Over the past few years, I have spent too much time thinking and discussing "Star Wars", especially "The Last Jedi". I have read too many texts and videos of famous professional and online film critics, and I have learned a lot (see "Star Wars" The various film reviews and analysis of "War" are really the catalyst for the best understanding of the film industry, production and creation). After watching "The Rise of Skywalker", I was tossing and turning again and again. In short, the fundamental difference between film critics and Star Wars native fans is their familiarity with the film itself. No matter what Star Wars is, it is first of all movies, and it is based on movies.
Today I saw The Rise Of Skywalker Is The Most Frustrating JJ Abrams Film on the Just Write channel on Youtube , basically expressing the problem of JJabrams. In one sentence, it is No Scenes, Just Plot. But this is not the point.
I went back and looked at The Last Jedi and the 7 Basic Questions of Narrative Drama by Just Write a few years ago on " The Last Jedi " , which mentioned the seven necessary points of Film Critic Hulk for analyzing characters and plots in script writing. Very interesting. And Why We Can't Agree About The Last Jedi (Or Art In General) , which introduces the reader-response theory of Stanley Fish's literary criticism theory, which extends the audience's expectations for the role of Luke. I still want to post the almost poetic explanation of the video author about Luke. Although it is a bit long, it is well worth reading:
The Star Wars fandom is a very strong interpretive community with extremely specific prescriptive criteria for what makes a good film and more importantly what makes a good Star Wars film. And I think that the most significant criteria that The Last Jedi failed to meet according to this community, its unforgivable sin, Is that it quote "Disrespected the franchise" and I think what that phrase really means is that this movie screwed up the core fantasy of Star Wars. So, when Luke Skywalker says, "I think what? I' m gonna walk out with a laser sword and face down the whole first order? A sizeable portion of the audience is like yes, that is exactly what I want you to do! It is literally the only reason I'm here! Star Wars is supposed to be about feeling like you're living the life of an epic hero on a whimsical adventure through space that's supposed to be fun and exciting. It can get pretty dark at times, but the heroes are always heroes. At some point in the film, whether it's the introduction of Luke as a curmudgeon who would casually throw away a lightsaber or later when Rey learns her parents are no one, there is a breaking point where fans turn against the movie because it has actively, even deliberately, violated their list of prescriptive criteria. And that's okay . ... I want to offer my own reading of the film, specifically on the one part of it that I think is most responsible for creating the division among fans: the death of Luke Skywalker. Because if Luke had gone down in a blaze of glory, I think many people would have overlooked the film's other shortcomings. But he didn't and I'm happy that he didn't. Here's why... How do we find the courage to fight when everything good we accomplish is undone? That's the issue at the core of Luke's character in this film. Just as the galaxy has been taken again by the forces of evil so too has he by the temptation to do evil. These things are cyclical in the Star Wars universe and if the game is rigged, Luke wants out. And yet he returns and in doing so overcomes the only force in the galaxy he hasn't already conquered, himself, his fears guilts and anxieties. I can think of no better visual representation of overcoming depression than seeing Luke walk out of the darkness through a field of fire to face his past mistakes in the bright light of day. There is one shot in the original Star Wars film that cemented a generation's connection to Luke Skywalker... you know the one. This one [Binary Sunset]. Consider the cinematic language on display here. We're looking across the frame from left to right which in film evokes the idea of looking towards the future And what does he see? Death. We're in a desolate desert where nothing can grow especially Luke who just found out, he's stuck here for another year. And what's more, he's watching the sun set. What little light and hope he has for a bright future is swiftly sliding away. It's a brilliant and moving little moment and like so much of the Star Wars myth The Last Jedi inverts it to create a moment of equal resonance. He's on a mountaintop now, a landscape symbolic of enlightenment in contrast to his earlier innocence. He's looking from right to left,looking back at the meaning of his life. And what does he see now? Rebirth. For a moment in what has to be some sort of hallucination, he sees the twin suns of Tatooine explicitly calling back to this moment but they're rising now , not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us . In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.And what does he see now? Rebirth. For a moment in what has to be some sort of hallucination, he sees the twin suns of Tatooine explicitly calling back to this moment but they're rising now, not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.And what does he see now? Rebirth. For a moment in what has to be some sort of hallucination, he sees the twin suns of Tatooine explicitly calling back to this moment but they're rising now, not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.For a moment in what has to be some sort of hallucination, he sees the twin suns of Tatooine explicitly calling back to this moment but they're rising now, not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him , of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide : a new hope.For a moment in what has to be some sort of hallucination, he sees the twin suns of Tatooine explicitly calling back to this moment but they're rising now, not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him , of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide : a new hope.re rising now, not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.re rising now, not setting. And in that moment, he has peace and purpose because in a single action he has facilitated the rebirth of the rebellion. And not him exactly but the image of him. The fact that he is a living legend, the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.the literal embodiment of the story of Star Wars itself that stops evil in its tracks. The story of him, of the original trilogy reignites the rebellion, not anything he destroyed. The film denies us the catharsis of violence in this moment even if that would have appeased us. In overcoming himself, Luke gives the rebellion and us what he was always promised to provide: a new hope.
In addition, I recommend the film critic Film Crit Hulk mentioned in the video: The Beautiful, Ugly, and Possessive Hearts of Star Wars
There is also a film review of Reverse Shot that I personally like: Paradise Lost, Regained
In addition, I found a collection of 4K screenshots of a movie , all of which were taken directly from the movie. There are a total of 152. Whether you like this movie or not, you have to admit that TLJ's film photography and color composition are shocking, and I even think it is all Star Wars The best in the movie.
Compared with these real opinions and discussions, online scolding wars and racist bullying are really not worthy of attention.
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