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I saw it in IMAX and I enjoyed seeing it in IMAX.

If you’re expecting a lot in the story or character area, then absolutely not. That’s as derivative as you can get. It does feel extremely episodic though this is probably more violent than I’d think

It depends on what you want to get out of it. I saw a lot of fun ideas on display from a production design standpoint and that overcame a lot of the areas where the movie was lacking.

I loved seeing battle hardened droids. I loved seeing hutts in their natural state (although hutts are the one area I think definitively don’t look good, also isn’t their planet supposed to be an overpolluted shithole?), I liked for the first time in a long time feeling like the world feels lived in. When I think of the original Star Wars trilogy, I think of thousands of extras carrying boxes around lol. I liked the puppetry and weird aliens in the background. I loved the bird bar

I also liked they leaned into the sillyness.

I don’t know. This is an odd movie. It’s 100% strangely lacking in a lot of areas but I kept on being fascinated with it and for some reason I enjoyed it.

I will also say, two things I also find interesting. 1. I usually have some triggers of things I hate seeing in movies and this movie did them, it temporarily disarmed them somehow. Maybe because I kept thinking it’s a cartoon. 2. I consider the last Jedi to be the worse movie of all time and the rise of skywalker to be right up there. So seeing a Star Wars adventure movie set after the return of the Jedi and actually try to do its own thing also was something I liked

I got to say, I think I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it is…. An overly cutsey adventure story.

Now, this movie does have problems. It has some of the strangest choices I’ve ever seen in a movie. But from a visual and production standpoint…. I loved the art design of the movie. That’s really what kept me involved.

I will say, I feel like AI wrote this script though. The amount of repeated mind I’m in repetition is truly insane, especially in the first half of the movie. You’ll hear the same bit of information 3 fricking times. Come on. Some really bad dialogue. And the script repeats itself. How many times in a fricking movie do we need another Grogu is eating things joke.

The story definitely isn’t something to write home about and pacing is very weird

The action works if you approach this like a John Wick movie which I did. There’s still eye rolling stuff. But I honestly thought a lot of the action was extremely pleasing to watch. Also there’s way way way way more stabbing in this movie than I thought.

And back to the special effects… minus the hutts, I think there is some really cool stuff in here. That’s shot of the bounty hunter in the rain when the light turns on from above. That’s so well designed. This is the closest movie I’ve gotten in a longtime that comes with my personal obsession is shooting scenes to feel like an art. There’s several of those moments.

Also… did we get stop motion? There’s one scene that very very much felt like stop motion at the end and I thought that would be so cool if it was

I’ve had ticks before. Last time was two years ago I had two, one on my hip and one on my leg. It was probably 20 years before that last time I had that which is odd because i definitely spent time in the woods.

I spent a few days in the woods that were so tick infested they control burnt that forest and in survived without getting any

Are they not going to finish the trilogy?

I started playing this around midnight and have put in…. A lot of hours into this.

It’s fun. If you liked previous games, you’ll love this.

I can’t help but feel like the location is a downgrade over Mexico though. Every review I read emphasized the Japanness of the setting and I just don’t feel it. I’m driving through forests and fields I drive through already on a daily basis. I’m sure there are plenty of other locals (I’ve only discovered 120 roads so far) but in comparison to Mexico where you got jungle and desert and mountains and colorful farms and tropical beaches and seaside resorts all very blue and green. This feels very grey in comparison

Ebola is a fricked up disease. While Hot Zone is a little sensationalist on the effects of Ebola, I won’t soon forget the story of the French guy collapsing in the emergency room waiting area and explosively shitting out blood along other stuff

I…. Do not think she’s attractive.

Yes, they have to be great mechanics. Also they get paid like nothing.

Most are self funded and the best of the best might make 2,000,000 while lower ranks might make 100k

You sound jealous

This woman might not be a good racer but still better than being some crude jackass on the internet

Yeah, I flew spirit a lot when I lived up north and wanted to fly back down here a lot and never had any issues or noticed a difference in the people flying.

And damnit, they had bigger seats