Watch my SPOILER review on YouTube Despite successfully course-correcting the mistakes of “The Last Jedi,” posthumously adding Carrie Fisher back into the fold, and loads of fan service, Episode IX is a fairly lifeless affair. There was a lot of stuff that “The Force Awakens” set up that was either ignored or contradicted by “The… Read More »
An entertaining film that lacks substance and gets by with loads of fan service. For the most part, this is a fun heist film, which actually had multiple heists. Everything moves fairly briskly, but there’s enough time for the characters to breathe and get fleshed-out a bit. The first two major action sequences are a… Read More »
Despite some strong moments, an overall disappointing film. There are many similarities to this movie and “The Empire Strikes Back,” (and also a few major moments in “The Return of the Jedi.”) However, they take what you might be expecting and go a totally different direction. Sometimes this works beautifully, but more often it doesn’t.… Read More »
It takes a while to get going, but eventually everything comes together for the action-packed climax. The main characters are all new, and time must be spent establishing enough about a half dozen or so of them for the audience to care about them. Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso is introduced first, and is the… Read More »
Great film that combines nostalgia with new elements to recapture the magic of the earlier Star Wars films. The movie relies heavily on the story structure of the previous opening chapters of the first film in a trilogy. While this has worked well in the past and works here, there is a line they come… Read More »