Paper Flowers.

I saw The Rise of Skywalker in theaters, and even though there were some good ideas in there, there were also some ideas that just seemed to be on. Crack.

( Spoilers under cut. And I swear this isn’t some crackfic I read; this is all 100% from the movie. )

So it’s a weird case. Honestly, the Sequel Trilogy started out with really strong promise in Episode Seven. We had great characters, strong emotional moments...true, maybe the plot wasn’t the most original in the world, but it didn’t matter. We had great mysteries too — what happened to Kylo? What happened to Rey? Who is Snoke? Et cetera. And then the middle and end just fell apart. There were great ideas in TROS, but there were also a lot of bad ones that no one sat JJ down for and said, “Boss, lay off the crack.”

I’m actually proposing something that may get me ridiculed, but I don’t care: I’m rewriting the Sequel Trilogy. Even if nobody wants to read it, even if people think I’m a fool for trying. The Sequel Trilogy could have been truly the trilogy — after the disaster that was the old post-ROTJ EU, and the TOR MMO deciding to shit on Revan and the Exile — that saved Star Wars. Even if nobody cares what I have to write or say (which may be the case on AO3; writing a rare pairing does that to you), at least I’ll be trying. I hope.

Just got out of Halloween 2018, and while the ending was epic, the stuff before that was pretty disappointing.

( Here there be potentially triggering content and spoilers.  )

So yeah, overall? It’s a lopsided movie. There are good elements in it, but the bad elements really drag it down. I recommend a rental, but I wouldn’t call it the “true sequel” to the original Halloween. I dunno. Maybe my expectations were too high.

...and it’s pretty lopsided. I dunno. Maybe I’m a Grumpy Jane (to paraphrase the Rock Critic’s “grumpy Gus”) but...I dunno.

( A long time ago in a galaxy far far a — spoilers! )

So overall? I feel bad saying all this stuff about the movie because I was so excited to see it, but...rent this one, guys. Rent it. Maybe I’ll change my mind on a second viewing, but...rent it.

I did, and it was amazing! I loved it!

( Beauty and the -- SPOILERS! )

So overall? Go watch it! Seriously, it's amazing.

...and it got off to a rough start at first, but in the end, it was really good.

( A long time ago in a galaxy far far a -- SPOILERS! )

So overall? I say go see it. It gets a bit rough after the beginning, but gets spectacular by the end.

Had the same friend I mentioned in my Star Trek VI review over. We had fun. We talked TFA (which was cool), and watched some Danger Committee stuff (it's a juggling show, very funny) and MST3K, which was awesome. And later on discussed bad movie stereotypes (usually the types that showed up in every bad movie, e.g. the jerk, etc.).

The downside was that we watched Star Trek: Nemesis, as Insurrection was misplaced for the moment. How was it? Well, I'll talk about it more under the cut.

( Warning for triggering content involving rape. )

So overall? Skip it. Maybe go and find some fan edits of Nemesis instead. Maybe some will disagree with me about certain points I raised in my post, but that's really my take on things.

...and this is going to sound crazy, and justifiably so, but honestly? It was better than I thought it was going to be.

( To boldly go where no one has gone be -- SPOILERS! )

So, honestly? It does have its share of problems, but it really isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

...and it was pretty decent.

( To boldly go where no one has gone be -- SPOILERS! )

So overall? It's an enjoyable movie; I recommend you give it a watch. I think I would mostly flesh out the villain some more/make him make sense, but by and large, it's pretty enjoyable. It's a good watch.

...and it was excellent! Really cute! Loved it.

( Just keep swimming, just keep -- spoilers! )

So overall? Go see it; it's wonderful! Definitely recommended.

...and well...wow. Really good movie, but really fucking intense and disturbing.


( Warning for spoilers and possible gory discussion. )

So overall? It's definitely worth a view. Fair warning, though -- it's pretty depressing.