re: Wasn't gonna go see The Last Jedi, but all these threads make me want to

I just got out and holy shite, THAT was the movie grown arse men on this board are literally melting about? I was watching it waiting for it to live up to its "worst garbage ever filmed" billing and never once thought it. Was waiting to be bombared with "SJW bullshite" and never saw it. Good Lord, a black guy (a main character from the previous movie nonetheless) and an Asian girl?? And that's what a bunch mouthbreathers on here are crying about?

Don't get me wrong, it isn't the best Star Wars movie by any means. But I was expecting Baby Geniuses in Space from reading this board. It was entertaining. It seemed like a normal Star Wars movie. And the funny thing, I don't think the melt will stop anytime soon. And people say the Soccer Board is the most embarrassing board on TD

But but muh nostalgia, muh empire strikes back

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But I was expecting Baby Geniuses in Space

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Of course, I'm a grown-arse man and not a giant man-baby, so seeing female leads doesn't bother me.

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Such a cop-out and untrue statement. I haven't heard a single person here since the release of the film dissing Rey as a character. Her and Kylo Ren are the parts we all like, and it's not very controversial.

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Nor does it bother me when characters in a movie don't have views that line up 100 percent with my beliefs.

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Lady Bird is probably in my Top 5 films for the year, and it's values are radically different than my own. Just make something competent and good rather than talk down to your audience. It's just the condescending message of this shite. I can't believe they shelled out $70 million dollars for rich guys to lecture us how evil rich people and weapon sellers are.

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Phantom Menace was the worst movie ever made. At least there was something going on with this.

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PM I can at least put in the shredder since nothing important happens in the movie. The fact that this movie had something going for it (The Rey/Kylo stuff) makes it all the more infuriating. It's just buried under a giant mountain of garbage. The film so lazily dismisses everything to do with TFA that Rian even failed to give 3P0 his red arm.

I liked it not as much Star Wars or Empire, but I’ll never be 10 years old sitting in the theatre again like I was then. As good as Force Awakens for me.

It looked and felt like Star Wars. Special effects and sound were amazing. Story was good.

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But according to everybody, that was because of the crossbow wound.

Plus, from a narrative standpoint, where are the stakes for Rey and the Resistance in Episode IX if she is already more powerful than he is.

I guess Leia was right when she said "We already have what we need" at the end. Rey kicking everybody's arse all next movie and 15 Resistance members watching the show.

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But according to everybody, that was because of the crossbow wound.

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Yeah, and he doesn’t get that benefit of the doubt now. If you were to ask me before walking in that theater if Kylo Ren would defeat Rey this time, I’d say so with absolute certainty. He should have, but now Kylo Ren isn’t all that intimidating.

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Ghostbusters was just loathsome and petty.

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I actually laughed my arse off.

Go ahead, check my post history if you think I’m a loony liberal. I guess when I go to a movie I’m just not looking for politics, so I don’t find it.

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People built up in their heads that Luke would be some Jedi God when he turned 60 when in reality he was pretty much always a bitch.

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I hoped he’d come back and wreck shite but it didn’t outrage me that he didn’t.

More disappointing to me is that we never got a post-ROTJ movie depicting Luke has a skilled Jedi at the height of his power. We went from youthful and raw to Old and crotchety. Just a missed opportunity. I feel the same way about the Wolverine movies.