I would have said this was an excellent movie except for one minor thing: the human behavior that was at the core of the movie's plot simply wasn't believable. For *some* unknown reason, the young padawan chooses not to deliver the message to the Jedi Master that his wife and son are dead.
Honestly, I don't care how much of a coward you are--if someone's family dies, and you need to deliver the message, you just do it. Anyone would have done it--period.
As much as I wanted to like this movie, nothing in my mind could come to terms with the premise that the young kid in this movie wouldn't have delivered the message. I can't picture anyone behaving in that manner for any reason.
My biggest pet peeve in films in when writers do not create believable human behavior that is consistent within a character. It doesn't matter if the genre is horror, sci-fi, drama, comedy, etc, human behavior is an absolute. People may do crazy things, weird things, psychotic things, but there is always reason and motive. In this movie, there was simply no real motive for the absurd behavior.
This movie frustrated me in the way sitcoms often do, where one character has something compelling to tell another, but trite unbelievable dialogue is conjured to prolong the tension.
In any case, I'm glad most everyone else was able to enjoy this film. I wish I could have.
Honestly, I don't care how much of a coward you are--if someone's family dies, and you need to deliver the message, you just do it. Anyone would have done it--period.
As much as I wanted to like this movie, nothing in my mind could come to terms with the premise that the young kid in this movie wouldn't have delivered the message. I can't picture anyone behaving in that manner for any reason.
My biggest pet peeve in films in when writers do not create believable human behavior that is consistent within a character. It doesn't matter if the genre is horror, sci-fi, drama, comedy, etc, human behavior is an absolute. People may do crazy things, weird things, psychotic things, but there is always reason and motive. In this movie, there was simply no real motive for the absurd behavior.
This movie frustrated me in the way sitcoms often do, where one character has something compelling to tell another, but trite unbelievable dialogue is conjured to prolong the tension.
In any case, I'm glad most everyone else was able to enjoy this film. I wish I could have.