Award Buzz Builds For Star Wars: The Last Jedi As The Movie Racks Up Nominations

Besides becoming the 9th movie on the list of highest-grossing movies in history, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has landed multiple nominations from various organizations.

 

 

In addition to the 4 Oscar nominations that TLJ received from the Motion Picture Academy (Best Achievement in Original Score, Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing), IMDB reveals that the latest Star Wars epic has recently received these additional nominations from other ceremonies:

 

  • BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards)
    • Best Sound, Special Visual Effects
  • Empire Awards
    • Best Film, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Actress (Daisy Ridley), Actor (John Boyega), Director (Rian Johnson), Female Newcomer (Kelly Marie Tran), Costume Design, Visual Effects, Production Design
  • Art Directors Guild
    • Best Production Design for a Fantasy Film
  • London Film Critics Circle Awards
    • Technical Achievement of the Year (Visual Effects)
  • Cinema Audio Society Awards
    • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action
  • Visual Effects Society Awards
    • Outstanding Visual Effects, Virtual Cinematography (Crait Surface Battle), Effects Simulations (Bombing Run), Effects Simulations (Mega Destroyer Destruction)
  • Costume Designers Guild Awards
    • Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
  • Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
    • Best Special Makeup Effects

 

Congratulations to Rian Johnson and the cast and crew of the movie!

 

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

114 thoughts on “Award Buzz Builds For Star Wars: The Last Jedi As The Movie Racks Up Nominations

  • January 24, 2018 at 5:28 pm
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    I might care about these nominations if the movie was actually any good, but seeing as the best thing about the movie were the Porgs, I don’t really care. In fact, I hope it doesn’t win because I want LFL and Disney to re-evaluate this epic mess of a film and the future of the franchise. Notice it was primarily nominated for technical achievements, not script or story, because it didn’t have one worth nominating. Poop on a stick is better than TLJ.

    • January 24, 2018 at 5:32 pm
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      “Poop on a stick is better than TLJ.”

      Well then hang on a sec…

    • January 24, 2018 at 5:37 pm
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      “Notice it was primarily nominated for technical achievements, not script or story, because it didn’t have one worth nominating.”

      Here are some other Star Wars movies that were nominated for only production and technical achievements: The Empire Strikes Back, The Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, The Force Awakens, Rogue One.

      Just sayin’

      • January 24, 2018 at 5:52 pm
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        Star Wars fans know nothing about Star Wars

      • January 24, 2018 at 8:28 pm
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        What you say is true. I was just trying to express my discontent with TLJ. The sound design and score were excellent. I found the CGI to be incoherent – some good, some bad. RO CGI was outstanding compared to TLJ.

        • January 24, 2018 at 10:03 pm
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          That’s not expressing discontent. You’re trying to prove a point using cherry-picked evidence without context, which is misleading at best. You’re not a US senator are you?

          • January 25, 2018 at 10:53 pm
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            Are you saying I should run for office? I will begin my political career by re-educating anyone with the last name of Nubbins.

    • January 24, 2018 at 5:39 pm
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      I’m guessing “Poop on a Stick” ain’t part of the Pixar back catalogue.

      • January 24, 2018 at 5:42 pm
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        Must be the new Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs sequel.

      • January 24, 2018 at 5:42 pm
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        Must be the new Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs sequel.

    • January 24, 2018 at 5:42 pm
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      A Star Wars movie hasn’t been nominated for Best Screenplay since 1978. Further evidence that The Empire Strikes Back was garbage. Also, TLJ already won. It won $1.3B at the box office. Soooo, yeah I wouldn’t hold my breath that they’re waiting on the Oscar for sound editing to decide if their efforts are paying off.

      • January 24, 2018 at 6:37 pm
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        Empire must also be poop on a stick!!

      • January 24, 2018 at 8:39 pm
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        Round about the time GL started to make known his feelings about the studio establishment.

        Personally I will never forgive them for not giving TESB the soundtrack award. From memory I think it went to Fame – Yeeesh!

        • January 24, 2018 at 8:42 pm
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          Well, he won it for Star Wars and at the end of the day TESB reused a lot of the stuff from that movie so I suppose they felt Fame was more of a triumph since it was all original material and a musical.

          • January 24, 2018 at 9:10 pm
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            Some of the main themes. TESB was a different soundtrack to SW by an order of magnitudes. It’s also the best of the scores for the series.

          • January 24, 2018 at 9:47 pm
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            That may be so. But I think you’re missing the point a bit. No SW score has won the Oscar since the first and all or most have been nominated. Surely, each new one has some secondary themes that are new, but the main themes are often reused, and I think that is why only one SW film has ever one. The key themes were given their due once and Academy members probably felt it was repetitious to do it a second time, even if yuou personally disagree. In fact I think the only franchise to win it more than once was Lord of the Rings and even that only won it two out of three times (and mainly because the third score is very different from the first). I am, of course, not trying to do down the brilliance of Williams’ work.

          • January 24, 2018 at 11:13 pm
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            Empire introduced possibly the most recognised theme from any film. Most non SW fans could hum the Imperial March even if they didn’t know where it came from. I can almost guarantee that a significantly smaller percentage could hum any of Howard Shore’s LOTR themes!

            My point is that Empire’s music is a timeless classic, FAME on the other hand has long disappeared into obscurity.

    • January 24, 2018 at 5:51 pm
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      *tastes tears*
      salt.

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:33 pm
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      Yawn.

      You know, the constant whining of thirty plus OT fanboys who let their own expectations destroy the movie for them is getting really tiresome. It’s not as perfect movie, but Jesus, just once I’d like to read a Star Wars comment section without having to read some over the top hyperbolic nonsense about how TLJ is somehow worse than cancer.

      The truth is that it is a well made film, both in terms of it’s technical achievements and it’s direction and in terms of story, the only true mistake was the quick dismissal of Snoke, and even that can still be rectified in the sequel. Fanboys crying into their morning cornflakes just can’t get past their own ideas of who and what Luke, Rey, Kylo, Snoke, etc should have been in the movie and that’s why they cannot look at the picture with any objectivity.

      Personally I think when the older generation of fans get past their own prejudices and/or start to die out and become a less powerful voice history will be kinder on TLJ. George Lucas desired that Star Wars be creative and go in new directions. That’s why he bemoaned the safe nature of Force Awakens. Personally, I’d rather the series go in new directions than keep placating ageing fanboys. You got your fan porn with Force Awakens and Rogue One and will get it again with Solo. It’s about time those of us who want Star Wars to be creative also got something a bit more daring.

      • January 24, 2018 at 7:35 pm
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        TLJ spits in the face of the mythology GL created. It wasn’t faithful or true to the characters or story presented over an eight movie arc (yes, I include Rogue One). I loved the PT and the OT and I am a Millennial not an OT fanboy (not that there is anything wrong with that). I have some hyperbole for you from Luke Skywalker himself, “Everything you just said, is wrong”.

        • January 24, 2018 at 8:09 pm
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          “TLJ spits in the face of the mythology GL created.”

          No, it didn’t.

          “It wasn’t faithful or true to the characters or story presented over an eight movie arc (yes, I include Rogue One).”

          Yes, it was.

          See? We can do this all day. Quit presenting your opinions as facts. If you do, expect to be called out on it.

          • January 24, 2018 at 8:45 pm
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            How were you taught to express an argument, rebuttal, or persuasive speech/writing? You don’t have to apologize or say “in my opinion”, you just present your argument and move on. It is perfectly acceptable to present one’s argument as fact if that is what the author truly believes based on her/his experiences, history, and or knowledge of the subject. Besides, the very nature of art is subjective.

          • January 24, 2018 at 10:00 pm
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            Sure, you can present your opinions as fact and then BACK IT UP WITH EVIDENCE. “Three guys I talked to” is not evidence. What is this, English 101 all of a sudden?

          • January 25, 2018 at 10:59 pm
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            It’s subjective. I could spend my entire day (which I’ve done on countless other SW forums) to explain why TLJ isn’t a good film based on “facts” about the 3 stages of film production (mostly pre-production) and you still wouldn’t be satisfied. You would probably cry fake news and find a safe place to hide in. I’m not going to waste my time on you. Your comments have already proven its not worth my time or trouble.

        • January 24, 2018 at 8:33 pm
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          In what way did it spit in the face of the mythology? As I have said elsewhere. it was GL who wanted the series to be creative and try new things. So what mythology should the movie have stuck to in your opinion?

        • January 24, 2018 at 9:58 pm
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          There is no “mythology,” which you seem to believe means that there is a book somewhere with a set of rules that Star Wars films need to follow. The prequels changed the OT rules, and the new trilogy expands upon that. It’s more correct to say that TLJ spits on your personal mythology for Star Wars, and for that reason you hated the film.

          You’re just part of the new generation of salty Star Wars fans who grew up on the prequels, so you get to cry about the Disney films the same way OT fans cried about the prequels. In fact, you could save a ton of time just by going to old prequel discussion threads and just paste carbon copies of your rants written ten years prior.

      • January 24, 2018 at 8:08 pm
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        Here here!

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:50 pm
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      You ever notice that SW films almost never get nominated for anything outside of technical awards?

    • January 24, 2018 at 7:01 pm
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      i visit multible forums. one of them is for example a forum for tama drums. because , well I have Tama gear and I love drumming. And in the Tamaforum there are a lot of other people that have that gear and love drumming.. So nice place to be. But there is one forum.. My God.. That is SWNN… Redicilous!! The amount of negativity is so much that I ask myself. Why? Why are those guys here?! Why not find a place where you can enjoy yourself? You are annoying like wrong commercials. Why? Why do you do that? Is it to covert others? Are you happy being a troll?

      Last year they shut the forum down of IMDB just because of these kind of people ( blegh! ….. MEGA BLEGH!)

      • January 24, 2018 at 8:35 pm
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        It IS something they enjoy.

        It’s no different to all the prequel hate, those chaps are STILL trying to convert others to their cause!

      • January 25, 2018 at 11:52 pm
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        Technically this isn’t the forum. This is the comments section. The actual SWNN forums section is called The Cantina. It’s a little more intellectual and overall less negative in comparison to the comments section.

        • January 26, 2018 at 8:30 pm
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          well okay. then I mean forums and such. I hate the hiphop mysic nowadays. I Love oldskool hiphop from the seventies/ eighties. But I have no need to look on the internet to find places to get hatefull.These haters want monopoly on the truth. they want their opinion to be objective. Calling Rian Johnson Ruin Johnson.Making personal attacks.. It are extreme measures of reasoning therefor not valid.

          • January 27, 2018 at 12:23 am
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            Then you should check out the Cantina forums here at SWNN. I think you will find the intellectual stimulation and reduction in negativity that you seek.

    • January 24, 2018 at 9:46 pm
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      With the exception of ANH which got a screenwriting oscar nomination, Star Wars films don’t get picked for script or story awards. Again, data without context means nothing. Go check yourself, I’ll wait:

      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086190/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/awards
      http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/awards

      We’re discussing a campy B-movie series that has somehow been elevated to high art in the minds of its more spirited fans. Maybe you should find a new hobby.

  • January 24, 2018 at 6:02 pm
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    I don’t really care about TLJ nominations. These events have never been bona-fide as they want you to believe. Probably Disney has influence on every of them. Even the total gross doesn’t mean anything. The movie is terrible!!!!

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:06 pm
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      “Even the total gross doesn’t mean anything.”

      Nothing? Hmmm….

      • January 24, 2018 at 8:43 pm
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        Total gross of course means a lot of things, specially for Disney.
        But as judge of movie quality…. well, debatable.

        The absolute favorite for the Oscars, The Shape of Water, earned a total of just 30mill$, less than a 5% of TLJ (even when it premiered a few weeks before).
        And Jurassic World, a funny yet universally accepted average quality movie, earned more than TLJ in the same timeframe (currently at 39 days since release)

        • January 24, 2018 at 9:09 pm
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          I never said that a huge box office return is a guaranteed indicator of a movie’s quality. I disputed the statement that it’s meaningless.

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:29 pm
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      It means the rest of the world enjoyed the movie more than you did. Which is really kind of the point; to be enjoyable. Maybe you’ll enjoy the next one. Or not, I don’t think any really cares.

      • January 24, 2018 at 6:33 pm
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        the rest of the world minus China

      • January 24, 2018 at 7:27 pm
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        The rest of the world did not enjoy this movie more because of its box office receipts. I watched it twice. The second time only to make sure my own expectations were not ruining this movie for me. Guess what, my opinion didn’t change. Case and point of someone who spent money TWICE to see a crap movie just because I love Star Wars. Also, when I read comment sections about TLJ it is generally split 50/50 on people’s opinion of it. I am amused by the people who love it but can’t handle that someone else didn’t. I think it is great that you like it, but don’t project your opinion of the movie into box office receipts or RT critic scores to support that “the rest of the world enjoyed the move more than” somebody who didn’t. We all know what the fan score is on RT – but please tell me that how those opinions don’t matter because RT is unreliable… GMAB!

        • January 24, 2018 at 7:45 pm
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          So, your evidence that a significant number of people didn’t enjoy TLJ is one non-scientific online poll and your personal experience reading discussion board comments? Excuse me if I remain skeptical.

          What other “truths” do you arrive at through bad data and anecdotal evidence?

          • January 24, 2018 at 8:32 pm
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            Of all my friends who watched the movie, with a mixed bag of long time Star Wars fans and regular non-fan viewers, tha fact is that 9 out of 16 didn’t like the movie. A very limited sample for sure, but for me, a 50/50 split of lovers/detractors is a pretty accurate number…

            As a sidenote, when both TFA and Rogue1 premiered, once each film ended, the theatre I always watch them bursted in cheers. After TLJ ended, not a single clap was heard. Same cinema, same thursday night opening session for all three films. Not a proof of anything, but a symptom.

          • January 24, 2018 at 9:33 pm
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            I don’t even particularly like TLJ, but gee, a sample size of 16 angry fanboys where half didn’t like the film. How scientific. FFS, stop trying to derive meaningful data out of what your buddies think.

          • January 24, 2018 at 11:19 pm
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            My point is… It is perfectly legitimate not liking the movie. This does not makes you “an angry fanboy”.
            If you liked it, great, good for you.
            If you didn’t like it, great too. It’s not a sin. Seriusly, it’s fine.

            The issue arises when both haters try to destroy the film for those who liked it, while fanboys try to convince everyone else to force-like it, or else they mark the critics with unfair tags like “flamers”, “haters” or “angry fanboys”.
            Those extremes are what is truly damaging to the Star Wars franchise, not a bad movie by itself. If Star Wars survived The Phantom Menace, surely It will survive TLJ.
            As Forbes published a few days ago, we will have to wait for Solo to see if there are any lasting effects of TLJ controversy:
            https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/01/09/the-last-jedi-puts-unfair-pressure-on-solo-a-star-wars-story/#de9915812a29

          • January 25, 2018 at 3:39 am
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            Lucky you. Non of my friends, fanboys and non-fanboys – liked the movie nor want to buy the blu-ray. Except one friend – an american fanboy. I´ve been in the opening day – no cheers, no laughs on jokes, silence. And most went out before the end of the credits, which I didn´t experienced in any previous SW opening.

          • January 24, 2018 at 8:34 pm
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            I went to the double feature opening show fan event on Thursday evening. I bought an entire row of 15 seats for my friends and me. Only half of my friends enjoyed the film. My experience since then has been the same when talking to family, friends, acquaintances, and strangers. Like I said, 50/50. What more do you want?

          • January 24, 2018 at 9:06 pm
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            How about a scientific poll? The closest thing we have is CinemaScore and TLJ scored high. I went to the movie and had an opposite experience than you did and everyone I’ve talked liked or loved the movie. So if we took your experience and mine combined that would mean 75% of people enjoyed it but those are anecdotes. They don’t tell you anything about the broad consensus of the millions of people who have seen the movie. That’s why anecdotes are useless.

          • January 25, 2018 at 10:02 am
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            @maudestnubbins:disqus @kgeo752:disqus
            About that scientific pool – i already argued with someone here about that.
            How scientific is when a group of paid people is doing a survay on a selected group of people (they can select them – no argument against that).

            More scientific collecting of data would be an anonymous survey left for EVERY attendee in the particular viewing. Even when people are asked directly they may express a different opinion in compare when asked anonymous

          • January 24, 2018 at 9:28 pm
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            What I want is something more reliable than a poll of your friends, if you’re going to use it as evidence to back up your nonsense. What I’d prefer is for you to quit pushing anecdotes and personal bias as objective observations.

            Your experience means nothing more than the fact that half of your friends didn’t like the film. You can’t draw any other conclusions.

        • January 24, 2018 at 9:21 pm
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          Your personal experience is just one data point. Because you like (or dislike) something doesn’t mean a damn thing about a film’s inherent quality, nor do box office receipts. YOU did not like the film, and I respect that opinion. I thought it was mediocre blockbuster film with some really odd story and editing choices, forgotten soon after leaving the theater like most of its ilk. I’m willing to have a discussion from that perspective, but when you start talking like your opinion is somehow fact, you’re no better than the people you call out. And that’s why I personally find you insufferable and like to respond to your diatribes. 😛

        • January 25, 2018 at 3:30 am
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          I watched it twice as well. Second time not because I wanted, but because I had ticket more than a month and my wife wanted to go…..otherwise I would´n bother…and RT is really unreliable. Go to see random 10-20 pages of RT Last Jedi and you´ll get an average 20-30%. Yet it is 49%. Why? Because “1/2” star and “not interested” doesn´t count (5 star on the other hand do count). This is why RT has so high rating – 180.000 reviewers and 49% when it should be far less.

      • January 24, 2018 at 9:50 pm
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        The next one can’t be worse than this one. I’d take JJ over RJ any day of the week.

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:35 pm
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      Another fanboy who can’t put aside his ruined expectations and think.

      The majority of the nominations (and the ones that matter) are technical and for music. If you are arguing that the score and the special effects, sound effects, etc were “terrible” then frankly you’re utterly clueless.

      As for the total gross being irrelevant, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Bonkers.

      • January 24, 2018 at 7:17 pm
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        Think! Ha! I “think” if I left my brain outside the theater I probably would have enjoyed the film a lot more. You could fit a Bantha through the plot holes, not to mention the convoluted logic, poor character development, stiff acting, and lack of respect for the mythology GL created. What a mess. Also, judging by your comments on here you are having real issues with people who disagree with your opinion – which is what it is “your opinion”. It is okay for people to have opinions, even if you think they are wrong.

        • January 24, 2018 at 7:24 pm
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          Funny, because it seems to me that you were the one complaining, not me. I mean, your tearful post arrived well before mine didn’t it? 😉

        • January 24, 2018 at 8:05 pm
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          Plot holes!!

        • January 24, 2018 at 9:12 pm
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          Respect for mythology?!? Like midichlorians? Look, y’all were the same folks that hated on the prequels, you’ll be the same folks hating on any Star Wars film that doesn’t match your deluded fantasies.

          That has nothing to do with the inherent merits (or lack thereof) of TLJ. We can have that discussion, just know that if you start giving the prequels a pass for the same flaws you find in Disney films, you’re out of your goddamned mind.

          • January 25, 2018 at 12:06 am
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            You are wrong because I actually love the prequels which showed how exactly Star Wars movies should be. New planets, creatures, space battles, kick-ass lightsaber duels, political intrigue, spectacular visuals and a grounded story. None of the things that TFA and TLJ have. TLJ just showed us 2 new planets and no lightsaber duels apart from that lame one in Snoke’s room. The Jedi Temple on Ach-to looked terrible. George Lucas vision and scope was what made Star Wars. I’d suggest you take a look at the concept art of the Jedi Temple that George Lucas had conceived for the sequl trilogy. It’s awesome. This obession from Lucasfilm that every creature and other stuff has to be practical is pure nonsense. Star Wars is a Sci-fi saga and the prequels prove how it really should be.

          • January 29, 2018 at 8:14 pm
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            The OT did that. The PT was for babies.

          • January 25, 2018 at 12:21 am
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            ” Look, y’all were the same folks that hated on the prequels, you’ll be
            the same folks hating on any Star Wars film that doesn’t match your
            deluded fantasies.”

            Im then the new kind of folk, i only hate TLJ. Prequels are ok for me – not perfect, but acceptable, i can enjoy most of the content from PT. I love R1 (2nd Best SW after TESB for me), i dont like TFA for Starkiller and killing of Han, but i can enjoy many parts of the movie.
            I really can not enjoy TLJ and every time i start enjoying a scene its ruined by something

          • January 25, 2018 at 3:28 am
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            Like when Luke asked where is Han and I was so prepared (and I´m so sure Hamill as well) for all the emotions in his face……but cut….there´s some much more interesting stuff for the audience right now….

          • January 25, 2018 at 3:38 am
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            maybe that “something” is yourself

          • January 25, 2018 at 10:44 pm
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            Thank you 🙂 I feel the same.

          • January 25, 2018 at 10:44 pm
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            Thank you 🙂 I feel the same.

      • January 24, 2018 at 11:56 pm
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        Not saying that the special effects or the score is terrible. It’s the same stuff you see in the Marvel films. The movie had nothing visually groundbreaking. TLJ got listed because of Disney’s influence on everything. The only thing I would salvage out of all this is John Williams score. By the way, the total gross will further encourage Disney to continue making more bad Star Wars movies and to sacrifice quality for profit.

        • January 25, 2018 at 2:43 am
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          You’re starting to sound like a certain political party in the United States that claims everything is a conspiracy theory against a certain elected official.

          #releasethenominations

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:49 pm
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      You should have stopped after your second sentence.

      • January 24, 2018 at 9:50 pm
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        Why?

      • January 24, 2018 at 9:50 pm
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        Why?

    • January 24, 2018 at 7:54 pm
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      The movie was, overall, pretty good. It seems all you haters could better spend your time commenting on other forums on films you really like. You’re wasting your time here.

      • January 24, 2018 at 8:48 pm
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        Why?

        • January 24, 2018 at 9:25 pm
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          Because you don’t really want to be here. It would be like if I would start posting on a Justin Bieber fan site telling people how much I ‘hate’ his music.

          • January 25, 2018 at 12:13 am
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            If you would be a big JB Fan a hed did something that you did not liked, then why not ?

      • January 24, 2018 at 9:48 pm
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        I don’t consider myself a hater. I am just pointing out what is evident. The movie is bad. Plus the comment section is open to everyone. Therefore if i want to vent my frustrations at how the franchise has been ruined, I can do that.

        • January 24, 2018 at 11:00 pm
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          No, you are pointing out your opinion, not fact. “what is evident”….LOL. It’s all subjective, not objective. I could then say….’what is evident’ to me is that it was pretty good…entertaining. The correct way to state it would be..”in my opinion”. I restate that you are wasting your time constantly venting displeasure. You aren’t going to change anything.

        • January 25, 2018 at 2:41 am
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          The movie isn’t bad. You just don’t like it.

          Big difference between opinion and fact.

          And before your head explodes in a fit of rage:

          I don’t like the movie either. Wasn’t really for me. But I don’t think it was poorly made nor do I think the writing or decisions on where the story went were crappy either. Just doesn’t fit into Star Wars well.

          • January 25, 2018 at 7:25 pm
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            I guess I enjoyed it more than you did. I think it does fit well into the SW narrative. Yeah, it was quirky, odd, and very different from other SW films. If I were making it I would have gone a different path, but it wasn’t my vision. It was RJ’s vision. I place it 4th on my list of episodic SW films…behind the OT. Anyway, as has been said, these are subjective views, not objective, I’d like to see TLJ one more time, but I ruptured my right knee quad (slipped on icy driveway) and had surgery. So, it’d be tough to get to a theater,

        • January 25, 2018 at 3:33 pm
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          ” I am just pointing out what is evident. The movie is bad.”

          This is called AN OPINION. It is SUBJECTIVE.

      • January 25, 2018 at 3:24 am
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        If you call the critics haters, should we call you a worshipper? Just to have balance….

        • January 25, 2018 at 7:13 pm
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          Worshiper? LOL….ALL the SW films have faults. However, the pros outweigh the cons.TLJ is no different. My point is why waste your time complaining all the time? You don’t change any minds.The whiners refuse to understand that.

      • January 25, 2018 at 11:09 am
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        You’re right! What a shitty place this is? SW hate flowing all day long.

        • January 27, 2018 at 5:36 am
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          Rian Johnson earned it.

    • January 25, 2018 at 3:30 am
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      Yeah , only your opinion is pure and not influencied by money. The movie was great, I loved it, and your opinion is veeery wrong

    • January 25, 2018 at 3:32 pm
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      “Probably Disney has influence on every of them.”

      I can make things up too!

  • January 24, 2018 at 6:39 pm
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    I see the BAFTA nominations, but what about the BANTHA nominations?

    • January 24, 2018 at 6:59 pm
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      It was going to be a surprise but…. Congratulations Wacky! You got the B.A.N.T.H.A. nomination. (Best Arid, Not Too Hairy, Animal.)

  • January 24, 2018 at 8:31 pm
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    As much as I like John Boyega, I don’t think TLJ was as good a vehicle for his acting chops as it was For Mark Hamill so I’m lost as to why Empire chose his performance over Marks.

    • January 24, 2018 at 8:38 pm
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      Empire rarely gives out it’s gongs based purely on quality.

    • January 25, 2018 at 3:23 am
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      Boyega is overacting in both films. Not his fault, if you see his other movies. Rather blame the director….

    • January 26, 2018 at 3:52 am
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      I recently watched an interview with John Boyega about what he and JJ had discussed regarding what drives Finn to defect, he strongly hinted at it being Force related.
      I suspect Boyega may be one of the most vocal detractors of TLJ when the time comes

  • January 24, 2018 at 8:58 pm
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    Empire awards..? Not the same Empire as the magazine right? If so my eyebrow would arch through the ceiling. I don’t understand the Finn nom at all. Poor guy relegated to busy work 🙁

    The rest seem fair.

  • January 25, 2018 at 1:34 am
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    It’s odd….

    Prequels…. good story, but bad characters and acting.

    Sequels…. terrible story, but good characters and acting.

    In the end, both sets of films will always rank way below the Original Trilogy.

  • January 25, 2018 at 5:23 am
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    And the golden turkey award for worst film of 2017 goes too….omg, TLJ!!!

    • January 25, 2018 at 3:31 pm
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      The Rotten Turkey goes to you! For most repetitive comments

    • January 26, 2018 at 3:50 am
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      The amount of new folks posting their disgust for TLJ grows day by day here, I like seeing the new faces and I enjoy reading what they have to add to this debate.
      Welcome to the fight

    • February 14, 2018 at 1:46 am
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      You misspelled “The Emoji Movie.”

  • January 25, 2018 at 8:49 pm
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    Razzies…?????

  • January 26, 2018 at 1:01 am
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    Funnily enough, the Oscar website misspells Rey’s name as “Rae.” But you know what, I kind of prefer that spelling.

  • January 26, 2018 at 1:58 am
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    Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t find much joy in learning that TLJ (or any SW film) makes gazillions of dollars or is nominated to this or that award. We all know these are going to be financially successful films. Box office numbers and add nothing to how I feel about them. Moreover, I don’t see these films as Oscar material, cause I don’t consider most of them to be “really good films” even when, as a fan, I enjoy them a lot.

    That being said, SW films often shine in certain categories such as sound editing, VFX, score, etc.

    Am I making sense at all?

    • January 26, 2018 at 3:46 am
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      I would be just as happy if Solo is a financial mess as long as we get a good movie this time around

    • January 26, 2018 at 3:51 am
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      Totally agree with you here. Box office numbers don’t affect my enjoyment of these movies.

  • January 26, 2018 at 5:10 am
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    The movie was wonderful, the story, perfect. The criticisms come from so idiot reviewers, that write so idiot comentaries that this only proves how inteligent the movie was.

    • January 26, 2018 at 8:20 pm
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      Intelligent**

      But yeah. The people who didn’t like the movie are the idiots.

    • January 27, 2018 at 5:35 am
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      The movie is a cancer of plot holes. Every scene in the movie is fatally flawed before the next…

      • January 27, 2018 at 3:22 pm
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        Wrong.

      • February 14, 2018 at 1:45 am
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        What plot holes?

  • January 28, 2018 at 2:22 pm
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    TLJ is a financial disappointment for Disney, no matter what the shills are bleating. $1,3billion is not only $700million less than TFA. It’s also a whopping $300million below Disney’s projections, and that’s bad, because analysts are always low-balling their estimates.

    Sure, the movie made money, just like Messi and Le Bron will make their teams money. But $300million below expectations and about 35% less than TFA is not a great result – NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF THE MOVIE.

    Also, there may be no inflation in the Galaxy far far away, but there sure is in the real world, esp. over 40 years. And adjusted for inflation, TLJ is only the 6th successful SW movie – and only thanks to a strong opening weekend.

    http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=starwars.htm

    Hype TLJ as much as you like, but don’t insult the intelligence of your readers.

    • February 14, 2018 at 1:45 am
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      The Empire Strikes Back also made a few hundred million dollars less than Star Wars did.

  • February 2, 2018 at 4:34 am
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    They deserve to win…..a lot of Razzies.

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