It’s a weird movie, the story around Rey, Luke, Kylo, and Snoke was excellent, but the story around Finn, Rose, and the general was awful writing and usually bland acting. There’s a really good movie in there, maybe one of the best Star Wars, if you cut out half of it.
As it so happens, I’ve never seen the original prequels in over a decade, and only watch the HAL 9000 edits, and I would say they are all substantial improvements.
It’s a weird movie, the story around Rey, Luke, Kylo, and Snoke was excellent, but the story around Finn, Rose, and the general was awful writing and usually bland acting. There’s a really good movie in there, maybe one of the best Star Wars, if you cut out half of it.
And then, by those rules, now Episodes 1-3 have a heavily edited shot at being the best, as well. Haha.
As it so happens, I’ve never seen the original prequels in over a decade, and only watch the HAL 9000 edits, and I would say they are all substantial improvements.