STAR WARS: The Force Awakens
para11ax
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Just watched it and was thoroughly entertained. JJ Abrams did a great job of retaining the magic that made the original trilogy so epic. At times, I actually felt like a kid again.
Have you seen it?
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I saw in IMAX 3D. I tend to hate 3D, but they did a decent job with it.
Gonna go see it again in 2D at some point.
I'm really looking forward to seeing The Hateful 8.
They are doing a special roadshow across the world in only 100 theaters starting Christmas day for only 1 week. A special 70mm version which will have an overture and an intermission and will be a longer cut than the wide release version that will come out in January.
Some info on the Ultra Panavision roadshow here
"It's just that the franchise devolved into a vanity project/cash grab many movies ago and I'm just a bit shocked that this movie is legit."
Calling Star Wars a cash grab...I disagree, but not entirely.
so I really wasn't sure what I was in for with the new one but I was pleasantly surprised!
they nailed the aesthetics and the acting, and the story is good enough.
And ok is good enough.
The day after i saw it i sat down and tried to watch Ep 3 and was reminded at just how bad 7 could have been.
I'm really keen to see it again at the movies. Jakku was spectacular.
Not mad at the new characters. Rey was great. Finn was great but had some cheesy lines (playing Han to Rey's Leia i guess). Loved Maz. The ace flyer guy was a bit cornball but holding off judgement until next movie.
For me Adam Driver was the weak point. He looked too much like his character in Girls which i couldn't get past. They could have done something different with his hair, slicked it back or CGI-ed it or something.
I mean, Facebook anyone?
They have faster-than-light travel but no mobiles?
Luke's location would be leaked on reddit, deffo.
With that said, my father-in-law, a Star Wars purist HATED IT. He is a hard core Star Wars book collectro and JJ Abarams basically rehashed Episode IV rather than pool from over 300 Star Wars books.
Also seeing the Han Solo and C3PO in the CGI era was really weird.
I kinda thought the last scene was too hokey. (No spoliers!)
Oh look, and it has a vulnerable spot.
I mean what the fusk.
No, now that you mention that scene, I agree it was way too big a bite on that.
But there were other bites that were okay.
Darth Maul vs Ben/Qui, Count Dooko vs Yoda, Ben vs Grevious, Anakin vs Kenobi lightsaber battles > Rey vs Kylo Ren
I do hope Ren goes out by the Saber. And like, does that Ninja-movie smile thing that turns into a frown when he realises he's been cut in half and a trickle of blood comes out the side of his mouth.
Unless the shareholders, hungry for the kiddie audience marketing, get him turned into a fluffy Unicorn.
Still not a fan of the character, but if there was any truth to the theory, I would have enjoyed that WAY more than the film I watched.
I think some of the re-hashed stuff is actually cool because it speaks to how families play out over generations. Other stuff was lazy/unimaginative, sure. And if Rey ends up being one of the OG character's kids, I'll be a bit disappointed, I think.
It did rehash a lot and that did get tiring (the death star was a step too far). However, hoping that this now lays the groundwork for entirely new storylines in the following two films. So far they doesn't seem massively likely but we live in hope.
Thought most of the new characters were great and they did a decent job of passing on the mantle from old to new. I actually really liked Adam Driver's take on the bad guy - it'S standard JJ Abrams stuff but thought it worked well.