Poe took his jacket off or didn't is the new "Greedo shot first". lol
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Great movie although it still doesn't approach ANH or ESB simply because those were groundbreaking movies. Was disappointed in same things others have said:
- plot almost wholly recycled from ANH and thus completely predictable
- final scene was terrible and one of the most anti-climatic moments ive ever seen in cinema. That spin around view was totally out of place from the rest of the film.
Also, I think my own home theater experience has spoiled me. I was in a theater with Dolby Atmos of all things and it was like the sound wasn't even on. Almost all sound from the front with very little surround. Usually I'm slightly complaining because the voice track is hard to hear but that's pretty much all I experienced in this film was talking. In that regard, it felt like I really was watching ANH all over again back at the drive-in theater in 1977.
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If you remember clone armies are extremely expensive and the First Order is now pushed back to the outer rim. They won't have the funds to purchase a full clone army. Anyway, didn't have a problem with Fin's character.
Loved the cinematography, back to true form.
As for C3PO's arm, who knows, it's been 30 years and he's been around a long time. Parts fail, put new parts on. Unanswered questions like that don't bother me much, they will be explained and I don't need everything spoon fed.
Loved the Black X-Wing and it doesn't bother me that we don't know how he got off the Jakkar planet after crashing the Tie Fighter. What does bug me is, IRRC, Tie fighters weren't pressurized, which is why the pilots wore space suits. Which they are shown to be wearing during combat and walking through the hanger. The fact they're 2 seaters doesn't bug me since it's 30years later and they do look different, they can be a new model. But, they aren't pressurized, small plot hole. And I didn't think they could fly through atmosphere since they have no lift/control surfaces, but that doesn't bug me as much as the pressurized suits not being needed.
I do need to see this a 2nd time.
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Great movie although it still doesn't approach ANH or ESB simply because those were groundbreaking movies. Was disappointed in same things others have said:
- plot almost wholly recycled from ANH and thus completely predictable
- final scene was terrible and one of the most anti-climatic moments ive ever seen in cinema. That spin around view was totally out of place from the rest of the film.
Also, I think my own home theater experience has spoiled me. I was in a theater with Dolby Atmos of all things and it was like the sound wasn't even on. Almost all sound from the front with very little surround. Usually I'm slightly complaining because the voice track is hard to hear but that's pretty much all I experienced in this film was talking. In that regard, it felt like I really was watching ANH all over again back at the drive-in theater in 1977.
I thought the final scene was amazing and one of the best parts of the movie.
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while there were certainly many similarities with the plot of the original i have to disagree with those who just thought it was retreaded material.....for several reasons
1. It was intentional, obviously, to make us both in familiar territory and then to throw curveballs. And I thought it was well done....there were a few times I was thinking "are they really gonna just do that again"...and then they would change it.
2. i think it is setup for the following sequels and will then go in different directions
3. it allows for another generation to enjoy it and understand the entire context of the SW universe and the big overarching story line which is still there - it wasn't solved in ROTJ.....it was always meant to be a 9 story arc. so we aren't done yet.
4. it's much like history...both counties and armies as well as on a personal level people and families seem destined to repeat the same mistakes and have people who emulate roles of people who have come before them...the words "timeless" and "classic" come to mind.
5. or seen another way it is passing it along to another generation - literally in the SW universe, and to the fans as well.
having said that if episode VIII has:
- opening battle on an ice planet
- rey going out into the storm to save fin or vice versa
- giant walking tanks
- eels inside asteroid caves
- a cute little old ninja jedi animal thing on a swamp planet who is dying and trains rey
- a cloud city where fin is betrayed and bb8 gets dismantled
- rey loses her hand and it is revealed that someone out of the blue is her father (snoke)
etc. etc...then yeah i'm gonna be pretty disappointed. but i think this set up a lot of stuff and although it is familiar it can now go in a very different direction.
quote:To me it just should have been much shorter. At most, she should have walked up, he turns, and she holds out saber....and it ends. The staring back and forth and then the spin away was stupid as hell.quote:
Great movie although it still doesn't approach ANH or ESB simply because those were groundbreaking movies. Was disappointed in same things others have said:
- plot almost wholly recycled from ANH and thus completely predictable
- final scene was terrible and one of the most anti-climatic moments ive ever seen in cinema. That spin around view was totally out of place from the rest of the film.
Also, I think my own home theater experience has spoiled me. I was in a theater with Dolby Atmos of all things and it was like the sound wasn't even on. Almost all sound from the front with very little surround. Usually I'm slightly complaining because the voice track is hard to hear but that's pretty much all I experienced in this film was talking. In that regard, it felt like I really was watching ANH all over again back at the drive-in theater in 1977.
I thought the final scene was amazing and one of the best parts of the movie.
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One of my biggest complaints comes at the end of the movie: there's no way Chewie just walks past Leia upon returning after Han dies. No way. That was a mistake.
A few other quibbles with it, but definitely exceeded my expectations.
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Maybe Chewie blames Leia for turning Kylo into a bad guy. Which caused his best friend to get killed. Maybe Leia had an affair which broke them up. Child from that marriage is Rey.
Or Chewie was in shock or going to get medical attention.
Or my theory. Rey hugging Leia just made for a good Hollywood moment. Probably should have had Chewie grabbed by medics immediately which would clear it all up.
You just saw the first the first one-third of an 8 hour movie. You shouldn't have everything answered with a neat bow on top in first 2 hours.
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Hah! Love this.
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Speaking about old themes...
If Finn and Rey turn out to be brother and sister, I think my head might explode.