LogFAQs > #905754874

I enjoyed the movie. It sits comfortably in the middle of the pack for Star Wars for me - not as good as the OT or Rogue One, better than TFA, and miles ahead of the prequels.

The sudden absence of troopers during the hyperspace attack was definitely jarring. Beyond that I still say the worst scene in the film is the opening battle - the conversation between Poe and Hux is just cringey bad, an awesome gigantic super-ship gets taken out by a single bomber, and the most interesting First Order character we've yet seen in Captain Cannady gets killed off five minutes after his introduction. Phasma was better used in this one, but I still would have liked to see more of her.

On the upside, I thought DJ (the codebreaker) was awesome, the visuals were fantastic, Crait was one of the most creative planets in the entire saga, Mark Hamill absolutely nailed old-and-jaded Luke, and I actually liked the way the story was constantly subverting expectations. It made Ren's overtures to Rey after Snoke's death actually somewhat compelling; in any other movie, you'd instantly know what was going to happen, but so many conventions had been ignored at that point it was by no means a given what Rey was going to do.
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