(12-29-2017, 10:31 AM)UCF Knight Wrote:

(12-28-2017, 10:31 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: -I think there was quite a bit of politics in it. I kept thinking, why on earth is this even being addressed? 
-The Leia flying thing was full [BLEEP] mode. Or maybe a "jumped the shark" thing. 
-Finn and Poe being sidelined for unnecessary storylines was equally ridiculous.  Was Laura Dern's character needed? Leia should have done that. But as I said before, Leia's movie (Han's was TFA and TLJ was Luke's) was supposed to be the third one but Carrie Fisher died so....

I read yesterday that the fellow who wrote and directed this film is going to write and direct the next trilogy.

I had a long paragraph typed out about how they cast the movie and which characters they chose for what roles and decided it may have been a little too out there for this section.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/de...chdel-test

That article kind of proves my point for me.  I think the "feminist" approach is what turned many people off to this movie.  The Vice Admiral Holdo that is given credit in this article was hated and a demeaning character by every single character I've talked to.  Rose was another character that I found to be awful. 

The fact that this article says this is "class Star Wars" while killing off the classic character is kind of funny.  Maybe its why the critics had the film graded at over 90% and the actual audience had it hovering around 50%.  If Disney or this director don't figure out what the audience wants, this series is going to fall apart and their goldmine is going to fall apart.