It is nearly a crime - the way they abused the former lead characters. Minimalizing them to mere caricatures of their former glory. The Critical Drinker properly dissects these recent crapola deliveries from Disney. JJ Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy should be removed from the movie industry.
To not have a scene of all the originals together is beyond criminal. A team of middle schoolers with a camera, while not having a Disney budget or resources, would at least make a more heartfelt trilogy of films.
Well, on the defense of Force Awakens, the death of Han Solo was pretty intense and sad, it was unexpected, and also to see all the different emotions going through Kylo Ren's face during that moment was good acting on his part. I agree with what you guys are saying but at the same time let's not shit on everything either...
@@lajeandom It's not about sh1tting on anything... In fact, I have nothing against originals dying... Han should have died in Act 2, not 1. It would mirror the danger he was in during TESB. There's just too much finality in the early part of the story while they keep pushing these bland new characters to the forefront.
Yeah, this one took a lot outta the Drinker. Ive watched his reviews twice, but the movie only once. Forgot about sooo much bs, like the space horses 🙄
The thing is, the great story in Wagner's ring operas, Lord of the Rings, Narnia and Star Wars is that "everything is secular now", but the memory of the supernatural and metaphysical made it feel deep and significant. Now that the memory is gone, "everything is secular" can only mean "everything is political".
The Critical Drinker is an astute observer of our movie universe. Behind his probably-false drunk act, he is a serious movie reviewer. I like the way he shreds these recent Star Wars debacles. But it is a shame that he can. Instead these recent movies should have been a gemstone on top of the crown jewels, whereas the movies are instead just crap.
You should watch his reviews of the most recent James Bond film and "Rambo: Last Blood". The funniest part is the part in the Rambo movie where Gabriella's friends take her out drinking to "clear....her....head". Hilarious!!!
TRoS was much much better then TFA/TLJ. And fortunately had less agenda and SJW crap in it that it wanted to force push down our throat. It also gave respect to Luke, Palpatine etc. But still the old trilogy is more like Shakespeare against Mickey Mouse. The only interesting/memorable new character in the new trilogy for me is Kylo. He has his struggles and finaly returns to the light. Also its strange that healing is a light side power now as Yoda explained one should let go and Palpatine explains that keeping the ones you love from dying by manipulating the force is a darkside ability. We have seen the Sister on Mortis give her life though and leaving some of her essence within Ashoka. So in this sence Rey bears the name Skywalker through Bens sacrifice. Also some other things could have been solved better. e.g. the massive new fleet could have been an old Sith fleet burried on Exogul that Palpatine just rebuilt with robots. They would have looked different, but still propably had made more sence. Also the dagger made no sence. They should have rather found an old recording of some dude that concluded through examination of the DS plans that Palpatine must have had one or more of these way finders in a hidden chamber on the DS and one may still be there to recover.
But well, the one shown in last Jedi is a ARC fighter, made in the clone wars Either that or it’s the one he lifted, can’t remember and can’t be bothered, Rey pilots a ARC I think, Don’t ask me why Luke has two different Spacecraft, from the clone wars and the Empire, Both underwater, One able to fly, and the other not But yes,
It must have special force powered anti rust proofing and battery charging because seriously, you leave a car undriven for like two weeks and you're going to have to replace the starter.
"I'm just f ing glad they left Darth Vader out of this. i guess there are some graves that even Disney aren't willing to desecrate, not yet atleast." 3 years later and Obi-Wan series happens.
That show made BOTH Obi Wan and Anakin sniveling PUSSIES. You expect me to believe he hesitated during Order 66 allowing a youngling to simply walk away. And that Obi Wan, the Jedi Master that defeated Anakin fucking Skywalker on mustafar now runs away and hides from the same bitch who never became a Padawan FUCK YOU DISNEY
Kathleen is exactly like Palpatine, hiding in the shadows for many years, getting higher and higher in ranks and finally when the time came she revealed herself as a true villain.
@@hmvd22 they haven't disabled comments on all of their videos (yet), btw, if you're looking for a transcription of the ending speech, here it is, spread the word: “To the leaders of Disney and Lucasfilm, in the very slim hope that any of you happen to be watching this video (or reading this), I want to say this, I hope it was worth it. I hope the destruction of one of the greatest I.P.’s in the history of cinema, the humiliation of characters beloved by whole generations, the perversion of the heartfelt moral lessons taught by the original trilogy, the nullification of all the struggles and triumphs and sacrifices that came before, and the brutal and permanent division of the Star Wars fan base was all worth it for you. I hope it was worth it to have your little moments, to push your half baked politics and current year agendas into a story that was once timeless and universal, and I hope it brought you real pride and fulfillment to mock and belittle, and put down anyone who dared to question your actions. I know your pride and egos will never allow you to publicly admit just how badly you screwed this one up. I know you’ll never have the backbone and humility to take responsibility for this failure, but lying awake in your beds, in the small hours of the night, with only the darkness, and your even darker thoughts for company, maybe you’ll pause to reflect for a moment, on what you did. Maybe you’ll finally realize that despite all the money and the hollow accolades from people just as vacuous as yourselves, your most enduring legacy will be one of absolute failure. If anything good at all has come out of this disastrous mess, its that the scale of your incompetence only underscores the superiority of all the movies you tried so hard to bury, and forget. Lacking with less money, more primitive technology, and fewer resources, George Lucas achieved something you’ll never, ever equal. A legacy to be proud of. And believe me, you’re gonna have a very long time to think about that. Anyway, that’s all I have for today, go away now.” - Critical Drinker
Some wise guy said this on the other side of CZcams: "It actually all started with the Force Awakens. It literally undid everything the original heroes achieved. Relagated Luke to an island, leia to a failed general, and Han back to his smuggling ways. Turned a rebellion that won back into a small pack of "resistance" It also narrowed the world down again to just Skywalkers and recloned Vader and the empire in Kylo and the first order. I don't know why so many people fail to see how terrible of a setup TFA was for the rest of the sequels" And it sums it up perfectly IMO.
It was a terrible setup, Not impossible to solve, but something better would’ve been preferable (Make Snoke trained under a holocron, hell, If they have to, make it Palpatine’s, Luke was simply too far away to save Han, however, he knows that someone has found the map, sensed Leia, or something, or just have him arrive at the resistance The first order are the remnants of the empire, and so many people are still sorting things out, it’s why the first order rose These are just some ideas I came up with on the spot, not impossible to fix, but probably ends up being the worst of the trilogy, with 2 being second best, and the last one? Much better, assuming the first half of two is left answering questions, and parts of 3 as well)
TFA was atleast willed with hope for Star Wars, movie had me feeling like the beginning of something new but instead we got the same old shit just in a new format.
The trouble begins right in the opening crawl of TFA. "The First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire." And . . . that's it. That's all the explanation we're going to get. This will NOT be explained but it HAS to be explained.
@@KneelB4Bacon This "explanation" required multiple book in the old EU and even then remnants of the Empire kinda collapsed all over again. The remarkable difference was that there was an actual NEW REPUBLIC reformed by the ex-rebels. This never was even mentioned in the disney sequels. Where was the republic all this time to let the New Order a.k.a. Empire rise up??
@@lordtornado3321 Yup. Rian wanted a reboot of "A New Hope" right down to "Rebels vs Empire" but the existing universe didn't allow him to make the movie he wanted to make. So he just said, "f*ck it" and put that nonsense in the title crawl and called it a day. When Lando shows up with those hundreds of ships in ROS, JJ has no explanation for them beyond that awful, "they're just . . . people" line. Both JJ and Rian did NO world building in all three movies. We never see the Rebels massing ships or making plans. So at the end of the THIRD movie, we STILL know nothing about the Republic, other than that it was nothing more than those six planets that JJ blew up in the first movie. "They're just people" is the only thing JJ CAN say. Also, JJ just wanted to have his big space battle, so explanations weren't important to him. His only criteria for writing scenes is "wouldn't it be cool if . . ."
When Rey “killed” Chewy I remember thinking “oh well, does it really matter at this point”...That’s what Disney has done...make a 30 year fan not care anymore.
@Kel Steele Dude after the ending of TLJ, I had the same thought... Though to be fair while I'm 31, I'm more of a casual fan who's only seen the prequels and Clone Wars cartoons...
George Lucas accomplished that for me with the prequels. Midi-chlorians, Jar Jar, little Anakin accidentally blowing up all those ships. Such awful films. Return of the Jedi was also quite awful. Ewoks, a Death Star rehash, terrible script, acting, and directing. People acting like all of a sudden Star Wars got messed up. Haha. It hasn't actually been good in almost 40 years. Although very derivative, at least Force Awakens was a good effort at rebooting the franchise. Last Jedi imploded the new Trilogy and Rise of Skywalker is a rushed mess. Btw, I was a Star Wars fan 40 years ago. I saw the first film in '79 (rereleased to my local theater). A New Hope and Empire were incredibly important in my life. I was the biggest Star Wars fan ever. But, it was all down hill from Jedi onward.
Same here, never watched 9 because 8 Was so bad. I got Star wars jedi fallen order for free on ea play 2 years ago, but never installed it because i dont care in the slightest these days...
@Apfelnudel: I can beat that. I haven’t even watched 8 yet, since 7 was already very weird. They did not explain a single shit in this movie and everything that happens happens so randomly, because the plot wants it to. Like there’s a new empire aka New Order now. Like how? And the resistance is basically beaten. Why and by what? And there’s a Stormtrooper who suddenly switches to the rebels in a matter of minutes and has then no problem killing dozens of his former teammates. Really? So he meets a guy who should logically be very sceptical about the sudden change of minds of his new found pal, but fuck it. They’re best buddies now. So they flee and not only crash on a desert planet (how original), no, one of em just vanishes and the other immediately stumbles upon female MC 101. Of course, they instantly become best friends, too. WTF? Then they’re being attacked and flee using the Falcon which just happens to stand around there, ready for takeoff. Are you kidding me? Needless to say, Female MC 101 knows exactly how to fly this thing better than anyone in the galaxy and they escape. How convenient. Than they get caught by smugglers who just so happen to pass by, and guess what? It’s Han and Chewie of all people in the galaxy! Some idiotic monster scene later, they have some nostalgic blahblah and fly off to a bar, because that’s what I‘d want to do at this point, too…. The point where I completely lost it, was when CGI bartender-granny gave Female MC 101 Luke‘s lightsaber with no explanation whatsoever. Where did she get it from? How did she know what it is? Why does she give it to a total stranger? WHAT IS THIS SHIT? I wasn’t even sad, when they killed off Han, my most beloved childhood hero besides He-Man. He was better off this way honestly. How you can fuck this up in so many monumental ways is just as much beyond me as the fact that people paid money to see 8 after they already experienced this clusterfuck of a movie.
@@Mozartkugel you’re both lucky and critical. At first I thought episode 7 was a hopeful step towards something sort of decent, but had I known what episode 8 would’ve been… yeah. Can’t blame me especially after Rogue One hit. Say what you will, that show slapped harder than it should’ve.
After The Last Jedi I knew this movie would be shit and it's the first one I have no interest in seeing the cinema, but at least it's brought on very entertaining angry reviews
@@mapsofbeing5937 I just downloaded a torrent because I wanted to know what all the bad reviews were about. What a waste of time, stick to the critical drinker's review and safe yourself either cringing or nodding off
Its 2024 and these words of the Drinker are so heartfelt even today. We are facing more Disney excrement being The Acolyte so with sadness we reflect on what was a great franchise, George Lucas’ Star Wars not this DEI (Didn’t Earn It) shit
Gaz 995 this shit is toxic to the fandom , if you don’t like it fine, but the sequel trilogy IS CANON no matter how much you wanna ostrich mode your face in the dirt
" the perfect description for DROSS you mean. Which is what this latest Star Wars franchise is. Utter tripe. Stopped watching at Episode 7 it was so crap"
@@mrredherring2900 The first 2 movies in the original trilogy were great. Since then, it has been a long slide down to the current garbage. Money is the only reason to keep making these childish movies.
Oh good Lord. I've never had a movie review bring up tears. I was crying through the last few minutes of this review. I'm 55 and grew up with Star Wars. It's been heartbreaking to see it destroyed (I bailed out after TLJ; I got the "fuck you" he talks about here loud and clear.) Speaking truth to power. Well done, Critical Drinker!
@@1165mac And his sign off, he sounded so defeated and sad. Like, goddamn, he couldn't even have the strength to tell us to go away, like he told us but then it felt like he was going to cry. hell of a monologue. And yet, we are here in 2023 and they...really haven't improved? IMO anyway
I remember my Dad and I leaving the theatre together and before we got into the car he turned to me said to me: “well if we can get through that, we might as well go see Cats next.” That’s how bad it was.
I said, when I got out, "This movie is like taking drugs. Looks cool, feels good, and then you realize it's shit once you start to actually think. Don't do it."
I'd already forgotten about the movie-- it was a one-time deal that I couldn't wait until it was over. The movie was hackneyed where the characters were little more than props and where the constraints of energy/force use became boundless and unbelievable. Star Wars has veered well into the magic realm but even magic realms need rules to be comprehensible. Star Wars for me will forever be the first 3 movies. Disney cannot churn out enough content to make me forget the inspired awe I felt when watching a New Hope.
The prequels are light years ahead of everything that's come out since. And in my judgement, those movies are a step down from the originals. Having said that, I would be thrilled to see movies that met the standard of the prequels. No where in my comment did I disparage those moves. But apparently, you wanted to infer that.
You know it's kind of weird, after all these years, regardless of how I feel about the prequels, I can always remember enjoying sitting there watching them with my friends, even laughing at them with good nature. But I have not been able to sit still for a single one of these Disney Star Wars films. I'm not a mega mega Star Wars fan, but I'm very familiar with the EU, and regardless of what anyone thinks of the prequels, I can still look back on them fondly, even admitting their flaws
The worst part is using the dagger to find the location/room in the Death Star. So,… there’s this dagger that was made before the Death Star blew up, that then miraculously perfectly aligns with a miraculous piece of the Death Star that miraculously survived rentry on Endor, which is a forest moon and not a water planet, to point out a room in the Death Star that only Palpetine knew existed because it’s a hidden room in his chambers…. Right…. I knew palpo could see the future a bit by this is taking the biscuit
Anakin: Cuts off Mace Windu's hand, kills Jedi, kills younglings, destroys the Jedi order, betrays the Republic, force chokes his wife, and tries killing his master and best friend just to learn the force ability to save people from dying. Rey: ... Well, guess she didn't need to go through any of that.
If Force healing is a Light side ability which can bring the dead back to life, then why didn't Yoda teach Anakin so he wouldn't be tempted? If Luke knew this ability, why didn't he just heal Anakin as he was dying?
I saw Empire Strikes Back at the cinema; had to travel to a different town, on the bus, to see it; I was in my early twenties; went with my brother, who was about 12, and my dad, who was in his sixties (he commented before we went in that he was probably the oldest person there); the projector broke down about ten minutes in, but they got it fixed and there were no more problems. Coming home, our bus had problems and we had to switch to a different one whose route ended about 2 miles from our house; we walked home, uphill all the way, finally getting there close to midnight by which time my brother was in tears because he was so tired. And it was still one of the best nights of my entire life. Seeing that movie convinced me what was possible in storytelling and film making. It made me desperate to see the final part of the trilogy. It was an event. It made me a Star Wars fan. The new stuff makes me sad to be a human being.
@Master Chief Don't rule it out. I have ancestors all over the place, from Australia to Italy and Ireland. My father's parents were Plymouth Brethren, but sadly I know nothing about them beyond that.
@Andrew Salter I remember seeing Empire as a four year old with my dad and older brother. The movie was scary, thrilling, funny, unnerving, sad. I remember vividly turning into my dads shoulder when the Wampa attacked Luke and being so scared when he was frozen in ice. I remember Return and we saw it on a rainy afternoon after my dads charity groups garage sale. I remember the theatre and how packed it was, the anticipation. Everything. Today I watched Last Jedi on streaming (twice, and not by choice) and couldn’t tell you what happens.
The force was already overblown a decade ago. I remember this Force Unleashed ad where Starkiller pulls a whole star destroyer out of the sky and throws it around like a wet towel. czcams.com/video/RkBiYpD3SDc/video.html
@@LeBoomStudios That's because he's using the dark side of the Force. The dark side is always stronger than the light side, that's why usually, a Sith is stronger than a Jedi. Rey could do all this while only using the light side lol. How stupid.
Drinker's little monologue in the end was sad and beautiful. Thank you, Drinker, for being one of the few balanced voices of reason and criticism in today's world of creative destruction and the sheer fucking hubris of the so-called creators.
You should also take a shot of your favorite hard beverage every time he says that. And every time he says "whatever". And every time he says "it'll be fine". And every time he says "I guess". And every time that old lady smells shite it any of the other memes make their appearance... I'll go to my hepatologist now.
It is pretty much what I had to say about Disney's milking on the franchise. I hope that his message spreads across the millions of supposed fans that take a long, hard look at what their precious company had done to the timeless classic that had become a part of our culture. Hopefully it also teaches our movie industry that twitter and facebook are terrible places to get ideas and writing material.
I'm surprised no one has commented on this until now. My personal spin was that the original trilogy was a masterpiece of a saga, but i grew up with the prequel trilogy. Thusly, they hold a special place in my heart. Kudos though, to the new trilogy. They managed to shut that debate down pretty fucking thoroughly. Who can critique the prequels when this is hiding over the horizon?
@@razettoebonvar I saw "A new hope" originally in a tiny theater in Queenstown Maryland way back when. Think they had 2 screens and there was not a lot of interest in a space movie in this tiny farm town at first. At 10 years old I saw it like 6 times over the first weekend in a almost empty theater. I was hooked. I really like the prequels. They could have left some stuff out and I wouldn't have miss it (jarjar) but over all I will still watch them today. On a side note, I didn't like Solo and think Rouge One was the best of all the Star Wars movies hands down. The last 3, the first one was like watching A New Hope remake and I barley remember the other 2. I think they totally wasted Han's death and it was insanely predicable. Also the one time that I thought Rey could have even close to having the force powers she had through out the movies is when Chewy was being taken and she pulled the ship down destroying it because her emotions got the best of her.....that's how you kill off a character...… but....he didn't die and ruined it.
@@finscreenname There's a grand amount of problems between the prequels and the sequels, but I feel like the sequels are just mostly problems. As far as watching originals and stuff, I recently researched them since I was but a single digit lad when I last saw them. They truly are masterpieces, through and through. I think Empire will forever hold a spot in my heart lol.
Oh the prequels were bad, like really bad. Production and dialogue wise and some story beats. But however they’re very memorable films in terms of either how bad they were (in a funny way) or of the memes and the third film rots being an unironically good Star Wars film. These new sequel films will be remembered for the worse, for how uninspired and how there was no plan from the get-go. While the prequels still had a plan, make anakin Darth Vader.
Your final message actually moved me, couldn't have used better words to spit in the face of KK and her sycophants. Man, I so suffered through this final trilogy, and not due to my age, but because it destroyed all the original trilogy stood for, from the sense of wonder to the positive messages
So, minor point but I find it also annoying, does Rey only possess one set of clothes? They are suited to a desert environment, but why wouldn't she wear different clothing as dictated by whatever environment she was in? In the originals, all the characters had clothing that matched the setting. Is everyone so stupid that we wont recognize the characters unless they look exactly like they did when they were introduced? Annoying.
Lol... That bugged me as well. She has the exact same hairstyle as a child too, like we weren't smart enough to recognize that was REY as a child. Not some other child but REY!!
Nope, I thought the exact same thing when I saw the first trailer. I was like, "Seriously? She's wearing the same thing again?" In the OT, Luke's wardrobe went through a progression like his character. He started off wide-eyed and optimistic, wearing all white. By RotJ, he was wearing all black and his demeanor was stoic and measured. Rey's costume is the perfect representation of her character. She doesn't change or grow because she doesn't need to.
I so identify with the sad, dejected tone His Royal Drunkenness takes at the very end of the video. The world that I grew up with as a child of the first and only trilogy worth a damn has been destroyed by Disney and the most galling part of that is that they seem gleeful about it.
It's nihilism man, they don't believe in anything, and they think the past needs to be unmade, or made just as meaningless as they think it is. Like Drinker said, vacuous. The same theme runs through a lot of big productions these days. Game of Thrones is a perfect example, besides Disney's Star Wars. It's probably a symptom of our culture, or is it that our culture is a symptom of this and other "art" being produced and pushed out to the masses.
@@jamescarter3708 Game of Thrones is not quite the same. George Lucas had an outline for this 'sequel trilogy' which was ignored by KK et al, because they knew better than the creator, or so they thought. GoT was, with hindsight, crippled at the outset by the omission of certain plot threads (eg, young Griff - his omission meant the whole Dorne plot went nowhere fast, besides everything else - and Jayne Poole), probably for reasons of cost, at a time when the show's budget was still relatively small; and by the seeming inability of the author to further his narrative during the entire eight year run of the show. The creation of the Night King by the showrunners, again with hindsight, did immense damage to the show at its endgame because having to vanquish not just one but two major foes in a handful of episodes reduced both antagonists to ciphers.
Honestly, the film would have been better if Rey sacrificed herself to stop Palpatine and let Kylo (Ben) live. He would have literally been the last Jedi that was taught by Luke and he would have had a chance to redeem himself and go on to start over fresh. But screw that, we can't let Rey just die, because she's the best.
I just watched this clip again and given the passing and healing of some time, I have to say that from 26:30 to the end is one of the best and empassioned summaries I have ever heard. Thankyou.
One of the saddest, most lifeless and defeated renditions of 'Go away now' I've heard from the Drinker. You can tell he was disappointed at how indifferent he'd become with this shit heap sequel trilogy.
The Drinkers speech at the end is more epic than any single moment Disney was able to produce on screen 📺 in any of these 3 movies. 28:00 is the speech marker.
I'm really surprised you didn't mention how absolutely ridiculous it is, that the dagger lined up with the wreckage of the Death Star. The dagger, which was made thousands of years ago, and so existed before the wreckage. The wreckage, which hasn't shifted at all in that time, despite being in a raging ocean. The fact Rey had to be stood in that exact spot, for such an alignment to work. The fact that she even realized that the dagger would line up with the wreckage at all... The crowd at the cinema I was at in London audibly groaned at that moment.
It wasn't made a thousand years ago, that would make too much sense. The dagger was made recently enough that its inscription points to the wreckage of the death star, which is so stupid it's insane.
He sounded so defeated when he said "Go away now" I mean, I know he says that a lot in his videos, but his tone in the video just added to that defeated nature.
I come back to this every few months when I get frustrated with whatever dumb starwars trend is occurring that week. It just feels so good to listen to this to get out the frustration of Disney destroying the franchise I used to love.
I don't think they put a gun to his head either, they just offered him the right price. Maybe with the devaluation of the property he can buy it back for half the price...
I knew this Rey would not wind up with any man which she doesn’t need because she’s so great vomit and the black guy could they find a more disgusting fat face milk dud freaking gross !
Andre Moto the way he said go away now this time sounded like he actually meant it not as a joke but as if he really wanted some time to dwell on Star Wars
I never understood why J.R.R. Tolkien wanted to keep Disney away from The Lord of the Rings. Now that Disney has destroyed Star Wars, I fully understand.
@Shane Bruhhh.............Disney hired KK, KK should've been the leader with a researched concise plan. KK for whatever reason is so terrible that she let everyone do w.e they want. It's on Disney.
@Shane this. This is my problem. He can't write anything original. He can't write a good twist, let alone think it's a good idea to throw to what would normally be major ones about lineage into the same trilogy (Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine). But most importantly, he didn't plan ahead. Yes, I know he wasn't supposed to direct this one. But it's a trilogy, supposedly with a common story thread. With 3 different directors/writers, they needed to make that outline of what story beats to hit in each part, and they didn't think it needed to be done. He had Kasdan for Force Awakens but I don't really know how much was him or JJ. Han dying I'm pretty sure was Lawrence, but beyond that, I'm not sure. JJ, this entire thing is on you. Not Kathleen, dare I say not entirely Disney, you. You wrote Rian into a box. You caused that to happen. And because of it, you were put into an even smaller box. You didn't outline. You didn't plan. You just said fuck it and went. And now, you broke it. The very thing you love. The very thing that inspired you to become what you are. And you destroyed it.
I hate Disney for ruining Star Wars. Your ending paragraphs of this video echoes my feelings perfectly. I didn't think someone could put into words how them killing off something I held dear for so long made me feel. BUT you did it. Your words, tone and images of the OT reminded me of the magic I felt seeing episodes 4,5 and 6 for tyr first time. Thank you for giving Star Wars the reverence it deserves.
The perfect ending music for this review would have been Adagio in G Minor by Albinoni czcams.com/video/XMbvcp480Y4/video.html In my opinion the saddest piece of music ever created. The kind of music that fits to a mother cradling her dying child. We loved Star Wars a lot. And then we watched it getting murdered.
The last couple of minutes got me. Bravo drinker. You also don’t just say that you dislike something. You explain why. We don’t deserve you good man. Thank you.
You know who Rae represents. Rae is that one kid on the playground when your playing superheros. The rule that you only get one power or ability, but when questioned what her power is, her answer is akin to, "I have the power to...... have all the powers I want".
@@woebringer7884 R2 was offscreen printing up the certificate for Luke to notarize (Notary Public bring the one responsibility Luke hasn’t shunned at this point)
I dunno. It seems kinda two-faced. Back before episode 7, people frequently disrespected George Lucas (justly, IMO) for the prequels. They pointed out that a lot of the success of the OT came from the people around George challenging, changing, and improving upon his vision. And now that these new movies exist, it's become fashionable to pretend he was perfect. Some people in Disney know how to deliver good Star Wars content, and I suspect they'll handle future films. What they did with 7-9 was regrettable, but I think they'll learn. If Lucas was still doing them, they would all be like the prequels.
All they had to do was make Snoke a fallen original ancient Jedi. That was the first to be corrupted by the Dark side of the Force and led to the first batch of Dark side Force users. The Jedi Order would imprison him in the Unknown Regions for thousands of years. Snoke should have been the inspiration for the Sith Order. The remnants of the Empire find his prison and release him from bondage. He starts the First Order in order seek revenge against the Jedi. The Force Awakens fight should have ended in a draw with Kylo and Rey with the earth split between them and a stare down. Kylo does not remove his mask until episode 9. Luke Skywalker is a bad ass old Jedi using the Force to take down ships. Leia can use the Force but under more logical context. He should be on the island planet studying the ancient Jedi texts to discover a way to destroy Snoke. The answer is a combination of the Light and Dark side Force users to defeat him.
When J. R. R. Tolkien sold the movie rights for "Lord of the Rings," he did so forbidding Disney from ever being involved. He said, "As long as it was possible to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios..."
Tolkein had an extreme distaste for how Dwarves were represented in Snow White so that might've been why. He also disliked America, calling it a land of sanitation, feminism, and thought an American victory would be bad for the morale of the 2nd world war.
Thank you! I knew SOMEBODY had to know and might mention what that piece was! Going straight to my Apple Music right now. Truly, thank you for this comment.
That epilogue was glorious, thank you Drinker for laying it out there in a way that aligns with the majority of fans who could never broadcast such a message. And by the way, I wish you had begun the epilogue with, Dear Kathleen Kennedy...
@@charlesknight1184 "Rey I have something extremely important to tell you!" "You had something to tell me?" "What? Me? No. I don't know what you're talking about"
And then Rey is offered the Iron Throne but she don't want it so she heads off to rejoin the Night's Watch and on her way back North she stops by Winterfell and Force heals everyone in the crypt the end
@@macmcleod1188 at that moment an owl appears bringing a letter with it. Rey reads the letter and discovers she's been admitted to Hogwarts and also that she has immediately graduated sorcerer's school.
True story: I went to see this in the theater with a bunch of friends, and ended up having a bout of Transient Global Amnesia, which means that you cannot remember anything that happened during a certain stretch of time (for me, it was about four hours that day), even though you're functioning perfectly fine during that time. You simply cannot remember what happened. I remember the last five or so minutes of this movie, and that's it. Never did I think I would be happy about and thankful for a medical condition.
Yep. I think that’s what a lot of franchises reach. They put out some good movies that we all love and then they put out a few bad movies for a cash grab.
I love how the lightsabers are literally just these mega hot glowsticks that can go through pretty much anything yet they supposedly can't handle a campfire
@@anthonyeder8360 I really hope fans make a diy movie of some sort to continue from where 6 left off, but idk. I just want George Lucas to come back and give us his vision. His story was going to be incredible
It was rather ominously sad. Like it had a underlying message. If you don't hear from drinker in two months, you know what happened. Disney sent a "Goofy" Team to deal with him. Mickey Mouse took his favourite silencer. Jokes aside, rather tired too. As mentioned already, all that drinking ain't no walk in the park.
That’s when I left the cinema. I had twenty riding on the theory that Rey and Kylo were twins and that Rey was the evil one. I lost twenty quid and sat in a darkened room. Was I glad it was I over? Yes. Was the trilogy handled properly? No. I lost fifty quid watching all the new Star Wars movies (the new trilogy and the two spin-offs). I kept the faith. Hoped that this was a blip and the real Empire killer was coming but no. It’s like being slapped in the face.
Your words at the end of the essay gave me the chills and it nearly drove me to tears. Seeing all the wreckage that this bloody sequel trilogy has done to the memory of my childhood and adolescence. I was 13 jears old when "A New Hope" was released...
I feel so bad for mark Hamil more than anyone else in this scenario, he lived and loved this franchise and he just spent half a decade watching people ruthlessly beat it to death
Tbf the guy agreed to the script. He has enough power-both socially and monetarily-that he could have changed how they wrote Luke instead of complaining about it on Twitter. Disney did it and Hamill let them.
@@ninjaturtlefan2003 Hamil having power against Disney? Keep dreaming. I wonder whether he would end up homeless and penyless person living on the streets because of all the lost lawsuits if he went against Disney OR if they would hire some assassin and he would have an accident after which Luke would be recast by a more diverse person.
@@ninjaturtlefan2003 what fantasy world do you live in? You think Mark Hamill has any influence over Disney? You think an out-of-his-prime typecast actor who, at most has a couple hundred million dollars in assets has any say over one of the largest media conglomeration in the world worth well into the tens, if not hundreds of billions of dollars? You may want to run your head under some cold water so you can wake up and rejoin the rational society again. Mark Hamill was strong-armed into keeping negative comments about the movies to himself by Disney. Before Disney lawyers had a little talk with him, he was saying he fundamentally disagreed with the direction Rian Johnson took the character. Do you actually believe he pulled a complete 180° on the subject without Disney's influence? If so, I recommend another dunk under cold water. You can see his disappointment and, ultimately, his defeat in interviews of TLJ.
Gawd damn, that final note to the makers of the sequel trilogy is the best thing I've ever heard from The Critical Drinker. That hit hard. I can only hope they did in fact hear it and will reflect on it.
I realized as I was watching this review that, despite having seen the movie in the theater, I couldn't remember any of it. It felt like watching a review for a movie I was considering watching but haven't actually seen, instead of a movie that I saw on opening weekend...
Remember back when everyone was worried about jj’s use of lens flare was going to ruin the movies. jj was like Hold my blue milk I got something a lot worse in mind
Your closing statement hit painfully HARD... it was everything I've been wanting to say since I took my dad to The Force Awakens, the two of us excited for the long-overdue continuation of the Original Trilogy... only to sit there looking at the sad expression on my dad's face as Han Solo was stabbed through the guts and thrown down a garbage cute. 20 years prior he had introduced me to Star Wars as a little boy, letting me sneak into the living room while my mom was asleep so I could watch Empire Strikes Back on cable. It was like having ice cream for the first time... Star Wars was something magical. Watching Luke desperately reach out with the force to his lightsabre gave me goosebumps. Later, I wore the damn cartridge out playing Rogue Squadron on N64. I didn't bond with the Prequels as "my generation's Star Wars", but appreciated them because they at least have a genuine Star Wars vibe. They were a fun adventure, Ian was sinister as Palpatine, Ewan did a fantastic job as Obi-Wan and when he tells a dying Anakin that he was his brother and loved him... you feel genuine heartache. The Prequels deserve respect. But the Sequel Trilogy... absolutely gutted every Star Wars fan I know. We all went as a group to Last Jedi and rode home in the car with PTSD from Luke's death. From then on, the one guy at work who liked Last Jedi was run out of the job and Ep9 was DOA to us. The consensus (like your closing statement) is that the Sequels were a deliberate, malicious and systematic dismantling of the Original Trilogy. The Rebellion was pointless. Han Solo failed his family and was murdered by his son. Luke Skywalker betrayed his principles and died pointlessly. Vader's sacrifice was in vain. R2D2 went from saving the primary and supporting cast 18 times in the first 6 films, to doing NOTHING. You can throw up "conspiracy theorist" accusations if you want, but it's in the playbook to destroy a culture's heroes and icons... Han Solo - *DEAD* Luke Skywalker - *DEAD* Wolverine - *DEAD* Ghostbusters - *REPLACED* Iron Man - *DEAD* John Connor - *DEAD* soon James Bond - *REPLACED* . Heartbreaking to see what has become of Star Wars, the arrogance of the people who did it and the cooing of the useful idiots who defend them. I grew up in the late 90's when only the Original Trilogy and a handful of games existed... I wish I could just go back. I guess I'll have do what many people do: consider films like Dark Fate and the Star Wars Sequels as "alternate universe" and illegitimate. This shit bothered me enough to result in one of the longest posts I've ever made in 12+ years on CZcams. Thank you for this video and for being one of the many out there vocally standing up to this crap. I've been reading the book "Inside The Star Wars Empire: A Memoir" and learning just how godly of an accomplishment the Original Trilogy was; a monumental effort by master craftsman who worked themselves to exhaustion performing miracles. Look into it, people. *LONG LIVE LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY!*
30 And Hating It you’re right as long as nothing ever changes you’ll be fine. There’s a lot if us who love the new trilogy and especially the last chapter. Sorry you’re disappointed but you don’t reflect everyone. Have fun in your whinge.
I feel you. And I often wonder why all our stories have been torn town. Stories are important to a culture. The ancient Greeks had Hercules and Jason, the ancient Hebrews had Gideon and Samson, and so forth. Just because we knew our stories were fictional doesnt mean they didnt occupy the same space for us. But alas, some dark spirit has possessed our society and taken them from us. For what end I can't say.
@@tejgidda6305 You dumbasses do not listen. It's not that things changed, it's HOW they changed; WHAT those changes were. Luke, Han, Anakin's sacrifice, the Rebellion - it was all ruined, all retconned to have been meaningless. Lucas wrote a six film saga to explore how Anakin - the prophecized Chosen One - brought balance to the Force by ending the Dark Side. Disney has undone that.
This is an excellent insight into the film, the original trilogy, and the impact Star Wars had on two generations. I saw the first movie in the theatre in the summer of ‘77. I took my children to see the second trilogy. My son took me to see the third trilogy. As a Star Wars fan for more than 40 years, I disliked The Force Awakens, I hated The Last Jedi, and I was expecting to hate The Rise of Skywalker - but the movie was pretty good, and most of the disrespectful elements of The Last Jedi have been reversed. If The Rise of Skywalker is judged as a stand-alone effort, it is not great, but not bad - not George Lucas caliber, but better than the other Disney debacles.
@@dirckslade5543 haha good point. Would've been easy for her too, after pulling down a speeding ship and simultaneously levitating herself and dozens of orbiting rocks, that's what's so effed up
Well, it's somehow similar to that part in Mat 8: "And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep. And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish. And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm."
I was laughing and chuckling all along until the last minute of the video when I heard Adagio for Strings. It took me back to the end of the movie Platoon. My dad took me to see Platoon when I was 14. After Platoon, my dad (a Vietnam veteran) & I sat in his ‘79 F-150 4x4 and wept before he took us home. The Star Wars is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.😞
@@patrickwalsh8913 And it is quite understandable. That entire end thing, to me at least, was nothing but the honest truth, the sad truth of the SW saga.
Talentless writers with no passion for their "craft", who don't understand or care about the source material, who get the jobs because they spout the "correct" politics or tick off the "proper" boxes in a diversity survey, and who are anxious to push their half-baked agendas and personal political views on a new generation. Welcome to today's Hollywood!!!!
As bad as the entire new trilogie was I cant understand the problems people had with the scenes of Kylo and Rey saving each other from dying. I mean a damn doctor or even you can revive a person if she or he just died 10 seconds ago.
Stego1819 It’s more the fact they used it 700 times when it’s never existed before. And Rey’s first one on Kylo is pretty ridiculous, she had just put a massive fucking hole through him
It would've been funny if they spent an hour resurrecting one another. First, Rey dying, then Kylo Ren ressurrects her, and the HE dies; then Rey takes over and resurrects Kylo, and on and on, until one if them gets tired. Unfortunately, the run time for the movie would by that point easily exceed some 3 1/2 hours!!! lol
Kathleen Kennedy needs to be removed from the helm of Star Wars. She's been an absolute disaster. She's an ideological zealot who can't filter her own weird politics from the narratives of the movies, or worse, does so purposefully.
Hanlons Razor is gonna saw her head off. It taints every project she has touched. She went for Georges balls, missed and ended up opening her femoral artery.
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The Critical Drinker do think Star Wars will ever recover from this?
Took you a lot of bottles to make pt2... I feel your pain, just watched this mess of a movie.
You sir are amazing.I also love your video game stuff! Been playing resident evil since 96' keep up hard work man! We love you over here in Ohio!
love it
Thank You The Critical Drinker Because,
“In a Time of Universal Deceit
Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act”
The worst thing is that, they actually had Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher etc. and they used them so badly.
It is nearly a crime - the way they abused the former lead characters. Minimalizing them to mere caricatures of their former glory. The Critical Drinker properly dissects these recent crapola deliveries from Disney. JJ Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy should be removed from the movie industry.
My heart hearts wen I think of that
To not have a scene of all the originals together is beyond criminal. A team of middle schoolers with a camera, while not having a Disney budget or resources, would at least make a more heartfelt trilogy of films.
Well, on the defense of Force Awakens, the death of Han Solo was pretty intense and sad, it was unexpected, and also to see all the different emotions going through Kylo Ren's face during that moment was good acting on his part. I agree with what you guys are saying but at the same time let's not shit on everything either...
@@lajeandom It's not about sh1tting on anything... In fact, I have nothing against originals dying... Han should have died in Act 2, not 1. It would mirror the danger he was in during TESB. There's just too much finality in the early part of the story while they keep pushing these bland new characters to the forefront.
"GEORGE LUCAS was able to build this in a cave, FROM A BOX OF SCRAP!"
Damn right and nice pun to Ironman
Well, I'm sorry. I'm not George Lucas.
@@wahlex841 Yes he's not, he is not even hammer at his best
Hardly. He ripped off Hidden Fortress.
Pure gold
It’s been 3+ years and the closing monologue is the truest words that have been spoken about Disney Star Wars
You can expand it to every person that works on a Disney movie now.
Can't agree more!
Until the panderverse
Yes sir!
That final monologue... an absolute gem.
And the why he said his iconic closing words... You can tell how forlorn and disappointed he felt.
Yeah, this one took a lot outta the Drinker. Ive watched his reviews twice, but the movie only once. Forgot about sooo much bs, like the space horses 🙄
Watching again after Indy 5… if only they’d listened.
The thing is, the great story in Wagner's ring operas, Lord of the Rings, Narnia and Star Wars is that "everything is secular now", but the memory of the supernatural and metaphysical made it feel deep and significant. Now that the memory is gone, "everything is secular" can only mean "everything is political".
"Kylo died of embarrassment" LOL cannot unhear this truth
Rey's bad breath killed him. Just like Anakin, he was "haunted by the kiss"!
He just flopped over and died
Savage dude!!!!! LOL. OMG
He realized his acting career was over.
I know... The Critical Drinker has a deep and sympathetic intuition.
Dude, the ending message in this vid probably enticed more emotions than the whole new trillogy combined.
Absolutely!
The Critical Drinker is an astute observer of our movie universe. Behind his probably-false drunk act, he is a serious movie reviewer. I like the way he shreds these recent Star Wars debacles. But it is a shame that he can. Instead these recent movies should have been a gemstone on top of the crown jewels, whereas the movies are instead just crap.
You should watch his reviews of the most recent James Bond film and "Rambo: Last Blood". The funniest part is the part in the Rambo movie where Gabriella's friends take her out drinking to "clear....her....head". Hilarious!!!
Made me tear up at the end 😢
TRoS was much much better then TFA/TLJ. And fortunately had less agenda and SJW crap in it that it wanted to force push down our throat. It also gave respect to Luke, Palpatine etc.
But still the old trilogy is more like Shakespeare against Mickey Mouse.
The only interesting/memorable new character in the new trilogy for me is Kylo. He has his struggles and finaly returns to the light. Also its strange that healing is a light side power now as Yoda explained one should let go and Palpatine explains that keeping the ones you love from dying by manipulating the force is a darkside ability. We have seen the Sister on Mortis give her life though and leaving some of her essence within Ashoka. So in this sence Rey bears the name Skywalker through Bens sacrifice.
Also some other things could have been solved better. e.g. the massive new fleet could have been an old Sith fleet burried on Exogul that Palpatine just rebuilt with robots. They would have looked different, but still propably had made more sence.
Also the dagger made no sence. They should have rather found an old recording of some dude that concluded through examination of the DS plans that Palpatine must have had one or more of these way finders in a hidden chamber on the DS and one may still be there to recover.
Fun Fact: Lukes X-Wing has spent more time at the bottom of swamps and oceans then it has spent time in actual space....
LoL
But well, the one shown in last Jedi is a ARC fighter, made in the clone wars
Either that or it’s the one he lifted, can’t remember and can’t be bothered,
Rey pilots a ARC I think,
Don’t ask me why Luke has two different Spacecraft, from the clone wars and the Empire,
Both underwater,
One able to fly, and the other not
But yes,
It must have special force powered anti rust proofing and battery charging because seriously, you leave a car undriven for like two weeks and you're going to have to replace the starter.
"I'm just f ing glad they left Darth Vader out of this. i guess there are some graves that even Disney aren't willing to desecrate, not yet atleast." 3 years later and Obi-Wan series happens.
Exactly! Disney has learned nothing, sadly, from the sequels. They are continuing to ruin Star Wars on Disney+ now.
Well they didn't bring him back from the dead
Yeah, but I actually enjoyed Obi-Wan at least
Obi wan was much better at least. And I think Vader was portrayed excellently
That show made BOTH Obi Wan and Anakin sniveling PUSSIES.
You expect me to believe he hesitated during Order 66 allowing a youngling to simply walk away. And that Obi Wan, the Jedi Master that defeated Anakin fucking Skywalker on mustafar now runs away and hides from the same bitch who never became a Padawan
FUCK YOU DISNEY
Kathleen is exactly like Palpatine, hiding in the shadows for many years, getting higher and higher in ranks and finally when the time came she revealed herself as a true villain.
:D
Only she has a charisma of a chewed up popsicle stick, and is equally capable.
Agreed the only difference is Palpatine is an actual mastermind and genius and also not hard on the eyes as opposed to Kennedy LOL
I bet her skin is all wrinkles too
@@Lucitaur At least a popsicle stick can still be burned and give off light and heat
That ending monologue directed at Disney was gorgeous.
it was awesome mate
I got genuine chills listening to it.
Too bad they deactivated comments on their channel, otherwise I’d have transcribed that message to them.
almost brought a tear to my eye. and made me so happy for, and proud of george and lucasfilm. thanks for your words
@@hmvd22 they haven't disabled comments on all of their videos (yet), btw, if you're looking for a transcription of the ending speech, here it is, spread the word: “To the leaders of Disney and Lucasfilm, in the very slim hope that any of you happen to be watching this video (or reading this), I want to say this, I hope it was worth it. I hope the destruction of one of the greatest I.P.’s in the history of cinema, the humiliation of characters beloved by whole generations, the perversion of the heartfelt moral lessons taught by the original trilogy, the nullification of all the struggles and triumphs and sacrifices that came before, and the brutal and permanent division of the Star Wars fan base was all worth it for you. I hope it was worth it to have your little moments, to push your half baked politics and current year agendas into a story that was once timeless and universal, and I hope it brought you real pride and fulfillment to mock and belittle, and put down anyone who dared to question your actions. I know your pride and egos will never allow you to publicly admit just how badly you screwed this one up. I know you’ll never have the backbone and humility to take responsibility for this failure, but lying awake in your beds, in the small hours of the night, with only the darkness, and your even darker thoughts for company, maybe you’ll pause to reflect for a moment, on what you did. Maybe you’ll finally realize that despite all the money and the hollow accolades from people just as vacuous as yourselves, your most enduring legacy will be one of absolute failure. If anything good at all has come out of this disastrous mess, its that the scale of your incompetence only underscores the superiority of all the movies you tried so hard to bury, and forget. Lacking with less money, more primitive technology, and fewer resources, George Lucas achieved something you’ll never, ever equal. A legacy to be proud of. And believe me, you’re gonna have a very long time to think about that. Anyway, that’s all I have for today, go away now.” - Critical Drinker
Some wise guy said this on the other side of CZcams:
"It actually all started with the Force Awakens. It literally undid everything the original heroes achieved. Relagated Luke to an island, leia to a failed general, and Han back to his smuggling ways. Turned a rebellion that won back into a small pack of "resistance" It also narrowed the world down again to just Skywalkers and recloned Vader and the empire in Kylo and the first order. I don't know why so many people fail to see how terrible of a setup TFA was for the rest of the sequels"
And it sums it up perfectly IMO.
It was a terrible setup,
Not impossible to solve, but something better would’ve been preferable
(Make Snoke trained under a holocron, hell, If they have to, make it Palpatine’s,
Luke was simply too far away to save Han, however, he knows that someone has found the map, sensed Leia, or something, or just have him arrive at the resistance
The first order are the remnants of the empire, and so many people are still sorting things out, it’s why the first order rose
These are just some ideas I came up with on the spot, not impossible to fix, but probably ends up being the worst of the trilogy, with 2 being second best, and the last one?
Much better, assuming the first half of two is left answering questions, and parts of 3 as well)
TFA was atleast willed with hope for Star Wars, movie had me feeling like the beginning of something new but instead we got the same old shit just in a new format.
The trouble begins right in the opening crawl of TFA. "The First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire."
And . . . that's it. That's all the explanation we're going to get. This will NOT be explained but it HAS to be explained.
@@KneelB4Bacon This "explanation" required multiple book in the old EU and even then remnants of the Empire kinda collapsed all over again. The remarkable difference was that there was an actual NEW REPUBLIC reformed by the ex-rebels. This never was even mentioned in the disney sequels.
Where was the republic all this time to let the New Order a.k.a. Empire rise up??
@@lordtornado3321 Yup. Rian wanted a reboot of "A New Hope" right down to "Rebels vs Empire" but the existing universe didn't allow him to make the movie he wanted to make. So he just said, "f*ck it" and put that nonsense in the title crawl and called it a day.
When Lando shows up with those hundreds of ships in ROS, JJ has no explanation for them beyond that awful, "they're just . . . people" line. Both JJ and Rian did NO world building in all three movies. We never see the Rebels massing ships or making plans. So at the end of the THIRD movie, we STILL know nothing about the Republic, other than that it was nothing more than those six planets that JJ blew up in the first movie. "They're just people" is the only thing JJ CAN say. Also, JJ just wanted to have his big space battle, so explanations weren't important to him. His only criteria for writing scenes is "wouldn't it be cool if . . ."
round headed simpleton is my favourite line in this whole series.
🤣 yo, I heard that and laughed hard enough to need my shot of hemoglobin.
Comedy Gold.
Also, Rian is a girl's name.
When Rey “killed” Chewy I remember thinking “oh well, does it really matter at this point”...That’s what Disney has done...make a 30 year fan not care anymore.
@Kel Steele
Dude after the ending of TLJ, I had the same thought... Though to be fair while I'm 31, I'm more of a casual fan who's only seen the prequels and Clone Wars cartoons...
Totally agree, I felt the same.
I'm 30 and a huge fan of everything star wars. I couldn't agree more with you
George Lucas accomplished that for me with the prequels. Midi-chlorians, Jar Jar, little Anakin accidentally blowing up all those ships. Such awful films. Return of the Jedi was also quite awful. Ewoks, a Death Star rehash, terrible script, acting, and directing.
People acting like all of a sudden Star Wars got messed up. Haha. It hasn't actually been good in almost 40 years. Although very derivative, at least Force Awakens was a good effort at rebooting the franchise. Last Jedi imploded the new Trilogy and Rise of Skywalker is a rushed mess.
Btw, I was a Star Wars fan 40 years ago. I saw the first film in '79 (rereleased to my local theater). A New Hope and Empire were incredibly important in my life. I was the biggest Star Wars fan ever. But, it was all down hill from Jedi onward.
I actually got really pissed off, like wow thanks Rey if you weren't already dislike-able enough you killed Chewie.
"I'm Rey."
"Rey, who?"
"Rey Franchise-Killer."
All of my friends call her 'Rey "all-the-jedi" Skywalker'
@@lucasmiller8338 Omg...How dare you call her Skywalker -_-
Facts.
@@lucasmiller8338 kill them kill them all m
They should have made Rey Luke's daughter, but noooo let's make her Hitler's daughter instead. How'd that work out for ya "JJ?"
Damn, your closing remarks to Disney was better written and thought out than the entire sequel trilogy.
Three years later, a die hard Star Wars fan, and I still haven’t seen Rise of Skywalker. I feel great 👍
I pretend the saga ended up successfully in TROTJ.
Same here, never watched 9 because 8 Was so bad. I got Star wars jedi fallen order for free on ea play 2 years ago, but never installed it because i dont care in the slightest these days...
@Apfelnudel: I can beat that. I haven’t even watched 8 yet, since 7 was already very weird. They did not explain a single shit in this movie and everything that happens happens so randomly, because the plot wants it to. Like there’s a new empire aka New Order now. Like how? And the resistance is basically beaten. Why and by what? And there’s a Stormtrooper who suddenly switches to the rebels in a matter of minutes and has then no problem killing dozens of his former teammates. Really? So he meets a guy who should logically be very sceptical about the sudden change of minds of his new found pal, but fuck it. They’re best buddies now. So they flee and not only crash on a desert planet (how original), no, one of em just vanishes and the other immediately stumbles upon female MC 101. Of course, they instantly become best friends, too. WTF?
Then they’re being attacked and flee using the Falcon which just happens to stand around there, ready for takeoff. Are you kidding me? Needless to say, Female MC 101 knows exactly how to fly this thing better than anyone in the galaxy and they escape. How convenient.
Than they get caught by smugglers who just so happen to pass by, and guess what? It’s Han and Chewie of all people in the galaxy! Some idiotic monster scene later, they have some nostalgic blahblah and fly off to a bar, because that’s what I‘d want to do at this point, too….
The point where I completely lost it, was when CGI bartender-granny gave Female MC 101 Luke‘s lightsaber with no explanation whatsoever. Where did she get it from? How did she know what it is? Why does she give it to a total stranger? WHAT IS THIS SHIT?
I wasn’t even sad, when they killed off Han, my most beloved childhood hero besides He-Man. He was better off this way honestly.
How you can fuck this up in so many monumental ways is just as much beyond me as the fact that people paid money to see 8 after they already experienced this clusterfuck of a movie.
@@Mozartkugel you’re both lucky and critical. At first I thought episode 7 was a hopeful step towards something sort of decent, but had I known what episode 8 would’ve been… yeah. Can’t blame me especially after Rogue One hit. Say what you will, that show slapped harder than it should’ve.
Me neither 😅. After the last Jedi….that was it for me
LOL. This is way better than the actual movie.
After The Last Jedi I knew this movie would be shit and it's the first one I have no interest in seeing the cinema, but at least it's brought on very entertaining angry reviews
You mean Succ Wars: The Rise of Identify Theft?
I don't plan to watch the movie, but watched hours of reviews, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks Drinker for yours, that was great!
Spot on.
@@mapsofbeing5937 I just downloaded a torrent because I wanted to know what all the bad reviews were about. What a waste of time, stick to the critical drinker's review and safe yourself either cringing or nodding off
You're not a Skywalker until you lose a goddamn limb.
Factual
And a hallway scene.
Schmi didn't lose a limb, but I guess she lost her life. Does that count?
@@hamshankscps1049 If you treat you life like a limb yes
She will never be a skywalker.
I just rewatched this after 3 years, and damn Drinker that closing monologue are still some of your most beautifully savage words.
Its 2024 and these words of the Drinker are so heartfelt even today. We are facing more Disney excrement being The Acolyte so with sadness we reflect on what was a great franchise, George Lucas’ Star Wars not this DEI (Didn’t Earn It) shit
You can hear the pain, sorrow and sadness in his voice towards the end. RIP STAR WARS.
Disney star wars is not canon.
Gaz 995 hahahahah
How about Lucasfilm Star Wars? Cuz they made this movie, Disney didn’t.
Gaz 995 Due to George Lucas’s lack of involvement in these movies, that is actually a legitimate argument.
Disney Star Wars, has been Ghostbusters 2016'd! #NotCanon
Gaz 995 this shit is toxic to the fandom , if you don’t like it fine, but the sequel trilogy IS CANON no matter how much you wanna ostrich mode your face in the dirt
“Don’t think about it. Just consume product.” - the perfect description for TROS
" the perfect description for DROSS you mean. Which is what this latest Star Wars franchise is.
Utter tripe. Stopped watching at Episode 7 it was so crap"
It's the perfect description for everything nowadays.
That's Di$ney in a nutshell
"Just consume product, and then get excited for next product."
@@mrredherring2900 The first 2 movies in the original trilogy were great. Since then, it has been a long slide down to the current garbage. Money is the only reason to keep making these childish movies.
Oh good Lord. I've never had a movie review bring up tears. I was crying through the last few minutes of this review. I'm 55 and grew up with Star Wars. It's been heartbreaking to see it destroyed (I bailed out after TLJ; I got the "fuck you" he talks about here loud and clear.) Speaking truth to power. Well done, Critical Drinker!
I beat you - I bailed halfway through -Bantam Chook- , sorry, Phantom Mess. Unwatchable. Yes, I am in the 'There's only 3 Star Wars movies' camp.
@@robnunya572 You are a better man than I, Rob. I was very, very bitter after PM, but I thought I would give TLJ a shot ...
Standing ovation to you for that commentary at the end. I couldn't agree more. Keep up all the good work Critical Drinker.
Yes, almost shed a tear. Brilliant!
@@1165mac And his sign off, he sounded so defeated and sad. Like, goddamn, he couldn't even have the strength to tell us to go away, like he told us but then it felt like he was going to cry. hell of a monologue.
And yet, we are here in 2023 and they...really haven't improved? IMO anyway
@@thejanusproject32 Agreed. If anything, the state of Star Wars under Disney is worse.
I remember my Dad and I leaving the theatre together and before we got into the car he turned to me said to me: “well if we can get through that, we might as well go see Cats next.”
That’s how bad it was.
At least it is a memory you won't forget. Priceless Disney.
Fathers do know better than we do.
Well, on most occasions definitely! ❤️
I said, when I got out, "This movie is like taking drugs. Looks cool, feels good, and then you realize it's shit once you start to actually think. Don't do it."
Well said! Your dad is a smart & funny man!
@@chastinreppert7685 Indeed he is.
The last message was actually heartbreaking. Let’s just agree that episode 6 is the end of “the skywalker saga”
It ALWAYS was and ALWAYS will be!
True.
It is.
ep 1-6 = "Anakin's Story"
ep 1-9 = "Mr. Palpatine Saga"
@@PyrokineticFire1 no
I'd already forgotten about the movie-- it was a one-time deal that I couldn't wait until it was over. The movie was hackneyed where the characters were little more than props and where the constraints of energy/force use became boundless and unbelievable. Star Wars has veered well into the magic realm but even magic realms need rules to be comprehensible. Star Wars for me will forever be the first 3 movies. Disney cannot churn out enough content to make me forget the inspired awe I felt when watching a New Hope.
You still mad at the prequels even after all the BS disney has done? For shame.
The prequels are light years ahead of everything that's come out since. And in my judgement, those movies are a step down from the originals. Having said that, I would be thrilled to see movies that met the standard of the prequels. No where in my comment did I disparage those moves. But apparently, you wanted to infer that.
You know it's kind of weird, after all these years, regardless of how I feel about the prequels, I can always remember enjoying sitting there watching them with my friends, even laughing at them with good nature. But I have not been able to sit still for a single one of these Disney Star Wars films. I'm not a mega mega Star Wars fan, but I'm very familiar with the EU, and regardless of what anyone thinks of the prequels, I can still look back on them fondly, even admitting their flaws
The worst part is using the dagger to find the location/room in the Death Star. So,… there’s this dagger that was made before the Death Star blew up, that then miraculously perfectly aligns with a miraculous piece of the Death Star that miraculously survived rentry on Endor, which is a forest moon and not a water planet, to point out a room in the Death Star that only Palpetine knew existed because it’s a hidden room in his chambers…. Right….
I knew palpo could see the future a bit by this is taking the biscuit
I've been avoiding spoilers, not because I'm going to see this movie, but because I wanted the Drinker to be the one to tell me how it goes.
shadyparadox same here, the more inebriated the reviewer is the more honest too
The Critical Drinker is taking one for the team by watching this poor excuse of a movie and telling us all about it.
It's not as bad as the last jedi I'll say that
I have a feeling that Drinker’s summary review is better than the actual movie itself. Thanks for saving me the time and money!
@@gregkarris6869 your feeling is incorrect. The movie actually rocks
Anakin: Cuts off Mace Windu's hand, kills Jedi, kills younglings, destroys the Jedi order, betrays the Republic, force chokes his wife, and tries killing his master and best friend just to learn the force ability to save people from dying.
Rey: ...
Well, guess she didn't need to go through any of that.
never even thought of that lmao. like force healing has basis in the lore but its pretty rare and difficult.
My biggest problem with this movie.
If Force healing is a Light side ability which can bring the dead back to life, then why didn't Yoda teach Anakin so he wouldn't be tempted?
If Luke knew this ability, why didn't he just heal Anakin as he was dying?
Brian T GUESS FUCKING NOT
@@IndianaJoe0321 because plothole
The end was literally more emotional then any of the new star wars combined
The last message actually brought tears into my eyes. I try to ignore the new trilogy. They are not existing for me.
Same man I cried
I saw Empire Strikes Back at the cinema; had to travel to a different town, on the bus, to see it; I was in my early twenties; went with my brother, who was about 12, and my dad, who was in his sixties (he commented before we went in that he was probably the oldest person there); the projector broke down about ten minutes in, but they got it fixed and there were no more problems. Coming home, our bus had problems and we had to switch to a different one whose route ended about 2 miles from our house; we walked home, uphill all the way, finally getting there close to midnight by which time my brother was in tears because he was so tired. And it was still one of the best nights of my entire life. Seeing that movie convinced me what was possible in storytelling and film making. It made me desperate to see the final part of the trilogy. It was an event. It made me a Star Wars fan. The new stuff makes me sad to be a human being.
@Master Chief Originally West Yorkshire. I lived in a little place called Rastrick and the cinema we went to was in Bradford.
@Master Chief Don't rule it out. I have ancestors all over the place, from Australia to Italy and Ireland. My father's parents were Plymouth Brethren, but sadly I know nothing about them beyond that.
In today's "that definitely didn't happen" we have this
@@c_f0rce Okay bud
@Andrew Salter
I remember seeing Empire as a four year old with my dad and older brother. The movie was scary, thrilling, funny, unnerving, sad. I remember vividly turning into my dads shoulder when the Wampa attacked Luke and being so scared when he was frozen in ice. I remember Return and we saw it on a rainy afternoon after my dads charity groups garage sale. I remember the theatre and how packed it was, the anticipation. Everything.
Today I watched Last Jedi on streaming (twice, and not by choice) and couldn’t tell you what happens.
“The Force can now host Skype calls.”
Rey Skypetalker
FUCK OFF!
Rey Skypetalker xdd this is awesome!
fucking amazing
The force was already overblown a decade ago. I remember this Force Unleashed ad where Starkiller pulls a whole star destroyer out of the sky and throws it around like a wet towel.
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@@LeBoomStudios That's because he's using the dark side of the Force. The dark side is always stronger than the light side, that's why usually, a Sith is stronger than a Jedi.
Rey could do all this while only using the light side lol. How stupid.
Drinker's little monologue in the end was sad and beautiful. Thank you, Drinker, for being one of the few balanced voices of reason and criticism in today's world of creative destruction and the sheer fucking hubris of the so-called creators.
Every time Drinker says, “F#CK OFF FILM,” I die laughing because at that point, it’s all you can say
You should also take a shot of your favorite hard beverage every time he says that. And every time he says "whatever". And every time he says "it'll be fine". And every time he says "I guess". And every time that old lady smells shite it any of the other memes make their appearance... I'll go to my hepatologist now.
@marbellaotaiza801
And every time he says "Don't Know!"
😂
And that guy sitting in the chair while the Drinker says F@ck off film!
That guy alone makes me laugh!
Who is he?
The sense of disappointment in his voice at the end is heartbreaking.
Amen and amen.
@John Smith
No kidding... But that's what happens when you speak from the heart.
It is pretty much what I had to say about Disney's milking on the franchise. I hope that his message spreads across the millions of supposed fans that take a long, hard look at what their precious company had done to the timeless classic that had become a part of our culture. Hopefully it also teaches our movie industry that twitter and facebook are terrible places to get ideas and writing material.
Yeah...I could feel the pain. In just a few words the Drinker stirred up more emotions than three dreadful films failed to do.
@@enterprisingcaptian875 Ho it stirred a lot of emotion : pain, rage, despair in droves!
That moment when you realize that the prequels weren’t as bad as you remember
I'm surprised no one has commented on this until now. My personal spin was that the original trilogy was a masterpiece of a saga, but i grew up with the prequel trilogy. Thusly, they hold a special place in my heart.
Kudos though, to the new trilogy. They managed to shut that debate down pretty fucking thoroughly. Who can critique the prequels when this is hiding over the horizon?
@@razettoebonvar I saw "A new hope" originally in a tiny theater in Queenstown Maryland way back when. Think they had 2 screens and there was not a lot of interest in a space movie in this tiny farm town at first. At 10 years old I saw it like 6 times over the first weekend in a almost empty theater. I was hooked.
I really like the prequels. They could have left some stuff out and I wouldn't have miss it (jarjar) but over all I will still watch them today. On a side note, I didn't like Solo and think Rouge One was the best of all the Star Wars movies hands down.
The last 3, the first one was like watching A New Hope remake and I barley remember the other 2. I think they totally wasted Han's death and it was insanely predicable. Also the one time that I thought Rey could have even close to having the force powers she had through out the movies is when Chewy was being taken and she pulled the ship down destroying it because her emotions got the best of her.....that's how you kill off a character...… but....he didn't die and ruined it.
@@finscreenname There's a grand amount of problems between the prequels and the sequels, but I feel like the sequels are just mostly problems. As far as watching originals and stuff, I recently researched them since I was but a single digit lad when I last saw them. They truly are masterpieces, through and through. I think Empire will forever hold a spot in my heart lol.
That's because I don't remember them. They were that mediocre.
Oh the prequels were bad, like really bad. Production and dialogue wise and some story beats. But however they’re very memorable films in terms of either how bad they were (in a funny way) or of the memes and the third film rots being an unironically good Star Wars film. These new sequel films will be remembered for the worse, for how uninspired and how there was no plan from the get-go. While the prequels still had a plan, make anakin Darth Vader.
Your final message actually moved me, couldn't have used better words to spit in the face of KK and her sycophants. Man, I so suffered through this final trilogy, and not due to my age, but because it destroyed all the original trilogy stood for, from the sense of wonder to the positive messages
The last 2 minutes? Insightful. Intelligent. Honest. Best review ever
So, minor point but I find it also annoying, does Rey only possess one set of clothes? They are suited to a desert environment, but why wouldn't she wear different clothing as dictated by whatever environment she was in?
In the originals, all the characters had clothing that matched the setting. Is everyone so stupid that we wont recognize the characters unless they look exactly like they did when they were introduced?
Annoying.
Aaron Brooks Yeah it’s weird. Haven’t they realised they can sell more toys that way too?!
Lol... That bugged me as well. She has the exact same hairstyle as a child too, like we weren't smart enough to recognize that was REY as a child. Not some other child but REY!!
These Disney Wars "stars" are such bad characters with such little character developmemt that actually no they would not be recognized in new outfits.
Nope, I thought the exact same thing when I saw the first trailer. I was like, "Seriously? She's wearing the same thing again?" In the OT, Luke's wardrobe went through a progression like his character. He started off wide-eyed and optimistic, wearing all white. By RotJ, he was wearing all black and his demeanor was stoic and measured. Rey's costume is the perfect representation of her character. She doesn't change or grow because she doesn't need to.
@@dad_doesnt_get_it3994 Rey and Kylo are BOTH worthless characters and 99% of Star Wars fans don't care about them.
I so identify with the sad, dejected tone His Royal Drunkenness takes at the very end of the video. The world that I grew up with as a child of the first and only trilogy worth a damn has been destroyed by Disney and the most galling part of that is that they seem gleeful about it.
Frank Bama Not me!😉 Because I do not acknowledge the new trilogy.
Disney made money off the deal. They will be up by several hundred million dollars by the time the air clears, and that is all they care about.
It's nihilism man, they don't believe in anything, and they think the past needs to be unmade, or made just as meaningless as they think it is. Like Drinker said, vacuous. The same theme runs through a lot of big productions these days. Game of Thrones is a perfect example, besides Disney's Star Wars. It's probably a symptom of our culture, or is it that our culture is a symptom of this and other "art" being produced and pushed out to the masses.
It's always fun to take a dump on somebody else's work, when you're jealous of them. And they sure have reason to be, of far better writers.
@@jamescarter3708 Game of Thrones is not quite the same. George Lucas had an outline for this 'sequel trilogy' which was ignored by KK et al, because they knew better than the creator, or so they thought.
GoT was, with hindsight, crippled at the outset by the omission of certain plot threads (eg, young Griff - his omission meant the whole Dorne plot went nowhere fast, besides everything else - and Jayne Poole), probably for reasons of cost, at a time when the show's budget was still relatively small; and by the seeming inability of the author to further his narrative during the entire eight year run of the show. The creation of the Night King by the showrunners, again with hindsight, did immense damage to the show at its endgame because having to vanquish not just one but two major foes in a handful of episodes reduced both antagonists to ciphers.
Honestly, the film would have been better if Rey sacrificed herself to stop Palpatine and let Kylo (Ben) live. He would have literally been the last Jedi that was taught by Luke and he would have had a chance to redeem himself and go on to start over fresh. But screw that, we can't let Rey just die, because she's the best.
I just watched this clip again and given the passing and healing of some time, I have to say that from 26:30 to the end is one of the best and empassioned summaries I have ever heard. Thankyou.
Apathy is death. And the only thing I feel about this movie is apathy.
Let the hate flow through you. It gives you focus.
You should have slapped anakin when you had the chance. Repeatedly.
And Star Wars is dead.
Hopefully they will make a trilogy about you
Apathy is death. Worse than death, because at least a rotting corpse feeds the beasts and insects.
Why is the writing in Hollywood so bad? Seriously, the actors, sets and cgi are all fantastic, but the foundation, the writing, is just terrible.
Depends on the Hollywood movie
@@justinstewart1057 well yes. Like Joker, very good. But the mainstream blockbusters have atrocious writing.
Nepotism.
Because you people continue to pay for it.
That’s why.
Because they hire based on race, gender and twitter rating .. instead of writing skill
One of the saddest, most lifeless and defeated renditions of 'Go away now' I've heard from the Drinker. You can tell he was disappointed at how indifferent he'd become with this shit heap sequel trilogy.
The Drinkers speech at the end is more epic than any single moment Disney was able to produce on screen 📺 in any of these 3 movies. 28:00 is the speech marker.
A great speech.
But clearly Lucasfilm or anyone there, did not give a fuck because...well, we are still here and Star Wars is just, meh (IMO anyway)
I'm really surprised you didn't mention how absolutely ridiculous it is, that the dagger lined up with the wreckage of the Death Star. The dagger, which was made thousands of years ago, and so existed before the wreckage. The wreckage, which hasn't shifted at all in that time, despite being in a raging ocean. The fact Rey had to be stood in that exact spot, for such an alignment to work. The fact that she even realized that the dagger would line up with the wreckage at all... The crowd at the cinema I was at in London audibly groaned at that moment.
This.
The writers: "The force. Or... science fiction... whatever."
MauLer went in on that part in hilarious fashion lol and I'm guessing he didn't want to repeat it.
It wasn't made a thousand years ago, that would make too much sense. The dagger was made recently enough that its inscription points to the wreckage of the death star, which is so stupid it's insane.
We're going to dine on monks fish while we smell each others underwear
All jokes aside hearing a sad Critical Drinker at the end is really heartbreaking :(
Yeah, it's poignant and shows how much he loved this franchise and how deeply it hurts to see what's become of it.
True
He couldn't have said a better, more sincere message to Disney and Lucas film than that. It sums up what we are all thinking and feeling
That part made me die inside. The sad music was the cherry on top. I actually shed a tear.😢
He sounded so defeated when he said "Go away now" I mean, I know he says that a lot in his videos, but his tone in the video just added to that defeated nature.
I come back to this every few months when I get frustrated with whatever dumb starwars trend is occurring that week. It just feels so good to listen to this to get out the frustration of Disney destroying the franchise I used to love.
Very well stated, Drinker, especially the epilogue. I'm sure George Lucas deeply regrets selling Star Wars to the vacuous idiots at Disney.
Yeah I'm sure he regrets making 4 billion dollars by selling something he was done with. Are you an idiot?
I don't think they put a gun to his head either, they just offered him the right price. Maybe with the devaluation of the property he can buy it back for half the price...
I knew this Rey would not wind up with any man which she doesn’t need because she’s so great vomit and the black guy could they find a more disgusting fat face milk dud freaking gross !
Critical Drinker: your message to Disney is BIBLICAL! Everything that needs to be said, you touched on perfectly.
Aye. Tho I don't agree with all of his reviews, he's always spot on when it comes to SW.
Andre Moto the way he said go away now this time sounded like he actually meant it not as a joke but as if he really wanted some time to dwell on Star Wars
The music was a really good touch.
@@joewamsley8004 i need to watch platoon again ^^
DISNEY RUINED Star Wars,,,MERRY CHRISTMAS. !!!!
I never understood why J.R.R. Tolkien wanted to keep Disney away from The Lord of the Rings. Now that Disney has destroyed Star Wars, I fully understand.
In all fairness Disney was a very different animal in Tolkien's day, but your point still stands.
The man was even smarter then we knew!
@Shane Bruhhh.............Disney hired KK, KK should've been the leader with a researched concise plan. KK for whatever reason is so terrible that she let everyone do w.e they want. It's on Disney.
@Shane this. This is my problem. He can't write anything original. He can't write a good twist, let alone think it's a good idea to throw to what would normally be major ones about lineage into the same trilogy (Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine). But most importantly, he didn't plan ahead. Yes, I know he wasn't supposed to direct this one. But it's a trilogy, supposedly with a common story thread. With 3 different directors/writers, they needed to make that outline of what story beats to hit in each part, and they didn't think it needed to be done.
He had Kasdan for Force Awakens but I don't really know how much was him or JJ. Han dying I'm pretty sure was Lawrence, but beyond that, I'm not sure.
JJ, this entire thing is on you. Not Kathleen, dare I say not entirely Disney, you. You wrote Rian into a box. You caused that to happen. And because of it, you were put into an even smaller box. You didn't outline. You didn't plan. You just said fuck it and went.
And now, you broke it. The very thing you love. The very thing that inspired you to become what you are.
And you destroyed it.
@Shane tons of praise? Pull your head out of your rotten tomatoe.
"The greatest insult an enemy can suffer, is to be ignored"
I hate Disney for ruining Star Wars. Your ending paragraphs of this video echoes my feelings perfectly. I didn't think someone could put into words how them killing off something I held dear for so long made me feel. BUT you did it. Your words, tone and images of the OT reminded me of the magic I felt seeing episodes 4,5 and 6 for tyr first time. Thank you for giving
Star Wars the reverence it deserves.
That last “go away now” was god damn heartbreaking and perfectly captured how the generation that grew up with the original trilogy feels.
😪
The perfect ending music for this review would have been Adagio in G Minor by Albinoni czcams.com/video/XMbvcp480Y4/video.html In my opinion the saddest piece of music ever created. The kind of music that fits to a mother cradling her dying child. We loved Star Wars a lot. And then we watched it getting murdered.
Ikr, I was gonna say damn Drinker you need a drink, but then I realized how both ironic and moronic that statement would have been
Not only the OT generation but the PT generation also felt betrayed (and the Expanded Universe generation).
@@Sergeant_Camacho basically anyone who values star wars more than a money making, politic spreading franchise, was betrayed by these people.
“Don’t be afraid of who you are.” Proceeds to take the Skywalker name.
Yes and here is my A to that. GO FUCK YOURSELF! Rey Nobody!
One of my biggest complaints about the movie.
Rey Palpatine or some other last name that isn't a famous last name
Yeah.. good point..🤔
Who's alive to still care about that anyway... RIP Star Wars
The last couple of minutes got me. Bravo drinker. You also don’t just say that you dislike something. You explain why. We don’t deserve you good man. Thank you.
Omg that rant at the end spoke to so many generations that didnt have the right words to say until now haha thank you.
You know who Rae represents. Rae is that one kid on the playground when your playing superheros. The rule that you only get one power or ability, but when questioned what her power is, her answer is akin to, "I have the power to...... have all the powers I want".
Why is this so true?
@@SahloFolina2161 I'm sorry, but your name combined with your comment made me crack up. It's too good!
10/10
tf did I do
@@blu-rae864 hahaha!
"I'm Rey Skywalker..."
NO, you're not! 😂
@Richard HART well she most definitely isn't is she?
Possibly the furthest thing from a Skywalker!
She's a damn Palpatine!
Justice for the series would be for her to turn into a Sith and have the little kid that moved the broom with the force grow up to cut her in half.
Identity theft is not a joke, Rey! Millions of families suffer every year!
She is Ray Ray Binks
@@darkassasion 🤣
8:46 don’t forget, Rey already encountered water for a few seconds in TLJ, which is more than enough time for her to have mastered every aspect of it
Yep, sure she’s already mastered swim dancing as well as scuba diving. Certified and everything…
@@woebringer7884 R2 was offscreen printing up the certificate for Luke to notarize (Notary Public bring the one responsibility Luke hasn’t shunned at this point)
That last soliloquy was truly special
That closing statement to Disney was brutally honest. I couldn't agree more.
It nearly had me in tears. Very accurately said
I dunno. It seems kinda two-faced. Back before episode 7, people frequently disrespected George Lucas (justly, IMO) for the prequels. They pointed out that a lot of the success of the OT came from the people around George challenging, changing, and improving upon his vision. And now that these new movies exist, it's become fashionable to pretend he was perfect. Some people in Disney know how to deliver good Star Wars content, and I suspect they'll handle future films. What they did with 7-9 was regrettable, but I think they'll learn. If Lucas was still doing them, they would all be like the prequels.
Shiet, I almost cried at the Lucas thing.
Brought me to tears as well. Brilliantly written!
All they had to do was make Snoke a fallen original ancient Jedi. That was the first to be corrupted by the Dark side of the Force and led to the first batch of Dark side Force users. The Jedi Order would imprison him in the Unknown Regions for thousands of years. Snoke should have been the inspiration for the Sith Order. The remnants of the Empire find his prison and release him from bondage. He starts the First Order in order seek revenge against the Jedi. The Force Awakens fight should have ended in a draw with Kylo and Rey with the earth split between them and a stare down. Kylo does not remove his mask until episode 9. Luke Skywalker is a bad ass old Jedi using the Force to take down ships. Leia can use the Force but under more logical context. He should be on the island planet studying the ancient Jedi texts to discover a way to destroy Snoke. The answer is a combination of the Light and Dark side Force users to defeat him.
When J. R. R. Tolkien sold the movie rights for "Lord of the Rings," he did so forbidding Disney from ever being involved.
He said, "As long as it was possible to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios..."
Tolkien is dead since the 70s you moron.
@@30035XD and still he said that, you... polite and wise being...
@@30035XD and..?
So, no hope EVER for Goofy to make an appearance in ANY of the sequels??? 😢 😢 😢
Tolkein had an extreme distaste for how Dwarves were represented in Snow White so that might've been why. He also disliked America, calling it a land of sanitation, feminism, and thought an American victory would be bad for the morale of the 2nd world war.
The fact that he uses Barber's Adagio during his monologue at the end is such a badass play
Why? Is there a significance to the piece beyond its slow, mournfully contemplative melody?
Thank you! I knew SOMEBODY had to know and might mention what that piece was! Going straight to my Apple Music right now. Truly, thank you for this comment.
That epilogue was glorious, thank you Drinker for laying it out there in a way that aligns with the majority of fans who could never broadcast such a message. And by the way, I wish you had begun the epilogue with, Dear Kathleen Kennedy...
Felt like Finn was just yelling peoples names the whole movie
ReEeEeEeEyYyYyYyY!!!!1
- Fenn (Rinsed Off Skywalker, 2019)
I mean most of the original trilogy and prequels consisted of the word "NOOOOO!" shouted in various inflections.
I CANT LEAVE HER
@@charlesknight1184 "Rey I have something extremely important to tell you!"
"You had something to tell me?"
"What? Me? No. I don't know what you're talking about"
Brian Walendy Not really.
And then Rey is offered the Iron Throne but she don't want it so she heads off to rejoin the Night's Watch and on her way back North she stops by Winterfell and Force heals everyone in the crypt the end
But it turns out she's the winter king's granddaughter.
Was that after she became a level 4 syan and destroyed the empire using goku's hanky dama?
@@macmcleod1188 at that moment an owl appears bringing a letter with it. Rey reads the letter and discovers she's been admitted to Hogwarts and also that she has immediately graduated sorcerer's school.
You should write for HOBO. That sounds WAY more watchable than GOT season 8.🤔🤔🤔
...and then she took the ring and put him on her finger for remembering on her epic fight against Sauron.
True story: I went to see this in the theater with a bunch of friends, and ended up having a bout of Transient Global Amnesia, which means that you cannot remember anything that happened during a certain stretch of time (for me, it was about four hours that day), even though you're functioning perfectly fine during that time. You simply cannot remember what happened. I remember the last five or so minutes of this movie, and that's it. Never did I think I would be happy about and thankful for a medical condition.
I wish I have this condition. It would be convenient with my girlfriend.
4 years and this review is still perfect. Thanks Drinker!
Last 2 minutes was the most brutal destruction I've ever heard.
Anakin slaughtering younglings: I sleep
The Drinker annihilating Disney: real shite
Was actually a real tearjerker, this one. I wonder how much he gulped down with tears in his eyes, after he finished. Q-Q
This entire trilogy was a cash grab, we’ve been basically scammed
Yep. I think that’s what a lot of franchises reach. They put out some good movies that we all love and then they put out a few bad movies for a cash grab.
Thats because you went and watched them. I only saw the first one and it was clear how much all the rest would suck.
No. If it was that, they would have made fan-service movies.
It is much much worst than that!
No its not disney bougjt star wars to feed us propoganda and socially condition us not to make cash they already have boatloads of cash lol
@@matthewcastillo6362 Finn's simping for Rey is duly noted. czcams.com/video/gDS1RN1w0CI/video.html
Your soliloquy at the end was epic.
I love how the lightsabers are literally just these mega hot glowsticks that can go through pretty much anything yet they supposedly can't handle a campfire
The sombre "go away now" on this one made me tear up legit. Man, Drinker, what a star you are.
Same. Dang.
Me too mate. It kind of makes me want to do something about it.
@@anthonyeder8360 I really hope fans make a diy movie of some sort to continue from where 6 left off, but idk. I just want George Lucas to come back and give us his vision. His story was going to be incredible
He works hard for that drinking money.
It was rather ominously sad. Like it had a underlying message. If you don't hear from drinker in two months, you know what happened. Disney sent a "Goofy" Team to deal with him. Mickey Mouse took his favourite silencer. Jokes aside, rather tired too. As mentioned already, all that drinking ain't no walk in the park.
"I'm Rey, Rey Skywalker"
Literally everyone in my cinema when I saw this groaned in frustration.
My soul pulled a Kylo out of contempt.
I love these reactions in theaters. 😂
I knew it was coming and left beforehand
That’s when I left the cinema. I had twenty riding on the theory that Rey and Kylo were twins and that Rey was the evil one. I lost twenty quid and sat in a darkened room. Was I glad it was I over? Yes. Was the trilogy handled properly? No. I lost fifty quid watching all the new Star Wars movies (the new trilogy and the two spin-offs). I kept the faith. Hoped that this was a blip and the real Empire killer was coming but no. It’s like being slapped in the face.
"Don't be affraid of who you are." ... yeah, exactly.
That last monologue got you a new subscriber. Great job Drinker! If you start a line of shot glasses or flasks or any other merch I’d buy it.
Your words at the end of the essay gave me the chills and it nearly drove me to tears. Seeing all the wreckage that this bloody sequel trilogy has done to the memory of my childhood and adolescence. I was 13 jears old when "A New Hope" was released...
"The original trilogy: A more civilised age. Before the dark times, before Disney..." Ben Kenobi
Yes the original 3 pieces from the 80s. Anything else is more or less garbage.
@@alexiachimciuc3199 now this isn't podracing
@@jacknewton2148 Jack to tell you the truth from my 41 year old perspective even the original 3 are aproching garbage level. I aynt a kid anymore.
Before the Special Editions, before the prequels, before the Disney Empire!
Alex Iachimciuc lol u probably watch marvel movies shut the fuck up dumbass.
I feel so bad for mark Hamil more than anyone else in this scenario, he lived and loved this franchise and he just spent half a decade watching people ruthlessly beat it to death
Dont ya worry, Luke got redeemed by that one FaceApp scene from Mandalorian... right?
Also fuck Disney
Tbf the guy agreed to the script. He has enough power-both socially and monetarily-that he could have changed how they wrote Luke instead of complaining about it on Twitter. Disney did it and Hamill let them.
@@ninjaturtlefan2003 Hamil having power against Disney? Keep dreaming. I wonder whether he would end up homeless and penyless person living on the streets because of all the lost lawsuits if he went against Disney OR if they would hire some assassin and he would have an accident after which Luke would be recast by a more diverse person.
@@ninjaturtlefan2003 what fantasy world do you live in? You think Mark Hamill has any influence over Disney? You think an out-of-his-prime typecast actor who, at most has a couple hundred million dollars in assets has any say over one of the largest media conglomeration in the world worth well into the tens, if not hundreds of billions of dollars? You may want to run your head under some cold water so you can wake up and rejoin the rational society again. Mark Hamill was strong-armed into keeping negative comments about the movies to himself by Disney. Before Disney lawyers had a little talk with him, he was saying he fundamentally disagreed with the direction Rian Johnson took the character. Do you actually believe he pulled a complete 180° on the subject without Disney's influence? If so, I recommend another dunk under cold water. You can see his disappointment and, ultimately, his defeat in interviews of TLJ.
@@ninjaturtlefan2003 ah yes that all powerful all seeing Mark Hamil who manipulates Hollywood from the shadows….
Gawd damn, that final note to the makers of the sequel trilogy is the best thing I've ever heard from The Critical Drinker. That hit hard. I can only hope they did in fact hear it and will reflect on it.
I realized as I was watching this review that, despite having seen the movie in the theater, I couldn't remember any of it. It felt like watching a review for a movie I was considering watching but haven't actually seen, instead of a movie that I saw on opening weekend...
I feel ya. I saw it twice in first 24 hours it was out and forgot it all
"Rapid fire stupidity" I've never heard a better description for Jar Jar Abrams.
I've heard a few others but can't remember which is why I'm starting to write things down. Ironically this reminds me of Henry Jones Senior.
Remember back when everyone was worried about jj’s use of lens flare was going to ruin the movies. jj was like Hold my blue milk I got something a lot worse in mind
Wow thats good lol
What about creative dysentery?
@@MegaBadgeman Uncreative dysentery
That "Go away now" sounded like it came from a broken man. I'm sorry you had to suffer through that literal sea of horse shit for us mate.
I read this as “suffer through that literal sea horse shit” at first and had a laugh at the randomness
Just started watching this channel. And god damn man that ending brought a tear to my eye. 😢Superb writing.
“You round headed simpleton,” got me good, thank you Drinker
Agreed! I really did laugh out loud...like, properly..... 😁👍
Your closing statement hit painfully HARD... it was everything I've been wanting to say since I took my dad to The Force Awakens, the two of us excited for the long-overdue continuation of the Original Trilogy... only to sit there looking at the sad expression on my dad's face as Han Solo was stabbed through the guts and thrown down a garbage cute. 20 years prior he had introduced me to Star Wars as a little boy, letting me sneak into the living room while my mom was asleep so I could watch Empire Strikes Back on cable. It was like having ice cream for the first time... Star Wars was something magical. Watching Luke desperately reach out with the force to his lightsabre gave me goosebumps. Later, I wore the damn cartridge out playing Rogue Squadron on N64.
I didn't bond with the Prequels as "my generation's Star Wars", but appreciated them because they at least have a genuine Star Wars vibe. They were a fun adventure, Ian was sinister as Palpatine, Ewan did a fantastic job as Obi-Wan and when he tells a dying Anakin that he was his brother and loved him... you feel genuine heartache. The Prequels deserve respect. But the Sequel Trilogy... absolutely gutted every Star Wars fan I know. We all went as a group to Last Jedi and rode home in the car with PTSD from Luke's death. From then on, the one guy at work who liked Last Jedi was run out of the job and Ep9 was DOA to us. The consensus (like your closing statement) is that the Sequels were a deliberate, malicious and systematic dismantling of the Original Trilogy. The Rebellion was pointless. Han Solo failed his family and was murdered by his son. Luke Skywalker betrayed his principles and died pointlessly. Vader's sacrifice was in vain. R2D2 went from saving the primary and supporting cast 18 times in the first 6 films, to doing NOTHING. You can throw up "conspiracy theorist" accusations if you want, but it's in the playbook to destroy a culture's heroes and icons... Han Solo - *DEAD* Luke Skywalker - *DEAD* Wolverine - *DEAD* Ghostbusters - *REPLACED* Iron Man - *DEAD* John Connor - *DEAD* soon James Bond - *REPLACED* .
Heartbreaking to see what has become of Star Wars, the arrogance of the people who did it and the cooing of the useful idiots who defend them. I grew up in the late 90's when only the Original Trilogy and a handful of games existed... I wish I could just go back. I guess I'll have do what many people do: consider films like Dark Fate and the Star Wars Sequels as "alternate universe" and illegitimate. This shit bothered me enough to result in one of the longest posts I've ever made in 12+ years on CZcams. Thank you for this video and for being one of the many out there vocally standing up to this crap. I've been reading the book "Inside The Star Wars Empire: A Memoir" and learning just how godly of an accomplishment the Original Trilogy was; a monumental effort by master craftsman who worked themselves to exhaustion performing miracles. Look into it, people. *LONG LIVE LUKE SKYWALKER AND THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY!*
30 And Hating It you’re right as long as nothing ever changes you’ll be fine. There’s a lot if us who love the new trilogy and especially the last chapter. Sorry you’re disappointed but you don’t reflect everyone. Have fun in your whinge.
I feel you. And I often wonder why all our stories have been torn town. Stories are important to a culture. The ancient Greeks had Hercules and Jason, the ancient Hebrews had Gideon and Samson, and so forth. Just because we knew our stories were fictional doesnt mean they didnt occupy the same space for us. But alas, some dark spirit has possessed our society and taken them from us. For what end I can't say.
@@tejgidda6305 You dumbasses do not listen. It's not that things changed, it's HOW they changed; WHAT those changes were. Luke, Han, Anakin's sacrifice, the Rebellion - it was all ruined, all retconned to have been meaningless. Lucas wrote a six film saga to explore how Anakin - the prophecized Chosen One - brought balance to the Force by ending the Dark Side. Disney has undone that.
This is an excellent insight into the film, the original trilogy, and the impact Star Wars had on two generations.
I saw the first movie in the theatre in the summer of ‘77.
I took my children to see the second trilogy.
My son took me to see the third trilogy.
As a Star Wars fan for more than 40 years, I disliked The Force Awakens, I hated The Last Jedi, and I was expecting to hate The Rise of Skywalker - but the movie was pretty good, and most of the disrespectful elements of The Last Jedi have been reversed.
If The Rise of Skywalker is judged as a stand-alone effort, it is not great, but not bad - not George Lucas caliber, but better than the other Disney debacles.
@@tejgidda6305 No one with an IQ above room temperature could like this shitpile.
At this rate, I'm honestly surprised that Rey didn't use her force powers to walk over water or part the ocean.
I'm actually surprised she didn't part the waters like Moses
@@dirckslade5543 haha good point. Would've been easy for her too, after pulling down a speeding ship and simultaneously levitating herself and dozens of orbiting rocks, that's what's so effed up
You could be it was just to boring to do for her
@@dirckslade5543 I'm surprised she didn't force pull the Death Star hulk to the shore
Well, it's somehow similar to that part in Mat 8:
"And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.
And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.
And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm."
I was laughing and chuckling all along until the last minute of the video when I heard Adagio for Strings. It took me back to the end of the movie Platoon. My dad took me to see Platoon when I was 14. After Platoon, my dad (a Vietnam veteran) & I sat in his ‘79 F-150 4x4 and wept before he took us home. The Star Wars is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days.😞
When Drinker calls Rian Johnson a "Round-headed simpleton" i laughed like five minutes straight until my eyes and chest hurt. 10:50
That sad "Go away now" at the end, so touching :(
He sounded more depressed and defeated than his usual anger and frustration
@@patrickwalsh8913 And it is quite understandable. That entire end thing, to me at least, was nothing but the honest truth, the sad truth of the SW saga.
But dude you never commented on the most insanely stupid dialogue line: “Somehow Palpatine has returned “
Oscar Isaac looked so done in that moment that now whenever I remember that line I laugh out loud.
When the writers themselves can't even be arsed coming up with any explanation at all.
After having to say that shite line, Oscar Isaac deserves all the "We are House Atreides" he can get.
Talentless writers with no passion for their "craft", who don't understand or care about the source material, who get the jobs because they spout the "correct" politics or tick off the "proper" boxes in a diversity survey, and who are anxious to push their half-baked agendas and personal political views on a new generation. Welcome to today's Hollywood!!!!
It's just as bad as "Dany kind of Forgot about the Iron Fleet" in GoT
Thanks Drinker, your speech at the end was incredible and I couldn't agree more
That speech at the end Drinker! Beautiful and sums everything up about not just this movie but everything these days in the west.
“Is it possible to learn this power? Not from a Jedi”...
Well, except for Rey; she can stop anything from dying
Except the Star Wars franchise itself
As bad as the entire new trilogie was I cant understand the problems people had with the scenes of Kylo and Rey saving each other from dying. I mean a damn doctor or even you can revive a person if she or he just died 10 seconds ago.
Stego1819 It’s more the fact they used it 700 times when it’s never existed before. And Rey’s first one on Kylo is pretty ridiculous, she had just put a massive fucking hole through him
OMG this whole movie just makes the prequels a joke... 😭😭😭
It would've been funny if they spent an hour resurrecting one another. First, Rey dying, then Kylo Ren ressurrects her, and the HE dies; then Rey takes over and resurrects Kylo, and on and on, until one if them gets tired. Unfortunately, the run time for the movie would by that point easily exceed some 3 1/2 hours!!! lol
Kathleen Kennedy needs to be removed from the helm of Star Wars. She's been an absolute disaster. She's an ideological zealot who can't filter her own weird politics from the narratives of the movies, or worse, does so purposefully.
Hanlons Razor is gonna saw her head off. It taints every project she has touched. She went for Georges balls, missed and ended up opening her femoral artery.
Not just that, she allowed JJ and Rian way too much creative freedom.
Too late for it now. As well as she might continue digging deeper and continue to wreck this along with entirety of Disney.
The Force is FEMALE!!🌈🤮
I agree with main comment
The ancien dagger that align with remnants if the death star that blew up 20 years ago has a logic I can't wrap my head around. It's stupid.