Discussion "That's How We Win - Not By Fighting What We Hate...

... but by letting them fire a giant death laser at everyone else we love".

And, also by crashing into each other so that we are injured in twisted burning metal directly in the path of gigantic walkers that will not hesitate to trample us on their way to the BBQ of all our other friends' corpses.

In this thread we celebrate the brilliantly written and delighting heroism of Rose on Crait.

 

It's true. Nothing in any film has ever rang more true to me than when she kissed Finn at the exact moment that the giant death canon blew her friends' hiding place to atoms in the background.

There have never been more appropriate "fireworks" during a first kiss than the explosion of what she could very rightly have assumed was everyone else she loves being reduced to ash.

 

That is the brilliance of Rian's script. He subverted the audience's and the First Order's expectations of what the heroes would logically do. I never saw it coming.

 

Yes! Rian Johnson's incredible ability to Subvert Audience ExpectationsTM is brought to bear in a way that delighted us all through his mastery of timing and characterization and flawless scripting. Rose kissing Finn after risking both of their lives and leaving everyone else in harm's way is the Only Choice he could have made... and yet audiences learned that they are not nearly as logical as they may have believed themselves to be when confronted with Rian's perfect truth during that scene.

Brilliant.

More importantly... Delighting!