lackblogger
SasqWatch
- Joined
- November 1, 2014
- Messages
- 4,781
You might smile, but that actually is a spoiler
- Joined
- Nov 1, 2014
- Messages
- 4,781
Errr… At least half what you mentioned doesn't seem understandable to someone who didn't watch the movie so no alert needed IMO.SPOILER ALERT
…
I'll sum up why the movie is mediocre at best, or you all ready?
It's simple really because of Disney and Michael Bay.
Though I doubt Lucas himself could do any better nowadays either.
Excellent movie … excellent. Brought back depth and fun and humor and pathos we haven't seen since 1980.
I honestly cant see how someone could not love the movie.
What? This movie had less cgi than any of the prequels.
What? This movie had less cgi than any of the prequels.
Don't bother … He already pronounced anyone who likes the movie or anything Star Wars as 'sheep' …
One thought: joining the 'hate' bandwagon without experiencing what you claim to hate makes you MORE of a sheep. Oh well.
The disappointment started with the rolling text. Kind of a lame premise and just strange stuff after how Episode VI ended.
The movie totally failed at delivering answers to the important questions. Who/what is this first order exactly? How did it rise to power? How much of the galaxy is it controlling? How was it possible for the remnants of the empire to grow that strong again? Whatever happened to "balance to the force"? How can there be dark side force wielders again?
The conflict in Ben Solo… WTF? According to canon (Yoda) there was supposed to be no way back from the dark side and the only person who ever achieved it was Anakin Skywalker who brought balance to the force by turning back over to the light side.
This movie kind of ruins the whole legacy of Anakin Skywalker and the prophecy.
Then why the hell is there a map of where Luke went into hiding? That makes absolutely no sense at all. His reason for hiding is also not comprehensible if you look at the power of the 1st order and the fact that having a high midichlorian count appears to be fairly common among the galaxy's populace when random junk collectors and stormtroopers have it in them.
Well, and then all the silly stuff like Rey nearly defeating Ben, a trained Sith/1st order apprentice (maybe even lord?) after she just barely discovered that she might be gifted. Or how she and Finn instantly turned into best friends after they just barely got to know each other. The "emotional" scenes came across as completely silly. In fact, most of the emotional scenes in the movie had me rolling my eyes, cringing and sighing out loud because I just did not feel it if you know what I mean.
And then all the rehash stuff and (near) straight copying of themes, scenes and lines from previous movies. Sheesh. Playing it super-safe much, Abrams?
Nah. The movie was way too shallow with a poor plot and lots of things that did not make much sense or just plain not any sense at all. The new cast (Rey, Finn, Ben and that pilot) was not convincing and you can see it from a thousand miles already that Ben and Rey is gonna be a thing in the end. She'll bring him back to the light side. Thank you, Captain Obvious.
On a whole a pretty disappointing beginning of a new trilogy. I was definitely hoping for more… a stronger story/premise, more interesting and deeper characters, more answers to obvious, pressing post-RotJ questions, and more innovation.
This was almost like a collage of the previous movies just with different characters but just about every key element was a rehash.
Maybe the problem as a gamer is that most Star Wars games (including SWTOR) have done the same and have constantly rehashed movie themes, too. So maybe that is why this movie comes across as extra-unoriginal to me.
Oh well… but the effects (I watched it in 3D) were really good as usual for Star Wars. I'll give them that at least.
Sounds like you tried to negatavise yourself to the max before the first scene. Really? The short rolling text had you "disappointed"? I can't even…
Well, I disagree. I know that there are different interpretations to the whole prophecy and the "balance to the force" theme but the one I have accepted for myself is that Anakin Skywalker manages to bring balance to the force by doing the impossible, i.e. switching back to the light side. Yoda always said "forever will it dominate your destiny" when talking about falling to the dark side.Yoda is like any religious preacher, he spouts pithy one-liners to apply to whatever his current agenda is, and most likely tells the next person something completely contradictive if it gets then to conform to his will. why you would base your enjoyment of a blockbuster 'light' predominantly visual spectacle on the odd line of a bit part character is beyond me.
I know… my mistake for expecting things to change in a positive direction.[No Star Wars movie has ever fully detailed an entire Bible's worth or lore at us, and the series has never been fair with us in this regard, why were you expecting this one to?
Well, I care obviously . And the reason given to us in the movie which is that his padawan (Ben) turned on him and he decided to call it quits is not very convincing when there is a galaxy at stake and the rebellion could use every capable hand.What are you even talking about? Don't you know the concept of a cliffhanger? I've no doubt Luke will do a couple of lines about "why" next movie. Also, who cares why he's hiding?
Haha dab hand with a weapon. She couldn't even fire a blaster a few minutes before that duel with Ben.Ben was injured quite badly, Ben is himself a trainee, Rey has already previously been shown to be dab hand with a weapon
OK, maybe you could write up a guide on "how to watch Episode VII properly" then (including a list of the drugs you have to take to properly enjoy it)?she is aware of her gifts well in advance, there are other problems with her character development and picking the issues you have merely shows you weren't even watching properly.
Not necessarily and especially less necessarily after a whopping six episodes and when there is some 20-odd fictional and 32 real years between episodes.The nature of some of the repeated concepts is indeed a very real fact. However, that's what movie sequels do don't they?
Yes. "Duh". I am, of course, very sorry for being so dumb as to expect something different when everybody else is doing the same crap! Oh noes. How could I ever expect a little more creativity after six episodes and a fresh start? Unbelievable… the nerve of this Moriendor guy!Would you like me to reel off a list of movie franchises that do basically the same thing, but differently, each installment? The list is really, really large you know. "This series of 24 is just a rehash of the last series of 24 with slightly different motivations and cliffhangers!!!" or "This installment of Die Hard is just a rehash of the previous Die Hard movies, what a rip-off!!!". Duh…
I naturally expected nods and references to the old movies knowing that the old cast would make an appearance. But this was like nod-nod-nod-nod-nod-nod-nod-nod-nod-nod-nod…. ad infinitum. There was barely any original theme or content in this movie. I found that to be disappointing. Sorry?… the point about innovation is valid, but why you were expecting more innovation is beyond me.
Nope. I went into it with as open a mind as possible for a fan of the OT. The letdowns were not my fault but the movie's.So, yeah, you're free to have an opinion, I'm not denying that. Heck, I fell asleep during Batman Dark Knight Rises and I'm still happy to trash talk that movie, being dicks about pedantry is our human right, but it sounds pretty evident to me that you went in planning to be let down and jumping on every minutia possible to achieve this. You don't even mention Harrison Ford.
Haha dab hand with a weapon. She couldn't even fire a blaster a few minutes before that duel with Ben. This is actually one of the points why her character was not very convincing. She was portrayed as this tough junk collector girl who can handle herself on the one side and then on the other side she was portrayed as an utterly clue- and helpless girlie girl. They should have stuck with one theme.