I'm having trouble collecting my VERY mixed thoughts on this film together to even form a sentence on it, its almost as if they're as scattered as the film itself was.
The good:
Stunning visuals, especially the X-Wing and TIE Fighter scenes. That's what we all want to see really, those classic dogfights updated. I found myself missing the film grain you used to see in cinemas though. Before this I hadn't gone to see a new film in about eight years,
Poe is quality and the scenes with both him and Finn were very good. Won't be surprised if they turn him into a pussy though, he stood out like a sore thumb as the only good or even vaguely Star Wars like male character in the whole thing.
The new Stormtrooper design is great. Modernized but still recalls the classic. Gwendoline Christie's chrome Stormtrooper armour is very striking also.
The new Supreme Leader villain is quite interesting. Who is he? One of the popular theories is that Snoke is actually Darth Plagueis, Sidious' former master mentioned in Episode III. I hope so because it would mean some damn continuity at least, and some clarity to the scene where Palpatine tells Anakin about him.
The bad:
Killing Han Solo. I suppose the character wasn't "progressive" enough for Abrams, or maybe just too white.
Finn is quite funny at times but pretty much sucks as a male lead. I feel sorry for the hordes of young boys into Star Wars growing up with this sissified comedy act as a hero.
I don't care how many compressors she can bypass, Rey is a shit character with a terrible story arc. I guess it would have been to much to ask for her to be even vaguely feminine. Or hot. Leia managed both those things and still fulfilled the "chick with attitude" cliche, it just wasn't so overpoweringly obnoxious the first time round. I could almost hear myself cringe at the "stop taking my hand" lines each time.
Kylo Ren fucking sucks. Period. Almost as bad as Anakin in the prequels. They came close to matching Vader with Maul in terms of chillingly effective villains, but they will never truly top Vader. The character is pretty much a carbon copy of Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus from the now non-canon (thanks Abrams) Expanded Universe.
Speaking of carbon copies, pretty much every aspect of the story is a ripoff. Oh look, there's a Death Star...and a trench run...and a cute bleeping droid with a vital piece of info...it was quite clearly put together this way to optimize the clouding of objectivity by nostalgia among the majority of fans to make them pass over how much of a just passable film The Force Awakens really is. Not to mention the blatant SJW tropes. Seems to be working, too. Sad.
Totally unsatisfactory ending too. I get it that they're setting it up for the next episode though. With any luck this film will work better in the context of the following two. It doesn't stand on its own very well. Mind you, I'm not even sure how much I care about episodes VIII and IX anymore now. Much more interested in Rogue One, though how much that might possibly suck also I can't say.
The good:
Stunning visuals, especially the X-Wing and TIE Fighter scenes. That's what we all want to see really, those classic dogfights updated. I found myself missing the film grain you used to see in cinemas though. Before this I hadn't gone to see a new film in about eight years,
Poe is quality and the scenes with both him and Finn were very good. Won't be surprised if they turn him into a pussy though, he stood out like a sore thumb as the only good or even vaguely Star Wars like male character in the whole thing.
The new Stormtrooper design is great. Modernized but still recalls the classic. Gwendoline Christie's chrome Stormtrooper armour is very striking also.
The new Supreme Leader villain is quite interesting. Who is he? One of the popular theories is that Snoke is actually Darth Plagueis, Sidious' former master mentioned in Episode III. I hope so because it would mean some damn continuity at least, and some clarity to the scene where Palpatine tells Anakin about him.
The bad:
Killing Han Solo. I suppose the character wasn't "progressive" enough for Abrams, or maybe just too white.
Finn is quite funny at times but pretty much sucks as a male lead. I feel sorry for the hordes of young boys into Star Wars growing up with this sissified comedy act as a hero.
I don't care how many compressors she can bypass, Rey is a shit character with a terrible story arc. I guess it would have been to much to ask for her to be even vaguely feminine. Or hot. Leia managed both those things and still fulfilled the "chick with attitude" cliche, it just wasn't so overpoweringly obnoxious the first time round. I could almost hear myself cringe at the "stop taking my hand" lines each time.
Kylo Ren fucking sucks. Period. Almost as bad as Anakin in the prequels. They came close to matching Vader with Maul in terms of chillingly effective villains, but they will never truly top Vader. The character is pretty much a carbon copy of Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus from the now non-canon (thanks Abrams) Expanded Universe.
Speaking of carbon copies, pretty much every aspect of the story is a ripoff. Oh look, there's a Death Star...and a trench run...and a cute bleeping droid with a vital piece of info...it was quite clearly put together this way to optimize the clouding of objectivity by nostalgia among the majority of fans to make them pass over how much of a just passable film The Force Awakens really is. Not to mention the blatant SJW tropes. Seems to be working, too. Sad.
Totally unsatisfactory ending too. I get it that they're setting it up for the next episode though. With any luck this film will work better in the context of the following two. It doesn't stand on its own very well. Mind you, I'm not even sure how much I care about episodes VIII and IX anymore now. Much more interested in Rogue One, though how much that might possibly suck also I can't say.
"As wolves among sheep we have wandered"