![]() Lucasfilm has built an empire out of giving the people what they want while also weathering-and deflecting-those fans’ most imprudent demands. It was clear, from the story, the characters, even the jokes, that it was an attempt please (appease?) as many folks as possible-lifelong Star Wars fans, movie critics, people who loved The Last Jedi, people who hated The Last Jedi, ReyLo shippers, the gays. It was built, by someone who knows how to make a paint-by-numbers blockbuster under the auspices of the Disney juggernaut, to win. That’s not surprising it had far too many people to satisfy. ![]() In fact, judging by its current green-splat Rotten Tomatoes score, many people don’t. ![]() In that, it's incredibly successful.ĭoes that mean everyone will like it? Absolutely fucking not. Abrams’ final installment of the Skywalker Saga was meant to be a wildly entertaining spacefaring allegory about the power of good to overcome evil, of light to drown out the dark. ![]() There are films that qualify as movies and movies that qualify as films, but Rise of Skywalker is definitely a movie. Movies sell popcorn and play in multiplexes. First, a seemingly controversial opinion: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a good movie. ![]()
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