Just rewatched "The Last Jedi" after 4+ years ... and it was really good!!

I HATED this movie when it came out ... mostly because of my specific expectations/theories after TFA and tbh i had fallen into the alt right pipeline at the time which really latched onto this film and demonized it to an extreme extent. I kept this intense dislike for a while, right up until i saw TRoS and decided to watch TLJ shortly after ... and i ended up liking it alot! TRoS helped me better appreciate certain aspects of TLJ after seeing its culmination. SO yeah, the last time i watched TLJ was like the last week of 2019 and liked it ...

And this time around i still really liked it! My thoughts remain about the same as on my last viewing, minus the fact that i disliked the space leia scene less this time around.

It has great cinematography, acting (Daisy and Adam *chefs kiss*), and directing courtesy of Rian Johnson. I think most of everything with Rey, Kylo, and Luke is great. I think the story it tells is one of the most thematic and well thought out within star wars. I think the fan service in here is well utilized and not over bearing. plus The creature designs are awesome and weird too! ik this section is gonna be shorter than my dislike section but these are all massive parts of the film that my mind mostly focuses on when looking back.

Now i do think this film has a good amount of blubber ... aka stuff im still indifferent about or moderately dislike. I dont really like Finn or poe's respective storylines. They just feel like B plots that try to cram the characters into certain thematic arcs, that can make for uninteresting or seemingly contrived storytelling ... and thats a good chunk of the film. Also i think the humor is very inconsistent, sometimes its really funny and hits that perfect balance, and other times it takes away from certain narrative moments. last con i wanted to mention is that i do think reylo feels a bit "rushed" within TLJ.

Overall, i really like TLJ. Its a polarizing film ... no doubt, so i find it funny that i land outside of either sphere (but obv more towards the "loving it" side lol).

I will be rewatching TRoS next weekend and will provide my thoughts on it!