A film that wants to end a trilogy, even a story that spans 9 films and series. And yes, an end is being told. Unfortunately, whether this end is historically or technically good is a completely different question. With a running time of over two hours, it is not short, but it seems very rushed all the time. That would not have been necessary. Instead of writing a meaningful story, J.J. Abrams skid from one plot device to the next and manages - even more than part 8 - to lead a fantastic, but often at least consistent, story to the end of a crash landing, at the end of which the heroes celebrate over the burning wreck. Starting from the feeble-minded search for Sith Wayfinders, that Palpatine of course made if the postman would like to send a forwarding order, via this dagger that was also forged so that it works as a fold-out route map from exactly this random point on the meadow to the ultra-great fleet full of star destroyers (This time they at least deserve the name) which are unfortunately only controlled by this one navigation signal. There are simply too many plotholes & nonsensical plot devices in this story that even unbiased moviegoers can only shake their heads and wonder how one could not criticize this story during the pre-screenings. The next point that catches your eye in this great story is the scenes in which it becomes clear that J.J. and Rian Johnson will probably never meet friendly again. Yes, part 8 was "different" in feeling and had its own problems. But at least it continued the story. In its best moments, episode 9 pretends that part 8 does not exist and in its worse moments he literally makes fun of scenes from the previous film. Everyone can have their personal aversions, but being so unprofessional that with your anger ruining the finale of the world's largest franchise requires a very special level of arrogance. On the other hand, the technology and effects are on the good side. Again there are some nice pictures and scenes that inspire the inclined fan, even if the fan service takes up too much space. At the end of the saga, you can still accept some pictures that are bursting with pathos with a smile. Quite simple shots like the picture of the TIE Fighter next to the X-Wing at the entrance of the Sith Temple reflect the struggle of the two groups Rebels vs Imperium, which has now been going on for so many years, so wonderfully quiet. Many other things could be mentioned, especially the list of completely brain-torn logic holes and Deus Ex Machinas could be continued for almost any length of time, but that has already been done enough elsewhere. For me it is the end of the new trilogy, which I look at quite detached from the original trilogy. It is easy entertainment and unfortunately with this film the first time that I came out of the cinema completely underwhelmed and just didn't feel anything. I still really like the universe and the stories behind it - only the official films of episodes 7-9 are quite unnecessary waste of time apart from a few scenes and storylines. Too bad. 4/10
Review by CthalinVIP BlockedParent2020-05-11T21:12:04Z
A film that wants to end a trilogy, even a story that spans 9 films and series. And yes, an end is being told. Unfortunately, whether this end is historically or technically good is a completely different question. With a running time of over two hours, it is not short, but it seems very rushed all the time. That would not have been necessary. Instead of writing a meaningful story, J.J. Abrams skid from one plot device to the next and manages - even more than part 8 - to lead a fantastic, but often at least consistent, story to the end of a crash landing, at the end of which the heroes celebrate over the burning wreck. Starting from the feeble-minded search for Sith Wayfinders, that Palpatine of course made if the postman would like to send a forwarding order, via this dagger that was also forged so that it works as a fold-out route map from exactly this random point on the meadow to the ultra-great fleet full of star destroyers (This time they at least deserve the name) which are unfortunately only controlled by this one navigation signal. There are simply too many plotholes & nonsensical plot devices in this story that even unbiased moviegoers can only shake their heads and wonder how one could not criticize this story during the pre-screenings.
The next point that catches your eye in this great story is the scenes in which it becomes clear that J.J. and Rian Johnson will probably never meet friendly again. Yes, part 8 was "different" in feeling and had its own problems. But at least it continued the story. In its best moments, episode 9 pretends that part 8 does not exist and in its worse moments he literally makes fun of scenes from the previous film. Everyone can have their personal aversions, but being so unprofessional that with your anger ruining the finale of the world's largest franchise requires a very special level of arrogance.
On the other hand, the technology and effects are on the good side. Again there are some nice pictures and scenes that inspire the inclined fan, even if the fan service takes up too much space. At the end of the saga, you can still accept some pictures that are bursting with pathos with a smile. Quite simple shots like the picture of the TIE Fighter next to the X-Wing at the entrance of the Sith Temple reflect the struggle of the two groups Rebels vs Imperium, which has now been going on for so many years, so wonderfully quiet.
Many other things could be mentioned, especially the list of completely brain-torn logic holes and Deus Ex Machinas could be continued for almost any length of time, but that has already been done enough elsewhere. For me it is the end of the new trilogy, which I look at quite detached from the original trilogy. It is easy entertainment and unfortunately with this film the first time that I came out of the cinema completely underwhelmed and just didn't feel anything. I still really like the universe and the stories behind it - only the official films of episodes 7-9 are quite unnecessary waste of time apart from a few scenes and storylines. Too bad. 4/10