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I agree, I hated the original version and I was skeptical about investing 4 hours into this. But after watching it, I can honestly say that I was never bored. Every scene for the most part felt important as far as driving the film forward, so it never dragged on like so many other movies do nowadays.
Of all of the DC movies, not counting TDK trilogy, this is the only one that I enjoyed.
Yea, that scene was brutal. Younger actors definitely would have made it better.
Time will tell...
I just think they are a lot of people who don't like the film simply because their predictions were incorrect. And based on that alone, they can't accept anything this film had to offer.
But you honestly have no way of knowing that until the story plays out. The final film may tie everything together and provide a resolution. At least wait until then before condemning it.
People are upset because TFA set them up to believe that they knew how this movie would play out. TFA was a safe commercial money grab, this is for the true fans. We will have to wait and see who the next film is for.
With so many different directors, there were many different interpretations of the main characters.
Plus the tone of the film's vary from silly and comedic, to serious and violent.
But it would be difficult to find someone could say that any if the entries aren't "real" James Bond films. That's not how history works, and Star Wars will be no different.
Snoke was no Sidious, Snoke was made out to be this powerful entity, but maybe he just filled a void, was an opportunist.
Palpatine always treated Anakin with respect when he was grooming him. He understood how to finess an apprentice, earn his loyalty.
You never seen Palpatine insulting Anakin, and Vader always stayed loyal.
Snoke got cocky, was full of himself, and snuffed out by his apprentice , like many other lesser Sith Lords before him.
There were elements of the film that made many people anticipate certain storylines that simply didn't occur. People wanted to see Rey train with Luke, people wanted to see her try to use the force to raise that X wing, etc...But when the movie diverged and went in a different direction, it's like all of these fan fantasies collectively got crushed at once. Truthfully, I do empathize with those who enjoyed TFA as it was, because this movie is everything that that movie wasn't.
I now feel like the producers play it safe with TFA. Made a movie that appealed to the masses. This film is brilliant because it uses a lot of familiar plot devices to make everyone believe the story is going to play out a certain way, but then goes in the opposite direction.
But to your point, I look at it like the James Bond franchise. It's perfectly fine to enjoy Goldfinger and also be a fan of the Daniel Craig Casino Royale entry. How many people in this day and age would dismis the latter as "fan fiction". But I do understand your point.
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