremely convinced that this film was a great piece of art. I watched The Last Jedi one more time, seeing it through this newfound different perspective - not the Star Wars fanboy blockbuster perspective - and my God, I LOVED IT. This film truly did do something new for Star Wars - and honestly, that's all thanks to Rian Johnson and Steve Yedlin and their tremendous work at telling a beautifully made, emotionally dramatic and contemplative story. This film went from making me hate the modern era of Star Wars, to making me love Star Wars all over again. Thank you for your beautiful essay, man. This truly was tremendous - I can't express how much I appreciate you and how you helped me see The Last Jedi in a totally different way. Now I'm much more of a cinephile - not just a Star Wars fan - and it's helped me appreciate more risky and artsy work. In that regard, I'm so thankful for Rian Johnson and what he did to try and sublate the state of things in the Star Wars franchise.
@Linan066
@Linan066 Жыл бұрын
Movies with Mikey and Cinemawins you guys make being a movie buff worth it.
@kcraj78
@kcraj78 4 жыл бұрын
Love the fact that they will hopefully go to “Grey” Jedi. More importantly, I wonder how much of the hate come from the fact that Rey is not from a dynasty when it’s actually a mirror to the audience, saying “Yeah you in the seat, you can choose your destiny, choose your own path!”.
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! But........we just got TROS.......
@guylesseur2589
@guylesseur2589 4 жыл бұрын
@@o...o4144 If anything TRoS complimented this. Rey being related to Palpatine shows that no matter what backround you come from you can still become anything. She was related to the most hated and evil man in the galaxy and overcame that.
@Prof_Tickles92
@Prof_Tickles92 3 жыл бұрын
They won’t. Because it’s an assinine concept. Lucas explains why it doesn’t work in this brief clip. The dark side is selfishness. So in order to channel it one must feed it. Each time upping the ante until the darkness consumes you. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJ6UqcqDuZmvqGw.html
@luisrivera5476
@luisrivera5476 3 жыл бұрын
@@guylesseur2589 that's a nice way to see things, i still prefering the nobody backhistory, but thats good, thanks
@JonathanMandrake
@JonathanMandrake 2 жыл бұрын
😂This aged like milk
@AlexeiVoronin
@AlexeiVoronin 6 жыл бұрын
My parents liked TLJ. They are oldschool Star Wars fans - saw ANH in 1977 and have been following the series since its very beginning. And yes, they liked TLJ.
@cindydameron1237
@cindydameron1237 5 жыл бұрын
I loved it and I too started watching these movies with The Empire Strikes Back at 13 yrs old
@adamparker8137
@adamparker8137 5 жыл бұрын
Yep, another old timer here, saw ANH in cinemas at age 7 on first release, loved TLJ, it's the only main sequence SW film so far to even begin to capture that freshness that ANH had on first watch.
@JohnQDarksoul
@JohnQDarksoul 5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you said your parents like TLJ twice just to hammer in the point about you have parents.
@adamparker8137
@adamparker8137 5 жыл бұрын
A normal person: I’m glad you missed the entire point.
@JohnQDarksoul
@JohnQDarksoul 5 жыл бұрын
@@adamparker8137 I'm glad you missed the entire joke.
@shayDblue3000
@shayDblue3000 6 жыл бұрын
I grew up on SWs, and came out of the theater from chapter VIII with my dad who raised me on them. And we were both giddy and immediately placed it in our list between chapter V and IV. I was very surprised when all the hate started coming out. Huh?
@deriznohappehquite
@deriznohappehquite 6 жыл бұрын
Why did you like it?
@vannguarnieri9655
@vannguarnieri9655 6 жыл бұрын
Because it's amazing? Obviously?
@thehaloscrolls391
@thehaloscrolls391 3 жыл бұрын
Even though we know that she’s a palpatine now, that doesn’t change that she still has the villains backstory, and as he said “dynasties don’t matter”
@victorialourinho
@victorialourinho 4 жыл бұрын
and they ruined all of what the last jedi built only to cater to whiny fanboys who didn't like the movie
@smurfette_blues7922
@smurfette_blues7922 4 жыл бұрын
But also because they never planned what would happen to all the characters in the end and just made it up as theg went along
@GanzoHasashi1911
@GanzoHasashi1911 4 жыл бұрын
Sequel Trilogy was set to fail once they didn’t blueprint it out with a developed plot to cover across the films and instead made every film their own story essentially. What kills me is they had a ton of material from the old expanded universe/Legends novels to draw inspiration from but made it a nostalgic callback series with more humor than storytelling.
@matti.8465
@matti.8465 4 жыл бұрын
The director shift is so painfully clear in some decisions. We went from a deconstruction of the themes of Star Wars and the start of an evolution of them to something that feels exactly like a movie from the original triology, which is kind of a step backwards. It really felt like there was an active attempt to undermine every single thing TLJ said.
@vedpatil2353
@vedpatil2353 4 жыл бұрын
@@GanzoHasashi1911 It doesn't MATTER if you don't have a plan. The OT didn't have a plan. Look how it turned out. what the problem is that Lucasfilm rushed production on TROS and got perhaps the worst screenwriter in Chris Terrio to write it.
@imtheconstitution1190
@imtheconstitution1190 4 жыл бұрын
Lol it’s last Jedi that ruined all of what tfa set up. And it’s for money, not fanboy, sjw warriors don’t contribute enough money too keep ruin Johnson hahah
@thehaloscrolls391
@thehaloscrolls391 4 жыл бұрын
Can we just appreciate how this guy always ends videos with something that gives you a total “Oh shit” moment
@djazzy
@djazzy 4 жыл бұрын
The best video about The Last Jedi I have ever seen! Great work.
@another_useless
@another_useless 4 жыл бұрын
@Pierce Farrell dude this is a kid look at the pfp
@another_useless
@another_useless 4 жыл бұрын
@Pierce Farrell also there werre jokes in the original
@maylightbewithyou
@maylightbewithyou 4 жыл бұрын
TLJ is my favorite Star Wars movie
@DarkFoxKirin
@DarkFoxKirin 4 жыл бұрын
I loved all three! But TRoS is my personal favorite.
@jameslove90
@jameslove90 4 жыл бұрын
@@DarkFoxKirin how can you even say that? Ep. 9 is just the total negation of ep. 8.
@DarkFoxKirin
@DarkFoxKirin 4 жыл бұрын
@@jameslove90 I really like TLJ, mostly for the throneroom fight scene and the beautiful contrasting scenery, but I like TRoS slightly more because of Kylo and Rey's bond, that tug of war scene, and the Bendemption arch at the end. (And the Reylo kiss.) :)
@LS-mi4pg
@LS-mi4pg 4 жыл бұрын
SAME!!! :)
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
SAME :)
@frams12
@frams12 3 жыл бұрын
The sequel trilogy broke my heart. And this isn't a "Disney = Bad" polemic.. TFA was a pretty much beat-for-beat New Hope rehash. I didn't mind that. After the prequels, I thought there was value in making a movie that was basically "We get it, and you're in safe hands. We're telling a familiar story, but passing it down to these new characters." But not every Star Wars movie can just be an exercise in returning to everything we liked about each previous one. At some point, we needed a movie that was actually going to move the story forward. We got that in TLJ. But then we got the campaign to tank the Rotten Tomatoes score. And then we got the change.org petition. And then we got a million stupid "TLJ is SJW propaganda" posts. And so on. So Disney retconned TLJ out of existence and wrapped up the series with this relentlessly incoherent movie that was made as a direct response to Internet trolling. TFA -- Good movie (that I really like!) that loses points for recycling New Hope. TLJ -- Awwwwwwwwwwwwesome. Definitely not perfect, but pretty damn good. And badly needed! TROS -- A pile of garbage that has the unfortunate downside of turning the entire sequel trilogy into an incoherent mess. If Star Wars was the genesis of "Fan Culture," then TROS is when "Fan Culture" collapsed in upon itself. The Sequel Trilogy was a failure, and that is made all the more painful by the cultural moment that sent it off the rails. The whole thing really bums me out.
@kelsanggyudzhin2340
@kelsanggyudzhin2340 6 жыл бұрын
15:42 how I never got this, I'll never know. This plus a lot more on this channel got ya a sub.
@captainrednek9301
@captainrednek9301 5 жыл бұрын
You really think that little 4 or 5 year old girl raised herself? Seriously???
@markrodeo420
@markrodeo420 4 жыл бұрын
@@captainrednek9301 what do you think happens when a child is abandoned? i mean i'm sure the guy she was sold to was doing something for her to keep her alive when she was 5, but thats not exactly a parent. children growing up without parents and having to find there own way is a very sad and very real thing that happens.
@rkstevenson5448
@rkstevenson5448 4 жыл бұрын
@Stellvia Heonheim Could you be any more disgusting? Fuck off outta here with that.
@rkstevenson5448
@rkstevenson5448 4 жыл бұрын
@The Lavian Not at all a reasonable excuse for that kind of shit. You can fuck off, too.
@frappes_
@frappes_ 4 жыл бұрын
I still dont get how some has the audacity to discriminate other people just because they have a different opinion on this. Grow up!
@noeldavison5939
@noeldavison5939 4 жыл бұрын
It's been said a million times, but it's still true: Nobody hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans.
@eddietheedgy9214
@eddietheedgy9214 4 жыл бұрын
having an opinion doesn't make something good or bad
@ravenwhiteduck3158
@ravenwhiteduck3158 4 жыл бұрын
Oh please you fucks do it too, damn templars the lot of you
@holden_7597
@holden_7597 4 жыл бұрын
SmokeySmirks yeah and when us TLJ fans do it, it’s still shitty. We shouldn’t use ad hominem because we are in disagreement of a movie about space wizards. No one should be called stupid because they hated or liked a movie
@frappes_
@frappes_ 4 жыл бұрын
@@ravenwhiteduck3158 alright then, catch me do it if you can Im on the camp that doesnt discriminate, Im on the camp that just likes stuff and lets people enjoy stuff And clearly I think you're on the war mongering camp that can't take it when people like stuff, so whatever
@feanaro2712
@feanaro2712 5 жыл бұрын
You have so many great insights in this video that really adjusted my view of The Last Jedi. One in particular was the use of the Force-sensitive children to highlight that Rey was probably experimenting with her abilities her whole life - that’s a connection I never made and I definitely appreciate having it pointed out.
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
I bought the Art Book of the movies last week and after reading Rian notes on it, I know my thoughts were correct Like Mikey said, he explored the coexistence between the light and the dark at the same time. Rey and Kylo are no longer enemies, they are friends. And every other theme and idea of the movie serves this concept. Rey's lineage serves her dependency on people that are already important, like Kylo. Snoke's death serves Kylo's arc of becaming the Supreme Leader and beaming even more distant from his origins, what makes him want Rey even more. Luke's failure as a Jedi and as a master serves the sympathy that Rey creates for Ben, because she is having the same experience Ben had The themes and ideas are tied together. They tell a story. They tell a message. It's about something. The movie doesn't waste time explaining you secrets of the lore of Star Wars while the story needs to be told And Rian told this story
@HufflepuffDaddy
@HufflepuffDaddy 2 жыл бұрын
So everyone should run out and buy the Art Book to appreciate and understand what the 2+ hour movie (or 10 hours of the Sequel Trilogy) could not do by itself? The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy can stand alone without Tolkien's book trilogy masterpiece that inspired it.
@HonsHon
@HonsHon Жыл бұрын
​@@HufflepuffDaddy Totally not their point. They were saying the thoughts generated while watching the film were confirmed by the art books. They generated those while watching the movie. Just because you disregard someone else's points in a dishonest way does not make you right.
@HufflepuffDaddy
@HufflepuffDaddy Жыл бұрын
@@HonsHon I want you Disney Shills to repeat this line and have a good cry -- "We're going to win this war not by fighting what we hate, but saving what we love....and we loved buying those ancillary Art Books that tried retconning a bad movie. May the Farce be with us!."
@HonsHon
@HonsHon Жыл бұрын
@@HufflepuffDaddy Sounds like you are the one getting emotional. Too bad a movie hurt your feelings so much.
@HufflepuffDaddy
@HufflepuffDaddy Жыл бұрын
@@HonsHon and a bad SW movie causes bad feelings among many in the fandom, including me. Hey, maybe drinking some good ol' Green Milk is the cure? Yummy!
@filmriot
@filmriot 6 жыл бұрын
I love this and I love you.
@filmjoy
@filmjoy 6 жыл бұрын
[m] ditto, kiddo. Miss your face. Let's hang out soon!
@iAidanugget
@iAidanugget 6 жыл бұрын
I love you Ryan
@ATATChat
@ATATChat 6 жыл бұрын
Hey I love film riot! What a cool thing seeing two of my favorite channels supporting each other. 🤗
@SunflowerSpotlight
@SunflowerSpotlight 5 жыл бұрын
I love how pure this comment is. 🤣 And I wholeheartedly agree!
@oof-rr5nf
@oof-rr5nf 6 жыл бұрын
"Yooooo, you millennial kids with your non-binary jedi identities!!!!! Get off my lawn!!!!!" I am already sold on this xD
@briancrocker3377
@briancrocker3377 Жыл бұрын
I go back to this video every once in a while - when I need to pull out a link to the best break down of this movie available on the interwebs. And I watch it all the way through and each time it makes me appreciate TLJ even more. This is seriously one of the best movie critique/essay videos ever done. Mikey had done many excellent ones, but this is top gear
@thejustinsteffan
@thejustinsteffan Жыл бұрын
"Rey has a villain backstory" you did this... to us.
@KnuckleDuster2004
@KnuckleDuster2004 5 жыл бұрын
I've been a star wars fan since empire as I was like 3 when it came out. Having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed Last Jedi. It finally had the cinematic balls to take the franchise in a completely new and unexpected direction. Great video, thanks for summarizing how people who get it saw this movie.
@hueii
@hueii 4 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. And I'm even older... "Time for Star Wars to grow up" 👍
@WeAreLegion1904
@WeAreLegion1904 4 жыл бұрын
what do you mean balls? What did it do new that required balls?
@ralphvanrijswijk4386
@ralphvanrijswijk4386 4 жыл бұрын
@Michael Hewitt-Clarke there where just 2 scenes that looked like empire and now you are saying that is it looks like empire
@lindalee2975
@lindalee2975 4 жыл бұрын
@Michael Hewitt-Clarke you mean developing plot and characters and taking different approaches something the og trilogy doesnt
@plutonium1005
@plutonium1005 4 жыл бұрын
@Michael Hewitt-Clarke if it looked like Empire strikes back, why didn't Vader kill Sidious in that film. Also, we still don't know Rey's heritage, we knew luke's when Empire Strikes Back ends. Finn woke up in Last Jedi, Han Solo was frozen in Empire Strikes back.
@StarWarsExplained
@StarWarsExplained 6 жыл бұрын
This is insanely good. Thank you for making it!
@lancelovecraft5913
@lancelovecraft5913 6 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you here
@Misiulo
@Misiulo 6 жыл бұрын
Did you just jump to conclusion?!
@gr13v0u5
@gr13v0u5 6 жыл бұрын
Why "disgustingly"?
@hero120
@hero120 6 жыл бұрын
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
@raynite9408
@raynite9408 6 жыл бұрын
YES. Hope.
@thewhatness
@thewhatness 5 жыл бұрын
The Last Jedi is my favorite Star Wars film. _Unapologetically._
@capitanawesome44
@capitanawesome44 4 жыл бұрын
I can never understand you. Glad you liked it. One day you can tell me how you can stomach characters like Holdo and Rose Tico. Or how it’s kool for every male character to be wrong but female characters be right doing almost the exact same thing
@frappes_
@frappes_ 4 жыл бұрын
@@capitanawesome44 gee how many more of you are out there? Get over it, it's just girls owning boys why should that be a big deal?
@pef6469
@pef6469 4 жыл бұрын
@PissedOffGoalie and I'm glad you two can get along with different opinions, and not throw around "ObJeCtIvE " in the wrong way.
@pef6469
@pef6469 4 жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Lemche yes. As much as people recommend, don't watch losers like vito or mauler, because they are part of a line of viewers that take a popular opinion, and push it as fact.
@SgtKaneGunlock
@SgtKaneGunlock 4 жыл бұрын
@@capitanawesome44 because the female characters fuck up too?
@thefilmrookie3099
@thefilmrookie3099 2 жыл бұрын
What’s great about the last Jedi is that ends with such a wide spectrum. It also closes a lot of storyline’s to. So if you aren’t a big fan of TROS like me. Then the last Jedi is actually a good conclusion to the saga. It’s up to you to decide how the saga should end.
@fornamnefternamn1532
@fornamnefternamn1532 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, your analysis touched me deeply. I think I need to see Last Jedi again. I cannot promise anything, but I'm more intriugued now.
@fornamnefternamn1532
@fornamnefternamn1532 6 жыл бұрын
I did see it again. I did love it. I would say that it is the best Star Wars movie ever. It's brilliant!
@samwroblewski748
@samwroblewski748 5 жыл бұрын
@@fornamnefternamn1532 I enjoyed it the first time, but knew it would require a 2nd viewing (I knew there were themes I had missed). It gets better each time you see it. The problem is, a lot of Star Wars fans have grown dependant on exposition, whereas this film is clearly inspired by modern cinema that challenges the viewer to watch and dig.
@petercarioscia9189
@petercarioscia9189 6 жыл бұрын
I really liked TLJ. It's grown tiresome trying to refute the... Passionate...fans who didn't like it.
@SpartanG087
@SpartanG087 6 жыл бұрын
Then don't refute them. The director himself said something that he movie wasn't made for the fans, but for the story. Well in that path to tell this story it pissed off the fans. The fans aren't wrong for being pissed off.
@thematman92
@thematman92 6 жыл бұрын
And it's annoying for those who didnt like it to refute those passionate fanboys who did like it.
@carpemkarzi
@carpemkarzi 6 жыл бұрын
Tasty Treats as an old fart who saw Star Wars in theatre when it came out back in the 70’s over 10 times, well, way more but....It changed everything, the way I looked at movies, sci-fi and the way movies would look after....and I felt the same in TLJ. It is as strong and powerful as the very first one and I love it to pieces. It did what I wanted, it moved the story and grew the characters. I love Luke and his journey.
@destinedwarlord2128
@destinedwarlord2128 6 жыл бұрын
Carpe Mkarzi Couldn't agree more man. All I wanted was something innovative and different. And boy, did we get exactly that. It was hilarious to see on release day everyone and their dog's theories burn up in flames. Nothing better than seeing someone bypass people's expectations.
@CosmicFantasiesStudios
@CosmicFantasiesStudios 6 жыл бұрын
Fucking. Tell me about it. I loved it. And people bash me for it. This was beautifully laid out and prescient. It says everything that needs to be said. If you didn't like it, cool. But let us who did, just enjoy it man. Awesome work!
@senatorsheev7774
@senatorsheev7774 4 жыл бұрын
This review really subverted my expectations
@jacksonhuntley8189
@jacksonhuntley8189 3 жыл бұрын
This movie is so vibrant and passionate, it goes and does new stuff, it’s creative and interesting, it messes up a lot but it’s one of those things that actually feel large to me, that leaves me differently every time. Star Wars doesn’t deserve a sequel like this and will probably never get one like it again. It’s such a confusing, wonderful thing that I don’t think anyone can fully get their mind around
@WarDankEagle
@WarDankEagle 2 жыл бұрын
I have to agree. When I first saw the Last Jedi in the theater, I left feeling like I had seen the best movie in the whole series, and the future of Star Wars felt so bright and unpredictable. Subsequent viewings have dampened my opinion of it, but I was so glad it did something so daring and different.
@nasher931
@nasher931 5 жыл бұрын
I needed this video. I love discussing TLJ with people but it's become so tiring to constantly justify yourself every time you say you enjoyed it. I watched TLJ for the third time recently and it's still one of my favourite Star Wars movies. Good to know I'm not the only one who genuinely enjoyed it.
@fullmetajacket2090
@fullmetajacket2090 5 жыл бұрын
one thing i've learned about defending TLJ is that star wars fans CANNOT stomach mature themes. the majority of star wars fans want a masturbatory black and white useless shallow piece of shit. TLJ either flew over their heads or they considered the concept of morality and it made their thinky bits hurt bad.
@teachugger8552
@teachugger8552 5 жыл бұрын
@@fullmetajacket2090 You act like this and are probably confused why people disagree with you and don't respect your opinion. You don't need to call people retards(as you are yourself), just because a person doesn't like a movie.
@b3z3k24
@b3z3k24 5 жыл бұрын
@@fullmetajacket2090 alright pal you're superior we get it stop with the spunk flying everywhere
@maxximumb
@maxximumb 5 жыл бұрын
I love that Hollywood are finally giving us films that we have to think about. Not just Star Wars, more studios are taking chances with films. However I will be happy when the craze for rebooting nostalgia ends and do we REALLY need quite so make comic book movies? (saying that Spider Man: Into the Spider verse was a great movie and beautifully made.) I'm really looking forward to episode 9 and beyond.
@xger21
@xger21 4 жыл бұрын
@@teachugger8552 While you are right to call them out, just look around the internet at the TLJ haters calling anyone who likes it an idiot. Hopefully you are pointing out the same to them
@nyxfears
@nyxfears 6 жыл бұрын
This video is phenomenal. I love what you have to say here and I think that, while folks are less willing to listen now, the message will resonate with time. 💜
@Five050
@Five050 6 жыл бұрын
Or not.
@Falxifer95
@Falxifer95 6 жыл бұрын
They won't, when their own biases and prejudices are more important than just having fucking empathy or seeing the forest for the trees then nothing will change
@diegokaqui60
@diegokaqui60 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for generalizing....it makes me more angry and unable to hear your reasons, so here we go..... "Ultimately Star Wars, as a movie, made people fall in love with a fictional world and it's characters. As a byproduct, they fell in love with a brand. That brand lives on today. And now Star Wars, as a brand, is making people fall in love with the movies, in the most shallow and empty way. It doesn't matter what it is anymore...just as long as it's called Star Wars." - MauLer.
@williamthomas4516
@williamthomas4516 6 жыл бұрын
Nyx Fears - You must be Joking...Star Wars is R.I.P.
@nyxfears
@nyxfears 6 жыл бұрын
Oh no everyone is mad at me.
@CoreyElliottIsBoss
@CoreyElliottIsBoss 4 жыл бұрын
Then they ruined all of this in The Rise of Skywalker
@buriedstpatrick2294
@buriedstpatrick2294 4 жыл бұрын
Do like me, just don't consider TROS canon.
@o...o4144
@o...o4144 4 жыл бұрын
TRoS is so offensive to everything, that my brain doesn't even consider that cannon anymore
@luisrivera5476
@luisrivera5476 3 жыл бұрын
Nah, they didn't. It was a waste of potential, but tlj still there and still great to me. The rey palpatine stuff was the worst, i really agree if you think that ruined a lot of tlj. But like i Said, the main problem is that they wasted a lot of potencia
@frams12
@frams12 3 жыл бұрын
@@buriedstpatrick2294 I don't know. I mean Rise of Skywalker is just objectively a horrible movie, and not because it was so antagonistic to Last Jedi, which I love. It's because that movie was just a series of fetch quests. It was more a Legend of Zelda game than it was a movie. However, I think it would be way too easy for Star Wars fans to individually strike TROS from canon, just because I personally find it impossible to separate that movie from the cultural moment that birthed it. That that movie even got made is so depressing. People point to Star Wars as the genesis moment of "Fan Culture" in movies and TV. And I can't see TROS as anything but the Fan Culture Supernova event. It's the culmination of a 9-movie, 40+-year saga. And it was made as a direct reaction to Internet trolling. It's a terrible movie, made so much worse by the cultural moment that birthed it. And I can't just forget about that.
@SeeJayMac
@SeeJayMac 4 жыл бұрын
Dayum you're great at this! We love you.
@danielbuchanan1564
@danielbuchanan1564 6 жыл бұрын
You are just so damn good at this! I love your style. And to apply that here.. I'm so thankful. I walked out of the theatre loving this movie. I had issues. But I loved it. I've watched this internet hate. You brought up every defense I had and SO MANY new ones.
@Jay-dn2fc
@Jay-dn2fc Жыл бұрын
It’s definitely refreshing seeing someone truly appreciate the strengths of this movie. I grew up with a dad who hated an actor from the OG films so we never watched it as he said they were boring so I adopted that attitude towards the franchise. I gave in and watched all the movies a few months ago for the first time and I’m obsessed! I’m so glad I watched the sequels without knowing a hint of criticism beforehand because it allowed me to love those movies without the disappointment of long time fans. I got to enjoy the subtext and the vision for what is was. I get what people say but I hope the execs at Disney take the good and the bad into the future of the franchise :)
@nicolascage4812
@nicolascage4812 6 жыл бұрын
Didn’t think I could apprieciate this movie even more. You took me from ”really liking it” to ”loving it”. Thanks man! :)
@davidwoodward9528
@davidwoodward9528 4 жыл бұрын
The casino sequence was easier to enjoy when I replaced part of the soundtrack with the cantina jazz from A New Hope.👍🏾
@BeccaLozierTrumpet
@BeccaLozierTrumpet 4 жыл бұрын
This clarity just happened to me last night. I fucking LOVE it now.
@CrapE_DM
@CrapE_DM 6 жыл бұрын
interestingly, the book for the Last Jedi insinuated that Rey had never used the force before meeting Kylo. She learned how to tap into the force through experiencing Kylo's training of doing so.
@deriznohappehquite
@deriznohappehquite 6 жыл бұрын
Gotta love people making shit up even when there's clearly no authorial intent for it to be in the movie. Best one has to be that There was spy aboard the Raddus so Holdo couldn't tell Poe about the plan.
@TheSchaef47
@TheSchaef47 6 жыл бұрын
Perfectly nailed the one thing TLJ needed to do, despite all the things other people put on their list: it needed to give Star Wars somewhere to go, and not just be Skywalker Adventures Part XXXV.
@jonsimpson6240
@jonsimpson6240 6 жыл бұрын
Stephen Schaefer where is it going to go. This is supposed to be the two towers, the middle movie. It is supposed to set us up for the endgame of the series. There is no resistance, the first order (inexplicably powerful after the end of the force awakens) in shambles again, no support for the 'good guys' from anyone. Characters that were set up in the first movie that were set up to be foils or challenges to main characters were thrown away or turned into weak punching bags. Rey continues to Mary sue her way through every encounter except Snoke, but her husbando offs him with no trouble, after he changes his goals with a no real explanation, other than that she is his waifu apparently. A second weird not relationship to go along with the Fin and Rose debacle. The whole movie reeked of style over substance, where star wars has always had at least a veneer of function over form. (Why does white salt cover red salt, because Hoth, and the battlefield looks bloody as they drag Grond up to the gates.) Sorry, got a little ranty there. But seriously, where can they go? Who will they fight, and why should we bother to care when there is no one worth caring about to watch? (Edit for some clarification)
@TheSchaef47
@TheSchaef47 6 жыл бұрын
jon simpson The fact that you only seem to find it "worth caring" if there is a Skywalker or a Solo fighting Darth Evil, is exactly the reason Star Wars needed to be brought to a place where it could tell other stories. The movie didn't take away direction, it only took away the expectation that this movie or any after it would just go down the list and check all the boxes. Rey and Kylo were set on arcs that, by the end of the movie, had them taking actions for their own reasons and not as puppets for some grand design. Kylo's dialogue is not exactly subtle about this, nor the fact that he shattered his helmet in the first act of the film.
@jonsimpson6240
@jonsimpson6240 6 жыл бұрын
Star wars has told other stories. With characters that had different names. The old expanded universe, and Rogue one. I enjoyed Rogue one, it had it's problems but Jin was a reasonably good character, and Cassian had some really good moments. It brought a darker side to the resistance and showed in more detail why they were willing to go as far as they did. I think the prequels should have been about Obi wan and I have explanations but that is not this. The Rey and Kylo arc had potential, the problem is they didn't develop it. You say they went on their own paths. The way I see it is as follows; KYLO: Started the movie as the apprentice of Snoke, killed him, and took his place. (Weird sentence) the path that the sith are supposed to take, the path he told Rey he wanted to do away with. Kylo smashing his helmet doesn't really make sense given Snoke's lack of reaction to it in the previous movie. Also, given Kylo's desire to be like Vader in the first movie, the act of smashing it makes sense with his new drive to kill the past, is in contrast with his wish to be like Vader, and makes no sense with his assuming of Snoke's mantle at the end. REY: Started the movie with Luke (HERO OF THE REBELLION), and ended the movie AS Luke (HERO OF THE RESISTANCE). After being shown by Luke the flaws in the light side of the force, and seeing for herself the danger of the dark side. I really don't see how they are following their own drives and moving toward their own goals. Please explain what direction you see for the 'final?' movie of the trilogy.
@TheSchaef47
@TheSchaef47 6 жыл бұрын
jon simpson Kylo and Rey are in the same positions in the larger sense of things but as I said before, they are doing these things for their own reasons. Kylo let go of his obsession with legacy, with Darth Vader, and with Sith destiny. Rey acknowledged that she didn't come from Skywalkers or Kenobis, that she wasn't going to be trained as part of the Jedi Order by the wise sage Luke, and that there's no Greater Destiny that determines her purpose. She did not rise up as the protege of Luke preserving the Order. She rose up as someone who wanted to save her friends. Star Wars has told ten stories on film. Three are on Vader, three on Luke the son of Vader, one on getting the Death Star plans for the movie above, and one on Han before the rebellion. TFA was about Leia's son killing Han while everyone is searching for... Luke. TLJ cleared the board. No more Luke. No more Jedi Order versus Darth Evil. The scrappy rebellion lost their fight against the mighty space fleet of doom. They're going to have to talk about Finn and Rey and Poe and Kylo as they are now, and not about how they're connected to movies from 30 years ago. And after that they're going to have to talk about someone other than the Skywalkers. TLJ set them free from all that. It's time to let the old things die. The Jedi Order must end. Look at the tree. Look at the throne room. The past is literally burned to the ground. To answer your question, I don't know what they're going to do in IX. And I REALLY don't know what Johnson is going to do with his other trilogy. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE OF STAR WARS.
@jonsimpson6240
@jonsimpson6240 6 жыл бұрын
Well I suppose that makes sense, from a certain point of view. I still see too many breaks from the force awakens and the rest of the series without any explanation as to why. It bothered me in the force awakens as well. Why is the first order so powerful after the first movie? Why is the republic gone, did they only hold one system? Where is their fleet? Why isn't there a multinational force coming after the first order for what they have done, their superweapon is gone? Why is Rey so immediately skilled in all things Jedi? Why is the resistance so wimpy? Why is there no concequenses from the last movie? Fin is up from a spine cut a in week maybe? Totally fine. Po, responsible for blowing up the death planet, is shat on constantly. Why? Aren't you in a war? (Actually the whole Po situation is borderline un-forgivable to me) Star wars has always had fairly big gaps in time between movies, in universe. And the text crawl allowed them to bring you up to date on what happened between. This has alway felt a bit like a montage, for training or even plot. A quick dump of exposition so we can get into the story for the movie. They barely used it in TLJ.
@coleG112
@coleG112 4 жыл бұрын
I love the three movies equally...but ngl, I sort of just headcanon that there hasn't been a finale. Rise was Abrams' attempt to rewrite the entire trilogy. Almost everything in RoS can be self-contained and its own, separate sequel to Return of the Jedi. Force Awakens and The Last Jedi are just a two piece based in the same world. It just doesn't feel like a trilogy. That's okay. I love them all as movies in their own reasons, but they just don't connect enough for me to love them as a trilogy.
@CheironOfPelion
@CheironOfPelion 4 жыл бұрын
What this movie needs is like 10 years to breathe. At that point, fans will hail Rian Johnson as their round-headed savior and consider this the second best film next to Empire. (Oh, and it will be even *better-er-er* when removed from the politics of this decade.)
@guywhoisnotbob
@guywhoisnotbob 3 жыл бұрын
I totally disagree. Needs more "er"
@codak29
@codak29 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm sure casino world will age like fine wine. Or milk. No, nope, it's milk. This film was shit.
@MalloryMovies
@MalloryMovies 6 жыл бұрын
The only thing I would add to what you have to say is on the subject of moral greyness and rey, I think it's important that when offered by Kylo to burn everything to the ground, she says no. She recognizes that lionizing the past is bad, but burning it down isn't right either. She sees you need to learn from the past without wearing rose-tinted lenses so you can build a better future. She doesn't fall into the 'burn it to hell' nihilism of Kylo. She fights for what she loves (and also doesn't become a space fascist which I think is kind of important). She has every reason in that moment to say 'fuck it, sure pasty white boy let's burn this shit down' but she doesn't. Because complicated and angry and tempted by darkness as she is, Rey still ultimately cares about the world (galaxy I guess), even if the world has literally never for a second cared about her. She joins her friends at the end and says 'let's do what the previous generation never could. Let's rebel not to restore some old-age status quo that will just fall into darkness again, but to create something new, and better.' Kylo doesn't care about that. Kylo is just lashing out in anger. Sure, there is good in him, but he is motivated by an misplaced anger without actually doing it 'for' anything but himself. Idk if I'm making sense but I did absolutely love this movie, but I do think it's important that while they come close together, Rey still chooses not to fall into darkness completely, and Kylo still does, even if it's a darker light for rey and a lighter dark for Kylo. He's still a space fascist. She's still fighting for the people she loves. She's seen the horrors of this world and she wants to make things better so nobody else has to. I'm rambling now so I'll stop but anyway Last Jedi is the best star wars film don't @ me
@vashusan1984
@vashusan1984 6 жыл бұрын
Of course she doesn't, she isn't allowed to make mistakes. That goes against her perfection. She never falls to temptation, she never fails and she always comes out on top. Truly a character to which one can relate. Oh wait....
@MalloryMovies
@MalloryMovies 6 жыл бұрын
She literally spends the entire first like, two thirds of the movie fucking up, like, consistently, and giving into her temptations of the dark side almost willfully. Did you actually watch the film?
@vashusan1984
@vashusan1984 6 жыл бұрын
Never once is that indicated in the film that that was a bad thing for her to do. Just that it was her way of discovering that it didn't hold what she wanted. In fact the film spends the entire time trying to convince us that the binary of light and dark is the problem to begin with, it gives her a scapegoat for choosing to seek out the darkness. At what point did she actually make an error and suffer for it? I watched the movie twice and still can't remember a time she suffered. Maybe a little disappointment in what Luke had become, but worry not she made the noble choice to leave him and fight for the rebels.
@MalloryMovies
@MalloryMovies 6 жыл бұрын
She spends the whole movie up until the end of the throne room fight letting herself be pulled closer and closer to the dark side, and nothing lies there but disappointment, consistently. Going down in the dark side hole leaves her with nothing but loneliness. The pull of Kylo towards the dark (and her attempts to pull him back) leave her disappointed as he affirms who he is (a space nazi) and destroys her conception of who she desperately wanted to be. Like the film is a lot of very wonderful things, but it is by no means subtle. Like she consistently makes bad choices and pays for them, up until the point that she finally chooses right, in the most important moment in the film, where she responds to Kylo's deconstruction of her by self-actualizing, and affirming who she is. She's not a hero because she's someone's kid, she's a hero because she gives a shit about making the world a better place. She wants to, ahem 'not kill the one's she hates, but save the one's she loves' (it's a cheesy, unsubtle line, but it perfectly encapsulates the film, and it's so star wars, a wonderful, spectacular, cheesy, unsubtle series of fantastic movies). Rey has never been perfect. She's impulsive, tempermental, stubborn, idealistic often to a fault, occasionally naive, she spends the majority of her life up until this point lying to herself about her parents to cope with the trauma of being abandoned. On a more concrete, star-wars-y level, she is constantly being pulled by the dark side and generally she doesn't resist that pull too hard until she sees the disappointing lack of answers the dark side represents for what they are, but she had to make the mistake of going there (like Luke in empire in the cave and going to cloud city) to learn that. The idea that she's somehow perfect for being powerful and being able to swing a glowing stick around after spending her whole life having to fend for and defend herself, is at best misunderstanding the films as they are presented and at worst willfully misinterpreting them.
@vashusan1984
@vashusan1984 6 жыл бұрын
If she is constantly being pulled to the dark side, and never once acts in a manner fitting someone who uses the dark side, does that mean anything? If she is tempted by the dark side up until the throne room, why does she leave the island with the goal of turning Kylo to the light? Snoke makes the connection, but doesn't manipulate the way she feels about Kylo. You say, "she consistently makes bad choices and pays for them, up until the point that she finally chooses right...", but how does she pay for them? Maybe I missed something, but on the island she 1) gets a modicum of training from Luke, 2) a monologue about how the Jedi were failures, 3) trains herself with a lightsaber (which given her abilities with a staff I'm actually fine with), 4) Talks to Kylo through Snoke's force conduit, 5) discovers the dark side holds no answers for her and 6) dominates Luke in a fight and chastises him for his selfishness. Did I miss anything? Can her being self deluded about her parents really be called a mistake given how things seemingly went down on Jakku? How is that her fault? I am still looking for a concrete way to relate to her character. Its fine if people like her, but I don't identify with her at all. All I can do is sympathize with her origin story, but can I relate to it? No. Every challenging situation she is put in, she always seems to get herself out of, the only exception being the throne room, where she actually performs better against the guard than Kylo. I am open to being convinced her value as a character, my evidence that I decided to even watch this video. But, alas, I've seen far too many excellent and point by point critiques of the her character and the film in general to really think either of them very good. I would be open to hearing specific example of how decisions SHE has made have negatively affected others or her character.
@henjwer97
@henjwer97 6 жыл бұрын
HOW DO YOU KEEP RAISING THE BAR LIKE THAT Keep on doing what you’re doing
@jdiluigi
@jdiluigi 6 жыл бұрын
Could not have said it better myself. How does he not have a mill+ subs.
@hariman7727
@hariman7727 6 жыл бұрын
Because a lot of people disagree with his views on movies, or don't like his style of making videos.
@jdiluigi
@jdiluigi 6 жыл бұрын
To each their own I guess. His deep analytical style sets him apart from the other "joe blow" reviewers and has me so intrigued.
@SpaceCase1214
@SpaceCase1214 6 жыл бұрын
He isn't as deep as you give him credit for. He barely even mentioned Holdo and glossed over Finn and Rose.
@jackmayor3574
@jackmayor3574 6 жыл бұрын
Eh nothing groundbreaking was mentioned in this video. There's upvoted comments above that refute 90% of the excuses made in this video.
@spamus5243
@spamus5243 4 жыл бұрын
Still your best video. I came out of the theater conflicted and leaning away, now I adore it. Thank you for the perspective.
@yanguskhan8513
@yanguskhan8513 5 жыл бұрын
YOOOOOO, you millennial kids with your non- binary jedi identities, get off my lawn!! you, sir, have a beautiful way with words.
@LexYeen
@LexYeen 6 жыл бұрын
"Okay, kill the Bach and roll that beautiful bean footage." ...yup, there's my thumbs-up.
@LexYeen
@LexYeen 6 жыл бұрын
And having watched all the way though: Holy _heck_ Mikey. How do you summarize the things I love about movies so well?
@s.g.7572
@s.g.7572 5 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Your essay writing is beyond exemplary. Seriously man, be proud of yourself.
@RecklessFables
@RecklessFables 5 жыл бұрын
The whole "live to see yourself become the villain" isn't some universal truth. It is because people, and this is especially trendy right now, LOVE to tear down past heros and act as if a single flaw destroys any of the good they might have done.
@ChangedMyNameFinally69
@ChangedMyNameFinally69 4 жыл бұрын
Muh cancel culture
@DannyTanimoto
@DannyTanimoto 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and surely the fandom would never treat Luke in such a way that a flaw he's had since the beginning would be brought back and people would consider him "ruined"
@ChangedMyNameFinally69
@ChangedMyNameFinally69 4 жыл бұрын
@@DannyTanimoto No! Characters must be perfect after they overcome their problems!
@DannyTanimoto
@DannyTanimoto 4 жыл бұрын
LJK401 you’re right!! How could I be so naive? I thought that maybe characters could still struggle with their flaws long after their story ended
@ChangedMyNameFinally69
@ChangedMyNameFinally69 4 жыл бұрын
@@DannyTanimoto No, don't you remember Rule 55 of Arbitrary Writing Rules We Decided Make Good Stories That We Pulled From Our Collective Asses?
@hiddenechoes
@hiddenechoes 4 жыл бұрын
I'm binge watching your videos, it's really fun. Thanks for these.
@bfish89ryuhayabusa
@bfish89ryuhayabusa 6 жыл бұрын
I will say, the one thing you didn't touch on was how the film is structured as 5 interwoven character arcs (Rey, Kylo, Finn, Poe, and Luke) that are united by the themes of moving forward and letting go of the past, and all have their moment of character growth right around the same point, the lightspeed Kamikaze scene. I need to look into it further, but I think they all have an item from their past that gets destroyed, symbolic of them letting the past go to allow the future to come in.
@elco9791
@elco9791 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent point! What is Poe moving on from though?
@paradigmdashed
@paradigmdashed 6 жыл бұрын
very good
@elco9791
@elco9791 6 жыл бұрын
Adrian very true
@fabianfischer4229
@fabianfischer4229 6 жыл бұрын
Adrian Only Poe has never been the reckless pilot to begin with. In TFA he was the best pilot of the Resistance and aware of it. This gave him self-confidence, but never so much as to willfully threaten the lives of restistance members. But Rian Johnson turned him into a much more unruly, impulsive and insubordinate pilot in TLJ without giving any explanation as to why. Just so that he could be put in place by Holdo. Why is he portrayed in such a bad light all of a sudden, when he was the one who blew up Star Killer base and should receive the praise he deserves?
@bfish89ryuhayabusa
@bfish89ryuhayabusa 6 жыл бұрын
Fabian Fischer Doing some as big as destroying Starkiller base could go to anyone's head, and push them from very confident to over-confident. However, I would also argue that we didn't really see enough of him in TFA to say he would never be reckless. He is shown as always using his pilot skills or his humor as the solution to a situation. We see him at his best, where everything manages to work out, and all of his decisions manage to be perfect that time. He is always the big hero, so he's used to always being the big hero. The Force Awakens showed him at his best, and The Last Jedi showed him at his worst, but I don't think those portraits are incompatible; it's just two angles of the same thing at different occasions.
@TimeandMonotony
@TimeandMonotony 6 жыл бұрын
*non-binary Jedi identities* I lost it! GREAT video! I, too, loved The Last Jedi. Good to see I'm not the only one. :D
@LikeTheBuffalo
@LikeTheBuffalo 6 жыл бұрын
I straight up had to pause the video so I wouldn't miss anything because I was laughing so hard.
@TimeandMonotony
@TimeandMonotony 6 жыл бұрын
The Sneezing Picture SO GLAD I am not the only one who laughed their ass off at that! Genius!
@kbanghart
@kbanghart 6 жыл бұрын
That was hilarious, and I agree with pretty much everything he's saying here, I really liked it. And the cinematography... Gorgeous!!
@jimsills8929
@jimsills8929 5 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it the first time. The second viewing I had to switch it off. Sadly.
@TimeandMonotony
@TimeandMonotony 5 жыл бұрын
Jim Sills Really? That's interesting, most people I've talked to who liked it said they liked it better on the second viewing. Might I ask why you liked it the first time, but not the second? I won't attack you, by the way, I'm just curious. :)
@matthewmiller9485
@matthewmiller9485 4 жыл бұрын
I'm loving The Last Jedi the more I delve into it, and hate Rise of Skywalker more with how it stole all of the good new stuff the Last Jedi did away!!!
@mariahweakland8511
@mariahweakland8511 4 жыл бұрын
I know right? I loved the fact that we where getting a character who was not related to any of the big characters. Chucking all of the themes from TLJ was the reason TROS ended up being so bad. (In my opinion)
@eddietheedgy9214
@eddietheedgy9214 4 жыл бұрын
what good stuff
@decepticonstinger3150
@decepticonstinger3150 4 жыл бұрын
Matthew Miller stop whining
@eddietheedgy9214
@eddietheedgy9214 4 жыл бұрын
@@decepticonstinger3150 I don't understand how this people like the last jedi
@decepticonstinger3150
@decepticonstinger3150 4 жыл бұрын
@EddieTheEdgy The casino scene didn’t feel like Star Wars at all
@lostboyaj2868
@lostboyaj2868 4 жыл бұрын
Kylo Ren is one of my favorite Star Wars characters, not my favorite but I really like him, his design is cool, and I really like his overall character, but one of the main things about him for me is Adam Driver’s performance, he does a really good job, the movies aren’t perfect but I still enjoy them despite the problems and I like Kylo, note this is just my opinion
@PayondeAwsome
@PayondeAwsome 4 жыл бұрын
Why can't people be more like you and less "this movie is objectively bad because if I didn't believe that then there'd be some discussion to be had and I need to be RIGHT"
@DarkFoxKirin
@DarkFoxKirin 4 жыл бұрын
Kylo Ren is my favorite character personally, tho I really like Rey and Poe too!
@Erika-gn1tv
@Erika-gn1tv 6 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thought this movie was rather straight forward and easy to understand? Like, everything made total sense to me on first viewing. Well, except the cave thing...
@kinggoten
@kinggoten 6 жыл бұрын
+DejaVoodooDoll the force vision in TFA gave us the impression she knew her parents if she can remember them flying away in a space ship. The cave thing the best theory I've seen is along the lines of your number 4(its a bit weird for casuals in my opinion). But there is not a whole lot of theories that I've seen either because this movie is just not loved like TFA was(and yes TFA was loved).
@kagenotatsumaki
@kagenotatsumaki 6 жыл бұрын
Yep. Only had to watch it once. The cave thing clicked on the second watch.
@theoseresioti7879
@theoseresioti7879 6 жыл бұрын
For me, everything clicked on my first watched, but every time I watch it I enjoy it more and more, as I can build upon previous ideas and observations. I think that this movie, even if you hate it, you have to watch it another time, just in case, give it a second chance. It was really frustrating for me to explain every single, even the most obvious point and themes of this movie with the people I've watched it with, seeing how oblivious and in denial a person can be because of expectation. P.S.: Excuse me for the long response. I could literally go on for paragraphs.
@jessicaalbright7429
@jessicaalbright7429 6 жыл бұрын
Erika Söderlund i
@jessicaalbright7429
@jessicaalbright7429 6 жыл бұрын
I totally got it from the start but the more times I’ve watched, more layers were added.
@AaronJShay
@AaronJShay 6 жыл бұрын
I think I've watched this one four or five times by now. I'M STILL WITH YA.
@luis-il2fl
@luis-il2fl 5 жыл бұрын
Aaron J. Shay same
@ashleyvilarino8738
@ashleyvilarino8738 3 жыл бұрын
This makes me hate TROS even more. There was so much potential to really transform the Star Wars into something beyond a repeat of the OT and more into the complex and conflicts of the PT.
@TravisFirestine
@TravisFirestine 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Thank you for this!
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