Here is a brief overview of The Last Jedi in a nice simple format, devoid of the wordiness I'm so attached to. But if you want my very long and exhaustive thoughts, you can read them here. Be warned spoilers contained below.
The Good:
- Rey and Kylo Ren's force-connected conversations
- Light-speeding through the Star Destroyer
- Grumpy old man Luke excellently played by Mark Hamill (whether or not you like the direction they went, Hamill nailed it)
- Kylo Ren development (not great, but better than anyone else got)
- John Williams
- Artistic use of CGI at times
- Tender Luke/Leia reunion
- Cinematography and setting of Ahch-To
- The force is strong with others, not just Skywalkers
The Bad:
- *Overcrowded plot*
- Too many subplots
- Not much character development
- Weak plots
- Benicio Del Torro as himself
- Feminism in the extreme (all the men are screw-ups, the end)
- Overuse of CGI
- Greyhound goats on the Monte Carlo planet
- Rose's speech about classism
- Rescuing abused animals
- Sea cows
- Alien nuns
- Misused self-satirizing humor throughout
- Captain Phasma
- Vice Admiral Holdo
The Controversial:
- Luke's arc
- Ackbar's anonymous death, barely acknowledged
- The final battle between Luke and Kylo Ren
- Snoke's arc
- Rey's parentage revealed
- New uses of the Force
The Outright Absurd:
- Ships that blow each other up because they fly too close together
- Gravity in space
- Leia's Peter Pan moment
- All of the cast members that bring racial diversity to the movie are all involved in the same unnecessary subplot
- Luke's savage consumption of green sea cow milk
- The ship runs out of gas (they're not run by some nuclear reactor?)
- Vice Admiral Holdo vs. Poe Dameron -- just talk to one another and save the team!
- The Resistance is now small enough to fit on board the Millennium Falcon, and they think they're still taking on the First Order
- Crystal foxes to the rescue in time of need
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