Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
Hoping to make it to a 3rd viewing tomorrow ( off work for 4 weeks so free time is no trouble )
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I broadly liked it, but it felt a bit too long.
Worst things were Leia's Mary Poppins impression to get herself back to the ship after being blown off the bridge, ridiculous.
Also too much gravity in space. "Bombing" runs at the Dreadnaught? Artillery shooting in parabolic arcs? Come on.
Whole casino part was stupid. It's a shame as exploring the idea that there are even worse people than the First Order, i.e. those that profit from war regardless of the sides, could've been interesting.
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@tewaio yes, the Mary Poppins thing was way out of place. Katherine Kennedy has described what they wanted but that was the most corny way of doing it. A shot from the ship looking out and a determined Leia pulling herself back toward the door through the force would have looked way less corny.
SW has always expected you to ignore physics regarding space battles but without that we wouldn't even have TIE fighter soundsI read the casino thing as telling us that the reason the First Order had been allowed to rise was because many people were getting rich off the conflict
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
It’s called multi tasking. First viewing was a night out with the fellas for the 12:01 am opening night. Then took two of my kids the night after for a 9pm. Then the last one was date night with the missus for a 10pm.
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@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
It’s called multi tasking. First viewing was a night out with the fellas for the 12:01 am opening night. Then took two of my kids the night after for a 9pm. Then the last one was date night with the missus for a 10pm.
2nd viewing yesterday after Xmas shopping. Rose has not grown on me, put it that way. Poe is a pretty poor actor. Admiral purple hair is a dick. Casino scene still stupid. Hux still a bitch.
Movie is awesome though. Hopefully catch it again over the break.
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Finally watched the new film yesterday
Updated rankings, 4, 5, 8, 7, R1, 6, 1, 2, 3
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@stockcar86 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Finally watched the new film yesterday
Updated rankings, 4, 5, 8, 7, R1, 6, 1, 2, 3
Revenge of the Sith Last????
You could not be more dead to me.
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@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mariner4life said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil i think there are enough holes for people to have a go at without necessarily not enjoying the experience overall.
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Space flying Leia is pretty fucking stupid. Hux is honestly terrible. The entire Casino story line is needless, and actually brings the whole movie down.
I don't understand the need to introduce ANOTHER kick ass female general just to kill her off at the end.
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I'm not sure which new female character I hated more. Purple hair or Asian. They both suuuuuccckkkked in my opinion. Finn and Rose are definitely THE worst duo in SW history and as others have said the Casino scene definitely the most pointless ( perhaps tied with Saw Guerara in Rogue One ).
All that being said there were obviously awesome scenes too. Best probably the fight with the Red Guards.
praetorian guards, how hard is it to call them by their real names...
yeah nothing tops Ani and Natalie Portman in terms of 100% lacking chemistry as a pair.
Wrong. At least Annie and Padme were kinda central to the plot. Finn and Rose are pointless tokens at best. Black Guy and Asian chick. Way to be politically correct Star Wars writers.
I think there's another section of this forum for that kind of response?
Bit silly to consider one of the main characters of the new trilogy a token at best.
Ok Finn less so but Rose? Waste of space....
I'm on record as saying I would rather they kept her sister around- for Jegga type reasons and I don't think much of that part of the storyline, but it was just storyline, bad storyline, but storyline nonetheless.
Sigh , this is what it’s come too.
Don’t know how to do spoilers so you may want to scroll past my rant.
Interesting reading the reviews here, just saw it myself.
I didn’t mind Hux, if the dark side are Nazis he reminded me of some of the scheming little bitches they had like Himmler that weren’t actually all that brave or clever but had a bit of power they didn’t deserve.Leia Poppins sucked . A lot . I’m sure there’s a few memes of it doing the rounds already.
Weird to see Laura Dern in a film like that, haven’t seen her inanything for a while and thought she was ok . Every time I see her I think of her playing with a pile of dinosaur shit though.
Also didn’t mind the casino part that much either, looked great on the big screen with the animals doing the running of the bulls dealing to the arms dealers .
However Finn needs to die in the first two minutes of the next movie, and take Rose with him. Ffs , he bores the shit out of me whenever he’s on screen .
Speaking of deaths Snoke dying was a nice surprise, didn’t see that coming at all . The fight with the guards afterwards was epic too. It’s going to be interesting to see how they resolve Ren and Reis plot line .Also OSH would shut down most of the workspaces on their ships, you can master jumping to light speed but can’t put a guard rail around the four story hole in the floor? It’s about hazard elimination people , we all have to work together to achieve a safe workplace.
And lastly killing off the hot Asian and keeping the munter displeases me immensely.
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@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
It’s called multi tasking. First viewing was a night out with the fellas for the 12:01 am opening night. Then took two of my kids the night after for a 9pm. Then the last one was date night with the missus for a 10pm.
2nd viewing yesterday after Xmas shopping. Rose has not grown on me, put it that way. Poe is a pretty poor actor. Admiral purple hair is a dick. Casino scene still stupid. Hux still a bitch.
Movie is awesome though. Hopefully catch it again over the break.
Ive seen him in other stuff and thought he was pretty good, agree he sucks for some reason in this though.
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@jegga said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mariner4life said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@virgil i think there are enough holes for people to have a go at without necessarily not enjoying the experience overall.
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Space flying Leia is pretty fucking stupid. Hux is honestly terrible. The entire Casino story line is needless, and actually brings the whole movie down.
I don't understand the need to introduce ANOTHER kick ass female general just to kill her off at the end.
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I'm not sure which new female character I hated more. Purple hair or Asian. They both suuuuuccckkkked in my opinion. Finn and Rose are definitely THE worst duo in SW history and as others have said the Casino scene definitely the most pointless ( perhaps tied with Saw Guerara in Rogue One ).
All that being said there were obviously awesome scenes too. Best probably the fight with the Red Guards.
praetorian guards, how hard is it to call them by their real names...
yeah nothing tops Ani and Natalie Portman in terms of 100% lacking chemistry as a pair.
Wrong. At least Annie and Padme were kinda central to the plot. Finn and Rose are pointless tokens at best. Black Guy and Asian chick. Way to be politically correct Star Wars writers.
I think there's another section of this forum for that kind of response?
Bit silly to consider one of the main characters of the new trilogy a token at best.
Ok Finn less so but Rose? Waste of space....
I'm on record as saying I would rather they kept her sister around- for Jegga type reasons and I don't think much of that part of the storyline, but it was just storyline, bad storyline, but storyline nonetheless.
Sigh , this is what it’s come too.
Don’t know how to do spoilers so you may want to scroll past my rant.
Interesting reading the reviews here, just saw it myself.
I didn’t mind Hux, if the dark side are Nazis he reminded me of some of the scheming little bitches they had like Himmler that weren’t actually all that brave or clever but had a bit of power they didn’t deserve.Leia Poppins sucked . A lot . I’m sure there’s a few memes of it doing the rounds already.
Weird to see Laura Dern in a film like that, haven’t seen her inanything for a while and thought she was ok . Every time I see her I think of her playing with a pile of dinosaur shit though.
Also didn’t mind the casino part that much either, looked great on the big screen with the animals doing the running of the bulls dealing to the arms dealers .
However Finn needs to die in the first two minutes of the next movie, and take Rose with him. Ffs , he bores the shit out of me whenever he’s on screen .
Speaking of deaths Snoke dying was a nice surprise, didn’t see that coming at all . The fight with the guards afterwards was epic too. It’s going to be interesting to see how they resolve Ren and Reis plot line .Also OSH would shut down most of the workspaces on their ships, you can master jumping to light speed but can’t put a guard rail around the four story hole in the floor? It’s about hazard elimination people , we all have to work together to achieve a safe workplace.
And lastly killing off the hot Asian and keeping the munter displeases me immensely.
Couldn't agree more about Finn. Lando was smooth and cool. Finn is just a dick.
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I don't get the Finn hate..
He is supposed to be dorky and naive.
In the timeline of the movies he is only a few days out of being an indoctrinated from birth stormtrooper. He's a man child without Will Ferrell's dumb jokes.The more I watch TFA after seeing TLJ the more I feel I understand something about the character arcs.
I really think that Finn, Rey and Kylo are being built up in pieces toward something quite good.
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Underwhelmed, especially as I really enjoyed the first one. I know they needed to split up the new characters for their various story arcs, but they had good chemistry in the first movie. Kind of sucked losing that, particularly when the other combos (Luke and Ren, Finn and Rose) were pretty meh imo.
Really wanted to like it but just didn't feel the magic this time round.
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@paekakboyz said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Underwhelmed, especially as I really enjoyed the first one. I know they needed to split up the new characters for their various story arcs, but they had good chemistry in the first movie. Kind of sucked losing that, particularly when the other combos (Luke and Ren, Finn and Rose) were pretty meh imo.
Really wanted to like it but just didn't feel the magic this time round.
Felt like there was a lot of set up for the next one .
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@jegga said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
It’s called multi tasking. First viewing was a night out with the fellas for the 12:01 am opening night. Then took two of my kids the night after for a 9pm. Then the last one was date night with the missus for a 10pm.
2nd viewing yesterday after Xmas shopping. Rose has not grown on me, put it that way. Poe is a pretty poor actor. Admiral purple hair is a dick. Casino scene still stupid. Hux still a bitch.
Movie is awesome though. Hopefully catch it again over the break.
Ive seen him in other stuff and thought he was pretty good, agree he sucks for some reason in this though.
I don't get the issues with Isaac - he seems to be playing Poe as a cocky hotshot pilot, which is what his character is supposed to be. I assume that his arc will see him become a better leader in the next episode. The issue with him is that the Laura Dern stuff didn't really work.
Funny to say that Isaac is a pretty poor actor, he's great in stuff like Show Me A Hero etc and I think he's probably rated pretty highly 'by the industry' (he'll likely win an Oscar - ba doom tish - pretty soon).
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@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@jegga said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
It’s called multi tasking. First viewing was a night out with the fellas for the 12:01 am opening night. Then took two of my kids the night after for a 9pm. Then the last one was date night with the missus for a 10pm.
2nd viewing yesterday after Xmas shopping. Rose has not grown on me, put it that way. Poe is a pretty poor actor. Admiral purple hair is a dick. Casino scene still stupid. Hux still a bitch.
Movie is awesome though. Hopefully catch it again over the break.
Ive seen him in other stuff and thought he was pretty good, agree he sucks for some reason in this though.
I don't get the issues with Isaac - he seems to be playing Poe as a cocky hotshot pilot, which is what his character is supposed to be. I assume that his arc will see him become a better leader in the next episode. The issue with him is that the Laura Dern stuff didn't really work.
Funny to say that Isaac is a pretty poor actor, he's great in stuff like Show Me A Hero etc and I think he's probably rated pretty highly 'by the industry' (he'll likely win an Oscar - ba doom tish - pretty soon).
Ignoring the Oscar pun I thought he was good in ex machina , I hate the interaction with the round droid that was only written in for merchandising reasons.
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@jegga said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@nepia said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@jegga said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@act-crusader said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Watched it a third time and still liked it.
Other than one scene that has already been mentioned I think the movie has a decent balance of nostalgia and unexpected action.
The ‘personal sacrifice’ elements had more of a Star Trek feel to it but nothing that I didn’t mind.
3 times already? I'd love to have that kind of free time
It’s called multi tasking. First viewing was a night out with the fellas for the 12:01 am opening night. Then took two of my kids the night after for a 9pm. Then the last one was date night with the missus for a 10pm.
2nd viewing yesterday after Xmas shopping. Rose has not grown on me, put it that way. Poe is a pretty poor actor. Admiral purple hair is a dick. Casino scene still stupid. Hux still a bitch.
Movie is awesome though. Hopefully catch it again over the break.
Ive seen him in other stuff and thought he was pretty good, agree he sucks for some reason in this though.
I don't get the issues with Isaac - he seems to be playing Poe as a cocky hotshot pilot, which is what his character is supposed to be. I assume that his arc will see him become a better leader in the next episode. The issue with him is that the Laura Dern stuff didn't really work.
Funny to say that Isaac is a pretty poor actor, he's great in stuff like Show Me A Hero etc and I think he's probably rated pretty highly 'by the industry' (he'll likely win an Oscar - ba doom tish - pretty soon).
Ignoring the Oscar pun I thought he was good in ex machina , I hate the interaction with the round droid that was only written in for merchandising reasons.
Yeah, everyone was good in ex machina (ah Alicia Vikander, sigh).
I find it funny that people get annoyed with droid interaction - Lucas made a deal with Star War A New Hope to retain merchandising rights (as bad as he is at dialogue writing, he clearly has an eye for the money to be made from toys and tea towels), so it was always about merchandising. R2D2 was pretty much the same in the original trilogy. BB8 is no Jar Jar which is great, but you can't expect Star Wars to be held to some standard it never was in the beginning.
