A Critique Of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: An Epic Disaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ม.ค. 2020
- A full review of this absolute abomination of a film. The so called final chapter of the Skywalker saga comes to a disgraceful end. Disney's Failure is now complete.
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You know what would have been amazing. If the last villain was actually Jar Jar Binks.
Should’ve been.
They’ve all done Bom Bad!
@@andrewwall1160 would have been the most Epic reveal.
He would of ben better than palpatine
Would have made far more sense
It could still be…
Burying Annakin’s lightsaber in sand was the ultimate insult.
Annakin hated sand.
His Force Ghost would have choked the living hell out of Rey.
*"I HATE SAND YOU IDIOT!"*
Burying his lightsaber on the planet he tried so hard to escape from. 10/10, smart move Rey. If Anakin would've turned the youngling slayer 9000 against her, I would've cheered.
I am still kinda amazed that Disney managed to kill Star Wars. Not just harming it, destroyed it.
I was lucky to be half-asleep watching this movie, and now I see how much I forgot.
And now 8 months later, they’ve done more than destroy it. They’ve decimated it. Just when you think they couldn’t do worse, they write Acolyte.
That heal power is literally why anakin turned to the dark side and yet rey just casually does it
Having just read Darth Plagueis, Palpatine knew of this ability from his master who used it for decades to recover from an ambush attack. It seems Palps wanted his pet to remain under his control since he was so powerful in the Force.
The travesty is in execution. Plagueis spent years practicing learning and struggling to develop this ability. So for the bestest evar Rey-ry Sue to just be able to do it is horribly offensive.
Mark Hamill's face man.... jeez you can actually see his soul die.
"A rap battle between an idioit and a madman." That's the best summary of this movie I've heard yet.
32:33 no, not Frodo's granddaughter. SAURON's granddaughter. Thats how fucking insane the sequel trilogy is.
Well, according to Amazon, might be the granddaughter of Sauron and Galadriel. q.q
Seriously, your channel is criminally underrated. 👏👏👏
How do you not have a million followers, this channel is amazing.
Facts
BIG FACTS
With content like his he'll get there 😁
I’m starting to see these smaller channels taking up the mantle
I choose to identify as living in a world where this last Star Wars trilogy doesn't exist.
Your video gave me some kind of enjoyment from the farce trilogy as a 51 year old kid that watched actual Star Wars in the cinema in 77.
The desecration of luke started this whole channel. A crime against humanity
@jedibrooks7235 you have a great outlook, opinion and take on what we originally loved and have an exceptional way and style, crack on brother 🫵
When you meet someone and they say they liked these movies... Honestly a massive red flag. 🚩
YEP !
it's frustrating that and ray changes her name to Skywalker like she doesn't care about her parents who both sacrificed her life for her and were named Palpatine showing that good people can be named Papatine.
People at the beginning of the sequel trilogy: well, the movie definitely has flaws, but i think it'll be a great stepping stone for a trilogy.
People at the middle of the trilogy: ohh geez. Uhh... Come on guys, its the middle part, we can redeem this... Right?
People at the end of the trilogy: by the gods of cinema, why did we have hope for this?
I was so hyped After the first film. Afterall Disney had nailed it with Rogue One, it could happen again no?
Then the second film dropped, scrapped EVERYTHING the first film hyped up, and the third film just gave up any logic or sense because the 2nd had butchered everything beyond repair.
This Entire Trilogy was absolute garbage. In force awakens, which most people seem to consider the best of the three, when Han gets killed, Leia walks right past Chewie - the same Chewie Han told to protect Leia when he was frozen in carbonite - to go comfort Rey, who they had all just met. Why can't people write anymore?!?!
Woolies don't have emotions I guess🥴
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Fun reminder: The entire series of events that unfold during this film, take place in under 16 hours.
There's also something to be said about the subtlety of Vader's force choke versus Ren's move. Vader is sending a message, he's not dishing out punishment for the scepticism, he's educating the rest of the room, whilst subtly re-establishing his authority that has just been questioned by the tone of Motti's comments. The Ren scene is just an act of petty petulance, a child lashing out in a temper tantrum. He's educated no one, earned no respect. He hasn't ruthlessly removed incompetency from the chain of command, he's simply created an environment of fear by wasting potential talent because he was asked a reasonable question.
This. Kylo Force chokes an officer when he asks: "and what does he (Palpatine) want in return?" You know what? That's a perfectly reasonable question. The kind of question I would expect a competent officer to ask. This isn't a rebel Kylo is killing. This isn't someone who FAILED him. Why, Kylo, are you so pointlessly angry all the time, you absolute cheese sandwich?
The real reason why this is happening is because JJ thought: "how can I make Kylo more intimidating? Hey, Vader used to choke people to death, right? Well I'M gonna make Kylo choke someone to death, too! There. Done. Moving on." And this is the awful way that JJ writes. It's either "reference" or "wouldn't it be cool if . . ." He doesn't think about scenes any deeper than that.
@@KneelB4Bacon I agree but there's also so much to that Vader scene that flies under the radar. Motti has just questioned the existence of the Force, Vader could have just moved a cup on the table, instead he chokes him, demonstrating that the force exists, and establishing in the audience's mind that this is the bad guy. But he shows restraint, a subtlety of control that tells you this guy has a level of control that is dangerous because he doesn't grab him by the throat and choke him out, he simply and calmly pinches shut his windpipe. That tells the audience this guy is calm and calculated, not an indiscriminate killer.
The reactions of the other staff show you that Vader is not someone to be trifled with, with only Tarkin telling him to stop and even then only after allowing him to make his point. He's an enemy you can respect, one you should definitely fear, he's shown to be intelligent and well spoken, a man in total control of his emotions. This is what great writing looks like, because you learn more about Vader in those few seconds than you do about Kylo Ren in the entire sequel trilogy. With the subtlety of a simple gesture, we immediately are told exactly what kind of bad guy to expect from Vader. It's a masterclass of writing.
Disney: Ruins Star Wars.
It can't get any worst.
Amazon: Hold my rings.
The last “fuck you” I felt that
I am absolutely convinced the writers are the same ones who write those extremely awful Hallmark movies. Same ideas over and over, no sense, no character development
One of them wrote Batman V Superman. Like for real
i snorted a laugh when you said 'how 2 droids, a wookie and a god didn;t notice the monster' HAHA brilliant
Obviously this is a D&D game where Rey's player is the GM's girlfriend and a massive jerk.
She clearly had a custom class/subclass made to get all the cool powers she wants. 20 in every score because her boyfriend the GM has no spine. Doesn'te even try to roleplay. I mean it fits really well.
Then Kylo is the Dm's stupid NPC thats only around cos Rey thinks of the character as her boyfriend.
In a nutshell
This video is perfect. It says everything flat out how it is. Nice work.
These films will not be known by my family. This is how we win.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa... they gave Rey the ability that Palpatine tempted Vader with?
the trilogy was fucked the moment they decided to let 3 directors do their own thing without a story thread that connects the movies
this movie felt like a choose your own adventure book but if you read it straight through
Your review/commentary of RoS was a THOUSAND TIMES entertaining than the actual film itself. I'll be watching your career with great interest.
I watched this movie as a comedy and had a great time. It's just too damn funny. When Rey said "Rey Skywalker" the cinema groaned "oh come on" out loud.
I am absolutely appalled that you would call this a video game on easy mode. No no no, my friend. This is a video game on story mode.
Video game on game journalist mode.
I just stopped paying attention to anything regarding the cinematic “continuity” when this stuff got released. Star Wars is only truly real to me in the expanded universe, where the real fans make stuff.
🤜🤛
Im just surprised folks are gonna let a rich mouse's fanfic ruin a story for them.
This movie felt so rushed, every scene felt like it was ten seconds long.
SFX budget: 1 billion dollars. Script: let’s get a badger to do it for half a squirrel
Luke tried to find a dagger for years to find and finally end Palpatine WHILE BEING A HERMIT AND GIVING UP BEING A JEDI......every 1 of these movies are NOT connected in the slightest way.....this trilogy is a fkn fever dream
Of the revamped original Star Wars had Anakin ghost be young Anakin as opposed to the original ones having him be old, why is Luke’s ghost old Luke? Also, why a dagger? Don’t they use light sabers in this galaxy far far away? Also, did he straight up rip off the goonies?? Seriously, what the fuck?!.
From the EU and stuff like SWTOR, there is precedent to ritualistic daggers of the Sith. They just wouldn't be used as retardedly as they are here.
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Actually, it wasn’t days. The entire movie takes place over like 10 hours. Seriously. Palpatine at the start was like “you have 16 hours to surrender or die” at the beginning of the film. So the entire battle with a bajillion DEATH STAR DESTROYERS took less time than the galactic civil war or clone wars ever did
My fave character in Force Awakens was Finn. I remember all the promotion for the film centred mainly on him, only for them to pull the bait and switch at the en.
Really wanted Finn to be the new Jedi character and we get to follow his journey from being a stormtrooper, who gets redeemed by the end of the last film.
Never bothered with the last two films after they did him the dirty.
They had 30 years to write these movies, if you really think about it. Even worse, J.J. Abrams knew for some time that he was going to be the driver behind these movies, and he could not even be bothered with an outline for all three. By the end of the Last Jedi, it was painfully obvious that there was no true direction they were going with the series. But, the biggest crime of it all, they had one last opportunity to get the old gang back together again, which to be honest, is what the fans wanted to see. Even if it would have been just for part of the movie, they shit on that whole idea, and now it is simply too late, it can never happen. Thanks Disney, for fucking the fans!
Yeah it's a pity we never saw Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, Lando, C3PO, RDR2 all in one scene. They even got Lando only in the third because they were like "oh shit, we forgot Lando was in the original trilogy, huh, I guess we have to put him somewhere now for nostalgia"
The force awakens didn’t have much potential to be honest. She was a sue from the start
the only reason i liked about this Trilogy is all the Roast videos and memes that come from it
I don't mean to beat up a dead horse, but the opening sequence, with the hyperspace jumps, also brutally shits on the originals. Remember how Han Solo refused to jump ONCE without calculating a trajectory, arguing that it can land him and the Falcon in certain death? The sequel heroes jump...2, 3, 4 times in the span of a minute? That sequence still breaks my heart and soul.
I guess what we can learn from Rey is how not to write character development, and that’s special
You know a movie is bad when not even John Williams can make it watchable.
This film is this generation's _Highlander II: The Quickening_ - not just for desecrating what came before, but for being just such a poorly made movie in general.
Jar Jar Abrams also completely ripped off Raiders of the Lost Ark. Stolen ideas:
- opens with looting an artifact from a temple (Sith Wayfinder instead of Monkey Idol)
- multiple McGuffin goose chase with the bad guys always just 1 step behind
- Exagol the hidden planet, Tanis the lost city
- Sith dagger is like the Staff of Ra: place it in the right spot at a vista to reveal a hidden location
- pit with a giant serpent instead of a pit of snakes
- Chewie is captured and put on a transport that Rey blows up, like when Indy blew up the truck Marion was tied up in
- later revealed there was a switcheroo in the transports: Chewie and Marion are both safe
- cute pet monkey = Babu Frisk
- Rey takes Kylo's interceptor like how Indy stowed away on the Nazis' submarine
- Indy chases the armored convoy on horseback, Janna and Finn lead a horse charge on the star destroyer
- Palpy shoots lightning in the sky, like the Lost Ark when it is opened
One difference: Jar Jar Abrams' movie is a convoluted mess, lacking any of the spark or charm of the original Indiana Jones
Rey is a great role model for girls. They'll grow up thinking they know everything and that they don't have to try hard, learn, or do anything because, well, Rey. They're the bestest at everything.
Special effects without a compelling story is a pretty dull thing ...
"An 18-wheeler spins out of control and it's all like BRAAAUUSH!!! and this huge tanker full of diamonds Like CRAW! CRAW!"
"Those aren't Ideas, those are Special Effects!!"
". . . I can't understand the difference."
This "sequel" trilogy always fills me with blind rage whenever I think about it's such an insult to the fans and George Lucas and the actors it's an insult to everyone and a soulless cash grab
What sequel trilogy? STAR WARS ended at epidode VI.
Correct
Yeah I choose to ignore everything star wars after 2005
Exactly
@@shepherdstar14 andor is cinematic masterpiece and rogue one is good, other than that i refuse to acknowledge anything after the first 6
Disney destroyed star wars
It's so frustrating that they took the most beloved franchise of all time and decided to rush 3 movies out for quick money without ever even having a plan on what they would be about. Daisy ridley said in an interview that half way through filming 9, they didn't know what the ending would be. Like what?!?! That's a bad sign for any movie, but such a high stakes film... they never should have been handed a speeding car without knowing what a steering wheel even is
I hope I’m not the only one disturbed by Luke milking the thing
It’s a metaphor for the franchise
20:50 pretty sure he didnt need to fake being annoyed in that scene
Algorithm brought me here 3 years late. I’m with it.
I hear ya. I remember actively searching for critiques of the movie and not being able to find too much
Also ....Not My Star Wars. These movies aren't cannon. As far as I'm concerned these movies never happened.
I agree. The only redeeming thing about RoS is that it gave Rian Johnson the finger.
@@zootopiawilson Yup, and I appreciate that, but somehow I think RoS is still (slightly) worse than TLJ. Both are shit, but somehow RoS is even more asinine because it's TRYING to "salvage" things and fails so absolutely at it.
Guy in the theater I was in had a seizure during the end of this movie. The longer I've had to think about it, the more I believe it was because of how horrible the movie was and not the flashing saber lights.
11:55 To be fair, if Ray really did kill chewy ppl would be absolutely fuming at what would essentially be an off screen death. hella disrespectful for another OG character
The best line in this episode is by far, "Do you hate stakes and tension Disney?! What the fuck is your problem?" What the
fuck is their problem indeed.
They might be allergic to quality, and subsequently, money.
'kidnapped and sexually harrased by Rose' 😂😂😂
I find that when I point out bad filmmaking , from script to performances, directing and characters, people tell me I expect too much from a movie. Well, yes. I do. I’m a storyteller / filmmaker myself and I’m not as easily entertained as it appears most modern movie goers are these days. I don’t like the concept of “ here, im shoveling plot in your face by telling you what you’re supposed to be feeling. Eat it and accept it.”
Perfornances depend on the actors, visuals depend on the budget, but writing ... is totally free i have no tolerance for Lazy shitbox writing> if they dont have standards thats their fault
I don't think anyone really likes it. Still wish they made Jar Jar Binks the final villain. Would have been the most hype thing after all the theories and fan interactions with the idea. The pay off would have been huge.
@maximstepinac6716 Some good videos here on TH-cam making some pretty good arguments in favor of the 'Jar Jar was a sith lord the whole time' theory.
In my mind the Sequels never happened
The fact an animated kid show from over 12 years ago is better written and has a better understanding of canon and rules of the universe than a multi million dollar trilogy and that a side character with blue markings on a helmet has more character and a personality
that last 'fuck you' really came from the heart. i felt it.
I call it "cargo cult" writing. It's writing which can copy the forms, the general shapes of stories, without ever understanding the heart, soul or even working guts of what made the originals work.
i would gladly wipe out the last ten years of Disney Star Wars if i could get back the EU, the games and comics. Wish GL hadn't sold to Disney.
That stuff with Leia is actually insane. How are more people not talking about this.
Personally the sequel “trilogy” killed Star Wars with the first chapter which should be renamed to “the force went into an infinite coma and died a miserable wretched an humiliating death”
The force awakens was rotten from the start
Exactly my guy, we need to remember that that film is supposed to be a sequel to Return of the Jedi and it is the stupidest thing ever in so many ways. I get the blame to TLJ but Force Awakens started the plague.
that feel when i can now say the Prequels were better thank god for Euan McGregor having so much fun as Obi wan
32:33 you're wrong though... it would be sauron's granddaughter.
I don’t understand why companies switch directors for movie sequels. Obviously, the director of the first movie is going to have a vision for the trilogy, why would you give the second movie to a different director who most likely has completely different ideas?
The only good thing out of this depressing mess is all the reviews and critiques, that at least give some enjoyment from this travesty. Ill never forgive them for what they've done to the legacy characters of Star Wars!!!
There is just no vision for Star Wars. It’s all just a jumbled mess..
It’s such a damn shame.
George Lucas originally wanted the sequels to be about Luke & Leias Kids trying to rebuild the Republic but having issues with establishing legitimacy and remnants of Palpatines followers trying to destroy the Republic.
Like a role reversal of the Originally Trilogy, but the rebels actually harm civilians and forcefully take over planets.
If only it happened instead of this mess
I honestly dont remember the Knights of Ren being in this
Nobody Does! what a fucking waste. all of it lol
Your speech at the end was glorious
Fun fact: the director of this movie has changed their name, has done plastic face surgery and lives in a hidden bunker now…
The only thing missing from your excellent analysis is here the economic one. Studios make soulless movies like this bc they are without risk and are profitable. There’s an excellent article called how the death budget cinema left a generation of film makers Mia about how market deregulation and captialism destroy creativity in film bc of corporate mergers
This is amazing. Absolute dagger to the heart of this movie-made-by-rubes in an age where a good film is as hard to find as a $10 lunch.
I agree with everything said about this film, it was completely unenjoyable to watch. I did like the Last Jedi more than the other two, despite its flaws.
TFA was essentially the death of Hollywood.
They didn't give Finn a third love interest. They finally found the right... ummm shade of girl friend that the Chinese audiences might be okay with.
"It showed us the complexities of relationships" Cuts to Luke making out with his sister
People after watching The Last Jedi: "Man that was the most atrocious thing I have ever seen, surely they can't do worse."
Disney: "Hold my beer."
I like to refer to the Disney movies as "Fake Star Wars". It looks nice but it's like from a bad dream or an alternate reality, only it's *this* reality!
The worst indictment I can give to this trilogy is I've seen each film once but the original trilogy countless times
Rogue Ones hallway scene was better than all three sequels. That one scene...😂😂😂
i was born in 1980 so, the prequels to me were the first Star wars i got to really get into. will admit that Spaceballs was my favourite movie when i was 14.. loving star wars then, seeing what Disney did was soul destroying. Ray in the first 2 movies, never trained and could do everything. i still do not know how she knew she could mind fluff people. when we got to the rise of skywalker, why have her training?? it made no sense to me, she was already the most powerful in the series ever. calling herself skywalker at the end was just sickening. she is and always will be a sith..
Yeah, born around the same time. And all my cousins that were a few years older were really into star wars.
Star wars was cool. But by the time I was 5 Saturday morning cartoons and the rise of the toy companies was in full swing.
I was too busy waiting for the new lucky charms commercial series introducing the horseshoe marshmallow.
Starkiller in The Force Unleashed games had a much better scene using force on a spaceship. It takes both hands and a long sequence to pull a Star Destroyer that was flying in his direction to the ground.
Too bad he is not cannon. Love that character and those games.
FACTS
@poeticsilence047 Sad but true...
This is the GREATEST commentary on shit movies!
It should've been a Ben Solo trilogy, learning under Luke. The New Jedi Order works with the Republic to fight either First Order, or a Crime Syndicate headed by a Dark Side user.
Still can't figure out why kylos light safer doesn't cut through that bloke like butter 😂
Fortunately 8 was so bad, I never subjected myself to watching 9. 😅
Wasn't the only good scene in 8 Rey/Kylo vs. the Praetorian Guards lol
@@codythefriendlyskunkboy1780even that is pretty rough when you pay attention to it, still cool but technically flawed
That's pretty much my story.
@@StarlingInSpace Yea, I watched it more closely. Instead of having everything properly choreographed, they just lazily made the guards miss and spin away when they didn't need to and shouldn't have.
I held the same mentality until this year. The way I first experienced the story was by beating the Skywalker saga lol. I had to check out this movie to see if it was actually that bad and it is one of the worst I've ever seen
Why when everything can fly do they still need boats?
"Checkmate Atheist." - Darth Vader in ANH
Sorry I missed this three years ago. Great job. Well written critique
"This video game is set to easy mode" Lol
i cant wait for snoke to come back all "it was MEEE who controlled SIDIOUS"
Darth Jar Jar would make more sense than "Somehow Palpatine returned"
The only way to enjoy the Disney trilogy is to realize that Darth Jar Jar secretly controls everything and Rey is actually his love child with Padme.
This trilogy...will be a testament and remembered as to what NOT to do...
If we allow this crap to continue....we'll keep getting this...
Rings of power- matrix4 and last 3 Starwars movies were my greatsts movie disappointments.
But thankfully, we can pretend they don't exist cuz the intended story has already been told and any continuation is equivalent to fanfiction. They aren't any more canon than The Expanded Universe, or The Matrix Comics.
The whole Force ghost chorus was just one-upping Harry Potter's chat with the dead before sacrificing himself to Voldemort.