The Resistance is not boring. Exhibit A: "March of the Resistance" by John Williams
Canto Bight was not pointless. Exhibit B: "Canto Bight" by John Williams
I rest my case.
And if John Williams didn't exist?
Well, the whole movie would be kinda boring if it had no score.
But anyway, boring is an opinion, so I guess I can't exactly do much if you find the Resistance boring. I don't, but obviously some people may.
As for Canto Bight, yeah, Finn and Rose failed at their mission, but it's not like the entire subplot could literally be removed entirely without changing a thing, as some people try to maintain. It was actually very important to the story eventually, not to mention supporting the themes of the movie, learning from failure and heroes coming from everywhere, and world-building.
You know -- the Resistance wasn't so much "boring" as they were frustratingly incompetent (seriously, I don't care what you say. That pink-haired lady DOES NOT know how to lead people and make them trust her).
And as for Canto Bight being 'pointless' ... So was Oola's dance in Jabba's Palace. So was, to an extent, all the close-ups of aliens in Mos Eisley. Could Finn and Rose's time of been better spent there? Sure. But they did find the 'master code breaker', which they explicitly needed to infiltrate the First Order's capital ship (though, admittedly, the fact their mission failed spectacularly did render everything they had done up to that point as meaningless). Nevertheless, though: the reasons such scenes as Canto Bight and the Mos Eisley cantina exist is for one reason, and one reason only: world building. Showing off a facet of the universe that had not been seen up to that point. If you need a reason to dislike the Last Jedi -- there are MUCH worse flaws than a seemingly pointless sequence of watching rich aliens gamble in a space-casino.
To be quite honest, I'd rather watch Canto Bight twice than have to see Luke die once
You're right that she wasn't good at making people trust her, but she did have reason not to tell Poe the plan at least. Why there were others that joined him, I don't know. I'm assuming she just kept the plan known to only a few high-ranking officers in case there was a spy on board, which seems like a safe precaution to take seeing as how the FO just tracked them through light-speed. What doesn't make sense is why she wouldn't at least let them know there was a plan.
I'm so glad you aren't throwing tons of hate at the Canto Bight subplot. It did end up playing into the themes of the movie very well, and was as you said, a great world-building effort.
While I also did not like Luke dying, it was definitely a very beautiful and meaningful scene. Plus, he's pretty much guaranteed to return as a ghost, so I'm not that bummed about it.
One line would've fixed that aspect of the movie:
"Don't you think there's a spy on board? That's why I can't tell you the plan."
A tense military operation such as this is built on trust. No group can function properly without competent command that is effective at communicating to its members.
Besides -- Poe was still relatively high ranking in the Resistance, even after his demotion. He was still entitled to know the plan.
You're right that she wasn't good at making people trust her, but she did have reason not to tell Poe the plan at least. Why there were others that joined him, I don't know. I'm assuming she just kept the plan known to only a few high-ranking officers in case there was a spy on board, which seems like a safe precaution to take seeing as how the FO just tracked them through light-speed. What doesn't make sense is why she wouldn't at least let them know there was a plan.
I'm so glad you aren't throwing tons of hate at the Canto Bight subplot. It did end up playing into the themes of the movie very well, and was as you said, a great world-building effort.
While I also did not like Luke dying, it was definitely a very beautiful and meaningful scene. Plus, he's pretty much guaranteed to return as a ghost, so I'm not that bummed about it.
One line would've fixed that aspect of the movie:
"Don't you think there's a spy on board? That's why I can't tell you the plan."
A tense military operation such as this is built on trust. No group can function properly without competent command that is effective at communicating to its members.
Besides -- Poe was still relatively high ranking in the Resistance, even after his demotion. He was still entitled to know the plan.
But uh... yeah. Canto Bight isn't worth hating
I agree it would have made more sense if someone had said that, but I still kind of got that idea from the movie. Anyway, that is exactly why I said she was bad at making people trust her, which is of course an important part of being a leader. In the end, she still succeeded at getting the Resistance to safety, but it probably would have been much easier if she had just reassured everyone that there was a plan. This is the complaint against the movie's logic that I think has the most merit, that being said, this part of the movie still worked for me. I was surprised when I learned that Holdo actually did have the Resistance's best interests in mind, at first I thought she was the spy. So despite her communication skills not being the best, she was still an okay leader.
I'm glad you think that, that's the one part of the movie that even some of its fans act like was just the worst, and I really never understood why.
"Don't you think there's a spy on board? That's why I can't tell you the plan."
A tense military operation such as this is built on trust. No group can function properly without competent command that is effective at communicating to its members.
Besides -- Poe was still relatively high ranking in the Resistance, even after his demotion. He was still entitled to know the plan.
But uh... yeah. Canto Bight isn't worth hating
I agree it would have made more sense if someone had said that, but I still kind of got that idea from the movie. Anyway, that is exactly why I said she was bad at making people trust her, which is of course an important part of being a leader. In the end, she still succeeded at getting the Resistance to safety, but it probably would have been much easier if she had just reassured everyone that there was a plan. This is the complaint against the movie's logic that I think has the most merit, that being said, this part of the movie still worked for me. I was surprised when I learned that Holdo actually did have the Resistance's best interests in mind, at first I thought she was the spy. So despite her communication skills not being the best, she was still an okay leader.
I'm glad you think that, that's the one part of the movie that even some of its fans act like was just the worst, and I really never understood why.
I know right? Especially when there are so many other glaring issues!
