The speaker provides a detailed critique of the Star Wars trilogy, particularly focusing on "The Rise of Skywalker". They express disappointment with the direction of the series, stating that it feels like a "worse remake of the originals without any other surprises, charm, subtlety, innovation, or depth that made everyone obsessed with them the first time around". They criticize the film's plot, character development, and humor, and feel that the film is more about fan service than storytelling.
The speaker also critiques the "Last Jedi", stating that it is a "complete mess of a movie from a script perspective" and that they only enjoy it as a standalone Rian Johnson film. They criticize the film's writing choices and the way it treats its characters, particularly Rey and Finn. They also criticize the film's use of fan service and its reliance on nostalgia.
The speaker concludes by stating that they will always have the original Star Wars films and that they are fairly used to the abusive relationship that fans have with the franchise. They encourage viewers to argue in the comments.
1. The text is a critique of the Star Wars movie "The Rise of Skywalker". The author expresses dissatisfaction with the movie, describing it as "bad" and "not endearingly bad but more just bad in his pure obligatory cynical nature". The author also mentions that the movie feels directionless and panders to the audience [Document(page_content="00:00:00.12: [Music]\n00:00:04.14: the rise of Skywalker is a bad movie and\n00:00:07.44: not endearingly bad but more just bad in\n00:00:09.81: his pure obligatory cynical nature the\n00:00:12.51: movie ironically feels like it is torn\n00:00:14.46: between multiple sides and as a result\n00:00:16.50: feels directionless and pandering to the\n00:00:18.48: point where I can no longer excuse any\n00:00:20.34: of the faults that I previously was\n00:00:22.02: arguably too kind about to the Disney\n00:00:24.48: era Star Wars movies saying as my\n00:00:26.61: thoughts on this trilogy has changed\n00:00:28.23: wildly over time compared to my naive\n00:00:30.27: distant starry-eyed videos of old let me\n00:00:32.82: quickly explain my current feelings on\n00:00:34.74: the first two entries in this modern era\n00:00:36.66: if you really don't care about hearing\n00:00:38.34: this just skip to the timecode on screen\n00:00:40.17: now to hear just about the rise of\n00:00:41.91: Skywalker which I will be spoiling so\n00:00:44.22: come back later once you've seen it if\n00:00:45.81: you care about spoilers I feel like I\n00:00:47.70: need to backpedal and explain myself\n00:00:49.86: with a little more clarity as to where I\n00:00:51.69: stand to avoid the copious amounts of\n00:00:53.94: garbage that spun about me just because\n00:00:55.77: of these films because remember opinions\n00:00:58.29: aren't linear they're allowed to change\n00:01:00.30: with time believe it or not this will\n00:01:02.31: only be brief so don't worry\n00:01:03.60: the force awakens the force awakens is\n00:01:06.39: just an okay movie to me in hindsight\n00:01:08.10: you have to understand the thrill of a\n00:01:09.99: new Star Wars movie had a certain\n00:01:11.58: novelty to it that swept most people\n00:01:13.56: away at the time partially because of\n00:01:15.00: how good those initial trailers were\n00:01:16.62: even some of the most jaded fans thought\n00:01:18.63: it was a lot of fun and in a lot of ways\n00:01:20.25: it is I'd say it's about on the same\n00:01:22.38: level as that Star Trek reboot that Jar\n00:01:24.39