I waited to see this movie. I'm older and didn't want to go alone, and there was no one who wanted to go with me. How old am I? Well, when I was 13, I rode my bike to Century City (California, in L.A. County) to see Episode 4: A New Hope the first day it came out.
I have loved Star Wars since 1977. I don't anymore. Well, I still love 4, 5, & 6 - and actually, I really liked 7. I thought the Star Wars magic might continue, until Han was killed, and then this one came out and killed the rest of the franchise with bland Disney's craptastic lack of imagination stinking up the joint.
The direction was pretty awful. The acting was dis-spirited. The storyline was all over the place. Disney has been able to do what no other studio has done before: made me stop caring about characters I previously liked. I don't like Rey anymore because she wasn't as endearing as she was in The Force Awakens, and seems not to understand her trajectory. I don't like Poe anymore because he now looks like a petulant child. A smartass for no good reason. An impatient half wit that has no business in the cockpit of a fighter. I don't like Finn anymore because he's simply not charming anymore, and isn't very aware.
And I didn't like Luke. Luke f'ing Skywalker! How in the world did THAT happen?? They ruined his character forever.
What is Star Wars without its true heroes? I'll tell you what it is: a cash cow for Disney, who isn't thinking about US, the old school fans. They're thinking ahead to future fans who they think will value inclusion above all else, because don't you know EVERYONE has to be represented on screen in EVERY movie from now on.
Future fans also won't care about Luke, or Han (well, unless the Han Solo film does well), or Leia. They will care about princess Dykstra from the planet Lesbia, who has a rescue Meklodort that she carries in her baby bjorn that was made from cruelty-free natural fabric imported from planet Zornord.
Bottom line: Because of this movie, I don't want to see the next one. And that's a shame, because they could have had me. They could have had all of us. But they blew it.
I have loved Star Wars since 1977. I don't anymore. Well, I still love 4, 5, & 6 - and actually, I really liked 7. I thought the Star Wars magic might continue, until Han was killed, and then this one came out and killed the rest of the franchise with bland Disney's craptastic lack of imagination stinking up the joint.
The direction was pretty awful. The acting was dis-spirited. The storyline was all over the place. Disney has been able to do what no other studio has done before: made me stop caring about characters I previously liked. I don't like Rey anymore because she wasn't as endearing as she was in The Force Awakens, and seems not to understand her trajectory. I don't like Poe anymore because he now looks like a petulant child. A smartass for no good reason. An impatient half wit that has no business in the cockpit of a fighter. I don't like Finn anymore because he's simply not charming anymore, and isn't very aware.
And I didn't like Luke. Luke f'ing Skywalker! How in the world did THAT happen?? They ruined his character forever.
What is Star Wars without its true heroes? I'll tell you what it is: a cash cow for Disney, who isn't thinking about US, the old school fans. They're thinking ahead to future fans who they think will value inclusion above all else, because don't you know EVERYONE has to be represented on screen in EVERY movie from now on.
Future fans also won't care about Luke, or Han (well, unless the Han Solo film does well), or Leia. They will care about princess Dykstra from the planet Lesbia, who has a rescue Meklodort that she carries in her baby bjorn that was made from cruelty-free natural fabric imported from planet Zornord.
Bottom line: Because of this movie, I don't want to see the next one. And that's a shame, because they could have had me. They could have had all of us. But they blew it.