Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Discussion in 'Movies and Television' started by Haloid1177, Oct 30, 2012.

  1. Mark

    Mark Just here for the toys

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    Haven't seen Rogue One yet (darn kids) but I largely agree about TFA. Didn't Abrams admit the story was essentially reused in order to bring back fans who didn't like the prequels?

    Very good points. Kind of reminds me of a negative Rogue One review I saw (https://newrepublic.com/article/139303/rogue-one-force-fails-awaken) , where the reviewer says it lacks the cheerfulness of TFA. I'm like - wait what movie did he see? What part if TFA was the most cheerful - where 6 or 7 planets were destroyed? Or how bout when Han was killed by his son? Or when a village was slaughtered? Or maybe the talk about that same son murdering all of the young new Jedi?
     
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    smkspy Remember true fans

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    I hated that they literally had to make a Skywalker Vader lite to "make star wars great again."

    Cool looking character design, but the best back story they could.give him was being solos son and Luke's failed pupil. I knew it was coming when watching it in the theater, but it still didn't stop me from rolling my eyes.
     
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    I don't think he ever said it that explicitly. It was something like "we had to go backwards in order to go forward" or something equally trite.
     
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    SPLIT LIP Be strong enough to be gentle

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    Probably all the more upbeat and comedic moments you deliberately neglected to mention to try and make a counterpoint to a complaint you didn't really seem to acknowledge.

    It's not that TFA had no dark moments and only light-hearted moments, it's that it had a healthy mix of both and not just one. Because there is such a thing as a middle ground, despite what fans routinely decide to ignore, and insist there be only one extreme or another. A movie does not have to be black and white when it comes to tone. In fact, doing so usually hurts a movie more. You don't feel the gravity of dark moments if there's no levity, and you don't feel invested in a film that has no stakes or sense of a threat.
     
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    Tekkaman Blade Professor of Animation

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    Heh, the bits with Chewie were the best.
     
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    Okay, I legit laughed out loud several times at that one. The Chewie & Leia ones were GOLD.