Can Crusher
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It is a really great review though.
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Star War: The Force Awakens Review Thread
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It is a really great review though.
Corronchilejano
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I don't remember those good reviews at all. Most people agreed the movies where shitty with a few good scenes.
I feel the 95% TFA has right now in RT is way too high. It's a 70-80 one, tops. Great beginning, formulaic ending.
There's a lot of words in there, but the review begins in a tangent and decides it never wants to come back, judging a movie for what it's not.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You should find the episodes of the slashfilmcast that he was on. He speaks about film in an entertaining manner as well... it's too bad he's such an asshole, burning pretty much every bridge possible.
Dreams-Visions
Member
The RT score is simply a measure of whether critics liked it or did not. It's binary. And yes, people like the movie. That isn't a measure of the film relative to anything or a device to use to rank it, nor is it a measure of *how much* you liked it. Simply "did you like it more than you disliked it". And to no surprise, it looks to me like about 95% of posters here liked the movie to some degree and with a reservation or two here or there. If you aren't with the 95% that's okay. There are 5% right there with you. But no, it does not appear that 95% is too high. And this will be the first movie since Gravity and Avatar before it that I saw twice at the theater. So I'll enjoy the sunshine in the 95%. Sorry if you can't. :-(
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I can feel GAF's ether already. lol
Corronchilejano
Member
Take it easy brah. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the movie (I really, REALLY liked it, specially in the hero side), but it has its flaws and I know plenty of people who outright didn't like it.
Highway scene says no. Give it at least that much credit.
That was Reloaded, not Revolutions.
And that highway scene goes way way too long. The chateau fight is Reloaded's only great setpiece.
yep
I didn't enjoy Toy Story 3 either. Hopefully that doesn't invalidate all my other opinions
Ugh, 4hrs of sleep a night for a week is killing meThat was Reloaded, not Revolutions.
Holy shit.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Nah... i might put it above vii but vii has higher highs. Iv also has higher highs.
This movie derives too much for it to be better than it. Vi has other flaws. Lacking emotional punch in some key moments and lack of originality for example. It has lots of good things too.
I would rate this b+ or a-
With star was being an A, empire A+, and jedi a B.
Armond White, if nothing else, sure knows how to write. I think he actually said some truths to be honest.
Anyway, Mark Kermode really liked it.
My favorite film critic by far. My tastes don't line up with his at all, and his points are consistently ridiculous, but I genuinely enjoy reading what he writes - which is more than I can say for 99.9999999999% of critics out there. Shit like this is masterful lmao:
entremet
Member
He's made a nice niche for himself.
His /Film fuckery years back was amazing.
True Savior
Member
Sometimes (actually a little frequent) he recreates movies to support his obnoxious ideas, but other times he actually makes terrific points. He is a great text-reviewer, and should never be compared to the random bloggers or film-sites who populate the internet with their opinions (the "new-age" critics). Shamefully he also seems to go to some movies with pre-conceived ideas, which is a fucking sin in movie-criticism.
Bloody_Five
Banned
I have just seen it and it was a true disappointment.
Technically, it's mediocre with a very heavy handed and disjointed plot and bland cinematography.
But more importantly, it's a soulless movie that feels forced, a carefully manufactured product that tries to tick all the feature-box of the originals.
Unlike the OT and the prequels, it does not know what it wants to be about and it feels directionless. I was at least excepting a thrilling space adventure and I had a boring 2 hour and a half slog.The worst flaw of this movie is that how predictable everything is, completely killing any sense of wonder and discovery which, in my opinion, is the essence of Star Wars.
I liked the OT for the feeling of adventure and wonder ,the Greek tragedy for the space age and a new modern myth infused by eastern philosophy.
I liked the prequels for the political intrigue, the sci fi retelling of the fall of the Roman Republic and the clueless Jedis being played like a cheap fiddle.
But more importantly, these movies had soul.
You felt that however flawed they might have been, they were important to George Lucas. He had to tell these stories.
Here, it just feels, that it is a product that is important chiefly to shareholders.
Millions will watch it but in my humble opinion, this hollow shell of a movie does not deserve it.
Technically, it's mediocre with a very heavy handed and disjointed plot and bland cinematography.
But more importantly, it's a soulless movie that feels forced, a carefully manufactured product that tries to tick all the feature-box of the originals.
Unlike the OT and the prequels, it does not know what it wants to be about and it feels directionless. I was at least excepting a thrilling space adventure and I had a boring 2 hour and a half slog.The worst flaw of this movie is that how predictable everything is, completely killing any sense of wonder and discovery which, in my opinion, is the essence of Star Wars.
I liked the OT for the feeling of adventure and wonder ,the Greek tragedy for the space age and a new modern myth infused by eastern philosophy.
I liked the prequels for the political intrigue, the sci fi retelling of the fall of the Roman Republic and the clueless Jedis being played like a cheap fiddle.
But more importantly, these movies had soul.
You felt that however flawed they might have been, they were important to George Lucas. He had to tell these stories.
Here, it just feels, that it is a product that is important chiefly to shareholders.
Millions will watch it but in my humble opinion, this hollow shell of a movie does not deserve it.
Tertullian
Member
Yessssssss I have been waiting for this malarkey.
Traumnovelle
Member
I don't have an issue with the films Armond doesn't like (even if I disagree), but I can't take him seriously for a lot of the films he purportedly loves (Happy Madison Adam Sandler films being a prime example) and his incoherent self righteous conservative politics which have only been exacerbated since he joined the National Review.
The Elite
BOSS
He's playing a character. It's like wrestling.
Traumnovelle
Member
He definitely keeps kayfabe.
Armond White, if nothing else, sure knows how to write. I think he actually said some truths to be honest.
Anyway, Mark Kermode really liked it.
Thanks for the link to Kermode's reviews. One of the few I'll watch knowing he goes out of his way not to spoil anything. More than anything he talked about the experience of seeing it, and how well it worked at different levels. Got me more interested to see it than anything I've read/watched so far.
AstroZombie
Banned
For a troll, Armond is 100% right on the money with his review.
I really don't get how you can feel this way. I don't get that at all from this movie.
NealMcCauley
Member
The Onion's Peter Rosenthal felt it could never live up to his first time watching A New Hope.
I know (think?) this is a joke, but it is pretty ridiculous how some of the reviews, especially the ones on GAF, complain about how "It was good, but it wasn't perfect" or "I liked it but it wasn't the second coming" as if those are honest criticisms.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Nailed it.
As a stand alone movie it's fairly solid, but as a continuation of the saga, it's a forgettable and predictable fail in my eyes.
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