12-29-2015, 05:14 AM
(12-29-2015, 03:32 AM)cimm1979 link Wrote: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, derivate 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.
I think he had to go safe after the prequel disaster. This was a reset for the next 2 movies IMO. It developed another triangle of good guys, it set up a villian, who has a big backstory to tell. Snoke will train Ren and Luke will train Rey for a massive battle in ep 9. Star Wars needed a big name to right the ship and got it with Abrams.
You didn't like the end? I thought the no talking, just handing the light sabre said more than any dialogue. Granted the Starkiller base was predictable as were a couple of other parts, but what a lot of people forget is that Star Wars is a family film