Review Detail
9.3 9 10
Overall rating
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
Overall I enjoyed this much more than the theatrical. It’s way tighter, the editing is terrific and the IMAX escape from Jakku is a thing of beauty.
Some issues I found are quibbles:
-The scroll looks like it has been cropped too close on the right side
-There is still unexplained visible smoke in frame when Finn wakes up on Jakku.
This edit still tells the same basic story and, IMO, that story still has a lot of issues. It also doesn’t really work for me as two movies. It’s more one long movie with an intermission. And that still makes it difficult for me to sit through. There are still things here that I think can and should be removed, but that is a matter of preference. I could make a wish list of what I would want out of this series, but I can’t be sure any of it would actually work. To judge this on its own merits as a tighter and more focused version of the same story, it works very well.
Some issues I found are quibbles:
-The scroll looks like it has been cropped too close on the right side
-There is still unexplained visible smoke in frame when Finn wakes up on Jakku.
This edit still tells the same basic story and, IMO, that story still has a lot of issues. It also doesn’t really work for me as two movies. It’s more one long movie with an intermission. And that still makes it difficult for me to sit through. There are still things here that I think can and should be removed, but that is a matter of preference. I could make a wish list of what I would want out of this series, but I can’t be sure any of it would actually work. To judge this on its own merits as a tighter and more focused version of the same story, it works very well.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
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