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<blockquote data-quote="Ningauble" data-source="post: 7689379" data-attributes="member: 48467"><p>Saw it last night. Here is my quick review after sleeping on it. Overall, a B-. Visually stunning, great new characters, but the plot was terrible (Episode IV copy cat) and too many unexplained things. I felt like they rammed the new characters down your throat when they should have eased you in a bit more, and JJ played it too safe. Felt like too much was thrown in just to sell toys.</p><p></p><p>Pros:</p><p>* Daisy Ridley is fantastic. I was totally sucked in once she started using Jedi powers.</p><p>* Liked Finn, but his character could have used some more explanation. How did he break the storm trooper conditioning? What are his talents? He's seriously a stormtrooper garbage man?</p><p>* Adam Driver was great. Loved Kylo Ren. Seriously psychotic with some major anger and daddy issues. Love that he feels conflict between light and dark sides of the force.</p><p>* My kids loved it and I was on the edge of my seat during the Rey / Ren battle and Rey going to the Jedi Temple to find Luke.</p><p>* Harrison Ford was awesome. Loved seeing Solo and Chewie as smugglers again.</p><p></p><p>Cons:</p><p>* JJ Abrams seriously messed up Threepio & R2D2. Threepio has always been the greatest comic relief. They missed a huge opportunity to have Threepio annoy Solo again. The droids have always been a centerpiece of Star Wars, and now they are relegated to a dusty corner in low power mode and an unexplained red arm (unless you want to read a Marvel comic book - no thanks).</p><p>* No explanation of the rise of the New Order / state of affairs of the galaxy. I sense a disney marketing ploy here to make you read the novels / books.</p><p>* Poe's character was basically a cardboard cut out. He's the greatest pilot in the Resistance. That's really all I learned about him.</p><p>* I was underwhelmed by the X-wing / Tie-fighter battles. Visually ok, but little real suspense.</p><p>* The giant gollum, Snoke. Is he really giant sized? He could have potential, but again could have used some explanation. My kids really said, "Is that gollum?"</p><p>* Solo was really going to let the Falcon be taken from him? It was always his baby - plus the fastest ship.</p><p>* Maz or whatever the big eyed orange alien was called was horrible. Episode VII's Jar Jar. Very annoying and visually not cool. What's with the goggles?</p><p>* What was the Awakening in the force? Rey? Where were the Force Ghosts? I was expecting to see or hear a Force Ghost of Yoda or Obi-wan.</p><p>* Most of the New Order guys were cardboard characters. The red haired general's over acting was hard to watch. Why didn't Captain Phasma get to do anything (except be another action figure to sell?)</p><p>* I wanted to see more cool new aliens / random monsters / weird quirkiness. They tried to do this a bit in Maz's cantina but nothing blew me away. </p><p></p><p>There's still hope for the next movie at least. I left the theater really wanting to see what happens next so that's a good sign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ningauble, post: 7689379, member: 48467"] Saw it last night. Here is my quick review after sleeping on it. Overall, a B-. Visually stunning, great new characters, but the plot was terrible (Episode IV copy cat) and too many unexplained things. I felt like they rammed the new characters down your throat when they should have eased you in a bit more, and JJ played it too safe. Felt like too much was thrown in just to sell toys. Pros: * Daisy Ridley is fantastic. I was totally sucked in once she started using Jedi powers. * Liked Finn, but his character could have used some more explanation. How did he break the storm trooper conditioning? What are his talents? He's seriously a stormtrooper garbage man? * Adam Driver was great. Loved Kylo Ren. Seriously psychotic with some major anger and daddy issues. Love that he feels conflict between light and dark sides of the force. * My kids loved it and I was on the edge of my seat during the Rey / Ren battle and Rey going to the Jedi Temple to find Luke. * Harrison Ford was awesome. Loved seeing Solo and Chewie as smugglers again. Cons: * JJ Abrams seriously messed up Threepio & R2D2. Threepio has always been the greatest comic relief. They missed a huge opportunity to have Threepio annoy Solo again. The droids have always been a centerpiece of Star Wars, and now they are relegated to a dusty corner in low power mode and an unexplained red arm (unless you want to read a Marvel comic book - no thanks). * No explanation of the rise of the New Order / state of affairs of the galaxy. I sense a disney marketing ploy here to make you read the novels / books. * Poe's character was basically a cardboard cut out. He's the greatest pilot in the Resistance. That's really all I learned about him. * I was underwhelmed by the X-wing / Tie-fighter battles. Visually ok, but little real suspense. * The giant gollum, Snoke. Is he really giant sized? He could have potential, but again could have used some explanation. My kids really said, "Is that gollum?" * Solo was really going to let the Falcon be taken from him? It was always his baby - plus the fastest ship. * Maz or whatever the big eyed orange alien was called was horrible. Episode VII's Jar Jar. Very annoying and visually not cool. What's with the goggles? * What was the Awakening in the force? Rey? Where were the Force Ghosts? I was expecting to see or hear a Force Ghost of Yoda or Obi-wan. * Most of the New Order guys were cardboard characters. The red haired general's over acting was hard to watch. Why didn't Captain Phasma get to do anything (except be another action figure to sell?) * I wanted to see more cool new aliens / random monsters / weird quirkiness. They tried to do this a bit in Maz's cantina but nothing blew me away. There's still hope for the next movie at least. I left the theater really wanting to see what happens next so that's a good sign. [/QUOTE]
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