[SPOILER] I feel like a lot of people are either missing the point, or just don't *like* the point of this movie

For those of us who grew up with Star Wars, we have some expectations about how these movies work: the Force users struggle between Light and Dark, and the non-Force users will be plucky enough to save the day. Mysteries will be revealed. Special people have a unique and important destiny.This movie basically says: fuck all that. Sometimes you go to a lot of effort for no point. Sometimes greatness comes from nowhere. Sometimes great pedigrees don't mean shit. Sometimes hopes are dashed. Sometimes what seems like a great mystery ends up being not all that important. And probably the biggest one of all: beware of hubris. Luke talks about the hubris of the Jedi, but we also get to see how Rey, Po, Snoke, and Ben all suffer for their hubris, as well—and, I would argue, so do both the First Order and the Resistance, the former in constantly underestimating their foe, and the latter for thinking they really had a chance. Good guys, bad guys, Sith, Jedi, Light, Dark: those are false dichotomies. Luke, Ben, and DJ all reject them. That's what this movie is about. Are they right? I think we find out in the next movie.This movie takes a lot of what Star Wars is and has been and tells us that it's bullshit—or perhaps more accurately, that there is more to Star Wars (and life) than those key themes. It's okay not to like that, because you want Star Wars to be the things that this movie aggressively rejects. But I get the sense that this is what's bugging a lot of people about whether or not they like the movie. Personally, I find it fascinating and liberating. via /r/StarWars http://ift.tt/2ABu6kz