Summer seems to have skipped us at the moment, and it was a windy overcast day and by early evening it had started spitting. So a winter jacket was grabbed and I headed to the cinema to see the final Star Wars Movie - The Rise of Skywalker. Friends had tickets for a special opening day event so it was nice to join them. I won't give away the plot, if you've seen other movies in the series you know what you are in for anyway, lots of running, looking serious, good vs evil, a few guns, a couple of light sabres, a few slugs and lots and lots of CGI. I also often thought that this new movie making has introduced a lot of politically correct characters, and that the white male is now portrayed as the bad guys in this movie. How far we have almost come.
It was ok, I wasn't particularly moved and it all was a bit flat for me. The story was pretty simple to follow this time, and it did circle back to encompass earlier movies which was nice. I think for me the best part was that I got to see the movie in the same cinema that I saw the first film in 1977 as a 9 year old with my parents. 3/5
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The first in the new series of movies struck me as nothing more than a remake of the original, and I lost interest quickly. Now it, and the super-hero movies, are just a big money-making franchise.
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