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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

In response to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNph0g1o5hs I wrote:

I feel that the extreme backlash over The Last Jedi is an emotional overreaction to certain elements in the story that went against people's expectations. If the movie were taken out of the Star Wars context, then as a standalone film it is actually pretty good. It has a few minor problems that I attribute to poor direction, but I just watched it for the 4th time and I still really enjoy it. 

The reason that I enjoy The Last Jedi as a Star Wars film is that I am willing to let the story take me where it wanted to go as opposed to expecting it to go where I wanted.

Best wishes, 

John Coffey  

Light Saber

Check this out

I hope this link works.  This is hotel in Tunisia is where they filmed Star Wars for the Lars homestead.   Click on the picture on the left to get more pictures.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Sidi+Idriss/@33.5426449,9.9660276,330m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12550642431f5dbd:0x702587df1fcc9b7b!8m2!3d33.5426449!4d9.9672748

I don't know if it was a hotel before Star Wars, or if somebody just thought that this would be a great place to put a hotel.  It appears to me as if these underground structures may have already existed before the movie.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matmata,_Tunisia

Multiple locations in Tunisia were used:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2336377/Photographer-stumbles-Star-Wars-sets-middle-Tunisian-desert.html

I've seen deserts in Nevada that looked more hospitable.  

Idiocracy Review

Snowpiercer a sequel to Willy Wonka???

I found the first 3.5 minutes of this video pretty interesting.

Netflix Streaming

I found this interesting website that gives recommendations on what to watch on Netflix streaming, including ratings on some shows.

https://www.metacritic.com/feature/now-streaming-on-netflix

I like the penultimate section that recommends some shows that will soon disappear from Netflix, called "Last Chance to Stream."

The Last Jedi - Why I Loved It

One of The Most Eye Opening Motivational Videos Ever

Why Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a complete cinematic failure

The Last Jedi is amazing and you are all insane

How We See Star Wars

Kevin Smith tells how it is to work with Bruce Willis.

Marvel (MCU) vs Star Wars: Why one is rising and one is falling

This is pretty interesting:

Actress Ashley Eckstein Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stIzDoEd62w&feature=youtu.be&t=29m53s

She plays my favorite character from the Star Wars Clone Wars animated TV series.

Opus

Solo bad.

If you don't mind the 50 minute length, this video is pretty entertaining and spot on.

I enjoyed the movie up to the ending, which somehow bothered me, and made the movie feel average.

 I am planning to see the movie a 2nd time real soon just to make sure that I'm not being too hard on it.

It is amazing how cinematic video games are looking.

Christopher Robin movie

Top 10 Underrated Science Fiction Movies

Film Theory: The Bee Movie LIED To You!

Saving Rey: How the disenfranchised fans can (maybe) be brought back

​In the last three months, these are the best comments I have seen on The Last Jedi. ​

How ONE LINE Fixes The Last Jedi

The Poison of Nostalgia

DISNEY'S FAILURE TO PLAN STAR WARS.... (rant)

How The Last Jedi Should have ended

Harrison Ford tutored Alden Ehrenreich on how to be Han Solo

Rey vs Ahsoka

Netflix CEO says critics are disconnected from fans (they are)

Rian Johnson Podcast

Out of curiosity I listened to this extended interview of Rian Johnson.  It is long.  It is an hour and 47 minutes long.

Since The Last Jedi has plot holes you could drive a truck through, and after seeing the title, 'Rian Johnson Talks 'The Last Jedi' Criticism, Says He "Wouldn't Change a Thing"', I had to know how Rian Johnson responds to criticism about the plot holes.

Well, after listening, I conclude that Rian Johnson doesn't have a clue as to why these things are plot holes, and why those things might turn off the audience.  I can only guess that he looks at the story from an artistic point of view and not a logical one.  And to think that he is going to be directing the next trilogy?

Unfortunately the interview doesn't talk about Social Justice Warrior messages, which would have been a very interesting topic.

http://collider.com/rian-johnson-the-last-jedi-criticism/#star-wars

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

http://www.entertainmentjourney.com

The Last Jedi

I saw The Last Jedi on December 14nth and then again 2 weeks after that. After another 4 weeks, I would like to see it for a third time, either this week or next.

As for all the people who didn't like it, the movie was designed to defy what everyone expected and that was too much for some people. It turns the Star Wars mythology on its head, and it has a few plot holes. My position is that a movie can have a few flaws and still be pretty entertaining, which it is.

How people's expectations affect their reaction to a movie.

In response to I wrote:

'I am really glad that you brought up expectations and how that biases people when judging a movie, which is a concept that I hadn't thought much about. I suspect that the reason so many people are negative on The Phantom Menace is because of their expectations. Personally, I had a blast with the movie and I think that it is almost as entertaining as the best Star Wars films. Although episodes 7 and 8 have some plot holes you could drive a truck through, I still enjoyed these movies. There is enough good stuff to make them worthwhile. What people didn't like about episode 8, which is that the movie defied all of their expectations, made it more entertaining for me because it was something new and different.'

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