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The Rise shall be a fitting conclusion to an excellent sequel trilogy!

posted 6 years ago by lolkatz (496)
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So, I'm having high hopes for this one. Sequels are competent movies. After the trainwreck that were the prequels, SW needed redemption, and with sequels it got one. TFA went safely, but skilfully, and it brought back to people what had been missing for 30 years: a frontier story of pirates and samurai warriors set in space. TLJ went more boldly and delved into poignant moral dilemmas and Force metaphysics reminiscent of ESB, the franchise's best. With 2019 installment placed under JJ's supervision, there's no reason one should doubt we won't have a fitting conclusion to a trilogy that so far has yielded stellar commercial success and critical praise. The detractors were but a loud tiny minority, because numbers speak for themselves: The hitherto released sequels are great, lauded and respected by a vast majority of the audience.

[–] kuku (3510) 6 years ago

You must tone down a bit. The way you're writing it, it seems like a parody. You know, something like 'The Rise shall be a fitting conclusion to an excellent sequel trilogy!', you need to be either trolling, or nuts, or on payroll to write that. I think you're trolling, but... it's a bit too much. Tone down, otherwise it feels too parodic.

[–] Truthtalker (1999) 6 years ago

Obvious troll is obvious

[–] furiousstyles (4391) 6 years ago

He's entitled to his opinion, although I disagree , it would appear many have enjoyed what's come before.

[–] lolkatz (496) 6 years ago

Thank you for your thoughtfulness. But let's face it. TLJ was a good movie, with a lot of heart put in it. A lot of the internet hate has been artificially inflated by sinister propaganda by the likes of Russian trolls (it has been proven). The relevant opinion polls of theater audiences before the negative campaign have shown a generally favorable attitude. And, it garnered 91% at Rotten Tomatoes, which says something. Some movie franchises are too big and do get extra credit (Remember Ebert awarding 3 stars to the ridiculous TPM), but 91% aggregated across all the crits anywhere does say something.
Sure, movie had it's weaknesses, most notably the Finn/Rose subplot, but in general the film was bold, had an idea what it wants to do and subjects it wanted to tackle, and at least in my case, it made me feel about the characters. Whatever they say on the internet, I stick to what I felt when leaving the theater the first time I saw it: I was blown away.