The Force of this movie
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I have seen the movie two times now, and my problem is that there are too many people disliking it for minor reasons. It is a good movie, though the story is very similar to originals, but the acting is way better and it contains proper dialogue.
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I finally got around to seeing this... thing.
The good:
The bad:
6/10 It's probably a better movie than everything except episode 5, but it's a bad Star Wars movie. It's sad that in a slow year for movies a new Star Wars movie isn't even in contention for the movie of the year.
JJ has proven once again that he's an incompetent hack who only knows how to leave his mark on a franchise by mutilating it.
But hey, at least I got to see the new Deadpool trailer on the big screen!
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JJ has proven once again that he's an incompetent hack who only knows how to leave his mark on a franchise by mutilating it.
But hey, at least I got to see the new Deadpool trailer on the big screen!
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Unnecessary to call anyone an "incompetent hack". I do agree with parts of your critique, this movie has obvious flaws, and it does lack a bit of that star wars feel, but just a bit.Thids wrote:I finally got around to seeing this... thing.
The good:The bad:Hidden: show6/10 It's probably a better movie than everything except episode 5, but it's a bad Star Wars movie. It's sad that in a slow year for movies a new Star Wars movie isn't even in contention for the movie of the year.Hidden: show
JJ has proven once again that he's an incompetent hack who only knows how to leave his mark on a franchise by mutilating it.
But hey, at least I got to see the new Deadpool trailer on the big screen!
J.J had a huge job in packing 30 years into this movie, and knowing that disney would definately want him to be conservative with this movie. I have high hopes for episode VIII, and depending on how good that movie is, will affect how good episode VII is as well, because there are a lot of questions that needs to be answered.
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They could have gone two ways in terms of atmosphere. They could have stuck to the classic Star Wars, by bringing in a lot of old stuff or they could have built up atmosphere for this new era properly. The problem is they wanted to go with the 2nd option and didn't manage to build up that atmosphere because they put too many things in one movie.
I'll pay to see both of the sequels of course, but I was left disappointed by this. And it's weird because I'm usually the person who'll forgive a lot of things to movies that are sure to be followed up by sequels. I think I'm one of the few people who still hold faith in Prometheus turning out to make sense and be a good movie as a part of a trilogy in the end.
I'll pay to see both of the sequels of course, but I was left disappointed by this. And it's weird because I'm usually the person who'll forgive a lot of things to movies that are sure to be followed up by sequels. I think I'm one of the few people who still hold faith in Prometheus turning out to make sense and be a good movie as a part of a trilogy in the end.
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The movie was not too bad but It could have been longer. All the other SW movies were 3 or more hours, this one was a mere 2 at best.
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Episode 8 isn't directed by Abrams, and on top of that there are 3 additional movies announced (first one is coming out next December). I'm hopeful episode 7 was just a stepping stone that had to be all crammed up like this.
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I finally saw watched the movie yesterday, and I must say I enjoyed it a lot.
First the bad points.
Now the good points.
First the bad points.
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c2k it is not the real Lea the real Lea was a Young woman
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Bad - It annoyed me for the same reason that Star Trek into Darkness did - when you copy a previous story you know what is coming and that is never as appealing as being surprised. 5 times larger death star...really? This annoyed me so much I even glossed over Carrie Fisher's acting .
Good - The new young characters can actually act and I especially liked the 'rebel' stormtrooper plot. Big improvement over the originals here. Then again oscar-winning performances aren't why you watch Star Wars, right?
Potential - The whole Ren thing seemed lame at first (rubish Vader wannabe) but got much more interesting after he took his mask off and you got at least a bit of an insight into his journey (notwithstanding the fact that what happened to Solo was totally telegraphed). Most likely Disney will still take this down the 1-dimensional 'bad guy in training' route.. Just maybe they will do something more interesting - Grey jedi? Balance in the force? No I am dreaming.
Good - The new young characters can actually act and I especially liked the 'rebel' stormtrooper plot. Big improvement over the originals here. Then again oscar-winning performances aren't why you watch Star Wars, right?
Potential - The whole Ren thing seemed lame at first (rubish Vader wannabe) but got much more interesting after he took his mask off and you got at least a bit of an insight into his journey (notwithstanding the fact that what happened to Solo was totally telegraphed). Most likely Disney will still take this down the 1-dimensional 'bad guy in training' route.. Just maybe they will do something more interesting - Grey jedi? Balance in the force? No I am dreaming.
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The gigantic deathstar is not completely unoriginal... in one of the star wars audio series there is a gigantic deathstar capable of destroying entire star systems just like in the movie. Destroying it was one of the main goals of that series. The star killer is cannon.
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Yeah but 5 times bigger with zero impact.
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well who cares i mean iam more in to if the story sucks