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Episode 4 being the first movie and therefore a blank canvas allowed that to be so. We were introduced to a world with an Empire and an Emperor. That's fine.

The new trilogy doesn't have the same luxuries. We already know the world at this point. Saying hes just the one in charge now is lazy because once again he is too powerful.

You can do that with Hux. You can say he worked his way up to power because on the grand scheme of things hes an ordinary man. But Snoke isn't ordinary. 

I'm not even saying its a huge mark against Last Jedi for not explaining, I'm just saying it warrants an explation. I'm hoping it is explored in one of the side films if anything. 

Failing to do so at all makes it seem like they just made a character to be an Emperor stand in because they needed one and that is lazy. It would actually be detrimental to Force Awakens because it just makes the Snoke character insignificant. 

Well he wasn't. He was in power at the beginning of the movie, and in the prequals we saw how he got there. He didn't just appear and declared leader.

At some point between Episode 6 and Episode 7 Snoke became leader. Given how powerful he is he can't have come from nowhere. He's a Sith which means he has a master, and given how old he is he must have also been present in the original trilogy doing something significant in order to then be positioned as leader.

The most immediate and jarring problem with this film is the decision to play for so many laughs. Every single scene it seemed had a joke in it, and not good ones for the most part. By mid Act 2 my eyes were rolling and I was sighing. It got cringe worthy at times.

Porgs were ... okay they were cute and I was perfectly okay with how they were being used at a certain point, but why are we getting a close up of one smashing into a glass pane? 

The entire first act was rushed and it felt like going through the motions. Like it just needed to be done and out of the way to get to the main bit.

Characterisation was a massive issue I thought. Po feels like someone who has been written as the Han Solo stand in. I imagine every note about Po passed to the writer's room reads "More like Han". I don't buy Rey yet as a character, there were no memorable new characters, and Phasma feels like someone they are trying to get the Boba Fett Effect on.

Snoke was incredibly mishandled. Its fine saying Rey came from nowhere, because we learned in this film that the Force doesn't need Jedi to be felt so if she is from no lineage that is cool. You can't do that with Snoke though. You can't just appear and be in charge. You can't just be that powerful and be secret. There has to be more to him and I'm hoping it will be explored and other .

Two other things that felt out of place: Leia: Force Astronaut and Ray: House of Mirrors. Felt like moments for the sake of moments and I thought they came off a bit daft and feux-artsy.

Kylo Ren. God. Kylo Ren is fantastic. In my opinion the most complex, well-written character ever presented in a Star Wars movie. Adam Driver is a brilliant actor. So many subtle movements and expressions alongside dramatic and frantic actions. 

I feel the overall message, "moral" if you will, has been lost on most people and that is a shame because its a huge achievement. It comes down to the Force and its status alongside the Jedi. I feel like through Luke, Kylo, Leia and Rey it has been explained that the Force isn't specific to the Jedi/Sith but to the world. You don't have to belong to either side to be able to feel and wield it. That explains why Luke, who saw good in his father, became conflicted and thought about executing Kylo. Thats why Rey can come from nothing and still be a Force savant. It also asks a question: maybe all Jedi and Sith have to be gone to truly bring balance to the Force.

I like Benecio Del Toro as well. He was cool.

Entire Act 3 was great. Turning point being Snoke-Rey-Kylo and that absolutely bad ass lightsabre fight. I can forgive every bad point I made in this act, except for constant forced jokes, because it was wall-to-wall excitement. Lightspeed crash was cool as fuck too. 

I like Finn too. Or at least the actor who plays him. I came out feeling Finn did more than he actually did. They definitely need to do more with him.

That wasn't really the issue. The issue is I win the fight and then regardless of my health at the end Akuma hits his special and I lose.

I haven't attempted since Sunday and Benji has told me what I need to do so I'll see if it works.

How the fuck are you supposed to do it?

I keep getting Akuma to one bar of health and he just hits his special and I lose automatically.

100. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
96. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
95. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
94. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
92. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
90. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
85. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
84. Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
83. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
81. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
78. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
77. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
74. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
68. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
67. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
62. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
57. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
51. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
44. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
43. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)
41. Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015)
40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
33. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
30. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
29. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
27. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
25. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
24. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
22. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
21. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
19. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
17. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
11. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
10. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)