The Phantom Menace Strikes Back

Rating: 1/10 (16 December 2017)

I created an account because I was so mad at this film I needed to vent.
Cons:
It felt like T.P.Menace; insane amounts of CGI, non stop action, way too many side plots and characters, epic battle scene after epic battle scene after epic battle scene, never using any sort of nuance like Obi Wan did "These aren't the droids you're looking for", everything has to be a huge battle for some reason.
We also never got a full reunion with Luke Skywalker. All that mystery and lead-up from TFA, only to find out he's basically your angry uncle who can't even talk without sounding like an angry drunk. A far cry from the soft spoken, righteous young jedi of old. The least they could have done is show him having a reconciliation meeting with Chewie and Leia (one that wasn't just a projection). Also, if Luke can just force teleport anywhere, why didn't he just teleport into the main command ship and find a way to blow it up? Or teleport into the lead gorilla walker and shove his lightsaber in the controls? Or into Kylo Rens ship and blow it up while it was midair? Or teleport next to the door smashing machine and hack it to bits?
I could go on but I won't, this movie pretty much killed the franchise for me. It made The Force Awakens, a movie which I loved, much much worse, I will not sit through either one of these movies again.
Pros:
About halfway through the movie I thought to myself that this movie wasn't worth the calories from my popcorn, so I threw it away. Already working my way to that summer bod, thanks TLJ for helping me there at least!