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Finally saw the movie last night.
First let me say, I was entertained by it. I mean shit, it's freaking Star Wars. I saw the first movie when I was ten years old, saw all prior six ones multiple times, even the crap prequels.
One thing about Star Wars that I've always loved, no matter how bad the movies, is the mythology behind it, and of course, the transcendent music score.
So with that said, I thought this movie sucked pretty bad.
I thought it was an insult to my intelligence, poorly written, poorly plotted, and an ultimate money grab because well, you can put out anything "Star Wars" and make a billion bucks.
The rest of my thoughts are here:
Ugh.
What we have is about ten speciously linked vignettes, tied tediously together by a horrific story-- a story which is only glued together only by nostalgia-- nostalgia of our childhood and the fictional characters in which framed them. I think people are so blinded by their love of the franchise that they cannot see through how bad this was.
I give it an A for cinematics, presentation, and because I didn't have to suffer through a Jar-Jar character.
I give if an F for story, plot, and character.
Overall... C-
Remove the Star Wars franchise (it was nice to see Han, Leia, and the old gang) from this and you barely get a D.
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Finally saw the movie last night.
First let me say, I was entertained by it. I mean shit, it's freaking Star Wars. I saw the first movie when I was ten years old, saw all prior six ones multiple times, even the crap prequels.
One thing about Star Wars that I've always loved, no matter how bad the movies, is the mythology behind it, and of course, the transcendent music score.
So with that said, I thought this movie sucked pretty bad.
I thought it was an insult to my intelligence, poorly written, poorly plotted, and an ultimate money grab because well, you can put out anything "Star Wars" and make a billion bucks.
The rest of my thoughts are here:
First, so what we have is 1979's The New Hope put into a blender and rewritten. The same old plot devices were used giving me a feeling of "deja-vu" as if I was watching an old movie reworked for a new generation.
Like seriously, we couldn't think up new plot narratives? And after nearly 40 years?
Nope, lets store some data in a droid and we'll have our antagonists seek that out for most of the movie. Let's create a Star Destroying planet, 10X more powerful than the original Death Stars, and apparently easier to construct after most of the empire was destroyed some 30 years ago. (Of course, it has a shield that needs to be dismantled by a group of rogue saboteurs who have to sneak onto the planet.)
Second, how did the New Order come to power? Most of the empire was destroyed. And this new supreme leader? Was he borrowed from Lord of The Rings because no one better was available?
Third, everything seemed so mechanically contrived, tied together with Hollywood's cheapest of cheap narrative tricks. And because of such, any rational plausibility goes right out the window in favor of moving a bad plot along.
Unlike Star Trek which does a great job of acknowledging theoretical science and astronomical truths, apparently no one on Star Wars gives a shit.
Neil Tyson DeGrass must be shitting his pants.
F*ck, in the Star Wars world we could destroy our sun, and life on planet Earth would be business as usual.
In real life, deep space is like one grain of sand on a beach. You're chances of finding that one grain among trillions is immeasurable. But in the Star Wars world, you're guaranteed to "run into" whomever necessary just so your shit storyline can be moved along.
I thought the evil Darth Vadar character (Kylo?) started incredibly strong. You feared him. You felt his power. And then as soon as you saw him mask-less, he turned from a threatening figure that must be dealt with, into a doubtful, fearful child who had temper tantrums. The movie lost its powerful antagonist mid-way through the film. And it never recovered. (And he was defeated by Ms. Scavenger Gal who never held a lightsaber? Didn't he train for years???)
And don't even get me started on the possible "twin" thing with Leia and Han -- really??? AGAIN!?! Didn't we do this already? This entire plot which frames this movie is contrived and dropped in from left field. Not ONE HOLLYWOOD writer could think of something better? Something new? Apparently not.
I can go on and on, but I was sorely disappointed. By the end rolled around I was like, "No, this is the end? An anti-climatic fight scene (worse LS duels of the 6 movies), an exploding planet, and a long hike up a hill for a 3 second cameo?
I expected so much more.
Like seriously, we couldn't think up new plot narratives? And after nearly 40 years?
Nope, lets store some data in a droid and we'll have our antagonists seek that out for most of the movie. Let's create a Star Destroying planet, 10X more powerful than the original Death Stars, and apparently easier to construct after most of the empire was destroyed some 30 years ago. (Of course, it has a shield that needs to be dismantled by a group of rogue saboteurs who have to sneak onto the planet.)
Second, how did the New Order come to power? Most of the empire was destroyed. And this new supreme leader? Was he borrowed from Lord of The Rings because no one better was available?
Third, everything seemed so mechanically contrived, tied together with Hollywood's cheapest of cheap narrative tricks. And because of such, any rational plausibility goes right out the window in favor of moving a bad plot along.
Unlike Star Trek which does a great job of acknowledging theoretical science and astronomical truths, apparently no one on Star Wars gives a shit.
Neil Tyson DeGrass must be shitting his pants.
F*ck, in the Star Wars world we could destroy our sun, and life on planet Earth would be business as usual.
In real life, deep space is like one grain of sand on a beach. You're chances of finding that one grain among trillions is immeasurable. But in the Star Wars world, you're guaranteed to "run into" whomever necessary just so your shit storyline can be moved along.
I thought the evil Darth Vadar character (Kylo?) started incredibly strong. You feared him. You felt his power. And then as soon as you saw him mask-less, he turned from a threatening figure that must be dealt with, into a doubtful, fearful child who had temper tantrums. The movie lost its powerful antagonist mid-way through the film. And it never recovered. (And he was defeated by Ms. Scavenger Gal who never held a lightsaber? Didn't he train for years???)
And don't even get me started on the possible "twin" thing with Leia and Han -- really??? AGAIN!?! Didn't we do this already? This entire plot which frames this movie is contrived and dropped in from left field. Not ONE HOLLYWOOD writer could think of something better? Something new? Apparently not.
I can go on and on, but I was sorely disappointed. By the end rolled around I was like, "No, this is the end? An anti-climatic fight scene (worse LS duels of the 6 movies), an exploding planet, and a long hike up a hill for a 3 second cameo?
I expected so much more.
Ugh.
What we have is about ten speciously linked vignettes, tied tediously together by a horrific story-- a story which is only glued together only by nostalgia-- nostalgia of our childhood and the fictional characters in which framed them. I think people are so blinded by their love of the franchise that they cannot see through how bad this was.
I give it an A for cinematics, presentation, and because I didn't have to suffer through a Jar-Jar character.
I give if an F for story, plot, and character.
Overall... C-
Remove the Star Wars franchise (it was nice to see Han, Leia, and the old gang) from this and you barely get a D.
IF YOU ARE COMMENTING ON THE MOVIE AND USING SPOILERS, USE THE SPOILER TAG SO YOU DO NOT RUIN IT FOR OTHERS.
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