Quote (Flameyes @ Jul 16 2020 12:22pm)
I have never once said I loved tfa, I’ve considered it an incredibly mediocre movie since it came out, but it is still significantly better than either of the other movies of the trilogy. If they would have just stuck to the same easy formula that they did in that movie and created 2 more ‘safe’ movies I would agree that it is similar to a marvel trilogy. Instead they tried way too hard to change it up and it backfired, resulting in 2 horrendous movies rather than two subpar to average ones
Only TLJ was really that bad, like a straight 3/10, TFA while I thought was average, the vast majority of people were fucking gaga over it. It's only been after the other two that everyone pretends that they hated all of them. The last movie was actually better than I expected, but probably because my expectations were so fucking low. I'd put it solidly in the 5-6/10 area, which is where most marvel movies end up for me.
Quote (Blah58 @ Jul 16 2020 04:56pm)
But they have a head guy, so at least they have consistency and shit.
Who knows, maybe if there wasn't so much backlash following the second film we might have gotten a more sensible ending, but they decided to pull the plug and go a safer route. My point is that this is what you can ALWAYS except from Disney. They will always go the route that they feel will net them the most cash, even though this route never coincides with the best possible film. They will continue to push out mediocre to awful shit until people get fed up from it across the board, now just when something apparently sacred like SW is being redone. They figured they couldn't lose based on how bad the previous 4 films were, but the nostalgia goggles for SW fans are thicker than fuck.