I generally roll my eyes when people comment on how the filmmakers should have edited their film to make it better, but to break my own rule, the first half is so rushed with no breathing room that slowing it down just a fraction and adding maybe five total minute to the running time would have made it more bearable. I think the second half is stronger only because they actually did this (slightly) even if the material isn’t strong enough to have much of an effect regardless.bearcuborg wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:48 amIf memory serves the first half is just clumsy, bad and boring. The second half is all of those things too, but then also confusing and undoing Star Wars history.
Also, this might be the only saga film with no wipes.
I noticed a wipe or two but they were so quick (to match the frenetic pacing) that you probably blinked during them! I actually chuckled at how even these were rushed.