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[Gerald]

It seems The Dark Tower is not the only major fantasy disappointment this year. I'm seeing the reactions on IMDb of The Last Jedi - fans HATE it. Strangely the critics seem to love it.
I hardly dare see it anymore when you see some of those fans' reactions. It's not that they are just disappointed by it, but rather completely shattered.

I've always been a big fan. The Empire Strikes Back I saw first - funnily because Flash Gordon (the Dino de Laurentiis one) was rated too high for me in age, which we found out at the cinema, so I had to go see something else. And Star Wars basically is Lucas' Flash Gordon - I've read even that he made it, because he couldn't get the rights to Flash Gordon. They played simultaneously at the cinema at the time.
I absolutely loved Empire and saw A New Hope and Return of the Jedi later, collected the figurines (more so than the spaceships and vehicles, because those were so much more expensive), and read the comics.
I still buy figurines of the new films.

But looking at those reactions of fans... I don't know if the reactions to the prequels were just as bad. I enjoy the prequels, but The Force Awakens I liked quite a bit more.

 

[do1you9love?]

Hmm, I saw it on Saturday and we all enjoyed it very much. I haven't been reading reviews before hand to avoid spoilers. I would call us big fans.

 

[Gerald]

Hmm, I saw it on Saturday and we all enjoyed it very much. I haven't been reading reviews before hand to avoid spoilers. I would call us big fans.

Okay, then it may probably be fans overreacting (I've never been the fan who let it completely take over my life), but there must certainly be things in there that didn't fall good with (at least some) fans. I know Mark Hamill disagreed too at first with some choices about his character while making it, so there is at least some controversial stuff.
Now I've become cautiously curious, rather than afraid to see it.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I'm wanting to read his book now. I'm thinking that would be an interesting read.

I read the book. There are big differences between it and the movie. Book was good, though.

The Donnie Brasco operation and Henry Hill testimony were the one- two punch that almost destroyed the Mafia.

 

[JMR]

Saw a lot movies this weekend. The circle, Jack Reacher never go back, Red Christmas and Murder on the Orient Express. New star was I will see on video.

 

[do1you9love?]

Okay, then it may probably be fans overreacting (I've never been the fan who let it completely take over my life), but there must certainly be things in there that didn't fall good with (at least some) fans. I know Mark Hamill disagreed too at first with some choices about his character while making it, so there is at least some controversial stuff.
Now I've become cautiously curious, rather than afraid to see it.

I would definitely say don't be afraid. It will mean something different to you than it did me or the person 2 rows over.

When you see it, let us know what you thought.

 

[ghost19]

I read the book. There are big differences between it and the movie. Book was good, though.

The Donnie Brasco operation and Henry Hill testimony were the one- two punch that almost destroyed the Mafia.

I’ve read the one based on Henry Hill’s life, again much different than the movie, but a very good book.

 

[Blake]

I watched three quarters of 'Black Hawk Down' and half of 'Ride in the Whirlwind' starring Jack Nicholson and Harry Dean Stanton. I also watched 3/4 of Single White Female 2 and watched all of 'Curse of Chucky'. I don't think they should make anymore Chucky movies. I wanted to watch 'High Plains Drifter' but i couldn't find it. I wouldn't mind watching Pet Sematary tonight after I finish Black Hawk Down.

 

[Senor_Biggles]

Free Fire. Great cast and a nice idea, but even with a short running time it ends up outstaying it's welcome. Disappointing, had high hopes for this one.

 

[E.L.D]

I watched Grown up's last night.

 

[Tilly]

We were nose deep in Christmas yesterday:
Scrooged
A Christmas Carol
Miracle on 34th Street

 

[Tilly]

Oh, yeah. Right before falling asleep was As Good As It Gets.

 

[Neil W]

I would definitely say don't be afraid. It will mean something different to you than it did me or the person 2 rows over.

When you see it, let us know what you thought.

If you're even slightly interested, you have to see it in order to form your own opinion.

I share the feeling of a lot of fandom - all those questions which were set up in The Force Awakens are met with the same response: "Not going to give you an answer because it doesn't matter." Personally, I regard this as a breach of faith on the part of the filmmakers - you shouldn't set things up so that people want answers, and then wilfully disregard them.

There is a subplot which goes nowhere and adds nearly 20% to the running time. Pacing generally is off.

The Force seems to have qualities it never had before.

Humour is misplaced.

Major characters have their characters rewritten to suit what the screenwriter/director Rian Johnson wants from them.

I was very disappointed: others feel betrayed and treated with contempt.

And then I have friends who loved it precisely because it did say "What the hey, this doesn't matter." So you really have to see it to make your own mind up.

 

[VampireLily]

i watched Shawshank for the 7,656th time on Sunday.

It's starting to feel like i was in it.

 

[Dana Jean]

The Postman Always Rings Twice

This was the one with Jack and Jessica and I'm really not sure why this was such a big deal? I thought it was very boring. The only thing I can think is there was some pretty graphic moments between Jack and Jessica -- maybe one of the first times to have such a steamy and violent relationship shown between such big stars? That surely can't be true, but maybe at the time, it was?

Both gave great performances for what the story was, but I personally thought it was much ado about whatevs.

 

[do1you9love?]

If you're even slightly interested, you have to see it in order to form your own opinion.

I share the feeling of a lot of fandom - all those questions which were set up in The Force Awakens are met with the same response: "Not going to give you an answer because it doesn't matter." Personally, I regard this as a breach of faith on the part of the filmmakers - you shouldn't set things up so that people want answers, and then wilfully disregard them.

There is a subplot which goes nowhere and adds nearly 20% to the running time. Pacing generally is off.

The Force seems to have qualities it never had before.

Humour is misplaced.

Major characters have their characters rewritten to suit what the screenwriter/director Rian Johnson wants from them.

I was very disappointed: others feel betrayed and treated with contempt.

And then I have friends who loved it precisely because it did say "What the hey, this doesn't matter." So you really have to see it to make your own mind up.

I did see it, on Saturday (post #7762). I enjoyed the humor and felt it more closely resembled ESB (which is my favorite) because of it. There were some answers, but you know, they do have another movie to do, so it really didn't make sense to answer everything, IMO. Everyone has their own opinions and that's what makes us a great, diverse board. I'm sorry you were disappointed, I was just pointing out to Gerald that not every fan was.

 

[fljoe0]

War For The Planet of the Apes. Loved it. Seriously, best movie I've seen this summer. Monkey movie made me cry. Twice.

I just saw this on blu-ray and thought it was awesome. The entire trilogy is awesome. I think the 3 films have done a great job of telling the story leading up to the original. I hope they don't try to add another prequel film. I think what has been done is just right.

 

[skimom2]

I just saw this on blu-ray and thought it was awesome. The entire trilogy is awesome. I think the 3 films have done a great job of telling the story leading up to the original. I hope they don't try to add another prequel film. I think what has been done is just right.

Agreed. I haven't bought the latest one yet, but I mean to remedy that. I've watched the other two many times. Just a stellar job altogether.

 

[skimom2]

If you're even slightly interested, you have to see it in order to form your own opinion.

I share the feeling of a lot of fandom - all those questions which were set up in The Force Awakens are met with the same response: "Not going to give you an answer because it doesn't matter." Personally, I regard this as a breach of faith on the part of the filmmakers - you shouldn't set things up so that people want answers, and then wilfully disregard them.

There is a subplot which goes nowhere and adds nearly 20% to the running time. Pacing generally is off.

The Force seems to have qualities it never had before.

Humour is misplaced.

Major characters have their characters rewritten to suit what the screenwriter/director Rian Johnson wants from them.

I was very disappointed: others feel betrayed and treated with contempt.

And then I have friends who loved it precisely because it did say "What the hey, this doesn't matter." So you really have to see it to make your own mind up.

I haven't seen this yet (hopefully this Christmas break), but I heard similar criticism of the new Thor movie, and some of that criticism was justified. It was a very funny movie, but the characters acted very out of character to make that happen. As a writer, that did bother me, even as I laughed. I think of it as the Guardians of the Galaxy effect: filmmakers see that Gunn was able to successfully tell a story with great humor (and great profit), and they want to emulate that. Unfortunately, they are disregarding that Gunn was working with fresh material, no preconceived cinematic notions or character building with his characters (comic book readers might have grumbled, but who knows? GotG is a niche comic, one for which the casual reader likely had no expectations).

 

[Connor B]

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