#illy talks

Star wars, star wars, what do I have to say? Well, it was a good movie definitely, an 8/10 IMHO. TLJ had its strengths but definitely a few weaknesses that just spoiled it a little for me.

To start, Oscar Isaac was definitely one of the shining moments of the film. He was just so charismatic and likeable that I fell even more in love with Poe. Even though they wrote his character to the Angry Hispanic stereotype, Oscar delivered an amazing performance with moments of softness and emotions amidst all the chaos. His heart eyes at Finn was too much for my heart ♥️ Not to mention, he was really pretty in the film. Like REALLY pretty. And his relationship with his 2 space moms, absolutely loved it. Though it was pretty unnecessary for Leia to slap him, my poor baby.

Apart from my obvious love for Poe, I also loved Finn’s entire journey with Rose and how my little ex-stormtroooper just can’t stop himself from trying to do good. His story arc form starting the film about to leave and save only Rey, to discovering that together with Rose they had a chance to save the Resistance cruiser, and to finally deciding to sacrifice himself to give the resistance base some time just resonated with me. Rose was just lovely as well. She was just so pure and loving and cute and uhhhhh I just want to hug her so bad. Anddd, that line it how they’re not gonna win the war by fighting those we hate but by saving those we love, it just left me in tears. (pretty sure my friends were embarrassed they were watching the film with me hehe) One thing that didn’t sit well with me though, was how they made Finn and Rose’s journey be the bridge that caused the first order to find out about vice admiral Holdo’s plans. But meh, you don’t always get what you want.

Next part of the film that I liked was just Rey and Luke’s scenes on the Jedi Island. There were so many funny little moments, a few parallels to Empire strikes back and just Luke being Luke. I didn’t like how they make Rey’s character so tied to Kylo tho. I just couldn’t bring myself to enjoy how reliant they made Rey’s character development in this film to Kylo. Yes they share a force bond and yes Rey spend most of the film trying to bring Kylo to the light with her but like that entire convo abt how she’s nothing but not to him… that boy doesn’t deserve your saving Rey. On top of that, they’re pushing Rey into the “naive little girl who always sees the best in everyone” role that just seemed a little ooc to me. She’s survived pretty long by herself dealing with illegal traders and junkers, I’m pretty sure she’s not that naive.

Finally, all the scenes with Leia. I just loved them, she always seemed to change the air around her and always seemed to make things seem better. Everyone in the theatre was always extra silent and attentive whenever she was on. And that scene where she used the force, it killed me. Ohhh and "In Loving Memory Of Our Princess Carrie Fisher". Let's just say there were a few tears.

All in all, what made The last Jedi wasn’t amazing individual performances or the number of beautifully shot scenes, it was how the film was in its root, a star wars movie. While there were parallels to the empire strikes back, it didn’t mirror it as much as I feared it would.

P.S. Force Ghost Yoda is a little shit and I love it.

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