Looking back the number one complaint about The Force Awakens was that it was a rehash of A New Hope, so I think for Rian Johnson "subverting expectations" made sense at the time. Unfortunately for him adult children don't actually want a movie that challenges them, they want a movie that shows them things they've already seen before in slightly different contexts.
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lmao I actually kinda like TLJ but that doesn't mean I'm blind to how it was recieved
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Looking back the number one complaint about The Force Awakens was that it was a rehash of A New Hope, so I think for Rian Johnson "subverting expectations" made sense at the time. Unfortunately for him adult children don't actually want a movie that challenges them, they want a movie that shows them things they've already seen before in slightly different contexts.