(12-29-2015, 12:17 AM)Raydan link Wrote:I can't believe, given the age demographic of the site, that there has been no comment about it yet?
Saw it last night with my eldest son (7) proud Dad moment, and it was awesome.
I can't understand the negative comments about it, the plot has some holes and it will never win Academy Awards for its acting but it was a fun story in the vein of the first three movies.
SPOILERS A PLENTY!!
There's one criticism, it wasn't just in the vein of the first movie, it was almost a re-boot.
Sorry Raydan, I was very disappointed. After the first half of the movie it was dull, derivative and soppy.
It was like they sat down before they wrote the script and said "what made the very first movie great?" and then just copied it. Masked evil baddy, oversized hologram evil master, planet busting weapon, cute droid with a secret message, hero from a wasteland planet who can't wait to get away. Yawn-o-thon.
....and don't get me started on the oldies. Harrison was good for 10 minutes but screw me I was happy when he got kebabbed and Leia was just awful, cringe worthy.
I thought the performance of the young woman who played Rey was good. A few laughs here and there but like I said, after the first half I didn't see much I liked.
Pity, was expecting more from Abrams after he did such a super job fixing up Star Trek. He went safe and it shows.
Hopefully he'll get the next one right.
You can fool some of the people some of the time.......................................