kunonabi
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"There should be a reason why she's good"
(Reason x, y, z, as pulled from the text of the film proper)
"There should be good reasons why she's good. You know, like Womp Rats. That sort of good storytelling."
So she's written better, she's better at delivering the dialog she's been written, she's better at emoting, she's a better actor, she's working with better material and she executes it better.
And you guys are wondering why people believe in her character easily?
Maybe the reason you'll take the other two is because you've seen their finished arcs already.
And even if that isn't the reason, why would it matter when I'm directly comparing, one-to-one, their introductions as characters? Even divorcing the rest of their arcs from the equasion, she's still written better and portrayed better as a character than either Luke or Anakin were.
Luke and Anakin both feel like they're being challenged, other characters doubt them and write them off, they face setbacks, and overcome them in fashions that are easily understandable without reading other media or needing a sequel for. Both characters also dont make their supporting casts completely obsolete. As of right now that works better for me despite Ridley's fantastic performance.
Rey was actually one of the three things i was looking forward to prior to release and I was actually worried that she was going to be a bit player with how the marketing played up Finn and ignored her. Its kind of funny how it turned out to be the complete opposite and Finn ended up being the only part of the movie I liked.