I keep seeing people argue that fans who were disappointed with the film were disappointed because it didn't meet their expectations. I had zero expectations and I never care for fan theories. I was disappointed in this film because it was weak, lazy writing.
The absurd amount of copying of the ROTJ throne room scene was extremely distracting even down to the extremely similar dialogue. What is the purpose of this? Why were they so intent on copying that scene? Was it just laziness? All I could think was, didn't we already see this scene? People argue that the scene is different because Kylo kills Snoke... How is that different? Vader also killed the Emperor.
Why in the world would the star destroyer not attack the rebel ship for all that time? It's too slow...? Then why not send out the TIE Fighters again? The TIE Fighters already successfully destroyed the bridge and the ships in the hangar. Why can't they do it again? Like mentioned before, this hasn't stopped the Empire in the past who sent out TIE Fighters into an asteroid field. I'm not buying the in-story reason these writers gave. It was only to allow time to develop two incredibly pointless plot-lines that wasted the characters of Finn and Poe. Neither of those plot-lines led to any development in the grander story. The movie could have ended exactly the same without them. Next time, give these two characters something meaningful to do.
The code breaker betraying Finn and Rose was also cheap and predictable, and I couldn't help but compare it to Lando's betrayal on Cloud City. Lando's betrayal was also predictable, but unlike the dullness with the code breaker story-line, Lando's story had a creative twist in which he was revealed to be a man caught in a no-win situation trying to do his best, and then he redeemed himself in the end as a hero trying to save Leia and Chewbacca. No such creativity existed in this chapter. And what was the point of showing the other BB8 droid on the star destroyer that spotted them? Here I was thinking, oh, I guess the code breaker won't betray them, it'll be this droid that rats them out. But no, that didn't happen, so what was the purpose of that shot? To sell a different version of BB8 as a toy?
I am completely behind having Luke be a shadow of the man he was. What I have a problem with is the reason for it.
Exactly. I'm not opposed to him being a broken man. But the reason they gave completely opposes the essential character of Luke. He risked his life for the belief that his father could be redeemed. He is a hero because he successfully pursued this hope of there being good in Vader. But now he so easily gives up on his nephew and is about to murder him while he lays unarmed in his sleep? Yet this random girl Rey has to tell him that Kylo is conflicted and he can be redeemed? Even Snoke was teasing Kylo being a conflicted boy. How could Luke not see this when he nearly died while fighting for the good in Vader? Sorry, in no way do I find this convincing. It was dumb.
I don’t agree but that’s ok. I’m having a very different experience and reaction to this film and I am supportive of the choices made. I walked out feeling a powerful connection to the new characters which was the intent I believe.
