By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Rian Johnson
Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong`o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Benicio Del Toro, Andy Serkis, Kelly Marie Tran, Frank Oz and Laura Dern.
Rating: Very Good.
Rian Johnson, writer/director of “The Brothers Bloom”, “Brick” and “Looper” brings “Star Wars: Episode VIII- The Last Jedi”, the eight installment of the franchise and I was very satisfied with the result of this film.
The battle continues between the Resistance led by General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and The First Order led by Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) who want to conquer the galaxy at all costs.
Meanwhile in the planet Ahch-To Rey (Daisy Ridley) a Resistance Fighter finds the last remaining Jedi Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill).
In there Rey will try to convince Luke to train her and to help the Resistance in their fight agains The First Order.
Luke at the beginning refuses but ends up training Rey in becoming a Jedi Knight. Rey will know the secrets of her past and will lead her to a journey of self discovery.
Meanwhile The Resistance will be in a race against time in preserving the galaxy agains the First Order who wants to conquer it all costs.
“Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi” is a movie that I was entertained and moved for the fact of this being the last role of Carrie Fisher portraying Princess Leia Organa.
As someone who grew up with this film it brought me good memories when I watched it and I was very impressed with the result of this film.
Rian Johnson`s directing was very good and writing as well. I felt that this was more Rey`s story and her journey of self discovery was in the right direction and I felt that we saw a Rey with more conflict than in the previous film.
Johnson`s approach was very good and I felt this was the most dramatic Star Wars film since “The Empire Strikes Back” which I consider the best film of the franchise.
In fact I saw in “The Last Jedi” a lot of influence from “Episode V” in most of the scenes and there were very effective.
I felt that this movie didn´t had to many Disney elements like “The Force Awakens” which I considered an issue. I didn´t dislike the previous film but I felt that it had those elements that I previously mentioned.
I liked the humor in this film, the action sequences and visuals were executed very well and as an audience member I felt that it was a homage to the first trilogy of Star Wars and it did payoff.
The only problem that I saw in this film was the story between Finn, portrayed by John Boyega and Rose,portrayed by Kelly Marie Tran. I felt that it was too long and I think that Johnson focused too much in that relantionship. I understand why he needed it there but I felt that if he would have keep it shorter I feel that we would have seen a better film. Yes, this film is full with many clichés but I was not bothered by them and still enjoyed it.
The music by John Williams was amazing and it was engaging like in all the “Star Wars” movies
Mark Hamill´s performance as Luke Skywalker is magnificent and I was very happy in seeing this iconic character in the big screen with more conflict than ever.
“Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi” is an entertaining movie from beginning to end and I highly recommend it, specially for Star Wars fans who won´t be dissapointed.