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Yeah, I think Rottentomatoes is in big trouble after this movie. Already articles popping up about the divide between the paid critics and the audience.

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The hook is just awful. It starts off with two of the worst actors in a big budget production I've ever seen clearly standing in front of a green screen. I almost thought it was a fan film a first and the real movie hadn't started. Did Disney like cut the budget or something because the effects were borderline terrible multiple times.

Look, Star Wars is a kids movie. I get it. That was made blatantly obvious at the end with the "we don't approve of horse racing" slave kid wanting to become a rebel. But that doesn't excuse a terrible, terrible film. Why you'd even have a subplot that is anti-horse racing is downright shocking.

Funny that Star Wars is becoming a prisoner of it's own fable of light and dark. We all hated Jar Jar so much and yet TLJ had like 20 Jar Jar moments/characters in it. In fact, I felt like this movie was STRONGLY influenced by the prequels to a huge detriment.

I really don't care who owns the franchise, but I do care that Star Wars no longer feels special. When you break almost every rule you've set in the franchise, then nothing has any meaning anymore.

And I saw it at the Drafthouse with the biggest movie buffs. Barely a clap at the end spoke volumes.