Post by Axalon on Dec 17, 2015 22:24:04 GMT -5
I have returned from the new movie.
ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, I SHALL ANSWER!
Non-spoilery review:
I liked it. Better than the prequel trilogy. Empire Strikes Back is still the best Star Wars movie.
Lots of action, humor mixed in mostly well without humor overload like the Marvel films. I was worried the ball droid, BB-8, was going to be awful. It is not, and actually works quite well. I ended up liking the droid quite a bit actually, kind of a mini R2-D2.
This type of fighting?
It doesn't exist. The fights are simpler and more emotionally charged. Less prequel trilogy more Return of the Jedi type of fight.
SPOILER stuff: (Go beyond if you dare):
All that said I still enjoyed it.
ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, I SHALL ANSWER!
Non-spoilery review:
I liked it. Better than the prequel trilogy. Empire Strikes Back is still the best Star Wars movie.
Lots of action, humor mixed in mostly well without humor overload like the Marvel films. I was worried the ball droid, BB-8, was going to be awful. It is not, and actually works quite well. I ended up liking the droid quite a bit actually, kind of a mini R2-D2.
This type of fighting?
It doesn't exist. The fights are simpler and more emotionally charged. Less prequel trilogy more Return of the Jedi type of fight.
SPOILER stuff: (Go beyond if you dare):
Now that I'm in spoilerville...
Movie was good. It wouldn't be me if I didn't find something that bugged me about it though.
Plot was basically a rehash of A New Hope. Some changes here or there, but a rehash nonetheless. Evil force is looking for a droid with something on it, massive superweapon about to destroy the Reistance base with only a few seconds left, big weak spot, X-wings, last remaining Jedi is in exile somewhere, stormtroopers have precise aim until they start shooting at a main character, etc.
The superweapon is impressively powerful, destroying an entire system with ease. It is basically a Death Star that can fire on multiple targets and it doesn't have to be in the same solar system to do so, and using a sun as its fuel source. The nagging question I have to ask, since it's built into the side of a planet, is what happens after it sucks up and consumes the sun? Is the weapon now useless? Do they somehow move the planet?
It also has the same nagging type of design flaw as the Death Star. One weak spot and KABOOM.
However, the First Order *did* take some precautions, which got some points from me from having somewhat learned from the Death Star fiasco. They armored the crap out of the weak spot for starters. A whole squadron of X-wings hit the weak spot with a bombing run with no effect on the weapon itself. Later, when they saw they were losing the battle there was no Tarkin "moment of triumph" where they didn't evacuate. They evacuated immediately after things went south and failure was imminent.
Rey, the female lead, is likewise impressively powerful. Too powerful. She redefines prodigy. Anakin was a prodigy, and all he did was prior to Force training was win a podrace and he had that silly thing where he blew up that Trade Federation control ship. What Anakin didn't do was fight an evil Force user, like Darth Maul.
With ZERO training or even knowledge of the Force she's able to Force Persuade a stormtrooper, after a couple of failed attempts, and then hold her own and even defeat (a wounded) Kylo Ren in a lightsaber duel. Kylo Ren has received training from both the new Emperor guy as well as Luke himself. Previously the guy even stopped a blaster bolt in midair, kept it there while the stormtroopers razed a village, and only after the action was done and a prisoner captured was the thing let go. Hell, prior to the fight and the injury when Kylo Ren interrogated her with the Force she ended up reading HIS mind while he learned nothing in return, and when he tried grabbing the lightsaber out of the snow with the Force he ended up losing that contest to her as well. Before all the interrogation and stuff happened I'm surprised he captured her at all.
Han Solo's death was predictable.
I'm a lore freak. This movie didn't really answer that much in regards to the lore of the setting post-Return of the Jedi. It also doesn't really *matter* to the plot as a whole, just an itch that needs scratching that wasn't scratched.
Movie was good. It wouldn't be me if I didn't find something that bugged me about it though.
Plot was basically a rehash of A New Hope. Some changes here or there, but a rehash nonetheless. Evil force is looking for a droid with something on it, massive superweapon about to destroy the Reistance base with only a few seconds left, big weak spot, X-wings, last remaining Jedi is in exile somewhere, stormtroopers have precise aim until they start shooting at a main character, etc.
The superweapon is impressively powerful, destroying an entire system with ease. It is basically a Death Star that can fire on multiple targets and it doesn't have to be in the same solar system to do so, and using a sun as its fuel source. The nagging question I have to ask, since it's built into the side of a planet, is what happens after it sucks up and consumes the sun? Is the weapon now useless? Do they somehow move the planet?
It also has the same nagging type of design flaw as the Death Star. One weak spot and KABOOM.
However, the First Order *did* take some precautions, which got some points from me from having somewhat learned from the Death Star fiasco. They armored the crap out of the weak spot for starters. A whole squadron of X-wings hit the weak spot with a bombing run with no effect on the weapon itself. Later, when they saw they were losing the battle there was no Tarkin "moment of triumph" where they didn't evacuate. They evacuated immediately after things went south and failure was imminent.
Rey, the female lead, is likewise impressively powerful. Too powerful. She redefines prodigy. Anakin was a prodigy, and all he did was prior to Force training was win a podrace and he had that silly thing where he blew up that Trade Federation control ship. What Anakin didn't do was fight an evil Force user, like Darth Maul.
With ZERO training or even knowledge of the Force she's able to Force Persuade a stormtrooper, after a couple of failed attempts, and then hold her own and even defeat (a wounded) Kylo Ren in a lightsaber duel. Kylo Ren has received training from both the new Emperor guy as well as Luke himself. Previously the guy even stopped a blaster bolt in midair, kept it there while the stormtroopers razed a village, and only after the action was done and a prisoner captured was the thing let go. Hell, prior to the fight and the injury when Kylo Ren interrogated her with the Force she ended up reading HIS mind while he learned nothing in return, and when he tried grabbing the lightsaber out of the snow with the Force he ended up losing that contest to her as well. Before all the interrogation and stuff happened I'm surprised he captured her at all.
Han Solo's death was predictable.
I'm a lore freak. This movie didn't really answer that much in regards to the lore of the setting post-Return of the Jedi. It also doesn't really *matter* to the plot as a whole, just an itch that needs scratching that wasn't scratched.
- The Empire is gone, from it's ashes came the First Order. They apparently have access to the Empire's archives, which the Resistance does not have (not counting R2-D2).
- The Republic exists, it's a government, but it is somehow separated and/or differentiated from the Resistance, which is supported by the Republic.
- Is the Republic smaller than the First Order? Bigger? Do they each control one half of the galaxy? Who controls Coruscant? Who knows.
- Luke is the only Jedi and his existence is practically a myth at this point. There seem to be only two Dark Side users (whether or not they are Sith, since there is a difference, is unknown as of this time).
All that said I still enjoyed it.
