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Kevin Smith gives his review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! WARNING: SPOILERS!
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“When Ben Solo shows up in a sweater he got at the Gap” actually had me in tears 😂😂😂
I bet that figure will sell very well😂. Does not come with anything else.
I had to pause at this part as I was laughing so hard.
I had to hit pause because I was laughing so hard
And when he held up the boombox to rey to try to win her back, priceless.
The Gap sweater thing is funny.....but it actually just the under part of his Kylo Ren suit....you can see the hole in it from when he got stabbed by the lightsaber
The irony of Anakin's lightsaber is buried in sand.
@@brjannkearsejr80
Leia's saber isn't the green one from ROTJ. It uses a similar blueprint from Obi Wan's.
Rey gave the saber back to Luke at the end of force awakens
@@brjannkearsejr80 .....jj Abrams logic ...movie logic....not good storytelling explained in a backstory arc
@@prizm2807 not everything has to be explained. get over yourself. Prizm.
He's for sure leaving it there!
So many Death Stars, but no-one ever builds a Life Star. Just shooting love onto people's chests.
What would a Love Star consist of? Water slides, Roller Coasters? Free Snow cones?
Economics
The Care Bears already did this.
Orbital Friendship Cannon
They can't do that because The Far Left has been working on a real one for the past few years. It's super off the books and can't risk the chance to have their weapon exposed....
without watching one second I predict: He loved it, his daughter loved it, and he cried no less than 5 times
Wow spot on, you must be force-sensitive 😀😀😀😀
Wow what a suprise ....a self loathing fuck online dumping their damage on someone that loves and lives movies
At some point , a person gets annoyed by the constant misery of others. You're not allowed to celebrate anything without somebody trashing what you like. Smith as with me enjoyed the movie. An theres nothing wrong with that....youll tell me to take it down a notch, but you sit idley by while toxic fans, and Joker-bots troll the entire internet.
what in the blue hell did I post that makes you for one second believe I am self-loathing? What I am is someone that's seen enough Kevin Smith reviews to know what he's going to say. BTW my post isn't malicious in the slightest
@Daniel Mathers if you knew my history on other platforms you would know that I address many of those other issues. It was a really bad night. Everywhere you went it was troll season on every app...every page. I came to Kevins channel to get a break but ended up having a meltdown. But for the record , Smith did not "yes" this movie to death like he tends to do. Both him and Grace gave very balanced views. Hopefully Clone Wars season 7 will give people the security blanket they so desperately THINK they need.
"No more Death Stars."
-Kevin 2019, years before the release of Episode X: Return of the Death Stars
no, if we follow the trend, the XIIth movie will start with an 'R' and it can't be the words Return/Revenge/Rise, so what's left? Reign, Revolution, Rebel, Reflection, Remains, R-ehh........ aha! RISK IS OUR BUSINESS :D
And the plot twist will be that the Death Star is the hero/ine's father
10 years from now they'll go back and add a few more death stars, and another random bar scene so they can fit in some extra lens flares.
Death Star: A Star Wars Story
I remember him saying "no more Death Stars" in his review of "The Force Awakens."
When they walk through the bar on Kajimi (not sure of spelling) the bartender is the great John Williams.
When 3PO is rebooted, he should have asked for "Master Anni" or something like that, reference his maker.
James Robertson that would have been funny as hell.
Yeah, but they erased his memory before, so this is a new factory reset setting. 😎
@@TitoTimTravels The Windows boot-up music would have been hilarious at that point.
Would have been funny but he wouldn’t have remembered him he didn’t remember him in the OT cause he’d already had his memory wiped
agreed, he's a custom build so his firmware wouldn't have defaulted the way it did. unless I suppose the republic could have put an official build on him.
Jar Jar Binks had more development arc than the Knights of Ren
But less annoying. Be grateful for small things. Does anyone know why they turned on Ren? It made no sense - do they just obey the Sith???
Blame Johnson, he should have never been given the keys
You're gonna have to read the Rise of Kylo Ren miniseries that is two issues deep right now, for Knights of Ren backstory.
@@pillar81 UGH! honestly I don't think thats fair the Knights were teased in TFA and only a cameo in ROS. I feel pretty burned and am no longer interested.
Their bodyguards lmao. The movies not called "Star Wars: Knights of Ren" 😄
As a father, when Kylo said “dad...”, I was suddenly also getting over a cold.
Calls herself a Skywalker, never lost a limb.
Or flown through space without a space suit.
to be fair ben never lost a limb too
@@revanchist2256 Ben was a Solo
@@sleep8646 leia was a skywalker and was married to han, so yes he is a skywalker
But she did actually die so maybe that counts for something?? 🤷🏻♀️
Finally. Been waiting on this!
The part that got me is when Leia went, R2 was at the foot of her bed. The little droid that introduced us to her, was there to send her off.
That’s how fan service is done.
00ABBITT00 wow nice catch. The first and last moment we see her is with r2 next to her.
Well done R2. Well done...
Oh, who gives a shit... What a pointless thing to even bother pointing out, much less care about.
Simon Belanger I don’t see how it’s pointless but you think how you want I guess.
Simon Belanger cool comment.
I truly believe, it’s time for the sequel of spaceballs to be made! The search for more money
wait, i thought this was it
I always thought they should have made 'Space Balls 2 - The Prequel Menace', a long time ago. The leads could have all played themselves younger (but OBVIOUSLY) older lol. ;)
@@DJRitty Rick Moranis and Adam Goldberg has been trying. The original pitch (shortly after the first movie) by Moranis was to skip straight to the third movie titled "Space Balls 3: The search for Spaceballs 2". Frankly that title gets funnier the longer its been.
That would be awesome! Obviously George Lucas gave the green light for the first Spaceballs, but I seriously doubt Disney would allow a parody movie to be released... hope I'm wrong!
Does this imply CGI John Candy?
“Could be his wife, but looked like his son.” - Kevin Smith, whilst describing the one and only Ewok scene.
I love this man.
I been alive for 41 years and lived long enough to see this nine-part-story come to a close . This movie did it for me. I enjoyed it.
Lewd Nude Cartoonist, if you think about it, not many can say that, so thats actually pretty awesome! Congratulations, I’m happy for you!
I’m 47 and saw the original when I was 5. I loved this movie- also I’m from Newcastle which was mentioned. 🤓
I enjoyed this movie. It had flaws and it felt rushed but i still liked it. 7/10
Daes B actually, everyone who saw it can say that, seeing as he wasn’t born when Star Wars came out 42 years ago.
@Paul D Clifford, What I mean by that is a lot of people died since the beginning of the saga, wether it be of natural or non natural causes, a lot of people never got to see the end of the saga. You can be technical if you’d like, but thats not what I’m doing.
I was listening to him with other tabs open but when I heard Kevin’s voice crack, I opened this right back. I never considered that Leia holding the medal of Han’s.. how he came back during the DeathStar assault. Saving the day.
Now I’m gonna think of that.
So, Kevin smith is officially a STAR WARS character.
he played baby yoda.
They should've let him make the trilogy . But God forbid they let a filmmaker that's an actual fan make the movies
@Robert Ortiz-Wilson Disney Star Wars is Star Wars.
Kevin Smith is officially a spineless woke douchebag
Dude id listen to you talk about this shit for 3 hrs. You reinvigorate my love for this stuff and help cut through all the negative crap out there. Thank you for doing this.
I love Kevin but this can also be interpreted as being blind to all the problems.
If you love or like the movie that's fine and your business but you sound like a drone in need of reprogramming.
Eric Evans THANK YOU.
@@DevonLegrion Right back at you.
@@baaLsecundus ikr, so oblivious to the hypocrisy of making that statement, its how far most are willing to push their horizon, sometimes barely past their high stuck up nose
There isn’t enough positivity in the world today.
I’m so glad that we have Kevin Smith.
@Dangle Baggins II STFU.
This video looks and feels like it's from 2010.
I like it.
I loved how Luke smirked at the camera when he raised his X-Wing.
I always said that was a wasted opportunity in TLJ. Glad they finally did it here. Would've been even better if it cut to Yoda smirking in the background too or something.
@@Euruk1 That would be have been even better
That's what I was hoping to see. Him and Yoda both smirking
Cheesy fucking fan service and lame writing 👌🏻
Yeah probably an insult aimed at Rian. Although ironically it was TLJ which set up the X-Wing thing - so no people Rian didn't ruin TROS - he set up a lot of things they seized on.
Well it’s not like she could have buried it on Alderaan.
Too soon.
Not with that attitude...
damn....
It's been 42 years!!!
She buried it in Alderaan places :)
56:50
I can imagine that scene if it was Watto:
"I'm Rey...Rey Skywalker"
"Oh good... I still own that family. Whadda ya know."
Cut to Rey enslaved in a gold metal bikini.
Yippy!! 😁
I wanted her so bad to say Rey palpatine and then cut that woman down
@@Taylormblair88 i wanted that when she brings kyle back to life
"Ben?"
"Kylo."
*stabs Rey in the chest*
You mean, "WATTO ya know."
Okay, don't get me wrong - Watto was a slave owner and a cheat, and therefore was objectively a pretty bad guy. Other than that, he was actually a good person. He was nice to Anakin, patient with outlanders, payed his debts, and seemed genuinely happy both to see Anakin again and that Shmi had been freed and married. I think on a different planet without slavery, Watto would have been an upstanding guy.
That's why I love Kevin Smith he simply just loves movies. I really enjoyed the rise of skywalker even with all the behind the scenes nonsense I just wish more people could let things be simple and be entertained and not overthink things to the point where nothing is enjoyable anymore.
said Mike Dorsey, as he opened his mouth wide for Disney's next shovel full of shit.
When the only possible defense to criticism of a thing is to question the very concept of distinguishing good things from bad things, maybe the thing isn't worth defending.
@@2ceBorn theres nothing wrong with finding enjoyment in things others don't. I admit I wish things had gone differently being a star wars fan my whole life but this is the story we have now and I ended up enjoying it. No need to be an asshole about it though just because it made you upset obviously. You can express your opinions without acting stupid like that so maybe a conversation can be had or dont you have the right to be a dick too either way take care.
@@mikedorsey7119 There is most definitely something wrong with uncritically devouring the soulless and mind-numbing content shovelled out by Disney. I will not afford you the courtesy of enjoying your guilty pleasure in silence.
@@2ceBorn ok so be a brat it is. You do realize its disney you're getting on your dumb soapbox for and they're just kids movies at the end of the day. If they didn't live up to your expectations then tough titty get over it and dont shit on the people that enjoy it even if it makes us idiots in your eyes then let us be naive idiots and be happy dont bring your whiney negative bullshit around or at least calm down its almost comical "I WILL NOT afford you the courtesy" you obviously saw the films you're complaining about which means you've given disney plenty of your money so maybe quit doing that and protest that way. Again or whine and be a dick it's your choice you aren't ruining my day at all.
I don't need to watch this to know that he'll like it. That's it.
He liked Suicide Squad, too.
Is was actually pretty damn good. Critics didn't like it, but audiences like me did.👍🏻
@@scorpiusjones5436 me too these are the same critics that hated joker so we should not take them seriously
@@scorpiusjones5436 You lying fuck
@@scorpiusjones5436 Gotta say JJ Abrams is the worst director/writer to ever touch Star Wars. In a tie with 7: The Force Awakens; 9: Rise of Skywalker is the worst.movie of the whole Star Wars saga. Because like 7 before it, it weirdly ignores all of the previous movies. And adds a lot of retcons that didn't had any kind of setup.
Rian Jhonson's "8: The Last Jedi" is the only Good movie in the Sequel Trilogy.
Dude when she got the quickening, and he was like "there can be only one" and there was lightning, but it didnt matter cause she struck him down. And it was highlander starwars
Looooooooool
lol
Nice. SW is a universal myth, after all
By that theory palipi Mcscrotumface should be beyond god tier. How many jedi did he directly or otherwise kill?
"I am one with the Force, and there can be only One."
“Space horses are running across the.. ship.. cause.. look...ya know....Choices!”
🤣🤣🤣🤣 46:20
This is everything. It's like having your friend tell you how they experienced their fav movie/book/game. Even if it isn't your thing (tho I love Star Wars) you experience a piece of their passion. I adore when you tell us about the things you love. There is no perfect movie, but if you are entertained that is the point.
the guy that played "Lobot" died in 2005. That is why he wasn't in the film,
"give me the kniiiife pleeeeease..." 😂🤣😂🤣
I'm old 😟😥...
77sl33zy77 c, c, c, can I have the knnnniiiiffee
What a film it is though. "Ima row your ass! Till it bleeds" lol
Don't forget he did the whole "scratching" thing....
I ..... I ..... I ..... I ..... I ..... I want the knife ..... pleeeeeeease ......
The Golden Child is a classic!
I found the knife! Now turn on the goddamn lights! 😂🤣
from a film making perspective, they should have never revealed the emperor in the trailers. it would have been more of a WTF moment.
They were trying to paper the cracks and draw out more people to the cinema. But I do agree with you.
cause they got scared after backlash and failure of TLJ and SOLO and script leaks
The emperor's return message is exclusively on fortnite (which the opening crawl is referencing). That alone shows how desperate the marketing attempts were.
They should of never brought Palpatine back they should of used The Son of Mortis for the villain but Bob FUCKING Iger made them change it to Palpatine thus RUINING Anakin's redemption and him being the chosen one.
Or in the crawl
So great to get your recap on this final installment on an epic story I grew up watching as well. I also cried when you did too when you talked about the emotional moments in this movie. No apologies needed, brotha, was great to see you with REAL emotions. I was fortunate to see this with my folks in which we all saw the movies in the theater together through the years since A New Hope. When Ben says to Han "Dad..." and Han says "I know" I tapped my dad on the knee and we looked at each other and tears were both our eyes...powerful stuff, man. Thanks for this great review keep up the great work :-) :-) :-)
"puts on a GAP sweater" ... im still laughing!
All I could think of when I saw the knights of Ren was "We are the knights who say, Nee!!!"
They were looking for Shrubbery not Rey. Tho no one realized it
Honestly, it was that or the Nazgul when I saw them.
They looked like they fished all their gear out of a garbage compactor and failed to be any kind or actual threat. So in all they fit into this movie just fine.
Kylo Ren, before we let you meet Palpatine, you need to kill Rey with.......a herring!
This was such a beautiful recap. You saw all the great parts of the film while acknowledging it's short comings ("I mean, Rose is right there.")
You also made me appreciate Han and Leia relationship so much more than I had before. Great job.
Not a review. Just Kevin describing the movie. Nice.
That's all he ever does in his reviews. I can read the synopsis quicker.
How is it not a review, he said at the end he loved the movie and saw it 4 times. Duuuuurrrrrrrrr
Is that not what you would call a review? He went over everything in the movie and told you what he thought about it.
What I loved most about Ben turning back were those little touches of Han, Driver threw in there. He was a little bit clumsy, he did that blind shot, he had that roguish grin. You got to see a little of who Ben Solo could have been: the *coolest* Jedi that ever lived.
Wasted opportunity there, could have made some cool movies with him, books and comics. He's been written out now and I bet Adam Driver is disappointed that they wont be building his character's legacy. All the merchandising possibilities could have made him beyond wealthy.
Agreed that was my favorite part. He did that very well. Every theater I saw at laughed at the right moments and got it too I believe. I enjoyed the movies. Alot of people bashing but idk...I enjoyed them.
Do you know when Force Awakens first came out, Kevin Smith suggested it would be cool if Rey wound up being the granddaughter of Palpertine. He called it!
Makes me think JJ told him his idea and then when he was hired for 9, JJ was like "shit, i guess I gotta"
@@ninjaharemyugi It really did feel like it was tacked on at the last minute.
I also was waiting for Jenna to tell Finn he was the inspiration to the mutiny.
Same here. I don't know how the writers and JJ missed that chance, it was screaming at the viewers the entire scene.
OMG I completely forgot about Chewie's lament... Yeah, easily that was the most emotional part for me.
Never apologise for being emotional. It's amazing how many things, worthwhile, amazing things you notice and thus enjoy about the movie when you let your emotions go. Too many people are watching this like a rock, a cynical rock looking for things to poke at. You, are a symbol of what many of us have lost over the years. Love you man, don't stop.
What about the people who watch it for the lulz? Doesn't that emotion count?
Yes it is absolutely sickening how many so-called Star Wars fans just want to bitch about anything they possibly can. I loved the movie I thought it was spectacular.
Agree. If you don’t nick pick everything and just enjoy the ride, it’s a thrilling and emotional ending that really got to me a few times.
@@jdstinner3868 Yes it is absolutely sickening how many so-called Star Wars fans just shut their brain down, and consume corporate trash. The movie is a spectacular example of directionless, bad writing.
Dude, this film is absolutely bankrupt of logic. Every single scene, there are a dozen things to poke at. Nothing makes sense.
Noticing the million things wrong with this film doesn't make you a cynical rock. It just makes you a filmgoer that doesn't want to turn their brain off.
Regarding "why would she bury Leia's lightsaber there, she had nothing to do with Tatooine..."
You're right, she should bury it on Alderaan.
Bury it on Alderaan...............Hahahaha.............wait you're serious aren't you??
.......
Maybe parts of Alderaan were found intact on Endor..!!???!?!!
After Palps and the Death Star came back from literal vaporisation we can hope again. If only we can now find the neccessary 29 McGuffins to lead to it...
Vader gave a chunk of alderaan to queen trios and presumably there was a lot of it left floating out there so that would have been cool...a bit of rubble partially encasing her hilt? Poetic.
Luke's son was there. Putting to rest the last Skywalker's and picking up the mantle.
I saw it with my father and we both loved it, it was great for him because he went to see the original trilogy with his friends when he was a kid, and it was a great bonding moment for both of us. Only thing that was better was when I took him to see Solo on his birthday. He told me it reminded him of when he went to see Empire in theaters with his best friend. It was one of the most heartwarming moments I ever had with my father. This was something he grew up with and brought me into, having taken me to see the original trilogy when they re-released them in theaters back in the 90's, then taking me to see the prequel trilogy when I was a teen, and now me taking him to see the sequel trilogy, and the 'Star Wars Stories' as two adults who both love and grew up with the franchise.
34:20 I'm getting misty eyed. I really like your interpretation of the medal's significance. I didn't really get in while I was watching the movie, but this makes it so much more powerful. Thank you!
cerulean tear i think if the writers wanted it to mean that, they would have had her say “Han” as she died, or referenced him in some more direct way. But it’s an excellent headcanon, and I’m adopting it.
37:00. Chewie’s cry for Leia was everyone’s cry for Carrie. 😭. Excellent closure.
I didn't like the movie overall but that's the one moment that got me in the feels 💔😢
“The space equivalent of duct tape “😂🤣😂
Timestamp?
@@sp1011 12:13
66 bat mobile red piping🤣🤟
When Kevin Smith started to cry I did too. I know he had his heart problems and probably really just appreciated being alive to see this movie.
I have been dealing with lung failure this past year and was very scared I would not get to see this movie. I missed a good chunk of the opening crawl first viewing because when that A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY came up I bawled hard.
Thank you Kevin Smith for sharing your love for Star Wars with us.
Regarding burying the lightsabers, that was Lea's Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru too, even if she never met them, so it's the only Skywalker home that's still around.
Robert Ortiz-Wilson I think that random lady made it clear that no has been there in ages. I assume that means lived or visited there.
Kevin, thank you for just being you. This is a raw, real reaction. Got a tear or two out of me.
Kevin should've written the entire new trilogy. He would've done fanservice without sacrificing story.
1:38 - “Let’s fix that hat one last time”
2:36 - *fixes hat again*
Congrats, you almost made it a full minute!
The ending definitely didn’t “melt any minds”....
Lucasfilm/Disney changed it. You can read about it on Reddit (assuming it's true).
Yeah I was waiting for the mind melting part as well
Am I crazy, or did it have exactly the same ending as Harry Potter?
@Nice Try Particularly though, the very imho uncinematic laser vs X scene where Rey's supported by a bunch of dead people is almost literally Harry vs Voldemort.
Mind did. I loved that she used the emperors powers against him, ergo not killing him herself and avoiding being possessed.
I want Kevin Smith to tell the story of my life after I die!! He'll make it seem so much more exciting!
Paul Thompkins exciting, not “excited”.
Paul Thompkins ..hahah
Lol. You think people are gonna want to watch a movie about your life? Is the climax you sending a comment on this video?
@@SecretGerms yeah I just realized that lol. Thanks
@@DereksDichotomy way to make me feel horrible for my response to him. Thanks for the optimistism.
Lol oscillation overthruster... Buckaroo Banzai deep cut
Oh shit! I didn’t realize it lol. Good lookin out.
Into his flux capacitor
Sounds like a sex machine
Yes. Yes it was.
@@buckaroobanzai4062 nice name
I don't think I've ever heard someone sing the lyrics "with arms wide open" to the tune of "can you take me higher". Pot will mix you up if you smoke enough. LoL
If you enjoyed it good for you :) I generally think if you have to explain a ton of back story or reasons for things that happen in a movie it's probably not very well thought out.
I lost it at “in space, no one can hear you scream”😂😂😂😂
Sounds Alien to me.
Holy Shit, that fleshlight joke! “In space, no one can hear you scream!”
I love seeing Kevin so passionate and so moved by the things he loves. This dude is real and so full of heart and I will always respect him for that. Inspired me as a filmmaker, and even beyond what he's created I enjoy just hearing the dude speak and share his thoughts. Keep on keeping on. We need more people like this who are just super passionate and having fun with their films and stuff and celebrating their interests. Awesome.
I can't wait to hear what Kevin thinks about The Mandalorian!
I love how his reviews are mostly just retelling the movie. Its like my 5 year old niece telling me about Frozen.
I would pay to see a video of your kid saying "So then Anna's like 'why the fuck you don't wanna build a snowman, man?!!' and then Elsa's 'I can't really talk about this shit because reasons, kay?'"
Your five year old niece also cussed like a sailor?
Hahaha awesome funny.
Well he is not about to actually be critical because he doesn't want to piss off Disney.
The saber fight with the roaring waves was a visual Yang to the Yin of ROTS's saber fight with the roaring lava. Just something that jumped out at me.
Interesting idea, while a dark lord was born from fire, a jedi was redeemed among the waves.
@@SovereignAure Yep. Fire & Water.
I can already imagine the writing room where someone thought that its smart and deep or something...
Except without any fight choreography.
@@ToyFiend just because its not super flashy doesnt mean theres no choreographt. Watch it again. Rey had climbed all over the place before hand, you can literally see her arms shaking. Its a slow plodding fight because thyre tired lol
" we heard of you" omg I got chills with that too. Would love to see the story of storm trooper defectors
That Golden Child reference came out of no where. I can't stop laughing!
Man, I love these. After every movie comes out, I wait for you to do one of these. We need one for Mando once the last episode airs for this season.
It's become one of my SW traditions since the relaunch. Love it.
The Sith eternal faction are basically the population of Exogol. They basically live and die preparing for the final order. So basically the ships are manned by the people who were born and raised on exogol!
Lando has a entire plot cut. He went into exile as he lost a daughter to the first order and then lost the trail of Occhi. Jannah was his daughter who had been taken. The visual guide reveals this!
xGhostCat Exegol. That’s how it’s spelled.
Basically
@Lord Hosk So the Final Order are of the Most Loyal members of the First Order - But shouldn't the Generals know about it then considering they should've been the most loyal followers? Pride didn't know and he served with Sidious in the Last War Apparently.
Sounds like shit hot garbage.
Who are you ppl kidding? A 200ft tree fell and crushed a man in the Redwoods on Christmas Eve.
*...Endor was not happy*
I watch this every time i finish the series. I love you Kevin. You made nerd culture cool way before it was.
wtf are you talking about? Current nerd culture is still looked down upon. This is a Disney movie for retards.
@@dhrdan go home
I think I'd rather listen to Kevin Smith tell stories like this than watch movies. Sponsored by audio books? Hmmmm. Here's hoping you make some Kevin. Rock on!!!
I really, really liked it. I was reminded of KOTOR a lot, and who doesn't love Sith dark science??
The parallels with KOTOR really snagged my attention. I enjoyed RoS a lot, even if it did have some glaring technical issues, and I feel like this helped.
As a writer, myself, I wondered how in the world they could have missed that line in the Finn/Zhora (sp) conversation - it just jumped off the screen, what she should have said. I find that a lot with Abrams' writing; his dialogue often misses the keys that turn a character. Unfortunately, I think that has to do with the rushed schedule of completing these new SW scripts. "How do we get to the next thing" becomes more important than "how does this character's growth get us to the next thing?" - which is really how it's supposed to work.
Haven't seen the movie yet, from what I gathered based on reviews I saw on YT, Abrams wanted to steer the ship back on a familiar route after Johnson's iconoclastic effort. It would make sense that the second installment of a trilogy would lay down goals, struggles and develop characters....Given what the last jedi turned out to be, it was a tough ask that fell on Abram's laps. That said, some Mac Guffin at work and an overall fast and confused space that seems to ask of the viewer to suspend his disbelief...I'll see for myself but it would seem Abram's best work is done directing, not writing
Chris Terrio wrote this film too
I'm not defending the horrible movie and writing but it was supposed to be the answer to what he was trying to tell rey. Which was awful but the only part in the movie that tried to explain it.
You're not a writer.
It wouldn't be Star Wars without stilted dialogue and missed beats. Maybe there was a bit of a George Lucas imitation going on. JJ is always trying to be Spielberg Jr, so I assume George would be another person he'd do a lot to pay homage to, even going as far as to try and replicate the nuances of his direction in his original 6 films.
You got me right in the end when you mentioned Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen ❤
I think Leia dying helping to turn her son back to the light was the best ending for her
I watched the movie as the 6 year old than went to see New Hope and Empire double biller back in the early 80s. It’s been a great journey. I’m old and I cannot wait until my son is old enough to share these stories with.
I took my 9 year old yesterday. I was 7 when I saw Star wars in 1977. It is so cool to watch him literally on the edge of his seat at the cinema.
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@@stephenpaccone8120 you are.
Speaking of Rebels, one of the Jedi that Rey hears is Kanan Jarrus. Also Warwick Davis's son played Wickets son
Man I love listening to these reviews you do. It's nice to hash it out with a person who truly cares about these movies like some of true fans out here. Thanks Mr Smith, hope to catch you on the tour!
Rise of a Drinking Game: Drink every time he takes his cap off and puts it back on.
Guess I was the only one who noticed Ben Solo had his dad’s blaster when he showed up to save Rey!
James Cushnie was it now? I’m going to have to look closer next time I watch the movie. Watched it 4x and never noticed it. Good looking out, brother?!
It wasn't, it was a standard trooper blaster like from the Vader attack scene in the hallway at the beginning of Ep 4.
If it was Han's blaster, that's fucking stupid. His blaster should be either 1) atomized when Starkiller base was destroyed or 2) On the Falcon, which was off recruiting allies before the battle. So how THE FUCK did he get it? If it is Han's, just another example of stupid ass shit by JJ.
It was a blaster gifted to him by Lando when he was younger.
@@LoganFerguson can you not just appreciate the great mystery?
All I can say is, if a whole fleet of Deathstars can't conquer the galaxy because they're fogged in, then why bother making them?
Hubris
Palpatine could either make a few more strategically placed backup towers to ensure that only potential bottle neck in their plan was taken care of, or he could build Death Star Destroyer #1,385 and assume Rey wouldn't let anyone else know how to get there even though the entire plan hinged on her turning after arriving not before. I think he made the right call.
No one answered why the rebistance could fly in and out without issue but... the death destroyers couldnt???
Mike Waterfield I thought Poe explained it? The Final Order fleet was too close the surface of the planet. Needed a navigation beacon to gain enough distance to leave the system. The Resistence fleet was entering the system. Just like Kylo’s new Star Destroyer has no problem hovering above the planet. They even transferred the navigation beacon from the ground based tower to Kylo’s ship once they found out what the Resistence was attempting to do.
@@TheBongReyes but that doesn't make sense. What is preventing them from just going up? They didn't explain why it was necessary just to leave the planet. They take 30 years to create Star Destroyers that each are equivalent to a Death Star, yet they can't leave the planet without a guide?
When you had tears, so did I. I've been obsessed since I was five; 39 years ago.
That Leia/Han suggestion that she projects Han across the galaxy would of have been a fantastic idea and made perfect sense (even tying in to what Luke did in last jedi)
I havent even seen this and i know hes basically gonna recite the plot and cry. My dude is completely incapable of seeing the bad in anything and i low-key envy him.
@@MrGenexxx It's sad actually. What the hell really happened to him?
@@alanorange9376 shitton of weed and a payroll. Those two things make it impossible to see the bad parts
Or it's possible he just really liked the movie and doesn't see the point reviewing and talking about movies he didn't like because it's a waste of energy being angry and cynical all the time. Just a thought.
DrunkenPrayer you really don’t need to be angry to point out logical flaws within a plot/script
@@allstarr9tc But that's always what it is, we are haters, discriminators and what not.
"Gimme some of that sweet, sweet 80's nonsense (nostalgia)"...yeah, I'm with you on that brother. Sobbed my way through most of the throwback easter eggs and anything involving Leia. Anything. Involving. Leia.
I'm guessing the palms have been adequately greased.
Kathleen Kennedy felt it was best that three different storytellers tell their telling of the story in three different ways. What could possibly go wrong?
@@RetrocadePodcast That's easy. A film that cost 200 million, that made a billion that would've made 2 billion.
Just like all those critics who liked Joker, right? Lmao, Disney haters give me life.
@@scorpiusjones5436 Wasn't really impressed with that film either. The last SW film was just a car crash.
I loved your Golden Child reference when Rey finds the knife 😂🤣😂
"Sith Star Distroyer = Fun size Death Star" Kev Smith 2019
The one thing I would have wanted to see was at the end Force ghost scene, since it was the end of Skywalkers, I wanted to see all the Skywalkers Anakin, Luke, leah, and Ben all together in front of her.
I admire Kevin's sincere fandom perspective; he sees movies the way an audience does. He may have a bruised and patched up heart but he still wears it on his sleeve, good for you, man. The point he makes best here I think is; SW is not about space ships, robots, and pew pew pew...at the core, it's always been about relationships. Everything else is just set dressing, a frame around the core concepts... Where Kevin is moved to tears, it is always in scenes about what the *people* do and say. Not about the props and sets. Where I think the prequels and sequels and to an extent, this movie fail, is in putting too much emphasis on the least-important trappings, to the detriment of developing the characters and their relationship journeys. We don't actually care that much about the hardware, it's all about the wetware. So many of the plot holes revolve around mechanical background stuff that just isn't really important, except to push toy marketing. This movie would have been more powerful if it had been scaled back and the focus kept tighter on the principals.But I thank you, Kevin, for selling me a little more on the moments that do work in this movie. You should have been in the writing room for this one to keep them on course.:-)
I appreciate your take on this movie. I had several issues I really didn’t care for and a lot of moments I did like a lot. You actually helped me appreciate this film more than I did before. I love how emotional you get. You really connect with moments and I get it how it brings you to tears. One thing I liked better than some people is when Luke catches the light saber and says that a Jedi’s weapon deserves more respect, it’s not throwing shade at the last movie. It’s honoring the moment. Luke gets it that he fucked up. He is calling himself out for his own lack of respect. Only thing I didn’t like about the original moment where he tosses it is the fact that he over the shoulder tossed it like a joke. If he just didn’t take it from Rey to begin with or just dropped it down on the ground, I would have liked that moment better. I don’t mind the storyline of Luke losing his way. Just the way they did it. Some major moments in rise of skywalker I will never agree with. Some I really did like and some where they almost had it and then killed it. Like you say “one line” or something. It’s not a bad movie. The 3 movies together though don’t play like a saga. They are really disjointed and now leave an emptiness. A disappointing trilogy overall but there is lots to appreciate. I will truly miss my heroes, Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie.
It is forced emotion dude.
I think it's pretty metal that Leia sacrifices herself to save her son from the dark side. Kind of the flip side of Luke saving Vader.
30:10 chills. That's brilliant such a missed opportunity
Lol I like how he says "no respect for the past" under his breath
I keep hearing "it makes no sense Leia's lightsaber was buried with Luke's on Tatooine".... Where else would she bury it? Alderon is gone so why NOT Tatooine as opposed to anywhere else? Where else would she bury it?
The Jedi Temple on Coruscant where she was a politician. The Jedi Temple on Having 4. Literally anywhere she had an actual connection to.
@@christianschoff2490 I think the big take away is they are together.....
@@garyzimmerman62 Luke's should go in a temple too. These are the lightsabers of heroes and legends. They should be somewhere that they can inspire hope and goodness in others. Not buried Ten feet deep in a random patch of sand on a planet made entire of sand. Both Luke and Anakin hated that planet.
@@christianschoff2490 oh well, I guess when you become a successful enough producer, director or playwright to steer the one of the most successful (maybe THE most sucessful) franchises is history YOU can make those decisions!!! ROFLMAO
@@christianschoff2490 She buried them in a place where few would look. She doesn't want them found. You didn't think of that.
Small point: Leia falls into a coma when Rey stabs Kylo Ren. She doesn't die until Ben does and fades away. Her vision was that she died when her son did.
Leia saved the movie!!!
I like Kevin's version better.
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That eerily mimics what happened with Carrie Fisher and her mother in real life.
I think you are remembering wrong leia fades away when Han does when kylo turns around and Han is gone it shows leia and the blanket drop
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I was in the row behind you at the premear. Heard you yell "Yeah JJ" when Ben talks to Han. Shook your hand on the way out of the theater, really made my day!
The whole time I’m watching the movie I was like I can’t wait to hear Kevin talk about this. It was a true Star Wars fan’s movie
Why wasn't Anakin and Kylo also featured as force ghosts when Leia and Luke appeared?
They are also Skywalkers.
Apparently there was a conversation with Haden where he stated his force ghost was supposed to be in at least two scenes but they cut them minus his voice apparently, because "they wanted to focus on the new stars". just like the SW disneyland place that everyone hates.
@@baphometshorn6349 ok. :) it seems that it's ok to slice and mutilate the old saga by bringing back palpatine, and in doing so, destroying the whole "Vader sacrificing himself in order to save Luke" - storyline.
And the kiss at the end?!
Please for thelove of god no.
And the editing nightmare of ROTS? Every 2 minutes a new scene that doesn't connect to the previous scene and characters explaining themselves the first hour?
And ending the whole thing on a planet where Anakin was a slave, her mother was slaved and killed and where his son was slaving 9 to 5 life on a desert farm? Riiiight. 🤣
Hey when I die, remember to scatter my ashes to a place where My family was slaved, my granny was killed and where I escaped.
🤣
Made me tear up. And not in a good way.
Because they bad.
What about Uncle Owen and Aunt beru they are also Skywalkers. C'mon man these half ass minute complaints are so tiring.
Because that _might_ have made sense.
I thought it was epic ending. Iam satisfied. Thanks Kevin!!
The World needs more Kevin Smith
No.Randal Graves.
35:00 ONLY KEVIN SMITH could make me tear up over a movie like "The Rise Of Skywalker"!!
Man i love you kevin smith. You are a master story teller!!!