‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ – Another Spoiler Free Review
The problem with no solution
It’s not all perfect
Now, all this isn’t to say I don’t have any complaints. I have two major issues with the film I’d like to address. The first is that the movie is painfully on the nose sometimes. Abrams would do well to remember that not every viewer is an idiot. We don’t need the themes spelled out for us all the time. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say the line “they’re just… people” was an awful line. Yes JJ, we got it. Second, the movie feels more like a standalone film than the conclusion of a trilogy. I know The Last Jedi took the film in a different direction than what Abrams imagined in The Force Awakens. However, rather than try to work with what had been provided in the film before, this movie too often just says “to hell with it” and does its own thing. Now the problem with all of this is it screws up how the narrative is told. Since the film isn’t really answering the questions set up in The Last Jedi, we get a lot of “here’s a problem” immediately followed by “here’s a solution.” Our heroes are presented with a problem, go to a planet, have a cool action scene, joke with C-3PO, and then go to the next problem. Instead, they should be tackling the problems left behind in the last film. Read the rest of this review at CheckpointXPSign me up for the 101 WRIF Cybercrew email newsletter!
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