by Yokosuka » Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:21 am
As a SW fanboy, I enjoyed it but I left the cinema with already forgiving what i've just seen. That's not really what a Star Wars is supposed to do on yourself.
Negative :
1) It's literally the remake of Episode 4.
2) The remake with everything poorer. A mini Darth Vader, mini Empire (& mini-nazi), mini revelations, mini Death Star (its bigger size says all), an equal Luke, scrubby Han and Leila, pretty the same environnements. The deja-vu is the main culprit of why the movie was close to dull. At least, Episode 1 had the pod race, quite revolutionary stylish lightsaber combats, the brilliant queen Amidala charadesign for exotic taste, dared a new structure with diplomacy intrigues, an aquatic world and covered the eternal fascinating master & pupil theme.
Fortunately, Abrams is someone that never disappoints for telling every story correct and attractive but it's obviously not enough.
It hurts when you had heard that they started from scratch during the writing process because they were not satisfied with their own first versions. All these plenty years by ending with a recycling, really ?
3) The movie is not self-contained. First time I got this feeling after watching a Star Wars. The climax combat was only a First round between two teenagers whose you're awaiting their true development. Then the ending was a (beautiful) cliffhanger. Too much questions found no answers as well. I felt the desire to watch Episode 8 but in a negative way. Sounds ironic in a Shenmue fan forum but, yeah, I found the frustrating Shenmue II ending way more satisfying lol.
4) There was a massive opportunity to build the story around the mysterious and unknown spirituality theme, write a deep first-contact tale as there were three Luke : Rei, Kylo Ren and possibly Finn. Three different points of view to show different mastering of the Force, complex contrasts, de facto evolutions. The Force mysticism was too much underused despite the presence of the witness Han Solo. The potential has been wasted to put forward a deja-vu plot.
5) It's unfortunate for this movie to release without a 30-year forward step like the prelogy did. Imagine the shock otherwise.
6) I should never have played Dice's Battlefront before. My ears didn't get the satisfaction they waited for.
7) Pretty all that have been said in this thread.
Positive :
1) Finn. Frustratingly not enough developed. He's supposed to be an incredible anomaly in a perfect and powerful system, demonstrating a mysterious and pretty fair ability for lightsaber art. And he's likeable.
2) Kylo Ren. They managed to make a pussy teen antagonist someone interesting. That's an achievement.
3) The directing
4) The lightsaber combat style
5) I want to believe they're hiding something big for the next episodes. I refuse to think that they wrote this plot with purpose. I think they needed two hours for introducing and keep their mains ideas alive.
Globally, I would say it's a good movie but just... uninteresting.
Yokosuka has received a thanks from: Kenny