Matthew Voorhees

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The hands down worst Stars Movie thus far. I have never experienced a sequel be so bad that it literally ruined the movie that preceeded it until The Last Jedi. I have been a huge fan of Star Wars movies since the debut of A New Hope in 1977. I grew up with the franchise. The Last Jedi is an embarrassment to everything Star Wars. Perhaps the Christmas Special from 1978 is the only production in the franchise that is worse. John Williams, one of the most brilliant score composers of this era, clearly was not inspired, as his score for The Last Jedi is not only the worst of any Star Wars movies in which he headed this role, but it may indeed be his worst score ever. In previous Star Wars movies where John Williams does the music, the combination of his epic scores and story have a great emotional impact the experience, adding to the emotional rollercoaster and overall impact of the film. Williams clearly phoned it in for The Last Jedi or just was not inspired by unoriginal plot, various plot holes, and recycled formulas. I will not name any specific actor, but the acting overall is not what makes this such a disappointing film. The special effects are clearly state of the art. The sound mixing is also top notch. What makes the film so lousy almost entirely falls on Rian Johnson - somebody who went from being one of the best up and coming directors in my book to somebody who makes me nauseous just by reading or hearing his name following the disaster that is The Last Jedi. He is both the writer and director, so the blame falls mainly on him. I used to have an appreciation for Rian Johnson's work. That is entirely out the window following the complete utter disappointment which is this film for the following reasons: 1. All the plot holes are too abundant to all name. This leads to this movie causing me to question every Star Wars movie before it. The continuity of what rules and laws to expect in the Star Wars universe change throughout the film. Unlike the previous Star Wars movies, I have always been able to have a willing suspension of any disbelief. I kept trying and trying with Episode VIII. It never happened. It started with the gunner turned bombadier that was not the least bit impacted by the vacuum of space (I have always looked past the sound in space in spite of there being a vacuum and other fantasy physics done merely for theatrics) and continued arcing up into absurdity when Leia flys through space after bring frozen. Leia? Never fully trained in the Jedi arts, Leia can magically fly through space with no space suit and open a sealed door while preventing everybody on the other side of it from getting sucked out into the vacuum of space. This in spite of the fact that moments before this the entire resistance leadership was sucked into the vacuum of space when two torpedos fired by First Order fighters hit the bridge. If she has that kind of power, then why do they even need to find Luke? Why isn't she training Rey? If a person who is force sensitive but has little Jedi training can do that, then imagine what all the trained Jedi could be capable in the previous movies. Johnson! You cannot ignore phsyics in the beginning of the film and then try to bring back some kind of semblance of it later in the film. You pick the rules and keep them consistent throughout the film. Even if they are incorrect, consistency is key. Johnson does not seem to understand this fundamental rule of film. 2. There are weak explanations for why characters are doing what they are doing that only stem from poorly conceived and written ideas for the film in the first place. It is as if Johnson knew some of these ideas were ill-founded and took the lazy way out by offering weak, ridiculous explanations rather than going back to the drawing board. It also requires that the audience/reader is too stupid, overly enchanted by other theatrics, too loyal to the franchise to care, or some combination of the first three. A perfect example of this is Johnson's lame explanation for how the hyperspace tracker works