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[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 41 points 4 days ago

No, the writing was just bad.

I strongly prefer strong female leads (and my tastes only get more LGBT when it comes to novels), but those movies were terrible. Just horrendous. I still can't bring myself to watch episode 9, or anything star wars since then

I'm not even that big a star wars fan. I love sci-fi and fantasy, because I love the new ideas they contain - star wars was never special to me, it was just good

I'll never forget leaving the theater after episode 7, my whole department took off to see it on release. I just remember everyone being relatively satisfied, even the extreme star wars nerds, but I just looked at my team lead who I shared an office with. .

We used to talk about Star wars all the time, especially the extended universe, but we looked at each other and I saw pain in his expression, and I knew I shared the same look. I don't think we ever spoke about Star wars again

And after episode 8, I now just feel dread when I see a blaster.

It wasn't that nostalgic for me, it wasn't that my standards were unreachable - they were just bad movies.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Watched any good movies with strong female leads lately? I just watched Birds of Prey and thought it was the best live action DC movie in a long time

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago

I'm intrigued, I'm not a big fan of DC movies but I'm willing to give them another chance. Could you give me a quick synopsis?

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Hmm. Harley Quinn breaks up with Joker, meaning all of the people she's pissed off are no longer afraid to go after her. Along the way she meets the ensemble cast of heroines who also want to fight criminals and they team up for some grand finale where they all fight bad guys together.

Very basic fare, so if you don't like superhero movies (it's a saturated market, I don't blame anyone who does) then skip it. But it does feature Ewan McGregor playing a guy who likes peeling people's faces off which was a funny tone shift.

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