#btw i know i havent posted about it but this canto was very good

[578memorylane]

does anyone have (SPOILERS BELOW)

the image of don quixote and sancho dueling in the sky without the text overlay from the song because i want to use it as my computer background

[jynandor]

tlj spoilers under cut

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this is very messy okay? i just came back

i don’t even know where to begin honestly. i think overall it was a good movie, but i personally failed to connect with some storylines and some characters’ actions. btw, this has absolutely nothing to do with rey’s parentage; i left that whole discourse a long time ago so i stopped caring. 

so to put some highlights first

- LEIA ORGANA USING THE FORCE. LEIA ORGANA DOING ANYTHING, WHAT A LEGEND

- MY LORD AND SAVIOR GARETH EDWARDS that little cameo made me smile 

- final scene between luke and kylo even though i knew luke wasnt actually present, it was aesthetically pleasing

- binary sunset :(

- LUKE AND LEIA REUNITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

- connix <3

- i liked crait wolves and those creatures from canto bight (man, i cant remember what they are called…um… damn), caretakers were very cute

things that made go what the hell am i watching

- luke milking that space cow, why (even though i laughed)

- porgs in general, they were cute but slightly annoying

- some of the humor was a bit dull but then again i liked few scenes

aaaaaaand things that got me completely underwhelmed (sadly, plenty of things)

- paige tico dying after like 5 minutes, a big disappointment but i knew this would happen. maybe storywise it made sense because it was something that drove rose’s story later on. still i wish she didnt die so quickly (but she was also a hero ♥)

- i expected a lot more from kylo’s turn :/ so the whole thing didn’t work for me. that being said...

- luke deciding to kill ben was OOC for him (i hope someone asks mark about this soon because i am 99,99% sure he agrees)

- kylo’s shirtless scene was unnecessary

- rey and kylo’s connection, so many of their scenes genuinely made me cringe. i also felt like rey’s own development got slightly sidelined and the movie focused more on her relationship with kylo.

- snoke’s death and  everything about him. i just went …..THAT’S IT? okay… 

- i said i didnt care about rey’s parentage and, while that’s true, i dont see how addressing who her parents were “payed off emotionally” but okay rian, you do you. im saying this bc most fans (me too, at some point last year but not anymore) had a lot of expectations set from TFA, interviews etc…. you know what i mean by this. let me clear it up right away: her parents being some random dead people doesnt make me love rey less, she’s amazing no matter who she is. i just wish things were handled way differently before this movie. i didnt see the point in so much mystery rather than having your audience guess and speculate for two whole years. also the way kylo spoke to her in that scene was a clear example of emotional abuse (”your parents are dead, they never cared, you have nothing and no one left but me”)

- DJ’s “turn” again finn and rose was predictable. his character wasn’t even necessary for the plot

- i wasn’t a big fan of how poe’s character was handled

- finn/rose forced romance

- phasma, oh my god… do i need to say this? DO I NEED TO SAY THIS?  gwen baby i am so sorry :/ she deserved a lot better

- hux took too much screentime again, why is he still around? who the fuck cares?  

and…. finally (doesnt fit in any “category”)

- luke’s death.  BECAUSE sadly i was indirectly spoiled about it earlier.... but even if i wasnt, it wouldn’t have surprised me :(

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so uh, 7/10 from me… or 7.5/10? 

EDIT: 3/10 it’s what she deserves. 

i will probably watch another time, hopefully i will change my mind about some stuff. idk this “review” (again, incoherent MESS of a post) might seem a little harsh but i expected a lot more. yes, that’s it. nope didnt change my mind, it’s even worse.

EDIT 2: so a lot of people seem to think kylo must’ve lied to rey about her parents. which is plausible, it could be that he did. but you know what? even though i am not a fan of the way they resolved this in TLJ, i’d  be pretty annoyed if they went “HAH! GOTCHA! KYLO LIED” two years from now. it would be redundant and even worse than what we got. i dont even want to talk about this issue again, but this is how i feel right now.