#THE FIGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL THE SCENES WERE BEAUTIFUL IT EMOTIONAL AND HEARTBREAKING AND I COULDNT LOOK AWAY

[usercelestial]

do you guys have anything else to say about henren other than leave them alone?

[dealingdreams]

Okay TROS thoughts...here we go. I’m putting them all below the cut in case somehow you’ve avoided spoilers

so general thoughts...i didnt hate it nearly as much as i thought i would so thats pleasant but im gonna break it down more

things i liked:

Adam Driver.  just Adam. Fucking. Driver my dudes. This is like a backhanded compliment because JJ is so fucking lucky Adam was cast because the emotional depth of the film rested literally all on his shoulders for me. I only felt the weight if he was acting in a scene. 

I’ll admit im biased but I did adore the interaction between Finn and Poe. Their bickering amused me and the tenderness between them was wonderful...I think Oscar played Poe a bit jealous as well which i liked.

the Reylo scenes to me where beautiful. Ben never lied to her, she tried to deny it but she knew he never did. I loved that he was kinda guiding her, protecting her, loving her, and antagonizing her all at once. I loved how soft their kiss was, their smiles are literally the light of my life. Rey’s face when she healed him. Ben just staring at her as she tells him she did want to take his hand...just chef’s kiss

I loved the saber fights. Ben’s fight at the beginning was hot as fuck...and his fight as newly redeemed Ben Solo was even hotter somehow.

 I enjoyed the fight scenes between ben and rey! how often ben just let her walk away, and despite that one scene which i will mention below...i like i even tho rey was rather aggressive idk...it didnt really feel like she was trying to hurt him much either? i just think they had a lot of chances to kill each other and didnt take it...so i like that

i knew she was looking at ben in that clip i knew it...she only makes that soft face at him

I always enjoy stupid ass C3PO jokes for some dumbass reason

Han and Ben’s scene was heartbreaking and beautiful. Again tho JJ is fucking lucky to cast Adam cause recycling dialogue from TFA wouldnt have worked at all had Adam not been so fucking amazing

the save chewie hall blaster scene was fun 

i liked how fucking dramatic children ben and rey were with that damn ship lol...no im gonna force pull it...no im gonna...what dorks

while i didnt like the entire way the force bond was used i did enjoy seeing it still strong and growing

confirming canon soulmate reylo was a highlight

ben’s hair looked bomb

finn’s outfit was cool

Jannah was beautiful (please correct me if i misspell her name)

dark rey was glorious tho 

that new little droid is literally me so i adore it

that sith cave thing was really fucking cool looking 

the visuals of the film were most of the time stunning 

sooooo...now to what i didn’t like:

I think this first one is the most obvious for those who know me but...Ben’s death just feels so utterly useless to me. especially when they gave him a metaphorical death earlier in the film. i feel extremely hurt and betrayed. Disney has gone out of their way to make us sympathize with Ben Solo. They’ve revealed more and more of his past...how alone he was, the abuse he suffered from snoke and palpatine. just fuck...they just kill him...the moment he realizes he’s free and loved they end his life....literally WHAT THE FUCK. it’s a chicken shit way out of a redemption arc honestly. Not letting u just breath after his death was also so horrible. We barely got to see Rey mourn, we got a split second of it then it jumped to another scene...another second of her looking sadly at her sabor to have the moment interrupted 

tag on to above but...they didnt have him as a force ghost cause Disney is intentionally keeping where he is ambiguous so they can sell more shit which pisses me off so much

thats not how the force works

there couldnt have been that many sith could there??? cause like there can only be 2 at one time....fucking rule of 2 so how the hell were there that many

palps being like...see i actually want you to kill me...is ridiculous

rey palpatine is the most idiotic thing i have ever heard. Rey being a no one from no where was such an amazing thing. Just anyone can be strong in the force...you dont need royal blood to make you worth something....then they just retcon that??? the fuck I MEAN THE FUCK. 

Finn does nothing but worry about Rey the whole film. I know folks dont like his storyline in TLJ and while i understand that and do think it could have been written better i still adore it because Finn grew. He grew from just caring about a small group of people to caring about an idea to caring about something bigger than him. I didnt see any growth in his character in this film. His heroics were beautiful to see and I enjoyed seeing his heart but that was John’s acting more than the writing it think. 

sidelining rose was fucking disgusting 

the trio felt forced to me

the leia scenes didnt work for me honestly and they mostly just made me sad

bringing in lando now felt weird 

ive wanted force sensitive finn for a while but didnt feel right

why the fuck have finn want to tell rey something but never do...ugh i hate storytelling like that

they never explained how palps is back...he just is

rey stabbing ben felt odd to me. i loved the moment when she healed him, and i know technically her anger and darkside was coming out and she acted on instinct...nevermind that even before leia called out to him ben coudnt follow thru with the killing blow. 

....i’m sure i’ll think of more as i get angrier 

anyways over all...id be lying if moments didnt make me laugh or smile...if i didn’t feel a sense of nostalgia and enjoyment for 80% of this movie. The thing is that even with so much of it being enjoyable to me it still felt void. An action movie, with new characters, a confusing plot and very minimal emotional depth.

The emotion hinged soooo much on Adam or me. The biggest reason for that aside from that fact that Ben Solo is one of my all time favorite characters, is that the things Rey is dealing with in the film are directly related to her being a palpatine...and i HATE THAT. Like straight up wanna fling it into the sun. 

Rey never needed to be related to a force royal bloodline. She should have been allowed to remain strong because she was just strong. Kylo’s equal in every way, not because she was the granddaughter of a sith which btw you can’t inherit force powers. Retconing something so touching and unique from TLJ was just...fucking idiotic. All to please the loud but small misogynistic fandom that thought a woman couldnt be that strong on her own so she must be related to someone

The biggest thing....tho is killing Ben. it felt so unnecessary and just...i feel so betrayed. The interviews leading up to the film got my hopes up that i was worried for nothing. I always thought they’d kill him, because cinema seems to not know what to do with characters has tragic as him without just killing him in the end. we already got a redemption = death plotline in this franchise...why couldnt we get a redemption = life instead??? My friend who doesnt even like sw that much...tros was actually the 2nd sw fim she’s ever seen...thought it was unnecessary as well and agrees with me a lot about my feelings despite not having the same intense emotional attachment to him as me. She for a moment thought they’d be together at the end but nope. Its just...pointless to me now, the sacrifices han, luke, and leia made to reach Ben are for nothing. Their deaths...pointless...Ben means so fucking much to me. I’ve never felt such an intense emotional bond with a character before so im just hurting so fucking much right now.

Rey taking the name Skywalker isnt hopeful or cute its a slap in the face honestly...and it’s just weird! 

The last Skywalker died loved and held by the woman he loved and that is beautiful to me. He died happy and a hero thats a balm at least...but to not let him be the one to kill palpatine...after everything EVERYTHING he put him and his family thru was another just fuck...i wanted justice for him and he just got thrown away

Ultimately...Ben and Rey are soulmates and their force bond was severed. Palpatine didnt take that from them because he couldnt have...again not how the force works....but JJ used that bond to be a battery???? the fuck...but ultimately hes forcing Rey to live the rest of her days with a gaping wound in her soul. a wound unable to be filled and will be with her for the rest of her life...thats so fucking tragic to me. you give rey someone who is her equal, who understands her, and you take him from her and force her to be alone for the rest of her life?? and we are supposed to not see that as a tragedy? Her being fineishness at the end of the film seemed like direction from either the writing or in the moment, but just further proves he didnt bother to even understand the lore he was using. Force bonds were considered i quess legends in the current SW canon but Rian brought it back...so it’s back. and well

  "A bond between two living beings is not something easily broken. It is not a choice… it is like breaking a feeling. Like turning away from the Force. To break a bond, your feelings would have to change, or one of you would have to die—but even then, the bond wouldn't go away, it would simply… it would simply be empty, a wound."―Master Zez-Kai Ell[src]

and .... the only way to break it was to turn away from the Force, as Surik did on Malachor V. So basically it all came down to creating a wound in the Force”

sooo yeah...im pissed i’d give this movie a 1 1/2 out of 5 

thank you for those who have read my rantings! I hope at least some of this made sense

[goddessofchaoss]

Endgame

So finally about a month after seeing Endgame, I can vent without the fear of spoiling it for someone :))

- Firstly, WOW. The most well developed, grounded, fullfilling, in depth movie I have ever seen, and saying that genuinely. Endgame did not need fancy CGI (CGI was still incredible) to be amazing, it was based around incredible story telling and writing, and it was not rushed or pushed onto us, it was a perfect pace.

- There was not a single boring moment, I applaud you, Russo Brothers

- Cap using Hail Hydra, fucking genius

-Cap getting sick of his own line ‘I can do this all day’ Bloody fantastic.

- CAP LIFTING THORS HAMMER JUST LIKE IN THE COMICS

- “That is America’s ass” BEST LINE.

- Cap had so much character development, we got to see him as a human person with raw emotions and banter, and not just a super soldier

- all of them A+ development, we got to see them lounging around, grieving, arguing, eating, joking around like normal people. It made the movie feel so real, as if this were our own reality, because it was so grounded and genuine.

- Nebula and Tony’s relationship was so pure, she let him have the last of the food, knowing she could survive longer even if she was starving

- Tony’s trauma after they get back on earth, so heartbreaking, but that felt like raw emotion well done RDJ

- Its explicitly stated by SheHulk in the Comics that the black widow never weeps. She doesnt bend, she doesnt kneel. So seeing natasha try to hold back her tears after talking about Hawkeye in Tokyo, was so heart wrenching.

- Natasha’s hair was fucking gorgeous though

- IM MAD natasha died, I cried watching that scene, her whole life was about making things right for her past. She sacrificed herself for a cause, and while that is amazing, she deserved so much better. She deserved to feel at peace with herself and be happy, but unfortunately :/ Her death was heartbreaking

- Hawkeye and Widow fighting to sacrifice themselves and save the other was heartbreaking. That is true love. Not thanos, killing gamora, that is not love. Love is putting others before yourself and that is exactly what we witnessed. So beautiful.

- scott lang, every second of screen time of him was phenomenal

- scott not getting a picture with those kids lmao

- scott MISSING OUT ON SEEING CASSIE GROW UP that would feel fucking awful can you even imagine

- every single ingredient of scotts taco flying into oblivion

-nebula calling scott an idiot

- nebula shedding some tears after thor kills thanos poor baby she must have been feeling an overwhelming sense of grief and relief

- nebula being captured by thanos again the fear she must have felt she deserves so much better

- nebula seeing gamora again :(( their sisterly bond was missed glad to see it again

- thor’s guilt of not going for the head “what did you do?” “. I went for the head” poor bub

- thors ptsd

- Valkyrie becoming new queen of asguardians

- captain marvel CAN FUCK ME UP ANYDAY

- the marvel women coming toegther to protect peter parker YES YES YES

- wanda maximoff is officially one of the most powerful avengers dont fight me on this THE GIRL STRIPPED THANOS OF HIS ARMOR

- pepper potts in the iron suit yes mama

- pepper telling tony everythings gonna be alright while holding back grieving

- tony sacrificing himself, we all knew it was coming, but after seeing that i was left with a hole in my heart. Tony has been one of my faves for the past 10 years and now hes gone. He was an amazing person, guilt ridden and gone through trauma and neglect and he still so goddamn strong. He always tried to make things right and was so scared of losing pepper and morgan. This one deserved the world.

- tony seeing his dad again and couldnt resist talking to him :(((

- bruce banner good fucking on you is all i can say

- most character development of him of all the movies

- rocket deserves a say in this too what a great guy

- SEEING HARLEY AGAIN AT TONYS GOODBYE

- Cap staying in the past and having a good life well deserved.

- everyone coming together and fighting was the most fulfilling amazing feeling ever

Overall Endgame marks the end to a 10 Year story and wow writing this has made me feel sad and im going to miss it so much this was my childhood my thing that made me so happy and fulfilled, living my dreams and adventure through these adventures. This has been something with me through my childhood, puberty, teenage years, and now to a young adult. Thank you so much to the Marvel Cast. Thank you writers. Im literally tearing up rn

[kevinprace]

i saw hamilton!!! (8/18/17; la pantages theater)

hamilton: first national tour (8.18.17) - first off, there will be spoilers about the show! don't read if you don't want spoilers.

this is just basically an info dump for everything so i never forget it?? i’ll also prob be editing this a lot when i suddenly remember a detail and want to add it,,

 when joshua (burr) first came out, there was like 1 minute of applause and it was amazing!! joshua did such a did job at portraying burr ?? like you could see his affection turn to hatred, one song at a time,, it was beautiful! also his room where it happens was eLECTRIFYING !!! he jumped like 10 feet when he jumped off the table it was amazing !!! his "world was wide enough" was beautiful and his vocals are so so so so amazing i could listen to him talk for days. 

raven was my angelica and oh. my. gosh. she was flawless. (i daresare i liked her angelica more than OBC). her satisfied left me in tears and her riffs just ,,, were beautiful,,, she was an angel at the stage door (she complimented my shirts!!) and she did just an amazing job at brining angelica to life ?? 

soLEA (eliza) WAS AN ANGEL I LOVED HER!!! her helpless was just,, so,, smooth and gorgeous it made me feel like i was falling in love too ??? her burn made me cry, ,, she brought so much emotion (esp in the "you, you, yoOooU") and made me cry again ,,, - also the belt at the end of schuyler sisters had be feeling things,,, wow

ruben (philip/laurens) was such an adorable philip and wild laurens ?? he was able to dramatically change his character act 1/act 2 and thats like so talENTED ??? plus his voice is like an angel so i love him for that 

the heartbeat in the background of stay alive reprise,,,,, got me,,

 ok but the laurens interlude deserved a spot on that album ?? its so beautiful and yeah i know its super short bu t its,,, 

RORY. OMALLEY. MADE. ME. LAUGH. SO HARD. his king george was so funny i just laughed and laughed ?? the lil shoulder raises he does is just adorable ?? and the facial expressions in "what comes next" we just iCONIC I LOVE HIM. not to mention hes a frickin angel and i love him because he took abt 100 pictures for me at the stagedoor and LA is so blessed to have him for a whole 5 months ?? he just reminds me of a lil annoying fairy who keeps providing commentary over the founding fathers’ lives it was fuNNY,,, also kgiii successive loses more clothes as the show goes on,, until like,, he has no crown in reynolds pamphlet its wild

bUT REYNOLD PAMPHLET WAS WILD,,,,, LIKE EVERYONE WAS THROWING THOSE PAPERS AROUND HAMILTON AND POOR PHILIP IM

also also it was so great how, they had everyone on the stage? like even if they weren’t on the scene they were watching the show?? (maybe a sign for “history has its eyes on you” because they were literally watching the events play out ?? idk im not good at analysis)

rory stamping his foot for “im so blue” and the stage lights turn blue was just ,,, iconic

also his british accent was 10/10

 our jefferson/laf (jordan) wAS SO SASSY AND HILARIOUS AND EXTRA I LOVE,,,, HIS DANCE MOVES WERE 10/10 IM IN LOVE. he has the best hair, no question!! esp when he shook it around durin "you dont have the votes ?" and his "wHAAAAt" was super iconic im,,, not to mention he wore a keith haring sweater out after the show and i was like !!! 

OUR MADISON/HERCULES (mathenee)  HAD THE BEST DANCE MOVES 11/10 HE WAS GRINDIN ON BURR AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT DURING STORY OF TONIGHT,, HE STEAL LAURENS' BEER AND THAT WAS JUST,, SOFT,, ALSO THE MIC DROP/CATCH WAS SUPER ICONIC I LOVE HIM 

hooo washington (isaiah) was flawless, his vocals in one last time blew me away and i just,,, couldnt breathe ??

charles lee : iM A GENERAL WHEEE EeEEE (that was so funny bc he just jAMMED in the middle of a song it was ,,)

your obedient servant was so passive aggressive and amazingly staged i loved the 10000 letters ham sent in response it was so Extra and i loved it

the cabinet battle funny moments: ok, so the “uh, france” was just hILARIOUS and ham mocking jefferson with the dancing was perfect ,,

and when ever ham said “talk less, smile more” to like mock burr, he woULD TO THE RIDICULOUS DANCE MOVE THAT BURR DID AND NOW ITS LIKE AN “INSIDE JOKE” BUT ITS SO OVER EXAGGERATED I LOVE

 and the lighting was just so carefullly thought out and i just could watch the light shows for days because it was just,,, mesmerizing ?? 

the dancing was amazing, it makes up so so much of the show and i wouldnt trade it for anything ?? 

the bullet getting pulled away from ham by the other ensemble members and him like walking towards it and away just,,,, like amazing

ALSO THOSE TURNTABLES WERE SO STRATEGICALLY PLACED I LOVE ,,, like during hurricane,,, everyone was turning around hamilton?? like his entire life just ,, there

KARLI (peggy/maria) HER MARIA WAS SO GOOD,,, THE NOTE IN SAY NO TO THIS >>>>> it was amazing

YORKTOWN MADE ME WILD,,,, I COULDNT ,,, BREATHE ,,,, OH,,, MY,,, GOSH,,, THE DANCIN, THE SINGING,,, IT WAS,,, A AMAZING

 satisfied was amazing the "rewind" was ,,,, just breathtaking,,, like everyone was doin it again,, but backwards, and a lot faster,,, it was,,,,

 aND ELIZA AND PEGGY TOUCHED NOSES IT WAS ADORABLE I LOVE EM - "include women in the sequel" and "immigrants, we get the job done" got a solid minute of applause i love us 

THE "MF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS" MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS GONNA JUMP UP AND JOIN EM THE EXCITED LIL HOPS OF JEFFERSON MADE ME LAUGH 

WHEN THE STAIRCASE SWUNG OUT AT NON STOP I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT “ IS THIS MAN UP” BECAUSE OF ARNOLD ON THE STAIRCASE THINGY

aLSO MICHAEL (HAMILTON) TRIPPED WHEN HE WAS RUNNING UP THE STAIRS DURING “NON STOP” IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE HE JUST KEPT RUNNING

also also jef flicked his coat tails so much it was iconic,,, 

hamilton. aka michael. he was just ,,, oh my,,, i have no words ??? like,,, his my shot was so different than lin's but it was just like so much better ?? he aCTUALLY CRIED REAL TEARS DURING PHILIPS DEATH AND IT MADE THE MOMENT SO MUCH SADDER ?? his hurrican e was like, heart wrenching you could fEEL the emotion 

FARMER REFUTED WAS HILARIOUS LIKE AARON WAS HAULIN THIS LIL HAM OUT OF THE WAY OF FIGHTING SEABURY IT WAS FUNNY??? and seabury was like tryin to get in front of him to talk ?? (it was like that sharpay vs tiara gold from hms 3 they were flGHTING to be in front for the spotlight,, wild)

right hand man ?? you could like feel the canons i was liVing - the cry from eliza was heartbreaking,, you could pinpoint the moment her heart ripped in half,,, 

and the same bench from that would be enough was the same one as burn ??? wow the pain,,,

the adams administration where it bleeps out ham's words,,, THE LIGHTS WENT ALL FLASHIN RED AND IT WAS SO FUNNY

the orphanage, i was sobbin

bUT HER GASP At THE END MADE M E QUESTION LIFE

its a shame i didnt get to meet solea or michael at the stagedoor, but everyone else was incredibly kind i dont know how these people are human,, we dont deserve them

all in all, it was so worth the 540 days of waiting im so incredibly blessed to see his production and this tour cast deserves their own album i love them so so much and i can’t wait to see what they do in the future

also i got a signed playbill/poster and they are now my treasured babies i will love them forever

hamilton is like,, so well thought out,,, its not just random? every light, every person on that stage has a purpose and i wish i could see it over and over to understand all the deep meanings but i can’t (bc im poor and barely snagged these tix) but i can wish lol

tl;dr: in other words, hamilton is an amazing show. (sure the fandom is kinda toxic) but it lowkey deserves its hype. 

10/10 would watch again