![]() ![]() ![]() We're led to believe Kylo has defected to Rey's side. We're given explicit cues that Rey is flirting with the dark side. The entire Finn/Rose subplot turns out to be a futile effort We're baited to believe the Benicio del Toro character is the hacker they're looking for. then it turns out Dern was right and Poe was wrong. Laura Dern's character is set up as acting suspiciously and the agency for trying to get out of the situation is given to Poe. but no, she just acts dead for a bit then saves herself. We're led to think Leia is going to die in space. Let's distinguish between subverting expections and being subversive This reminds me of that Starbucks Christmas thing where a dozen crazy Christians complained about the cups losing the Christmas imagery, but then five million people kept talking about how everyone was freaking out about the cups and they thought they were totally owning them by buying them and drawing the devil on it or some shit. Rey’s parents being nobody? That was tied into the films themes and Rey’s character arc with purpose. Snoke dying? I guess that’s the one but it works within the story to establish Kylos character arc and the theme of the film (Also Jay said he liked this bit). What is actually frivolously subversive about the movie? Luke being a hermit? This is established in TFA. #Subvert your expectations movieI also think the idea that the movie is subversive just for the sake of it or that it makes the narrative “fall on its face” is just. I feel like I’ve seen this used ten times more ironically by RLM/posters here to mock people who like The Last Jedi for being subversive in and of itself than I’ve seen anyone actually praising the movie solely for being subversive. ![]()
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