One of my most immediate thoughts as the credits began to roll was, "Man, without all the Star Wars imagery, this felt NOTHING like a Star Wars movie."


I can admit, and feel a bit flip for not saying as much below, that this was a "fun" movie. But it wasn't as fun as the last two Mission Impossible films, or John Wick, or several other recent action flicks. And if I apply knowledge of the series - prequels and all - to any of it, the action was severely disappointing.


But above all, I'm disappointed that this was a movie that consisted of a series of "hey look at this thing" moments. The movie lurched from moment to moment hoping the audience would connect the dots for it. It was a color by numbers book without any lines to color inside of.


And as someone said above, that CGI squid shit was a mess.


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