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- 2017
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 32 m
- 2017
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 32 m
Summary Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
Directed By: Rian Johnson
Written By: Rian Johnson, George Lucas
- 2017
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 32 m
- 2017
- PG-13
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 2 h 32 m
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
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Summary Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
Directed By: Rian Johnson
Written By: Rian Johnson, George Lucas
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Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 56 Critic Reviews
84
93% Positive
52 Reviews
52 Reviews
7% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 56 Critic Reviews
84
93% Positive
52 Reviews
52 Reviews
7% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Rian Johnson’s film is the real deal, a bold, risky venture unafraid to tell its own story, freed from the weight of nostalgia and formula.
It’s less Star Wars as you’ve never seen it than Star Wars as you’ve never felt it.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 10,343 User Ratings
4.3
35% Positive
3605 Ratings
3605 Ratings
14% Mixed
1460 Ratings
1460 Ratings
51% Negative
5278 Ratings
5278 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 10,343 User Ratings
4.3
35% Positive
3605 Ratings
3605 Ratings
14% Mixed
1460 Ratings
1460 Ratings
51% Negative
5278 Ratings
5278 Ratings
This is a genuinely excellent movie, and the hate is grossly misplaced, ill-motivated, and undeserved. It's easily the best Star Wars movie since the original and The Empire Strikes Back, and if we're being objectively honest, it's probably better than both of them. The story has wonderful, deep-cutting themes on the fallacy of bloodlines, the social role of legends, the meaning of heroism and rebellion, and the powerful instruction of failure: all very elegantly tied together in a very coherent, tautly paced package. Rian Johnson, writer and director, seems to understand Star Wars better than anyone save George Lucas itself. At the very least, when I watched this movie the first time with a gigantic grin on my face, it felt like someone had experienced Star Wars the way I had since I first fell in love with the franchise shortly before my ninth birthday. As thoughtfully detailed as it is -- a Jedi facing off against the First Order using no violence, or Force projections leaving no footprints, for example -- it's also incredibly entertaining. The opening sequence alone is one of the most thrilling moments I've ever seen in Star Wars. And not nearly enough has been said about how incredibly gorgeous this film is. It's easily the prettiest Star Wars movie ever made, with both wonderful cinematography and excellent art direction. There's well-done, prominent use of a red and white color scheme. The "blood stains" of the final battle, where technically the salt of the planet is oxidizing into crimson whenever touched, such as when a soldier is taken out and ragdolls along the ground, is a great example of how the visuals and the themes of the movie dovetail together in an extremely effective way. Just such a clever, thoughtful movie. There's a sequence that -- absurdly! -- has drawn much scorn and criticism, called the Holdo maneuver, that frankly ought to be one of the Top 100 visual moments of the 21st century movie scene. It's so incredible to behold that both times I saw the movie in theaters, when the sound cuts out in the moment, you could literally hear gasps of astonishment at what was unfolding on screen. Pure, haunting beauty. What the show Andor was for writing, The Last Jedi was in a visually mesmerizing, theme-heavy, silver screen extravaganza. The big, bombastic moments are well complemented by the little touches: "I need someone to show me my place in all this," the sisters with their medallion halves, the amoral smuggler advocating the path of neutrality, a certain cameo from an old friend from the original movies, "We are what they grow beyond -- that is the true burden of all masters." Even the much maligned Canto Bight sequence has great discourse on the purpose and meaning of rebellion, and easily one of the coolest cinematographic movements in franchise history. (As someone said on Twitter, a Star Wars movie that finally does something interesting with the camera!) The sequence is an obvious homage to a classic 1920s film that first demonstrated the possibilities of film photography. That kind of homage is precisely something that George Lucas would do, famous for his tributes to Akira Kurosawa in particular. It's but a single example of how well this movie really understands Star Wars in a way that most of its haters are incapable of acknowledging or fully comprehending, but also in a way that's utterly delightful. It made me feel like I was a nine year old kid again, being whisked away on an amazing adventure to a galaxy far, far away.
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TLJ is a visual masterpiece and has some of the blest Story Telling across all 3 sequels. From the opening scene of a true WWII style bombardment to the salt flats of the planet where Luke takes a truly Jedi-style last stand against the First Order in using thr Forse for defense, R. Johnson shows his knowledge of Star Wars Lore and superb story crafting.
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The Force is, to me, still silly Star Wars mumbo jumbo, but Johnson finds a way to underscore it with humanity, with a classical Greek rumble of true pathos. On that front, The Last Jedi is a pure success, accessing the molten core of its drama and grappling with it in nuanced ways.
The Last Jedi tries to do a little too much in its overlong 2½ hours, yet writer/director Rian Johnson still turns in a stellar entry that owes much to George Lucas’ original films while finding a signature vibe of its own and unleashing a few welcome twists.
If The Force Awakens raised a lot of questions, The Last Jedi tackles them head-on, delivering answers that will shock and awe in equal measure. Fun, funny but with emotional heft, this is a mouth-watering set-up for Episode IX and a fitting tribute to Carrie Fisher.
Does the movie, like its predecessor, rely on familiar tropes a bit more than it should? Yes, I think it does. Is it, at a solid two-and-a-half hours, considerably longer than it needed to be? Yes, that too. But it’s still a pretty damn good movie, arguably the best the franchise has offered since Empire.
Intentions and inspiration aside, Last Jedi doesn’t add up to an “Empire Strikes Back” for this trilogy. There’s no romance, little pathos and no real punch-in-the-gut moment. Its emotionally sterile tone was set with “The Force Awakens,” and that’s proven hard to shake, new innovations and plot twists aside.
Best since Empire. RianJohnson understands that Star Wars needs to be more than empty fan service and nostalgia. The movie treats Luke as an actual character flaws, thoughts and emotions instead of an action figure on a shelf to be admired. Finn is given an actual arc, from being someone only looking out for his friends to full fledged believer in a cause. Rey learns that she doesn't need to be from a specific heritage in order to be the hero the galaxy needs.
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Uniquely ambitious entry. I admire Johnson's vision. But, his storytelling here needed fine-tuning. The emphasis is messy and fleeting at certain points. It's hard to immerse into a story that lacks focus.
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A film with a practically non-existent plot. It is saved in some scenes (such as the part that takes place on the planet Cantonica or the battle on Crait) but the rest of the film is non-existent: the story is flat and banal without any noteworthy development, the new elements that are introduced (such as the connection between Rey and Kylo Ren) are inserted randomly into the plot, the character of Snoke is described as very important but in the end he is useless (only the duel scene is saved) and there are embarrassing scenes (such as Leia floating in space or frequent jokes that try to be funny but are not and are just forced) unworthy of the Star Wars saga. The film tries to change the atmosphere and the classic elements of Star Wars by distorting its nature without succeeding, indeed resulting in damage to the saga
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A beautifully filmed waste of what could have been an amazing movie. It does have its moments but they are very few.
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Production Company
- Lucasfilm
- Ram Bergman Productions
- Bad Robot
Release Date Dec 15, 2017
Duration 2 h 32 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Let the Past Die
Website
http://www.starwars.com/
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Wins & 13 Nominations
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations