General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Devil 505 on December 17, 2015, 10:43:56 PM
Title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Devil 505 on December 17, 2015, 10:43:56 PM
I just returned from the new film and I am still shaking from the adrenalin after seeing it. It's everything that made the original trilogy great, only (as Lucas is famous for telling his actors on the set of the originals) "faster and more intense." Which is mostly positive. Believe the hype. "The Force Awakens" is that good.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Saxman on December 17, 2015, 11:12:57 PM
I'm still trying to figure out what exactly I'm feeling.
My first main thought was that it adhered fairly closely to the formula of the original film, but the MORE I thought about it, the more I realized that it's NOT a bad thing.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: ROC on December 17, 2015, 11:26:13 PM
I haven't seen it yet. I'm waiting, not for reviews, just busy. But, I am a huge fan, have every, and I mean Every Single Book published throughout the franchise. This film is a complete departure from the existing storyline, and I'm perfectly fine with it. It's just that, a story. Can't wait to see the new direction.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Serenity on December 18, 2015, 12:34:55 PM
I haven't seen it yet. I'm waiting, not for reviews, just busy. But, I am a huge fan, have every, and I mean Every Single Book published throughout the franchise. This film is a complete departure from the existing storyline, and I'm perfectly fine with it. It's just that, a story. Can't wait to see the new direction.
I'm really curious to see your reaction to this, as someone who has so much love for the Extended Universe.
I seem to be completely alone in this, but I thought it was terrible. Not just for not adhering to the EU at all, I knew that would happen, but from purely a movie standpoint, I wasn't at all fond of it. I've got a spoiler-included thread up with exact reasons.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Ack-Ack on December 18, 2015, 04:45:39 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed it, going to see it for the 3rd time later on this afternoon with my brother and nephew.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Rich46yo on December 18, 2015, 05:13:48 PM
Yeah, listen dont stand in the cold waiting to see this.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: morfiend on December 18, 2015, 06:31:16 PM
Is it out on DVD yet?..... :rofl :rofl :rofl
Is it in 3d?
I'll wait till I can watch from the comfort of my own home! And trust me I can wait!!!
I took my grandson to see the new "Peanuts" movie,it was pretty good but I dropped a bundle at the movie and dinner was almost as much...... Somethings wrong with that!!!
:salute
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Easyscor on December 18, 2015, 09:06:42 PM
I give it an 8 or 9 out of 10. I've noticed that I usually change my rating after I've watched a movie a time or two.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: caldera on December 21, 2015, 12:28:16 PM
Just saw it this morning. Wasn't perfect, but a very large improvement from the dreck of the prequels.
Overall, a good movie. Not Empire Strikes Back , but what can ever be as cool as that? Will go to see it again. :aok
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: CptTrips on December 26, 2015, 10:50:25 PM
<sigh> Well, it wasn't ...bad. I think it could have been so much better.
I wish they had left out Han and Lea. Luke can pull off an old wizard, but Lea wasn't even recognizable and an old run-down bad boy Han is just sorta pathetic.
Bottom line?
I don't think J.J. Abrams did as good a reboot for Star Wars as he had done for Star Trek, but it was certainly better than the prequels.
Ironically, I suspect the next one will be better.
$0.02, Wab
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Oldman731 on December 26, 2015, 11:48:18 PM
It's everything that made the original trilogy great
Agreed. Liked it better than any of the others, except for the 1977 original. Very pleasantly surprised.
- oldman
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Gman on December 27, 2015, 03:07:21 AM
Quote
Ironically, I suspect the next one will be better.
Variety today had quotes from an interview with a friend of JJ's that Abrams has said the script is SO good for the next episode that he's wishing he had singed on as director for it, not just exec producer, which everyone knows is a tiddlywinks level of involvement, almost a "here have some $ and stfu and stay out of our way" sort of position in the grand scheme of film making.
This bodes well, as the current director for Episode 8 has stated many times he knows that the comparison to Empire Strikes Back will be inevitable, and he needs to really bring it to meet expectations for what is many SW fans favorite film (Empire).
I think this current film is a good start, and that if they release a directors cut it may fix a lot of things some didn't like, as apparently Abrams cut a LOT of really good/long scenes which filled in several blanks in how the film moved along.
Another thing is that this springboards a TON of other SW films that are coming our way - there are several spin off and stand alone story SW films otw - Rogue One, and a dedicated prequel of Han Solo are already in pre production. Woo!
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Zacherof on December 27, 2015, 09:21:26 AM
I'll wait till I can watch from the comfort of my own home! And trust me I can wait!!!
I took my grandson to see the new "Peanuts" movie,it was pretty good but I dropped a bundle at the movie and dinner was almost as much...... Somethings wrong with that!!!
:salute
Watched it in 3D Loved it :aok
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: KgB on December 27, 2015, 07:52:15 PM
In 77 it was revolutionary. Today it's just....another movie. Avatar or Prometheus is far superior. CGI is easy, storyline however is not. What was that dark side butthole all tough at the beginning and loosing to untrained village chick in the end? Idiotic. It's a movie people, stop idolizing it.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: EagleDNY on December 27, 2015, 08:31:56 PM
I totally liked it. You have a few folks out on the net trashing it and giving them hell for continuity without realizing that this first one has to bring in all the elements left open at the end of episode 6, PLUS set up for a cliffhanger and introduce new characters that you are rooting for when the next one comes out.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Oldman731 on December 27, 2015, 09:21:38 PM
In 77 it was revolutionary. Today it's just....another movie. Avatar or Prometheus is far superior. CGI is easy, storyline however is not. What was that dark side butthole all tough at the beginning and loosing to untrained village chick in the end? Idiotic. It's a movie people, stop idolizing it.
I'm so sorry. I forgot that I'm just a Beta. I'm glad I'm not an Alpha, I don't think I could handle the stress of all that brain power.
- oldman
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Saxman on December 27, 2015, 10:35:22 PM
In 77 it was revolutionary. Today it's just....another movie. Avatar or Prometheus is far superior. CGI is easy, storyline however is not. What was that dark side butthole all tough at the beginning and loosing to untrained village chick in the end? Idiotic. It's a movie people, stop idolizing it.
1) Avatar was just James Cameron tossing Fern Gully, Pocahontas, and Dances With Wolves into a blender and hitting "puree." There was nothing special about it at all, and despite the mammoth special effects budget, they STILL couldn't make it look like Michelle Rodriguez could act. Prometheus was hardly Oscar-worthy cinema, either.
2) TFA used extensive practical effects. The only two purely CGI characters were Maz and Snoke. Everything else that wasn't an actor in a suit was the Creature Shop. Full-scale (most likely closer to 3/4, but still) mockups of the Falcon and X-wings were built for use on sets. And oh yeah, they used actual SETS this time instead of just a green screen.
3) You DID actually watch the movie, right? Maybe you went to the bathroom when Rey beat the crap out of those guys at the beginning of the film, making it clear she had prior hand-to-hand combat training. And also that part where Chewie blasted a BOWCASTER SIZED HOLE in Kylo Ren's side. I don't care HOW tough you are, that is going to slow you down.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: KgB on December 28, 2015, 02:17:51 PM
He stopped a blaster "round"? mid air for 10 minutes in middle of battle. With that much skill he died too easily, it's stupid. And typing that much defending a movie, seriously? You even remember their names :)
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Zacherof on December 28, 2015, 02:26:36 PM
He stopped a blaster "round"? mid air for 10 minutes in middle of battle. With that much skill he died too easily, it's stupid. And typing that much defending a movie, seriously? You even remember their names :)
He didn't die. And forgive me for actually paying attention to detail. It's amazing the things you pick up when one actually WATCHES.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: KgB on December 28, 2015, 07:58:17 PM
I've always heard that traveling through The Maw wasn't so much an exercise in navigation but rather speed. To travel close to the black holes, a ship has to be moving extremely fast to go into and out of their gravitational pulls without being sucked in. Since the normal route is 18 parsecs, only an extremely fast ship would even be able to take the route that the Falcon took to bring that distance down by 6 parsecs. Han was indeed talking about speed with that statement.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Slash27 on December 29, 2015, 08:24:19 PM
Just saw it this morning. Wasn't perfect, but a very large improvement from the dreck of the prequels.
Overall, a good movie. Not Empire Strikes Back , but what can ever be as cool as that? Will go to see it again. :aok
I'm thinking Episode 8 will give 5 a run for it's money. Over 30 years of a Star Wars story had to be crammed in to a couple hours while establishing a whole new story. I loved the movie and think JJ got this right.
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: Molsman on December 30, 2015, 03:38:33 PM
Finally saw the movie Last night I enjoyed every aspect of the movie including the 3d effects which at many times the ships came out towards you in the crowd I know there is another one in the works but I just hated the ending other then that the movie gets 5 beers out of 6 from Molsman
Title: Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler free, please.)
Post by: guncrasher on December 31, 2015, 08:02:12 PM