I appreciate JB's elaborate construction of a framework to evaluate this obvious salvaging of an aborted streaming channel tv season just for him to finish building it and Patrick to come in with "I thought it was sh*t."
man, i'm so glad to be in a post-defending Star Wars because of tribalism world. and the reason the Jabba character speaks in plain english is because they can't have speak in subtitled buntuese because this is a movie for illiterate children.
As I understand it, Favreau has said that this movie is completely different from the fourth season of the show he was writing, and I see no reason to disbelieve him, if only because the live-action Star Wars streaming series headed by Filoni, say what one likes about them, are pretty lore-heavy. This movie just screams "Disney ordered us to put out a completely disposable flick that requires no brain cells whatsoever, so we did."
I didn't expect a full-on Thrawn cameo to tease next year's Ahsoka S2, but I was surprised that he not only didn't get a direct mention, he didn't get an indirect one, either. They didn't take five seconds to have Sigourney Weaver "There's rumors of a new Grand Admiral uniting the Imperial factions out there." It's almost as if they don't even want people to stream this movie when they marathon the series years down the line; that's how little they care about this particular story.
feels like the company and the fanbase are still figuring out what it means to be a new addition to star wars canon. believing things have to interconnect might be marvelthink. this is probably nothing more than a direct-to-video ewok adventure in terms of importance. and that's something Disney did well for ages with their theatrical tentpoles. thankfully youtubers aren't pumping out endless content about how the return of jafar doesn't respect the Aladdin lore.
Let's be careful with comments like "illiterate children." Not everyone can quickly read subtitles before they disappear whether they're children or adults.
There's subtitles in the movie, and maybe they were trying to make the movie more accessible for people. OR, storywise, maybe he speaks English because he doesn't want to be like his dad.
original point was merely that JB was putting too much thought into finding a reason for it, treating it as a crafted layer of meaning meant for the audience to unpack rather than this is just a toy commercial movie for toddlers with something to keep their parents entertained. the history of film criticism largely revolves around celebrating the auteur over the hampering of the studio execs. but a strange cultural phenomena occurred where we started defending the studio execs. in an alternate universe, we wouldn't be reading baby yoda film essays. star wars is now a confusing landscape to navigate. people are trying to find deeper meaning in what is a mega corporation fumbling at managing what to do with a beloved IP. they had IP, they needed content, they wanted to use Boba Fett but they wanted it to be their own creation so they made it the Mandalorian and it was just a suit but they wanted star power so they hired an A-list actor but its just a suit and then he wanted to not have his face covered up by the suit.... None of this means anything. It is a fun movie that should be seen in a drive-in. i thought that conclusion in their review was pretty great.
Unlike the first two seasons of the show, where he was protecting The Child from kidnappers and assassins, the Mandalorian is now deliberately bringing his adopted child into deadly situations, which is child abuse, and soliciting the child's help in battle, which is a war crime. Frankly, no children should watch this movie, because they deserve better. We all do.
he's buddhist. close enough for hollywood standards. if he were in the WWF the role would have gone to a samoan. the audience doesn't know the difference.
I will always be excited to see a new Star Wars movie in a theater, even though I only love five of them. This one sits near the bottom with Solo and The Battle for Endor. My heart was crushed a long time ago when Lucas didn’t make sequels out of the Timothy Zahn Thrawn trilogy and instead gave us midichlorians and Hayden Christensen. Nobody in my family wanted to see this movie with me and when it was over I looked back at the family of five in the row behind me and saw that the 10-year-old boy was asleep. It was way too long for the nothing burger it was. I knew I was in for a disappointment from the moment that mewlish council of evil shrugged at Mando to show him which was the “big” baddy went.
Rogue One and Solo had no crawls
ReplyDeleteI appreciate JB's elaborate construction of a framework to evaluate this obvious salvaging of an aborted streaming channel tv season just for him to finish building it and Patrick to come in with "I thought it was sh*t."
ReplyDeleteman, i'm so glad to be in a post-defending Star Wars because of tribalism world. and the reason the Jabba character speaks in plain english is because they can't have speak in subtitled buntuese because this is a movie for illiterate children.
As I understand it, Favreau has said that this movie is completely different from the fourth season of the show he was writing, and I see no reason to disbelieve him, if only because the live-action Star Wars streaming series headed by Filoni, say what one likes about them, are pretty lore-heavy. This movie just screams "Disney ordered us to put out a completely disposable flick that requires no brain cells whatsoever, so we did."
DeleteI didn't expect a full-on Thrawn cameo to tease next year's Ahsoka S2, but I was surprised that he not only didn't get a direct mention, he didn't get an indirect one, either. They didn't take five seconds to have Sigourney Weaver "There's rumors of a new Grand Admiral uniting the Imperial factions out there." It's almost as if they don't even want people to stream this movie when they marathon the series years down the line; that's how little they care about this particular story.
feels like the company and the fanbase are still figuring out what it means to be a new addition to star wars canon. believing things have to interconnect might be marvelthink. this is probably nothing more than a direct-to-video ewok adventure in terms of importance. and that's something Disney did well for ages with their theatrical tentpoles. thankfully youtubers aren't pumping out endless content about how the return of jafar doesn't respect the Aladdin lore.
DeleteLet's be careful with comments like "illiterate children." Not everyone can quickly read subtitles before they disappear whether they're children or adults.
Deletemy bad. i meant illiterates of any age.
DeleteThere's subtitles in the movie, and maybe they were trying to make the movie more accessible for people. OR, storywise, maybe he speaks English because he doesn't want to be like his dad.
Deleteoriginal point was merely that JB was putting too much thought into finding a reason for it, treating it as a crafted layer of meaning meant for the audience to unpack rather than this is just a toy commercial movie for toddlers with something to keep their parents entertained. the history of film criticism largely revolves around celebrating the auteur over the hampering of the studio execs. but a strange cultural phenomena occurred where we started defending the studio execs. in an alternate universe, we wouldn't be reading baby yoda film essays. star wars is now a confusing landscape to navigate. people are trying to find deeper meaning in what is a mega corporation fumbling at managing what to do with a beloved IP. they had IP, they needed content, they wanted to use Boba Fett but they wanted it to be their own creation so they made it the Mandalorian and it was just a suit but they wanted star power so they hired an A-list actor but its just a suit and then he wanted to not have his face covered up by the suit.... None of this means anything. It is a fun movie that should be seen in a drive-in. i thought that conclusion in their review was pretty great.
DeleteUnlike the first two seasons of the show, where he was protecting The Child from kidnappers and assassins, the Mandalorian is now deliberately bringing his adopted child into deadly situations, which is child abuse, and soliciting the child's help in battle, which is a war crime. Frankly, no children should watch this movie, because they deserve better. We all do.
Deleteit was an homage to Kurosawa's 'Rhapsody in August'
Delete^ Richard Gere, half-Japanese?! :D
ReplyDeletehe's buddhist. close enough for hollywood standards. if he were in the WWF the role would have gone to a samoan. the audience doesn't know the difference.
DeleteAs an old man in training, always glad to hear JB.
ReplyDeleteI will always be excited to see a new Star Wars movie in a theater, even though I only love five of them. This one sits near the bottom with Solo and The Battle for Endor. My heart was crushed a long time ago when Lucas didn’t make sequels out of the Timothy Zahn Thrawn trilogy and instead gave us midichlorians and Hayden Christensen.
ReplyDeleteNobody in my family wanted to see this movie with me and when it was over I looked back at the family of five in the row behind me and saw that the 10-year-old boy was asleep. It was way too long for the nothing burger it was.
I knew I was in for a disappointment from the moment that mewlish council of evil shrugged at Mando to show him which was the “big” baddy went.