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

[Prime Clone]

It's about context. I like ROTS but it was cartoon violence.

That's a good point. And TPM was derided as too much like a Disney film. Wonder if becoming a dad made Lucas soft.

 

[a-dev]

I think TPM is the best of the prequels and it's the lightest overall tone of those films. Of course in 2002 and 2005 I was hoping for something better and I probably at the time thought I'd gotten that, swayed as most people were by the increase of lightsabers and familiar character names. That impression didn't last and I now find TPM more watchable.

So I don't necessarily require dark and gritty with the new films. More important is just giving us some likeable characters with believable story arcs and acting that isn't so damn wooden.

 

[Platty]

TPM is my favourite too, purely because of obi wan, qui gon and maul. The feel and effects of the film are the best. Episode 2 and 3 look cartoon-y

 

[rivera2171]

Ewoks vs Predators

 

[jye4ever]

 

[fosing]

With a face like that i would have expected him to be

Spoiler

the fruit of Luke and leia's forbidden love

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BTW is he a good actor?

come to think of it, kylo ren could be part ewok.lolz
luke got drunk after the festivities and ****ed an ewok.

 

[olbertfrog]

Lol ^^

 

[**16k**]

come to think of it, kylo ren could be part ewok.lolz
luke got drunk after the festivities and ****ed an ewok.

If it were a awok, he'd be cute!
We never knew what happened in that snow on Hoth, so my guess? A tautaun!
The guy's even got the horns, I mean the ears...

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

True SW fans will always go with TPM over the other two..

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Ewoks vs Predators

"nyub nyub!!!"

"..nnnggggwhat-the-hell.. aaaarrrre-you.."

 

[jkno]

Too cute not to share:

 

[jye4ever]

Until I see the movie I don't give a **** about them.

I love BB8 though.

 

[karamazov80]

It's about context. I like ROTS but it was cartoon violence.

They need to re-edit the film so that the beheading of whatshisface, the "younglings" massacre and fight in the lava pit thing all have Wile E. Coyote-type music.

 

[K07]

Until I see the movie I don't give a **** about them.

I love BB8 though.

This, this, this, this.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Too cute not to share:

Cool pic!

Just read this a moment ago;

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Better To 'Disappoint' At Box Office Than Bomb With Fans

 

[abake]

Last week end I started watching Ep.II on a whim, and I was surprised at how much I was enjoying it.
I like the PT, but AOTC was always the weakest link for me and yet, as I watched it, I realised that I was just having a great time.
Above all, I think I admire Lucas' willingness to tell the story he wanted to, as awkward as it sometimes ended up being.

 

[karamazov80]

Cool pic!

Just read this a moment ago;

For 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Better To 'Disappoint' At Box Office Than Bomb With Fans

An interesting idea, though he doesn't provide any evidence to support his hypothesis. One obvious counterargument off the top of my head is the Transformers films. They are all lowest-common-denominator tripe. They don't appeal to a genuine hardcore geek audience. They target themselves to kids and casual audiences fairly exclusively. There is no expiration date to the franchise, so they can and likely will do soft reboots when needed until the cows come home. Yet they keep bringing in the dough.

I fear the best strategy is simply to appeal to the "average" moviegoer early and often, and you'll not be let down with the box office receipts. Because frankly, if the franchise is going to have legs over long stretches of time, that's going to be due to the nostalgia factor trapping kids at an early age. And for that, you don't need genuinely good films. Just ones that entertain sufficiently in the right ways.

 

[a-dev]

Last week end I started watching Ep.II on a whim, and I was surprised at how much I was enjoying it.
I like the PT, but AOTC was always the weakest link for me and yet, as I watched it, I realised that I was just having a great time.
Above all, I think I admire Lucas' willingness to tell the story he wanted to, as awkward as it sometimes ended up being.

Some of its action scenes put it above ROTS for me. Obi-wan's battle with Jango Fett both in space and on the Kamino Landing platform and the Geonosis arena rescue with all the Gunships coming in, I love that vehicle.

 

[jkno]

 

[karamazov80]

I hope she loses the helmet at some point, and will have more opportunities to emote. She's so damn good in Game of Thrones.