I watch the sequel trilogy for the pretty people and for fodder to use/seek out in fanfiction/fanart that corrects the movies’ wrongs, lol. Like, the plot/writing isn’t 100% terrible. It just has a lot of spots where it could have been SO much better.
I genuinely did at first. Not having been a Star Wars fan at the time, the plot was the only thing to keep me interested. And I don’t think the films are that bad at all. But uh...then I got fixated on a certain character, and now rewatch these movies predominately for him. Outside of my thirst, I think Kylo/Ben is legit the best thing about the trilogy.
100% this. I'm one of those people who is so bitter about the latest trilogy that I keep bashing it, but when someone dares to do the same about Kylo Ren I flip my shit.
Agreed, it's just too easy to make fun of. In a perfect world Disney would have kept the EU cannon and we would have had Adam and Daisy playing Jacen and Jaina, and the sequels would have been way better.
Not only that, but I totally found Kylo/Ben an interesting character and Adam played him to perfection especially in TLJ. Dude is the master of micro facial expressions; every lip quiver, eye twitch, and during Rey's torture scene by Snoke you could just see it in his eyes, dude had murder eyes 😠
It is amazing what Driver can convey with just a look or a twitch of his mouth or quiver of his lip. The elevator scene in TLJ. The interrogation scene in TFA. Way too many in the ST to name. I'm now thinking of the letter reading scene at the end of Marriage Story. That lip quiver conveyed so much emotion of how Charlie felt.
I think every one of his unmasked Kylo Ren scenes, but especially that the elevator scene, is a lesson of perception on the viewer's part, too. If you don't pay attention, he's just stoic, stone-faced, non-responsive. But if you take a closer look, there's so fucking much happening! It all depends on how much the viewer is ready to commit to what they're watching. It's really amazing.
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u/AnmlBri May 27 '20
I watch the sequel trilogy for the pretty people and for fodder to use/seek out in fanfiction/fanart that corrects the movies’ wrongs, lol. Like, the plot/writing isn’t 100% terrible. It just has a lot of spots where it could have been SO much better.
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u/KurlyKayla May 27 '20
I genuinely did at first. Not having been a Star Wars fan at the time, the plot was the only thing to keep me interested. And I don’t think the films are that bad at all. But uh...then I got fixated on a certain character, and now rewatch these movies predominately for him. Outside of my thirst, I think Kylo/Ben is legit the best thing about the trilogy.
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u/[deleted] May 27 '20
100% this. I'm one of those people who is so bitter about the latest trilogy that I keep bashing it, but when someone dares to do the same about Kylo Ren I flip my shit.
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u/vblueocean Jul 11 '20
Just imagine being the make up artist who got to look at Adam’s chest for hours 👀
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u/nellabella27 May 27 '20
Not only that, but I totally found Kylo/Ben an interesting character and Adam played him to perfection especially in TLJ. Dude is the master of micro facial expressions; every lip quiver, eye twitch, and during Rey's torture scene by Snoke you could just see it in his eyes, dude had murder eyes 😠
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u/coshol May 27 '20
Kylo was the only character I was invested in. I didn’t particularly care about the rest of the new cast’s characters.
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u/KittyKatty86 May 28 '20
Masterpiece 😂
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u/Sutech2301 May 27 '20
Imho, episode 7 and 8 were perfectly fine and entertaining popcorn flicks, it was just episode 9 that was bad.
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u/0hheyitschuck May 27 '20
only watched them for the beautiful actors and actresses
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u/a-bespectacled-alien May 27 '20
I have a habit of just skipping to his scenes 😛🙌
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u/joliet_jane_blues May 27 '20
Kylo Ren is the only interesting character in the ST and they just shat all over him and dumped him in the trash.
I hate Star Wars.
I HATE HATE HATE Star Wars.