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plants that shoot pollen into your nose/ear

two androids teach each other how to play the flute

cutting his long hair. How do robots grow hair??

What did Wallace want Deckard and the child? He mentions that he wants the Replicas to conquer the universe, but he can't produce enough of them. Then when it is known that the Replicas can reproduce, he wants to take advantage of this???

The whole point as shown by the resistance is that if the Replicants reproduce by themselves then they will rise above the humans,
superior in any way. They will not need Wallace to produce them anymore.

If he wants to kill them, then why does he take Deckard as a prisoner? Why not just kill him?

Something doesn't add up. Or more likely there's something I am missing!

Luke passing away!!!

How will they make Leia die now? They will either CGI her or something?

Kylo Ren's powers. He can kill Snoke but get beaten by a little girl with no fighting experience? It is not making much sense, his powers seem to be fantastic one moment then average the next... He doesn't seem to be the powerhouse that Darth Vader was.

Also, I'd expect Luke to fight in this one. Just a bit. Meeeh, it was good either way!

That is unbelievable! I think killing off Snoke and Luke were massive positives in the film. Almost like Obi Wan dying in A New Hope. I much preferred this to Han dying in The Force Awakens. I was a bit upset with as I liked the character a lot and he seemed to die for no reason from how Kylo acted in this film, it didn't stop Kylo's doubts about the dark side so looking back it was almost a meaningless death.

I don't agree with this. The way I see it is that Rey is just naturally very strong with the force which is why she is able to compete with Kylo. The other thing I've always thought is that Vader never really seemed that powerful to me! It may just be because the originals are such old films, but he seemed less powerful than when he was Anakin. Maybe because he learnt to surprise the anger he had as Anakin, maybe because he has less of his own body parts for the force to flow through!?

Kylo as we see him now has Anakin's anger, which Vader never did, but that's also a reason why Rey can match him, with his uncontrolled anger, she can focus her powers more. I also thought that he was able to kill Snoke partly because of Snoke's own flaw in his arogance thinking that he could control Kylo completely when he couldn't.

As for Luke not fighting, I liked how they did that. It showed how Luke has matured over the years between the original trilogy and this one and was a lot more 'Jedi' than just having a light sabre fight!

Right at the start with Poe trying to put the General on hold!

Rey is strong, but we've seen how long it took the other Jedi's to train. It took Luke a while, being trained by none other than Obi and even Yoda himself... She may be the biggest natural talent ever the way they portray her if she can pick up a light saber and beat someone who's Vader's equal...

I disagree about Vader, he was as strong as ever. Maybe not as impulsive as the young Anakin was, maybe more in control, but he was as strong if we go by what that one scene from Rogue One showed us. Kylo managed to get beaten by a girl that didn't know how a light saber looked like and an ex soldier that had no "force" powers and was a sanitation worker...

I also found it weird that she turned Kylo good only for Kylo to be turned back to evil within a blink. Unless he used her to kill Snoke, it was his plan the whole time or something. This actually makes sense the more I think about it.

Luke fighting I wasn't really bothered about, but we saw an old Yoda fighting so being an old Jedi doesn't mean that they can't fight at all. I did like what he did however, he passed the mantle, made sure the resistance got away and then his job was done, he passed away.

Negatives:
The film was too long.
The entire Casino planet thing felt janky as a plot device and I found it boring and overall annoying. I know cutting this would reduce Finn to a pretty minor role, but this was not good.
Rose - not a fan of her as a character. Her saving Finn at the end is a great message, but frankly seemed like she was all but dooming the rebels barring the Luke ex Machina at the end. One soldier dying to keep the rebels arrive would have been a fair trade in my opinion.
Hux was overly hammy at the start but not in the good way. McDairmid was hammy but nailed it.
Leia using the force to save herself... I didn't like it.
No really cool space battles imo. These are the bits I like most in Star Wars (Death Stars in 4/6 and the opening scene in 3 were all cool space battles)
The green screening of Luke and Rey on the Jedi Rock of Power Balcony thing was god awful in one of the wide shots. Fine otherwise, but bad in one specific shot.
Lacked that moment where John Williams just nails some big orchestral dramatic piece of music.

The biggest flaw - too many comedy beats. Too many by a HUGE margin. I like a little levity, but far, far too many comedy beats in the script. I actually think this is increasingly a problem with modern movies. Like some exec heard a focus group say some movie needed more gags and now they stuff it into everything. If they remade Schindler's List they'd probably have Amon Goeth cracking wise or the like. It's a real pet peeve of mine.

Positives:
I liked the killing of Snoke. I actually thought that the mirroring of Kylo and his blade and the legacy saber was well done.
Luke's finale was reasonably well done. His reversion to the last Luke that Kylo saw rather than older and more rough Luke didn't tip me off, but his igniting of the blue saber made me realise something was amiss.
I really think Andy Serkis absolutely nailed the voice acting for Snoke. Couldn't critique why exactly, but I think Serkis's VA was probably the best acting in the movie.
Killing off more and more of the legacy characters, 2 of the 3 core OT cast, Akbar etc is a good move in my book. Speaking purely from the cold logic of wanting to make a movie - Carrie Fisher passed away. Harrison Ford is in his 70s. Hamill is in his mid-60s. Ignoring the human element and the fact they are all real people with friends and family etc, I'd want to end their arcs before time catches up with them.


Misc:
A huge deal was made of Gwen Christie as being big, shiny Captain Phasma as if this was a character who actually meant anything to the plot. I cared so little about the fate of her character that her bits just washed over me. Basically, I cared as much as I do about nameless, faceless background storm trooper #72.
It's a bit odd to have fuel as a significant plot point when this has never been any kind of issue before. I admit, it's never been said it's not an issue but seemed a little out of the blue. The whole idea of the rebel fleet just slightly outrunning the baddies just felt like a crappy device to give Finn a subplot.

All Fight scenes showing off all the different wakanden tech was cool. The new version of the black panther armor with the nano tech in the necklace was a nice touch. Even with the suit on, It didnt feel like black panther was invincible.

When on missions it was a family affair with his ex and sister helping him. The female warriors were fierce and displayed incredible skill in every situation. You truly felt the pride they have for the king and their country.

I liked this quote from the extended clip after the credits. "Wise men build bridges and fools build walls/barriers"

Negatives:
This movie tried to be too funny. Now, I admit, it made a lot of money and a lot of people liked this more than the others. There is a bit where the baddie is giving an evil speech and it has 2 or 3 jokes in it which was especially annoying. I liked the humour in Thor and Thor 2 but this was a step too far. Banner jumping from the ship to fight Fenris was so obviously gonna be him landing as Banner because of how much humour they had packed in.
Yet another Loki betrays Thor but redemption story. I like Loki but finish his ark and kill him off don't just flip him from goodie to baddie. Or maybe that's the writers idea of mischief.
I really feel like Marvel shot their load on Hulk by having him in the trailer. Absolutely no tension going into the bit where Hulk appears because of it. I get why they do it, I expect that does translate to bums in seats but it ruined a pretty cool moment. Not unlike Spiderman in Civil War, but actually worse in this case.
Karl Urban was so blatantly not going to stay bad the whole way it made that whole character feel pointless to me.


Positives:
Tom Hiddlestone really is incredible. He has a line midway through the film that he just absolutely nailed so spectacularly well.
I liked a lot of the mythological bits.
Hulk was handled well.
It was an enjoyable adventure nonetheless.
"Point Break" was a great little nugget. It called back to something, it was funny and it made sense in context of Tony being who he is. Humour was used right here. I'm not against the humour entirely.

liked it a lot. Twist with MJ was horrendously obvious. The car scene was especially good. Michael Keaton especially great. Still not clear why the Stark side were being a dick to Spidey and ignoring him and whatnot. Right level of humour vs serious plot elements. Some great one liners.

Sansa Stark was clearly cast purely for her name as she can't act (not as bad as Emilia Clarke at least). Otherwise, quite enjoyed the movie. I get that Xmen kinda needs Prof X and Magneto, and that Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast and Storm are some of the most well known and loved characters but they should switch it up a bit more. One of the better things in First Class was that it didn't just rehash all the favourites from the 2000s Xmen movies. That said, I could imagine I'd complain if they didn't, so damned if you do, damned if you don't perhaps applies.

It was fun, well executed, however for all the hype of Thanos 'finally' being a good villain in the MCU, I think that was far from the case.

His motivation and logic for wanting to wipe out half the universe sounded like something picked up off of some obscure reddit thread, and while his attachment to Gamora means it is unfair to describe him as one dimensional, he was ultimately simplistic. He was well acted, and while obvious CGI was obvious CGI - the MCU movies are more animated movies these days than live action - so it's not as though it stands out. The CGI model did convey a lot of personality and that's ultimately what's important.

The ending, however, ultimately means that the MCU is now essentially American Doctor Who. There is going to be a massive reset, as there is no way that Marvel/Disney are going to kill off all of their most successful franchises (particularly ones with sequels confirmed) in a single instance, outside of their own movies, with no emotional impact due to the large scale. Black Panther, Spiderman, Doctor Strange all gone, as well as all of the Guardians of the Galaxy except Rocket - having said that it's virtually certain that the deaths from the first scene are permanent and given the fact that the movie had three instances of a character being put in the position where they have to kill the person they love the most to save the Universe (note, that includes Thanos as he believes he is saving the Universe by killing half of it) - two of those characters had their actions voided - so it's almost certain that Thanos will end up using the time stone to prevent himself from killing Gamora
- I also strongly suspect that Vision will become a voice in Thanos's head, as they made a big point about saying how Vision had integrated with the mind stone, so there's a big chance that there is a ghost or echo of Vision's soul left within it.

I agree with your views, but I have to say, seeing Thanos at the end, sitting and enjoying the sunset, maybe he realises what he has done and undo it. Though with his glove broken, I don't know if he can.

Knowing there's a new Spiderman movie coming next year, I suspect that they will resurrect them somehow. Maybe that little gadget thing that Nick Fury had at the end.

What got me thinking is why didn't Dr. Strange use the time stone to basically do whatever he did to Dormammu, close Thanos in a time loop that would drive him crazy and retreat. They've done it before, so I don't see why he couldn't do it again.