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Eugene

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1. I would have forgiven the film for all this nonsense if it had told a coherent, original story.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 08:29 AM

Jan 2020

This is what you get when you let the bean counters make your film. Throw together nostalgia, (bad) fan service, godawful merchandise placements (they fly now) and throwaway bits meant to please everybody, and they expect a $2 billion film.

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Why "Rise of Skywalker" is objectively a bad movie: [View all] DetlefK Jan 2020 OP

I would have forgiven the film for all this nonsense if it had told a coherent, original story. Eugene Jan 2020 #1

Just saw it yesterday. My main concern was the lack of story. underpants Jan 2020 #2

As I posted-finally saw it yesterday underpants Jan 2020 #3

I thought they patched together that mess quite well. It could have been a catastrophe. hunter Jan 2020 #4

it was basically Return of the Jedi JuJuYoshida Jan 2020 #5

Avengers Endgame also was 100% fan-tribute, but at least they had believable characters. DetlefK Jan 2020 #6