5. Ben Solo/Kylo Ren – Immature, Whiny Villain.
Seriously, if this was their best attempt at recreating a younger version of Darth Vader, it failed miserably. Not only is Kylo Ren literally the most whiny and uneventful villain, the fact that he constantly is taking his mask on and off gets annoying. Darth Vader couldn’t remove his mask or he would die. His sinister voice was classically vocalized by James Earl Jones and was freaking amazing. Here, we have a Bane wannabe (Batman reference alert!) with his voice and the mask but it seems more like the Darth Vader Halloween mask and voice altering microphone my son has.
There is so little in the way of Kylo Ren being imposing, we barely fear him. He displays weakness and chaotic tantrums throughout the movie and then is “out-Jedi’d” by Rey who doesn’t even know she is a Jedi when the movie first begins. Ren also seems to be put in charge of so much, yet he lacks in strength and punch. It is another immature version of a character we wish would be cold and imposing.
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