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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dec. 20th, 2017 01:53 pmSo I saw the star wars movie and I have conflicted feelings.
Before going, I'd seen a lot of disparate reviews: some people loved it, some people despised it, some people were conflicted, some people thought it was okayish. Even after trying to analyze based on who was saying what, I was unable to triangulate what I would actually think of it all myself. I had no clue where I would fall in that spectrum.
Well, now I know. Sigh. I was really hoping it would be a movie where I could just be happy with it. There were a lot of things it did well! But a couple things kind of ruin the movie for me.
( things I didn't like )
( things I did like )
I am not really cut out for caring about WIP canons. Too much chance to feel betrayed by the narrative, especially if it's a canon with multiple PTB instead of just a single author/creator whose choices you can (hopefully) learn to trust over time (or at least learn to know what kind of choices to anticipate from that author/creator). But in a canon like Star Wars there's endless room for the canon to do new things I don't like.
Only ever joining old dead fandoms has its problems too (few people to squee with, little-to-no new fannish content) but at least the entirety of canon is already there, lumps and all, for you to know what you're getting into before you get overly attached.
(Honestly Les Miserables book fandom was the best. Zero new canon is possible because the author is extremely dead, new adaptations can provide things to draw from but also things you can feel free to reject because they're not really canon, and the 2012 movie caused a large resurgence in fellow fans to fan with.)
Before going, I'd seen a lot of disparate reviews: some people loved it, some people despised it, some people were conflicted, some people thought it was okayish. Even after trying to analyze based on who was saying what, I was unable to triangulate what I would actually think of it all myself. I had no clue where I would fall in that spectrum.
Well, now I know. Sigh. I was really hoping it would be a movie where I could just be happy with it. There were a lot of things it did well! But a couple things kind of ruin the movie for me.
( things I didn't like )
( things I did like )
I am not really cut out for caring about WIP canons. Too much chance to feel betrayed by the narrative, especially if it's a canon with multiple PTB instead of just a single author/creator whose choices you can (hopefully) learn to trust over time (or at least learn to know what kind of choices to anticipate from that author/creator). But in a canon like Star Wars there's endless room for the canon to do new things I don't like.
Only ever joining old dead fandoms has its problems too (few people to squee with, little-to-no new fannish content) but at least the entirety of canon is already there, lumps and all, for you to know what you're getting into before you get overly attached.
(Honestly Les Miserables book fandom was the best. Zero new canon is possible because the author is extremely dead, new adaptations can provide things to draw from but also things you can feel free to reject because they're not really canon, and the 2012 movie caused a large resurgence in fellow fans to fan with.)
