richd7 wrote:Adey wrote:Meh. I didn't want a massive change of direction. The reason I loved it is because it was very star warsy. And I'm obviously not the only one because it scores 8.6 on IMDB.
Dark Knight Rises got a score of 10... days before it was even released. Just saying, IMDB isn't the best use for factual scores. Click on reviews and filter by BEST and you'll see the true pattern of what people are thinking - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
I quite like this new one:
Have you ever disagreed with someone about the quality of a production so intensely that you've wondered if the two of you even watched the same film? I'm sorry, everyone in the world, I thought The Force Awakens was a real snoozer. I'm not surprised that my eight year old nephew loved it, but I can't for the life of me figure out why the degree-holding adults I associate with aren't offended at what we've been offered by Abrams as the continuation of the world's foremost loved space epic.........
Haha. "degree holding adults" Oh yeah that elite few
It was quite long but I did read most of it & agreed with what he was saying, sort of.
When I went to see Star Wars in 1977 it blew me away. I find it hard to watch now because of all the "improvements" Lucas has made. Han & Jabba, Luke talking to his mate (Biggs?), the endless filling in gaps with CGI robots bopping other robots on the head & a jawa being lifted up off the floor by his camel animal. I literally grind my teeth evertime that animal walks in front of the camera just as Obi Wan is about to talk about these not being the droids they are looking for. But that's a whole other story. The point I'm am getting to is that in the original films we didn't know much back story at all. We didn't know much about Darth Vader apart what Old Ben told Luke. I don't think we need to know every detail about every character or how we got to this point. We were discovering it as Luke was. If someone really needs to know they can easily look into the massive Star Wars universe because there is also an unexplained gap between ROTS & A New Hope as I recall. A few of my favourites being, how did Obi Wan not "remember ever owning a droid", R2 losing his ability to fly, how could Leah remember her mum's face when she died as her & Luke were born & how come Anakin at 5 was considered too old to be trained in Phantom Menace but Luke was OK at 17? You could of course fill in every conceivable detail with endless council meetings, Jedi council meetings & meetings about trade embargoes but then then that's one of the reasons I hated the prequels. Pretty much the only part that I liked out of the prequels was the fight between Obi Wan, Qui gon & Darth Maul.
It was good. It was fun, easy to understand & fast paced just like the original 3. I don't really care about the expanded Star Wars universe. I can't wait to see it again in a few weeks.
I also can't wait for them to bring out the original trilogy, untouched & remastered for Bluray. Fingers crossed!!
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