Scribbles About Movies: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (no major spoilers... but I do bring up some things they don't show in the trailer)

I'm so excited to do this review on the second movie in the new Star Wars Trilogy. I really loved The Force Awakens and while I don't think this movie is quite as fun as The Force Awakens... it's still a really great movie. There were a lot of awesome twists and the ending was just kind of mind-blowing in its awesomeness... so I really really loved it!

So while I did love this movie... it did start out very, very slow. This is a problem I have with most of the Star Wars movies... I think that's why I like Return of The Jedi so much because that gets to the point right away... but this definitely started very slow. There was a lot of action in it... there was a little bit of humor... there but it was mostly just racing, blowing stuff up... and that sort of thing. It wasn't bad... just not my thing and a little bit on the slower side.

I think in the new movies- my favorite parts have been when Finn first appears in the movie. Finn is just such a fun character- I love John Boyega... he's amazing... but I think whenever his character is on the screen is when I feel the fun and the nostalgia of the original Star Wars Trilogy. His character is just really good and I think John Boyega does a great job with it!

In the last film it was also fun to see Han Solo also... this one didn't have Han... but we had Leia and a lot more Luke Skywalker than there was in The Force Awakens. It was weird to see Luke... spoilers... as a Grumpy Old Men. I think Sandy Kenyon mentioned that he thought Hamil was more of an icon than an actor... I disagree... but his acting skills are not as good as Daisy Ridley or John Boyega's... but I think it's a difficult transition. Luke Skywalker was more of a winey teenager in the originals... in this one he's kind of a grumpy old man... he does a great job playing either while still making Skywalker a very lovable character. And it was just very satisfying to see him again after he wasn't in The Force Awakens until the very end.

The thing I like the most about the Star Wars movies that I think this series in particular is doing a great job of is the character development. There are a lot of characters in each Star Wars movie... and they do a good job establishing who the characters are in a little bit of time. Rose was a great example of that. She was a new supporting character in the movie and she just gives a little bit of info on her life... and we get a lot from that.

Po was in this movie a little longer tooand while there's still not too much about his character... I liked what they added to him. It was interesting to see him joking around with the bad guys and his relationship with Leia... they said all they really needed to with his limited screen time.

Kylo Ren also had character development... I can't talk about it to much because I don't want to spoil anything... but yeah. Rey's  past is still mysterious... but my theory is that Ren's past is not dissimilar from Rey's... just a guess... but they are connected somehow. Maybe because they're both Jedi? I don't know.

In The Force Awakens- I thought it was great because for much of the movie everyone was together on the same adventure. Han, Rey, Finn... Kylo Ren was in parts, Leia was in a lot of it... This one had a lot of people going on their own adventures... which isn't a bad thing. Some characters were together most of the time... but I liked that Finn and Rey were together in most of The Force Awakens... I wish they were together more in this movie... but their scenes together were amazing... and I just think Daisy Ridley and John Boyega do a great job!

Byeee!
-Shannon