But this is what Hollywood does even with white-led movies. They try to hop on a trend or idea that made $$$$$$$ without really understanding or caring why the first movie was special or good. Despite folks who wish differently, the world is changing, more diverse audiences will want more diverse cinema/entertainment…

Of course. Those are the default. What are they gonna do, not make shitty predominantly white movies? Might as well close down the movie industry!

Serious question: what the fuck is your problem? Any post I’ve seen about this movie (or book for that matter) has been filled with dozens of comments just like this.

You know what I liked?? This film didn’t punish you for NOT KNOWING the Easter Eggs / callouts. You could watch this with ZERO knowledge of the references and still have a blast.

Wow, it must be strange to have never seen any other movie before.

Clicking on this post isn’t mandatory. If you’ve been dreading a post for days/weeks/months (really, dreading a post?), why would you open it when it arrives?

An alternate perspective in the interest of sanity:

“But it’s still not a good movie”

I made a positive comment about the movie and immediately had negative replies by people who haven’t even seen it. Good times.

seriously i finally read the book a couple of weeks ago, and couldn’t for the life of me fathom why it was getting so much hate. Was it great? no. but it didn’t suck either. it was a fun read with cool little reminders of my youth and things i loved. whats wrong with that??

I get it fellow commenters, you hate the book. Seriously though, I get it. I’m not defending the book (which was okayish) or the movie (which I haven’t seen), I’m just pointing out that if you feel the need to rush down here and tell everyone that you hated the book, please, believe me, we know. You, my beloved fellow…

I liked the book. It was fun.

Pop culture loves mass murdering psychopaths, and always has since the days of Homer.

I think of another sci fi television property - Star Trek. Patrick Stewart is more than willing to tell folks today about his attitude towards joining the cast of the show as a “serious, professional” actor with Shakespeare cred out the wazoo. The rest of the cast’s jocularity and casual demeanor, he thought, was…

Yeah, there’s a deleted scene where all the women admit that they are wrong about everything and then a guy who looks exactly like you walks onscreen and says “I’m Luke’s secret cousin and I’m the protaganist from now on!” Then he destroys the entire First Order all by himself while everyone who made fun of you in…

Oh good grief, look, there’s nothing wrong with disliking this movie. Taste is subjective and if you bring a legitimate complaint to the table (which there are out there) fine. But this just reads as childish and frankly I’m tired of the community I find myself a part of acting like children.

If my Twitter feed over the last day is any indication, this is by far the most important information to come out of the extras:

Not only are you no ‘Hollywood insider’ but you are also apparently not someone who can be specific enough in your criticism of things you don’t like to spark an intelligent conversation. (this comment included)

It’s very simple: they did it because they hate you. No, not the audience, you specifically. “I’m going to ruin Star Wars for det-devil-ails,” Rian Johnson says in the commentary.

Yes. At around 1:14 in the director’s commentary, Rian Johnson explains that every choice was made specifically to ruin your personal childhood.