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[Review] The Force Reboots ... err, Awakens [message #306883] Sun, 27 December 2015 00:21 Go to next message
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Yet another review saying "The Force Awakens" is basically just a silly
"reboot" of the original movie ...


I Just Finished Watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens
& It's Great BUT ...
-----------------------------------------------------
I'm not going to give away any spoilers because I can't
spoil a movie you've already seen.

I just came away from what was essentially 'A New Hope',
and I loved every minute of it. This is a film which
leans on your nostalgia and milks it for all it's worth.
But unlike Episodes 1, 2 and 3, it doesn't take a
massive steaming dump on it. If you're a Star Wars fan
you'll love it, but by the time you¹ve finished watching
the movie you'll feel a bit guilty about enjoying it and
you'll ask yourself whether you'd seen anything new.

There are cameos aplenty, and every prop you remember
from the original films make an entrance in a slightly
shabbier state than you remember it in. I watched the
film in 3D and I'm surprised that they didn't use the
effect to have Han Solo lean out of the screen and "wink
wink, nudge nudge" me in the eyeball with all the
references flying everywhere. The film almost groans
under the weight of the history bearing down on it.

As I said earlier, this film treads the same well worn
path of' A New Hope'. Sometimes I was left wondering if
they had just done a "Find, replace" on the names in the
word document to make the script. There's just enough in
it though to make it feel like there was something new.
For instance seeing things from a Storm Troopers
perspective was refreshing.

But what this film does surprisingly well is find a new
villain that is strangely likable, and for that Abrams
and Adam Driver should be commended. Abrams also promised
he'd stick to doing as much practical effects as he could,
and he did as far as I can tell. And "as far as I can tell"
is all that really matters when it comes to that sort of
thing. I never felt like they were hanging out in a
massive green screen all the time.

Also, unlike the first Hobbit film, 'The Force Awakens'
has gotten me excited for a new trilogy. I'm amped. Now
that this film has shed it¹s huge weight of history it
can get on and do something new. Keep them coming.

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Re: [Review] The Force Reboots ... err, Awakens [message #306900 is a reply to message #306883] Sun, 27 December 2015 13:35 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: TruthSlave

On 12/27/2015 5:21 AM, Your Name wrote:
>
> Yet another review saying "The Force Awakens" is basically just a silly
> "reboot" of the original movie ...
>
>
> I Just Finished Watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens
> & It's Great BUT ...
> -----------------------------------------------------
> I'm not going to give away any spoilers because I can't
> spoil a movie you've already seen.
>
> I just came away from what was essentially 'A New Hope',
> and I loved every minute of it. This is a film which
> leans on your nostalgia and milks it for all it's worth.
> But unlike Episodes 1, 2 and 3, it doesn't take a
> massive steaming dump on it. If you're a Star Wars fan
> you'll love it, but by the time you¹ve finished watching
> the movie you'll feel a bit guilty about enjoying it and
> you'll ask yourself whether you'd seen anything new.
>
> There are cameos aplenty, and every prop you remember
> from the original films make an entrance in a slightly
> shabbier state than you remember it in. I watched the
> film in 3D and I'm surprised that they didn't use the
> effect to have Han Solo lean out of the screen and "wink
> wink, nudge nudge" me in the eyeball with all the
> references flying everywhere. The film almost groans
> under the weight of the history bearing down on it.
>
> As I said earlier, this film treads the same well worn
> path of' A New Hope'. Sometimes I was left wondering if
> they had just done a "Find, replace" on the names in the
> word document to make the script. There's just enough in
> it though to make it feel like there was something new.
> For instance seeing things from a Storm Troopers
> perspective was refreshing.
>
> But what this film does surprisingly well is find a new
> villain that is strangely likable, and for that Abrams
> and Adam Driver should be commended. Abrams also promised
> he'd stick to doing as much practical effects as he could,
> and he did as far as I can tell. And "as far as I can tell"
> is all that really matters when it comes to that sort of
> thing. I never felt like they were hanging out in a
> massive green screen all the time.
>
> Also, unlike the first Hobbit film, 'The Force Awakens'
> has gotten me excited for a new trilogy. I'm amped. Now
> that this film has shed it¹s huge weight of history it
> can get on and do something new. Keep them coming.
>
> < http://www.m2now.co.nz/i-just-finished-watching-star-wars-th e-force-awa
> kens-its-great-but/>
>

The key moment in The force Awakens, also amplified the equivalent
moment in The Return of the Jedi. Luke fights his father to a stale
mate, before his father dies saving him. This story, has another
twist on that relationship between father and son.

There is so much being said in that act, which is unlike any other
in cinema history. Its something of a turning point, which one would
have to go to Greek tragedy to find its equivalent, and even then
one would be left with a question on the significance of those older
examples.

Looking to rid himself of 'dissonance' his internal conflicts between
right and wrong, Ren commits an act unlike any other. Begging the
question what would force him to that conclusion? What else is being
said with this example.
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