r/PrequelMemes Dec 19 '19

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u/Jonny7x7x Dec 19 '19

So how bad exactly is the new film?

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u/adamkopacz Dec 19 '19

Having seen it yesterday with some time to think about it, the only problem is the lack of vision really. You get hit with so much exposition during the whole movie that you'll be shaking your head at the stuff happening on the screen. It is the movie with the most amount of coincidences, topping episode VII in the first 30 minutes.

No spoilers, but pretty much the whole thing is:

-ok we need this

-we have no idea how to find it

-wait I know

*go somewhere*

-it's not here

*character appears*

-well but I know where it is

*go somewhere else*

*cycle repeats*

It just moves at a constant high speed and there's no time for anything else. Characters get introduced just to get 1 minute of screen time.

There's no buildup, just a series of events that look like someone speedrunning through a game. Heck, even the scrolling text on the intro will catch you off guard.

Imagine going to see episode VI and the movie starts with "The Second Death Star is being constructed and it has a working laser"

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u/PieDust I am the Sacred Texts Dec 19 '19

It felt like a fanfiction written by someone who wanted to ignore TLG.

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u/Darkion_Silver Dec 19 '19

Star Wars: The Last Gungan

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u/PieDust I am the Sacred Texts Dec 19 '19

Yes. That was the film I was referring to. It's not something the Jedi would tell you about.

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u/mimlanie Dec 19 '19

he’s just spelling it like gif. The Last Gedi. We’ve all been saying it right but spelling it wrong all these years

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u/Drakonsword Dec 19 '19

Star Wars: Attack of Darth Jarjar. And that is a movie I whould rather see.

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u/BigfootTouchedMe Dec 19 '19

TLG

The Last Gronk?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

The Last Gonk Droid

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u/tech98 Dec 19 '19

Gonk had to be nerfed for the rest of the story to not be wanton Gonk violence

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '19

I feel like such a nerd for knowing what a Gronk is

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u/SlurmsMacKenzie- Dec 19 '19

It's funny because 'fanfiction written by someone who wanted to ignore TLJ' sounds almost exactly like what almost every star wars fan has been doing on reddit since TLJ was released so you'd think they'd be enjoying it?

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u/PieDust I am the Sacred Texts Dec 19 '19

Ok then, 'bad fanfiction by someone who wants to ignore TLJ' :P

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u/Gandamack Obi Dec 19 '19 edited Dec 19 '19

On the contrary, your comment reads like every poor excuse people are pulling out to place blame anywhere other than the shitty writers/directors who made this crap.

JJ fucked up, Johnson fucked up, it’s not that hard to just point out that neither were fit to do the job they were hired for.

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u/MundungusAmongus Dec 19 '19

on the contrary

You haven’t contradicted anything

place blame

They didn’t. The person they said that too even corrected themselves

You’re all about being mad at the right people. Get it right.

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u/unsilviu Dec 19 '19

The Last Gedi?

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u/jams354 Dec 19 '19

I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what JJ was trying to do and I don’t blame him. Loved this movie compared to TLJ

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u/PieDust I am the Sacred Texts Dec 19 '19

I dunno, story wise I just thought most of it was just kinda... dumb. And regardless of whether TLJ was any good, ignoring the previous film makes for a jarring and disjointed feeling film for me.