Okay, so I’m going to write a post below these words and it’s
going to contain spoilers. However, because I am a kind and generous soul, I’m
going to give you a lot of space between this intro and Spoiler land.
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I feel like the saddest girl in sad town.
Luke has always been there in my mind. I loved the movie,
but I wanted Luke to join the league of Badass Old Dudes, you know, with Uncle
Iroh, and Sifu the sword master.
On the other hand, Yoda’s words could have been written just
for me. As in, I needed to hear those words, that failure is a teacher, not an
ending. Mistakes were made, and we have to move on. That’s big stuff, and it’s
big stuff that I needed to hear. But at what cost??? Why do the masters always
go just when they reach enlightenment? It’s like there’s no room in the mortal
realm for such powerful understanding.
Okay, enough of the navel gazing, on to the good stuff:
I love me some using a spacecraft to do things it’s not
supposed to, and that was brilliant. Even more brilliant for the use of sound
in that moment. A+
My favorite image is the moment of Luke standing in front of
the At-Ats.
I loved that they let the droid drive some things.
I appreciated that they gave Luke an opportunity to come
full cycle.
I’m enjoying Kylo Ren’s ascension to darkness.
I’m pleased that Rey is like “I’m not just a badass, but I’m
more of a badass than Luke was at this stage in his training.”
The boy at the end. OMG I NEED HIS STORY, AND I NEED HIM TO
BE OKAY!
I love that Leia got to use some Force Stuff, because Space
Mom is Awesome.
I am completely down with how many women there were with
speaking roles in this movie! Amazing! LOVE IT!
Middle Trilogy movies are always so difficult, but this one
worked as a story. I can sense the next one will destroy me emotionally.
In short: I loved it. I loved it’s message. I loved the
battle scenes. I enjoyed the humor. I LOVED the imagery (cinematography was ON
POINTE!). Will see again, probably in theaters. WOW.
