THIS!

I will never take an argument less seriously than that of an adult human using toy sales as the marker of decent cinema.

“managed to hoodwink some people at least”

I’m not saying he isn’t brave or that it isn’t impressive that he stands up to Kylo Ren. And yeah, Finn is, in part, seeing Kylo Ren as someone who took his life from him. But in that moment, Finn is undeniably motivated by a need to protect Rey—a woman who is his friend, but a woman who he fancies and just met. In…

His arc in the first film is just learning not to run away from a fight. That’s a lot easier when it’s one on one and you’re sticking up for a woman you have a crush on. The second film is about him actually applying that learned courage to something bigger than himself. That’s a very different challenge. 

Why does it matter? She caught up with him. That’s all that matters.

Last Jedi doesn’t tell us to kill the past, it just tells us not to be a slave to it. Because if you let the past control you, then you end up unable to enjoy anything new; not even the best Star Wars movie in over 30 years.

“The disgruntled fans’ big issue, at least as far as I could tell, was that Rian Johnson’s version of Star Wars worked against the ones that they had in their heads.”

Yeah I don’t really have the time or energy to sit through a YouTube video that hyperbolically calls TLJ a “Cinematic Failure” and has an innocuous picture of Holdo. I don’t want this video to fuck with my algorithm and start putting PragerU videos in my recommendations or something. I’d much rather prefer you just…

Wait, what? Finn doesn’t have much of an arc? The guy starts the movie trying to run away from the war and ends the film ready to commit suicide for the rebellion. His arc is very clearly about learning to care about things other than saving his own skin. Also, the Canto Bigt stuff isn’t pointless. It’s a chance to…

The Force Awakens was responsible for Luke’s cynicism. It gave us a Luke that would abandon his friends and loved ones to die. Rian Johnson was left to explain what version of Luke could possibly do that.  He succeeded.

A COMPLETE CINEMATIC FAILURE

Said it before, but it’s still true: If Empire Strikes Back had come out after the invention of social media, it would be just as “hated” as Last Jedi. By which I mean, not hated at all, just whined about constantly by a small mob of manchildren who most media sources (including this article) insist on spotlighting at…

Rian Johnson should be given the keys to the next galaxy. The Last Jedi was great and RJ should’ve been in charge of 7, 8 and 9. You cannot change my mind on this.

The strange part is that it was the last Star Wars movie. Like, they said it was supposed to be a trilogy, but the third movie never materialized. Still, I’m pretty satisfied with the ending of TLJ.

This movie is fucking awesome and an excellent addition to the Star Wars saga.

I agree with 100% of what you said, and let me distill it down: JJ Abrams can’t write his way out of a wet paper bag. He did great on TFA’s *boom**kapow!* visuals and storytelling, but he dumped out a bunch of ridiculous mystery boxes, which then came home to roost as the rest of the sequel trilogy tried to deal with…

Johnson did not "undo" a single thing of Abrams'. He subverted a lot of AUDIENCE expectations but he respected and pursued everything that Abrams set up. Just because he didn't do the thing Abrams secretly, without ever writing it down, WANTED him to do, doesn't mean he undid anything. It means Abrams is a hack and a…

I think he’s actually Don DiMello, and he’s going to say, “Bring out the girls.” 

I can sorta see multiple angles on this.

On the one hand, any artist forcefully rebutting why LGBTQ folk might see themselves in a TV-depicted relationship like the one between Bucky and Sam is going to reasonably get pushback. ESPECIALLY if you’re going to forcefully rebut an underdepicted minority group. And there’s…