lockedoutlogic
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2007
This is my frustration. I think the movie was good I really do. But why did you rehash everything JJ???? I get they wanted to play close to the chest with the way the prequels ended up but honestly? If you were any closer you'd be holding your heart.
I gave it an A- because I think it did well I'm the acting area and I enjoyed some elements of the story. But I think I rolled my eyes at the trench run and kept praying the planet would stay intact and not have a part 3 explosion of the killer death sphere
Honestly...and I'm right there with B+/A-...I think we were setup by the mouse and Abrams went 100% along with it because let's face it...he's going to be shopping for a private island by next Thursday...
It has been 38 years...and while they teased "standalone" and "big surprises"...
There were none. I think they pooched the bridge scene with an earlier, unnecessary one.
It did have fun, humor, and good character/dialogue. Except for princess marble mouth...
But this was a reboot and as I wrote earlier...it was a bad move denyning that, JJ.
They'll say it was to surprise the audience with something they love. Which may be true. But (#) this is the FIRST wrong move Disney has
Made with Star Wars. Don't lie to the fans and try to convince them something is clever when it is an old idea. That is a dangerous path to tiptoe.
Also...another reality is that if the director gets only one Star Wars movie...and they are fans (who wouldn't be in Hollywood?) then they are going to get an element of everything they loved in their one shot. Rehashing is gonna be expected from
Now on.
Now...
The characters were fantastic...they really have grown on me already. They did the drama scene like a boss...I loved chewie. And the last scene was by far the best of any movie to date...and they were right to keep the character till the end.
And...a rehash of empire would not be a bad move...you expect the rebels
To struggle mightily...and that could be awesome.
But...come up with some new ideas. No snow battle, space chase (they already covered that), solitary Jedi training, or bounty hunters.
Do something different. Have a pitched space battle that goes badly...
Pay off the guy that played wedge to sacrifice himself in a ball of flames for the cause...billy Dee would work cheap
Now too.
Something...can't do this again. You get a pass this time.