It's a shame that liking The Last Jedi has become such a taboo. :(

With Rian Johnson's Twitter page still being attacked by haters demanding an apology, YouTube videos about how TLJ ruined Star Wars forever still being uploaded, extremely negative Metacritic ratings still piling up, and even May the 4th being used as a "We hate TLJ" day in some Star Wars circles, it's become clear that the hatred TLJ is nowhere near evaporating, and at this point it's frankly ridiculous.I've seen TLJ three times now. Once in the cinema and twice on DVD. My third viewing was just a couple of days ago. I've also watched numerous videos about it - rants, analysis videos, critiques, behind-the-scenes videos. And I honestly love it. While I still think the casino part is really silly (although I think that was the point) and I still don't understand Admiral Holdo's character arc (does she even have one?), almost everything else in the film is great to me. It's just a really strong Star Wars film, warts and all.And the film being such a taboo to like sucks because this film has some really good things about it. Like, for example, the whole "everyone has darkness inside them" thing. That's so true. We're all arrogant sometimes, we all make stupid mistakes that we severely regret, and we all have dark thoughts about ourselves and society as a whole. Another example is the overall theme of failure that runs throughout the film. A lot of people say that this ruined the sequel trilogy for them but again, I like this aspect because it shows the true nature of a galactic war, i.e. things can get seriously bad, fast and big heroic attempts can end in utter disaster. TFA was awesome but I think we can all agree that these new heroes instantly blowing up a planet-sized Death Star was a really over-the-top victory. This movie shows that a gargantuan early achievement like that doesn't always translate into certain victory in the end.But alas, the film continues to get pounded with hatred, anger, rant videos, conspiracy videos, negative ratings, everything. It's so ridiculous, and it's not dying down as of now. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2JVag84