ReadingRambo
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Surely you understand that saying things like that in a non-spoiler thread is bad form.
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Star War: The Force Awakens Review Thread
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Surely you understand that saying things like that in a non-spoiler thread is bad form.
Digital-Hero
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Temuera Morrison as star?
Why did I read that as Greg Miller? LOL
BronsonLee
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TURN ONNNN THE FOG MACHINE
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Boba Fett would be a better character if he shouted Beyond! every five minutes.
Are you staying with your high 60's prediction?
Killer Queen
Banned
He's seriously the worst with no redeeming factors.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
I was waiting for someone to bring this up. I have the same prediction for all metacritic/rotten tomatoes stuff.
It's my silly joke.
TheSlySoul
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Episode II got 66%.
I am pretty sure it was not going to get lower than that.
Was expecting 80% myself, but hey at least it won't suck.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I cant believe episode 2 is 11 points higher than episode 1
TheSlySoul
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I think the rerelease bumped down the scores. I remember it being much higher (70%) years ago.
Scientist Supreme!
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Yeah. Sure. Kinda.
lol
I think Episode 1 used to be higher until the 3D re-release happened and there were reviews from that added.
TheOctodad
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Sorry, it was speculative, but accidental. I spoiler tagged it.
Me either. Then again I am not the biggest Star Wars follower. So maybe I am missing something.
Always seemed like Fett's appeal was the costume and the mystery. Fleshing him out eliminates(eliminated) that mystery and the speculative fun.
Not everything should be given a weighty back story and humanizing character arc IMO, Fett is a good example of the unnecessariness of it.
Ape Gone Insane
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The fault is entirely yours for looking at Youtube comments.
DrGonzo615
Banned
Ive said it before but here it goes again.
If they do decide to do a Fett movie, they should rip off any of the movies from the man-with-no-name trilogy (Fistfull of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly) and substitute Blondie for Fett.
Done deal, great movie
ReadingRambo
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All good, man.
There sure is a lot of hand wringing for a movie over 90%. Are people forgetting just how long it's been since a fun star wars movie came out? Or did some of you expect perfection on an Empire level?
The negative of being too much like Star Wars is the best negative we could get.
The negative of being too much like Star Wars is the best negative we could get.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
For some people, sure.
Think of the possible flaws. The ones we got from the last 3 Star Wars movie. Wooden acting. Terrible directing. Annoying characters. Too much CG. Those are the things that would have ruined it for me.
Perfection is hard to achieve. Give me the "too much like Star Wars" complaint any day of the week over the other possible from the list.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
It's the best possible "negative" because a solid foundation is, at the very least, built for future films. In Episode VIII they can do some super-crazy things if they like because the new cast will have been established. ESB is so good, in part, to what ANH set-up.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Never was looking for perfection.
Also, those complaints are on the same level as "too much like Star Wars" to me. In this context at least.
Not for me. Not ever. Give me a fun Star Wars first and foremost. Shit characters and acting ruins a movie.
You'll have to tell me how.
The acting in the prequels was beyond horrible. The special effects and special editions were often beyond bad and distracting to the point of sucking you out of the film. There were characters so grating and annoying, characters we were "supposed" to like, that giant chunks of the films were dedicated to brought the whole experience down. The direction was lifeless and lacking in soul, wit, or energy to any degree.
But "too much like Star Wars" is a very POSITIVE complaint, if you'll pardon the contradiction.
Too much like one of the most original, joyous, exciting, inventive, charming, adventurous, dynamic, chemistry-driven, genre-defining, culture-defining, cinema-defining experiences of all time?
... I'll take that over every single aspect of the prequel trilogy, from Jar Jar to midichlorians to love stories about sand.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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Seems kinda unfair. The release reviews should go under "Episode 1 3D" or whatever
Robdraggoo
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I doubt we will ever find out
brandonh83
Banned
He likes it. Was at the premiere supporting it.
"The fans will love it. It's just the kind of movie they wanted."
(Paraphrasing but that's mainly it)
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
To make this short, I'll just say retreading similar plot beats and moments isn't very exciting to me.
I like different, strange and unpredictable.
So, internally:
"What's wrong with this film? It needs more CG! Why is the camera moving so much? Why aren't there more people sitting down on couches and talking?"
Well, you do realize that Star Wars itself was actually just a repackaging of stuff George Lucas grew up liking, right? It's just retreading things like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Kurasama movies, often shot for shot or beat for beat.
Anyone familiar with those works would have found Star Wars fairly predictable.
Minor spoilers for their role.Saw a review that said The Raid actors are waisted in this tho
Bizarrely used more than I expected just not in the way we. expect. Also feel like their sequence was cut out a bit.
That is fair. But bad acting and direction like we got from the prequels (among other problems) kill a movie for me.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Repackaging can be fine but not retreading. If you get what I'm saying.
If you do lets just leave it at that.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Something we can agree on.
A New Hope is a retread of Flash Gordon. A lot is taken directly from Flahs Gordon serials. This situation is no different
Something we can agree on.
Yes! Really excited for that one.
Freewheelin'
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Too many people care about plot. Fury Road barely had one. What's the point of a great plot if you don't care about who it's happening to?
Character > plot always.
Character > plot always.
There's a difference between a minimilist plot and a not very good one
Star Wars has a great minimalist plot. Why do you think they retreaded it here?
I've not seen the film yet I'm just assuming the repetition is what some people are complaining about rather than the nature of the plot
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