Gonna agree to disagree, the way The Last Jedi deconstructed Star Wars was done very poorly. If you want a great deconstruction of Star Wars, play Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. It makes everything The Last Jedi attempted look like bad fanfiction in comparison.
Further deconstructing the Skywalker saga in the 8th film, rather than across the entire final trilogy or ep 9, was just a terrible idea. To paraphrase a famous quote [Rian Johnson] was so preoccupied if he could, he didn't stop to think if he should.
Rian Johnson just seems to have a sneering contempt for his audience. This was much more pronounced in the truly terrible Glass Onion, the point of which was "you are stupid if you want a well made mystery." It's a shame too, because he is very talented. Brick is a fun movie, Looper is phenomenal, Knives Out is very watchable despite its failures as a mystery, etc.
It's not subverting expectations to slap the audience in the face and make them feel like rubes for giving a shit about the story.
Gonna agree to disagree, the way The Last Jedi deconstructed Star Wars was done very poorly. If you want a great deconstruction of Star Wars, play Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords. It makes everything The Last Jedi attempted look like bad fanfiction in comparison.
Further deconstructing the Skywalker saga in the 8th film, rather than across the entire final trilogy or ep 9, was just a terrible idea. To paraphrase a famous quote [Rian Johnson] was so preoccupied if he could, he didn't stop to think if he should.
Excellent as usual. Hope Rian Johnson reads this someday.
This is perfect. You nailed it.
Rian Johnson just seems to have a sneering contempt for his audience. This was much more pronounced in the truly terrible Glass Onion, the point of which was "you are stupid if you want a well made mystery." It's a shame too, because he is very talented. Brick is a fun movie, Looper is phenomenal, Knives Out is very watchable despite its failures as a mystery, etc.
It's not subverting expectations to slap the audience in the face and make them feel like rubes for giving a shit about the story.