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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Good? There hasn't been a good Star Wars movie in the last 14 years.

I thought Revenge of the Sith was pretty good. I actually liked Attack of the Clones. I'd also forgive anyone for saying Return of the Jedi or even The Empire Strikes Back was the last good Star Wars movie.

Personally, I think Star Wars itself is the only great Star Wars movie. The rest are just sequels (or prequels). I will admit that Empire was good and that Jedi was fun, but The Phantom Menace was fun, and it gets shit on for it. And I liked the other two prequels.

At least we can agree all the sequels from this generation were shit. I actually enjoyed parts of The Last Jedi, but mostly Luke at the end. The gravity from the bombs in space to "oh I guess Leia has been a Force user this whole time" annoyed TF outta me. And, while I do enjoy Daisy Ridley's and Adam Driver's work, I really don't like anything in the sequels associated with Rey or Kylo.

[–] galacticworm@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wha? How about Rogue One? We might be of different generations, but I didn’t find any of the prequels enjoyable at all. The Force Awakens was a fun remake of A New Hope, but the two following were absolutely terrible. The Last Jedi destroyed any chance of the third movie saving the trilogy.. Rogue One was fantastic..

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago

Rogue One was an incredible idea to take a single line and expand a story, and then use that later on to develop the Andor series was brilliant and changed how I see Star Wars. I'm actually surprised that not only was Kennedy involved, but supposedly was key in making Andor get completed. I can't understand how that occurred and yet other train wrecks happened.

I liked the end of Rogue One where it tied into the beginning of Star Wars. The rest was just okay. It may have been the best new Star Wars movie, but the bar is very low, and I wouldn't watch it again by choice.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess you forgot Rogue One (2016), unless you think it was bad too.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My son is a big cinephile, and he tells me that the first three chapters of Star Wars are undergoing a critical reevaluation, and are generally considered to be pretty good these days. It's probably in response to the awful last chapters, which make the first three look like masterpieces.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's more that the Clone Wars and other animated series filled in the gaps and made the odd decisions in the movies feel more justified.

But I never watched those, so they still seem like bad movies to me.

[–] charokol@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Also due to people who loved it as kids growing up and retaining their nostalgic love