Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[YankeesFanboy]

One of the newspapers I read is a right proper bastard when it comes to spoilers. I wasn't going to risk knowing everything that happens before seeing it

I guess my plan of a mid-January viewing - after most of the crowds have gone and after it premieres in China - have been scuttled. You didn't find it derivative, did you?

 

[Lejuan]

I guess my plan of a mid-January viewing - after most of the crowds have gone and after it premieres in China - have been scuttled. You didn't find it derivative, did you?

It was certainly derivative, but I thought this enhanced rather than detracted from the film.

 

[Bmacattack]

How are you guys listending to the score? I've been looking everywhere.

 

[Sidewinder]

I enjoyed it. Expected a packed out cinema, literally at most 50 people in there.

Really enjoyed Han and Leia's scenes and the new cast were pretty good too. I think the majority of Star Wars fans will be pleased with the film overall.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I enjoyed it. Expected a packed out cinema, literally at most 50 people in there.
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Maybe that's a lot of people for that theater and location. I know 50 people would be a lot at my local theater.

 

[Sidewinder]

Maybe that's a lot of people for that theater and location. I know 50 people would be a lot at my local theater.

True. Guess it's lucky I'm not in a big city. I know there's plenty of cinemas sold out for at least a week.

 

[Aliaz]

Agree completely with LeJuan, I just got home from a screening and I can't wipe the smile off my face.

After TPM I spent ages trying to find a justification for why I should like it because it was Star Wars, this time I can just enjoy a really good movie set in my favorite fictional universe.

It has some blank spots (but even ESB has a few - blasphemy I know) but looks beautiful, is well acted, has heart and sense of humour and is a lot of fun while leaving a bunch of questions that will hopefully be answered in the future.

Ford was awesome and the new cast was great.

It doesn't have the same sense of wonder that I got from watching ANH for the first time, but that's probably impossible to recreate. As a movie though, it's at least as good IMO even if it is derivitive

Agree with this and lejuan.

But again, the prequels maybe felt more "Star Wars".

No. Just no. This definately had a star wars feel.

 

[RavenEye]

Star Wars is... um dead, alive, not Star Wars? I'm so confused...

 

[RavenEye]

No. Just no. This definately had a star wars feel.

Search your feelings you know it is true...

 

[Asta]

Star Wars is... um dead, alive, not Star Wars? I'm so confused...

JJ's Star Wars was a fevered dream. None of it's true. None of it.

 

[Sidewinder]

You know you're watching a JJ Abrams film when you see Greg Grunberg have a role lol. What a lucky bloke he is to have gone to school with JJ.

 

[Oxnard Montalvo]

You do notice the ANH beats...but you just don't care... The whole thing is fantastic. One thing that weirded me out were just how many of the toys that Hasbro has released since force Friday have little to zero screentime in the movie...

 

[Sidewinder]

Regarding Captain Phasma..

Spoiler

So did she end up squashed in a garbage compactor or what? Lol Did she escape and survive in the end, I didn't see her get out but I'm gathering she survived as well as Kylo did.
Anway I was slightly disappointed that Phasma's role was pretty limited. At least she got to say some lines I guess, which is more than we can say about Luke lol.

Not sure if I'm gonna pick up HT Captain Phasma or bother with a Luke if they made one.

 

[Lejuan]

Regarding Captain Phasma..

I didn't know anything about that character other than the look, but when I heard the voice I immediately associated it with the other character that the actor is well known for. I looked it up when I got home and turns out I guessed right

 

[Sidewinder]

I didn't know anything about that character other than the look, but when I heard the voice I immediately associated it with the other character that the actor is well known for. I looked it up when I got home and turns out I guessed right

Yes, definitely has one of those voices you recognise

 

[Asta]

Regarding Captain Phasma..

Spoiler

So did she end up squashed in a garbage compactor or what? Lol Did she escape and survive in the end, I didn't see her get out but I'm gathering she survived as well as Kylo did.
Anway I was slightly disappointed that Phasma's role was pretty limited. At least she got to say some lines I guess, which is more than we can say about Luke lol.

Not sure if I'm gonna pick up HT Captain Phasma or bother with a Luke if they made one.

The Spoilerboard has this scene:

Spoiler

Weapon Power Station Entry

Chewie, Han, Finn, and Rey run into Phasma and Chewie tackles her. They force her to open lower the blast doors and then dump her in a garbage chute.

However,

Spoiler

Her last mention by name is a little later:


Starkiller Base Command Center…

Phasma barks orders at base technicians but they flee in panic.

But ultimately,

Spoiler

In Orbit…
[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]The Falcon dodges and weaves through the clouds of ship debris. They make contact with Poe and together plot a jump back to the Resistance Base as Starkiller base explodes in spectacular fashion.

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[elämän merimies]

However,

Spoiler

Her last mention by name is a little later:


Starkiller Base Command Center…

Phasma barks orders at base technicians but they flee in panic.

Spoiler

I think this was actually a scene of Kylo tearing down the interrogation room? not Phasma.

EDIT: oh wait, I think there was a scene of somebody (was it General Hux?) shouting at the technitians not to abandon their posts. but I dont remember Phasma being in it?

 

[Lejuan]

One of the weaker plot points I thought regarded the last scene where we see Captain Phasma. I'll leave it at that - if it's not a weak plot point, nobody will know what I'm talking about.

 

[elämän merimies]

ok. I think I've had plenty of time to savour it and to me it's just an ANH remake, plain and simple.
and in that (remake) gategory "Star Wars XXX - a Porn parody" beats this one by a mile?

 

[Asta]

Spoiler

I think this was actually a scene of Kylo tearing down the interrogation room? not Phasma.

EDIT: oh wait, I think there was a scene of somebody (was it General Hux?) shouting at the technitians not to abandon their posts. but I dont remember Phasma being in it?

Okay, but...

Spoiler

...Starkiller base explodes in spectacular fashion.

Spoiler

So Phasma's likely dead anyway?