tlj was an uneven movie for sure, but i thought it was thematically pretty consistant. im under the impression you had a problem with rey giving kylo a chance for the light side, which he then rejects after killing snoke and the movie to me said "sometimes people are irredeemable" and doubles down on kylo as being villainous. it made sense to me for rey to act like it, hear me out: she meets her hero, luke, who turns out to be what she didn't expect, he has become a grumpy recluse. (1/2)
(2/2) since the current luke isn’t what she expected, she tries to emulate what she knew Peak Hero Luke did: he gave Darth Vader a chance! So slowly she thinks she can do the same, get the current villain to turn to the light, just like Luke did. It would save the galaxy! And she consistently hangs on to this belief, until Kylo reveals himself to want to destroy everything and asks for her to compromise her beliefs. She shuts the door on his redemption for good. I liked her Luke-ish idealism.
3/2 (oops) but ofc you’re allowed to dislike the last jedi and have differing opinions! I was super worried up until 2/3rds of the movie, but then it won me over. It’s definitely a more divisive movie than TFA, which i also liked! Idk how to end this, you have valid criticisms and I am DEFINITELY not a fan of reylo. i guess what confuses me is how ppl seem to think it was pro those two together? It ended with the divided for good.
Oh no, that part I’m actually reasonably okay with, on paper anyway. On paper, it kinda even works. But the execution? Oh boy. Nope.
First of all, the storyline relies on the idea that Rey somehow would know Luke tried to save his father and bring him back to light. Yeah, it’s been established in the expanded canon that there are lots of stories, legends and tall tales about Luke Skywalker, sure. But it’s also been established that there are things about the Skywalkers that are very much not common knowledge that some scavenger girl from a backwater planet would have realistically heard of.I mean, sure, you could theorize that she picked the knowledge from Luke’s head or Leia told her or whatever, but if you want your audience to accept something like that… Rule #1 of visual media: Show, Don’t Tell. And we weren’t even told just how she knew that.
Secondly, it’s painfully obvious Johnson had exactly two story objectives: Kylo becomes Supreme Leader and Luke dies. And while the Resistance storyline (including Finn and Rose) ended up being pointless running around and infighting to keep them busy meanwhile, Rey had the dubious honor to become a plot device. And, again, I’d be much more okay with her willingness to trust Kylo and try to drag him back to light if she’d been given a proper motive that didn’t undermine her own intelligence, integrity, and importance. Again, if she had known or even falsely thought Kylo is her long-lost brother or even cousin, that would have been acceptable and characteristic motivation.
Now her personal motivation was, what? She felt lonely and rejected because Luke was an ass to her, and wanted to prove herself? Sure, understandable to a degree, but at what cost? Luke had to be written to act way out of character to push her towards Kylo, who may I remind you, she very nearly dueled to death only days before. “Miscommunication as the cause of conflict/drama” is one of my least favourite tropes ever, and it was (ab)used prominently in two of this film’s three main storylines. That’s shitty and lazy writing/storytelling and I cannot condone it.Also, yeah, Rey did reject him in the end, but I could have lived never having to see it being even implied in textual canon that there could be anything remotely romantic going on between the two, ever. It was one of my main fears that she would be pushed into this trite “pure-hearted maiden saves evil douchebag’s soul from the grip of darkness with her love and light” role, and that’s… kinda very much what happened. At least there was no more swooning into his arms, I guess. *sigh*
So, no, my main issue was not with that storyline per se. My main issue was that Luke’s characterization, Rey’s importance and integrity as a character (and role as the heir of the Skywalker legacy), and, well, pretty much everyone else’s storylines and character arcs as well were sacrificed on the altar of Kylo.No, he was not redeemed or anything, but the fact remains that pretty much the entire main plot was about him and he’s now both the Big Bad and (presumably) the Last Skywalker. And I find that unacceptable.
To recap: the story was mediocre at best, the execution was terrible and the writing overall was generally horrendous. Not to even mention the countless continuity issues. That’s my beef with this film.
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An app called twilight is what i use for android
I???? Might have tried that too?? Honestly I’ve tried like 5 different redshift apps and so far EasyEyes has been the best for my purposes but idk I think I should probably do a new round of testing...
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Joooooo, siis, mäki itkin koska mun peruukki ja silmälasit ei ollu eikä oo vieläkää tullu postista, ja sit on liia nopee dediksiä asioista joita en ymmärrä, oon hidas koulutöissä, oon lupautunu liian monii asioihi ja on vastuuta ja ai että. Mut se itkeminen helpotti huomattavasti ´ 7 ` hyviä viboja sulleki! Vastusta kaikkee mitä lähtee ♥
Happy birthday!!!! I hope you have a wonderful time and all the best for your next trip around the sun <3
Yoooo thank youu! ♥♥ It’ll be a slow journey but it’ll be awesome~~ ALSO We should go on that coffee date ft. Eeva we talked about like. A year ago. Woops :DDD
Name: Karen
Birthday: July 2nd
Gender: cis female
Relationship status: me and Undyne went on a date once but
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Siblings: none
Favourite colour: bordeaux red, blue, teal, light green...i love lots!! except for yellow
Pets: none :(((
Time: 22:30
Type of phone: iphone 4s
Love or Lust: assuming this is about sexual lust, love for me cause i’m ace lol
Lemonade or Iced Tea: Iced tea specifically elderberry!!
Cats or Dogs: i love them both!!! this question is stupid!!!
Coke or Pepsi: Coke. this debate is almost nonexistent in my country since pepsi is not very popular in general here.
Day or Night: Night
Makeup or Natural: makeup is cool but i only very rarely wear it bc i’m lazy.....though i really want to learn applying it properly...someday...
Met a celebrity: no big shots? when i was a kid i once met Armin from Die Sendung mit der Maus (popular german educational show for kids) but thats it.
Shorter or taller: i’m a tall gal
ChapStick or Lipstick: shrugs
City or Country: City, but not too big please.
Last Song You Listened To: Astroboy by FEMM it’s very catchy
