Saw it last night, and thought it was great. A perfect film? Heck no, but what is? Even ANH had a few issues IMO. (And no, before anyone freaks out and misreads this, no. I’m not saying TROS is on par with ANH.)
I found it to be a satisfying conclusion to a flawed trilogy. I think it’s clear now, if it wasn’t before, that the whole way that these movies were created was a mistake, as far as different directors coming in and no clear 3 part arc to the story being figured out beforehand.
As someone who liked TLJ but found it problematic in a number of ways, I liked that this film attempted to rectify some of the dumber decisions Rian made in the previous film. But some things aren’t as easily undone.
Personally, I can say that this is the least I’ve known about any of these Disney movies prior to release, and I enjoyed being surprised by things. It’s also been nice to be away from all the forum discussions pre-release, because, frankly (no offense to any here) none of it is all that interesting to me. It was good to go into TROS with my own preconceptions, and not someone else’s. And because of that time away I’m also feeling less interested in discussions, post-release, especially when the general tone here seems much the same as it was post-TFA, or post-TLJ, in varying degrees.
All I can say is that I hope those who were not fans of this new trilogy get something they enjoy in the future, or at the very least that they remember what made them fans in the first place, and embrace that.
edit: ahhh and I found it kinda hilarious that the prop EFX is currently peddling from this movie is the “Dark Rey” lightsaber that showed up for about 5 seconds and had close to zero relevance to anything. $1600 for that?!
