#DaisyRidley says she still finds the fan backlash against #RiseOfSkywalker upsetting. My issues w/ Eps. 7-9 are plot-related. I applaud the actors and their performances. I feel Rey could've had a better story not dependent on the Skywalkers nor the Palpatines.
@philheppenstall@sogerald the characters in 7-9 are great, the story in 7 was „a new hope“ in new shoes. 8, which in my opinion was pretty good.
9 was a miss. Story did not connect to 8. a lot of new characters have been randomly introduced without any backstory for the viewer, which made wish for a longer movie to fill those gaps. Same with locations.
The end was terrible. It was like „I make it bigger, no matter what“. It was made for ending the whole Star Wars thing, not just one story.
I saw #TheMarshKingsDaughter last night. I knew almost nothing about the film (which is based on a book) except that #DaisyRidley and #BenMendelsohn were in it, and with the briefest one-line plot summary that I'd read, I was in.
It's a terrific movie, with a premise that I've not really seen as the main story and is more usually used as a side story. I'll admit it was distracting for me at times to hear Daisy Ridley with an American accent because I'm not used to it. 1/3
@cstephens2 Full disclosure, coworker’s cousin is in the film so we had a bit of a heads up and chose the book accordingly. I’m expecting the film will be intense.
