Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Started by Nephthys260 pages

If everyones posting video's, I will too:

YouTube video

Interesting comparisons to Indiana Jones on the topic of originality, imo.

Wow, I guess film journalists have been terrible in every decade......

I'm going to be laughing when Rey does not turn out to be Luke's daughter like people think.

Also how did Kylo tank a shot from the bowcaster?

I would be really happy if they did not make Rey Luke's daughter.

But they'll probably go with the obvious.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Also how did Kylo tank a shot from the bowcaster?

Force users are tough.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
I'm going to be laughing when Rey does not turn out to be Luke's daughter like people think.

her parents might be in the star wars shattered empire comics that are currently out

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
I'm going to be laughing when Rey does not turn out to be Luke's daughter like people think.

If this were to happen then it'd kind of undermine a couple points in this film, imo.

Originally posted by 80sBaby
If this were to happen then it'd kind of undermine a couple points in this film, imo.

Which points?

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Which points?

Well, her connection to Anakin's lightsaber, the fact Maz made it clear it was passed down along family lines and Rey's ridiculous connection to the Force.

Originally posted by Nephthys
Force users are tough.

Jedi have gone down to less before.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Jedi have gone down to less before.

Pretty much the entire Jedi order went down to less with the execution of Order 66.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
It's all about boners & narrow trenches for Quan.

Close yer eyes & use the force eh Quan.

Superficial.

Originally posted by Astner
Pretty much the entire Jedi order went down to less with the execution of Order 66.
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I like to believe that Palpatine was suppressing their powers with his influence over the dark side.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
her parents might be in the star wars shattered empire comics that are currently out

I doubt it

nothing jumped out to me regarding her parents.

Watched it. Loved it. 4/5 stars IMO.

A few cliche's, a few forced teeny-bopper "ugh!" moments (as my wife puts it) and a few "but why??'s". But strong moments compensated (X-wing scene was awesome) IMO.

Hate is def undeserved. Maybe stay away from forums full of cynical ppl to not affect your enjoyment of the movie? /shrug (not talking to anyone specifically).

Edit. Looking forward to Rey wielding a dual bladed light saber.

Originally posted by Nibedicus

Hate is def undeserved.

The main criticism is that it tried too hard to copy ANH. Whether that bothered you or not, it's certainly not an undeserved criticism.

Originally posted by Nibedicus
Maybe stay away from forums full of cynical ppl to not affect your enjoyment of the movie? /shrug (not talking to anyone specifically).

There's enough people online loving this movie as well. But not sure why any of that should effect your own experience of the movie sans spoilers.

Originally posted by 80sBaby
Well, her connection to Anakin's lightsaber, the fact Maz made it clear it was passed down along family lines and Rey's ridiculous connection to the Force.

Agreed with your 1st and 3rd point. But Maz's statement certainly wasn't all that clear. She said her parents are never coming back for her, but that she should look forward to her future with Luke, which could just mean in the Jedi Master/Apprentice relationship she's destined for.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
The main criticism is that it tried too hard to copy ANH. Whether that bothered you or not, it's certainly not an undeserved criticism.

Who said anything about "criticism"? I said "HATE". 2 diff words, buddy. The movie wasn't perfect (and ppl are free to criticize). But def not hate deserving. Again, not mentioning anyone specifically.

And why should it bother me? What should I have been expecting? Nothing (well almost nothing) is original in storytelling anymore. The fact that it heavily borrowed from the first movie means that they were trying to take advantage of the nostalgia factor (w/c this franchise certainly has a crapton of). And nothing's wrong with that. At the end of the day, it's always about HOW a story is telling that matters and the emotions you are able to relay that matters.

Originally posted by Darth Thor
There's enough people online loving this movie as well. But not sure why any of that should effect your own experience of the movie sans spoilers.

Not sure where you got that it somehow affected "my own experience" or something. In fact, me saying it means that I'm not part of the group that has had their experienced tarnished by silly things like negative forum posts or post-movie cynicism. I was talking to ppl that subconsciously did (and yes, it's an online phenomenon where many ppl who loved the movie suddenly did a 180 as soon as they read about ppl posting negative stuff online. A stupid phenomenon, sure. But it happens. Check online if you don't believe me.).