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Well, I mean nobody has actually made any defense for the movie here other than repeating the word "deconstruction" without elaborating any further, and I'm not going to do a deep dive and write out a counter argument to my own position, so the machine will have to do. For all we know this is the same machine that Disney used to recycle these old plot points for TLJ ๐
The "subverting expectations" thing is was ruined it for me.
You could feel the "Too-clever TV writers" at work here. It felt like later-GoT and LOST where stuff randomly "just happens" and has zero payoff because it was written without any kind of grounding or plan, but it sure was surprising and subverted expectations!!! ...and then you catch on that there never was a plan, it was just a moment to get an emotional rise out of you, and nothing makes any sense outside of a very limited 5-minute window.
But it's a self contained story and doesn't get potentially-numerous "seasons" to come up with a reason "This totally makes sense, you guys. I had it planned all along!"
So yeah, what we're left with is a "deconstruction"...as in:
"Someone kept loosening bolts and pulling off panels until the hangar was a total mess, but they still don't understand how an X-Wing works...annnd CREDITS ROLL!"
Also, the way they completely dumped Finn's character and relegated him to "Guy who shouts 'RAAAAAAAAAY' every 10 minutes." is an absolute insult to competent acting and what could've been a beloved and deep character.