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We went to yesterday's 4pm showing of The Rise of Skywalker at the Phoenix, Picturehouse Cinemas having thought better of their intial decision not to screen it there in favour of Cats (a decision which only seems more bizarre in the light of how busy it was - as busy as I've ever seen the big cinema except for sold-our live broadcasts, and at least one small child who clearly had to be persuaded to turn their lightsabre off for the duration of the film).
Non-spoilery verdict: entertaining enough (I laughed, I cried, I was gripped by mild tension) but really not a patch on The Last Jedi, though that's hardly surprising given that Rian Johnson, who from everything I see appears to be a genuinely innovative and intelligent filmmaker, was replaced by JJ Abrams (again), whose whole shtick appears to be producing big-budget crowd-pleasing reworkings of SF classics which don't really change or update anything.
( Spoilery )
Non-spoilery verdict: entertaining enough (I laughed, I cried, I was gripped by mild tension) but really not a patch on The Last Jedi, though that's hardly surprising given that Rian Johnson, who from everything I see appears to be a genuinely innovative and intelligent filmmaker, was replaced by JJ Abrams (again), whose whole shtick appears to be producing big-budget crowd-pleasing reworkings of SF classics which don't really change or update anything.
( Spoilery )
