STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Has Been Embraced By Critics, But Fan Reactions Are Decidedly More Mixed
Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a massive hit with critics, but audiences have not embraced the long-awaited return to the galaxy far, far away in such a positive manner. More past the jump...
The reviews for Star Wars: The Last Jedi were (pretty much) universally positive and the film is on track for a huge opening weekend (it currently sits at $105.8M globally), but now that it's on general release, it's become clear that general audiences have not been as enamoured with the movie as the critics were.
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Rian Johnson's follow-up to The Force Awakens currently sits at a most impressive 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, but the audience score has actually dropped into rotten territory at 57%. In addition, you only have to glance at our comments sections for proof that a good portion of fans were left feeling disappointed by the long-awaited return to the galaxy far, far away.
Is it simply a case of the story/characters not being taken in a direction they wanted to see, or do they have a point? Be sure to let us know what you think in the usual place.
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Mark Cassidy is a writer, photographer, amateur filmmaker, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic from Dublin, Ireland.