LogFAQs > #904297198

The wife and I watched The Last Jedi on Netflix again this morning. I had not seen the movie in months, but it is not as bad as I remember.

It just feels like there were a lot of missed opportunities to make the middle of the movie better.

I still love all the stuff with Luke and Rey. It's a perfect reflection of age, hero worship, and Luke having zero patience.

The first 42 minutes are great. Everyone has a moment to shine. It just all falls apart when Poe calls Maz, and she doesn't show up in the movie.

If the middle of the movie could have been Poe, Rose, and Finn sneaking into the Lead Dreadnaught ship to disable the light speed tracking device, instead of the side mission to Canto Bight; it would have been a much better movie.

The main characters could have been caught, and much like in Empire Rey could have had to leave Luke before her training was complete. Yes, it would have been like Empire but it was still a better play than what we got.

I would have even liked if Maz showed up to help them all escape from The First Order. Luke could have died after killing Snoke in an epic lightsaberfight telling Maz ro get the remaining characters back to Crait. Echoing what happened to Obi Wan in a New Hope.

The film doesn't warrant a remake, just a few changes to make the pacing and cohesion better.
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