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<blockquote data-quote="halfling rogue" data-source="post: 7689267" data-attributes="member: 6779182"><p>Oh man. SUCH a great movie. Lived up to the hype.</p><p></p><p>I've seen reviews saying it was a retread of <em>New Hope</em> (kind of mashed with <em>Empire</em>) and calling it lazy writing. I'm calling it brilliant. For a couple reasons: 1) Just from a fan perspective, what was everyone longing nearly the moment he prequels arrived? To generalize it, I think the longing was for something Star-Warsy. The prequels were too clean, slow, somber when compared to the gritty, fast, fun originals. All of the elements that we were clamoring for were there in this movie. 2) Beyond that though, I think it was necessary. This film serves as an extremely important transition from old to new and it needed to be a set up film. This film, like <em>New Hope</em> needs to leave us with lots of questions, and it's hard to do that without a solid foundation. And frankly, I'm glad it echoed New Hope. I was glad for the parallels and I didn't feel like it was a retread at all, more like an echo, almost like a flowering (that's sounds sappy, but it's true).</p><p></p><p>I like what they did with Kylo Ren. A lot. I like that he is devoted to Vader. His saber tantrums. His struggle between the light and dark. How he confessed that the light was pulling him and how it was 'weakness'. And ultimately with the death of his father...the very thing the Emperor desired for Luke...to strike down his own father. You could tell Kylo was struggling and his choice was extremely ominous. He knew it was what he needed to complete his transition. Han slowly stroking his face as if to say "My boy, I still love you" Oh man, that got me good.</p><p></p><p>Rey and Finn and Poe were all home runs. I can't wait to see the adventures they go on. Rey is still a mystery. Everything within me says she must be Luke's daughter but if that is the case, they're going to really have to convince me (I almost wanted to think she was Han and Leia's daughter...but that simply would not make sense). If she's Luke's daughter 1) why wouldn't Leia feel it or Han consider it. She was left on Jakku as a young girl, but I'm sure old enough to remember the face of her parents. If it was Luke, why was she left behind to such a bad life? So even though Luke pops first to the mind, I don't think she's Luke's daughter. But all the same, I feel she has some connection to the Skywalkers.</p><p></p><p>As to someone's hand being lopped off, me and the kids were discussing that on the ride home. I was under the impression that Rey cut Kylo Ren's hand off just before she slashed his face, as they were struggling and forcing his saber into the ground. She cut something...was it the saber or was it his hand? I thought it was his hand, but it wasn't clear. Definitely something I want to rewatch for.</p><p></p><p>There's about a million other things I love and want to talk about...AHH! STAR WARS!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="halfling rogue, post: 7689267, member: 6779182"] Oh man. SUCH a great movie. Lived up to the hype. I've seen reviews saying it was a retread of [I]New Hope[/I] (kind of mashed with [I]Empire[/I]) and calling it lazy writing. I'm calling it brilliant. For a couple reasons: 1) Just from a fan perspective, what was everyone longing nearly the moment he prequels arrived? To generalize it, I think the longing was for something Star-Warsy. The prequels were too clean, slow, somber when compared to the gritty, fast, fun originals. All of the elements that we were clamoring for were there in this movie. 2) Beyond that though, I think it was necessary. This film serves as an extremely important transition from old to new and it needed to be a set up film. This film, like [I]New Hope[/I] needs to leave us with lots of questions, and it's hard to do that without a solid foundation. And frankly, I'm glad it echoed New Hope. I was glad for the parallels and I didn't feel like it was a retread at all, more like an echo, almost like a flowering (that's sounds sappy, but it's true). I like what they did with Kylo Ren. A lot. I like that he is devoted to Vader. His saber tantrums. His struggle between the light and dark. How he confessed that the light was pulling him and how it was 'weakness'. And ultimately with the death of his father...the very thing the Emperor desired for Luke...to strike down his own father. You could tell Kylo was struggling and his choice was extremely ominous. He knew it was what he needed to complete his transition. Han slowly stroking his face as if to say "My boy, I still love you" Oh man, that got me good. Rey and Finn and Poe were all home runs. I can't wait to see the adventures they go on. Rey is still a mystery. Everything within me says she must be Luke's daughter but if that is the case, they're going to really have to convince me (I almost wanted to think she was Han and Leia's daughter...but that simply would not make sense). If she's Luke's daughter 1) why wouldn't Leia feel it or Han consider it. She was left on Jakku as a young girl, but I'm sure old enough to remember the face of her parents. If it was Luke, why was she left behind to such a bad life? So even though Luke pops first to the mind, I don't think she's Luke's daughter. But all the same, I feel she has some connection to the Skywalkers. As to someone's hand being lopped off, me and the kids were discussing that on the ride home. I was under the impression that Rey cut Kylo Ren's hand off just before she slashed his face, as they were struggling and forcing his saber into the ground. She cut something...was it the saber or was it his hand? I thought it was his hand, but it wasn't clear. Definitely something I want to rewatch for. There's about a million other things I love and want to talk about...AHH! STAR WARS! [/QUOTE]
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