STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Official Thread v.6

[Winston Wolf]

Don't people in the military generally refer to their commanding officers by the ranks, not their first names?

It's more that they make sort of a big deal out of it. "Oh she's a general now". "Oh she's always royalty to me". "The general". "The general". Yes, we get it. Leia is important.

 

[Shoemaker]

It's more that they make sort of a big deal out of it. "Oh she's a general now". "Oh she's always royalty to me". "The general". "The general". Yes, we get it. Leia is important.

They pressed pretty hard on her being a princess in Episode 4, too. I don't think Lucas had any agenda.

 

[KILL KILL]

Of course they showed her to be a Badass. She's going to be the main character for a 3 movie series. Would you rather them have her piss her pants and ask for a big strong man to help?

Edit: they did overdo it a bit. No more than they did with Anakin's character in the prequels. That fucking kid accidentally flew into a space battle and fucked shit up. He was like 8!!!

 

[Sansara]

Anakin was Vader.
The mythos of the story had vader being a chosen one, that is why he was portrayed that way.

Luke was portrayed as human. In the first movie he was competent, but nowhere near a superhero. in the second one he get the crap beat of him and lose his hand.In the third, after harsh training and a little soft talk he beat his dad.

Now Rey? I didnt see a dash of humanity in her. A superheroine.

 

[KILL KILL]

Anakin was Vader.
The mythos of the story had vader being a chosen one, that is why he was portrayed that way.

Luke was portrayed as human. In the first movie he was competent, but nowhere near a superhero. in the second one he get the crap beat of him and lose his hand.In the third, after harsh training and a little soft talk he beat his dad.

Now Rey? I didnt see a dash of humanity in her. A superheroine.

Maybe she's the real chosen one that will bring balance to the force...or they just overdid it.

 

[Someone88]

WOW! Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a great movie!

 

[Sansara]

Maybe she's the real chosen one that will bring balance to the force...or they just overdid it.

Perhaps.
But i am judging this movie as it was a stand alone flick, not as a part of a bigger picture.

Frankly they should have been more explicit with the plot. No reason whatsoever to withhold important information to keep the mystery going for longer. They should introduce a new plot so you are actually compelled to watch the whole trilogy.

What i got was a rehashed movie with plot points that are left without explanation. I dont feel like watching the next two at the moment. Maybe i will feel differently next december, i dont know.

 

[shockaholic12]

I also left wishing they had explored more diverse other worldly settings. Felt like a small Galaxy with a few planets that look just like earth.

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I can't get over the fatally retarded decision to use another Death Star though. Somehow this First Order that is a fragment of what the empire was before Endor can throw together another one that's 20x bigger then the last one in no time. No one in the theater gave a shit when the death star blew up those worlds and no one gave a shit when they blew up the Death Star. It was the most boring part of the movie. Just a cop out that let the writers put everyone on one planet for the climax. The republic has been scouring the galaxy for decades looking for Luke and didn't know about the 20x bigger than a planet weapon that first order had? [\SPOILER]

 

[Winston Wolf]

I also left wishing they had explored more diverse other worldly settings. Felt like a small Galaxy with a few planets that look just like earth.

Spoiler

I can't get over the fatally retarded decision to use another Death Star though. Somehow this First Order that is a fragment of what the empire was before Endor can throw together another one that's 20x bigger then the last one in no time. No one in the theater gave a shit when the death star blew up those worlds and no one gave a shit when they blew up the Death Star. It was the most boring part of the movie. Just a cop out that let the writers put everyone on one planet for the climax. The republic has been scouring the galaxy for decades looking for Luke and didn't know about the 20x bigger than a planet weapon that first order had? [\SPOILER]

That's actually one of the points I briefly touched in my initial post ITT. They barely gave us a glimple of the New Republic, its planets and its people. So when like 4 planets went up in smoke with a single blast nobody gave a shit.

 

[Stargazer Rex]

Who is the bad ass chick suppose to be related to? Is that Luke's daughter?

 

[KILL KILL]

That's actually one of the points I briefly touched in my initial post ITT. They barely gave us a glimple of the New Republic, its planets and its people. So when like 4 planets went up in smoke with a single blast nobody gave a shit.

I kinda felt that way too. I was like, meh. And they were apparently all close enough to each other that you could see it from the one planet.

 

[KILL KILL]

Who is the bad ass chick suppose to be related to? Is that Luke's daughter?

They haven't revealed her backstory yet. Her parents ditched her on a desert planet. She's the sci fi version of Joe dirt.

 

[TrueBias]

I think it was the sense of adventure into strange places which was missing. There was a lot of thngs missing and a lot of things that could've been done better. But above all, they didn't explore the Star Wars universe too much. I feel like in all other films (even the prequels) you see so much variety of places, planets, races, etc. And the characters are constantly moving across the galaxy to unique and unimaginable places that bend the viewers mind. But this film had little to none of that, maybe because they were concentrating more on telling their story, bad idea.

Pretty much all of the first half of this film takes place in the desert planet or in the outer atmosphere of the desert planet. Then they go to the green planet and the rest is them blowing up the new death star. They should've had more. If not more, at least they should've explored the green planet and the death star in more detail. Especially the death star which was soo badass but we only see feint glimpses of it. I thought that was okay because at the time it seemed they were saving it for future sequels BUT then they blow it up. So fucking, what ever.

There ya go. A giant death star, introduced as fast as its destroyed. Then the big honcho, Spoke, doesnt care this facility is destroyed. Well shit fellas, if you dont care, I dont care.

 

[scrubido]

There ya go. A giant death star, introduced as fast as its destroyed. Then the big honcho, Spoke, doesnt care this facility is destroyed. Well shit fellas, if you dont care, I dont care.

I saw it as they have even bigger better weapons in their pockets.

 

[SaucyJack]

I thought it was excellent. I cared about the characters, the story was interesting, the settings were great, and it really felt like I was finally watching a 4th Star Wars movie. It was so awesome to see old and new fans all giddy with excitement. I have to go see it again soon.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

I saw it as they have even bigger better weapons in their pockets.

Yup, the First Order's new secret weapon is two planets tied together to form a new bigger, badder Galaxykiller Base.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: December 18, 2015

THE FORCE AWAKENS Opens with Record Breaking $57 Million Thursday Previews

J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens remains in hyperdrive at the North American box office, where it's headed for the biggest Friday of all time with at least $120 million-$125 million in ticket sales for a record weekend opening north of $215 million — and that's a conservative estimate.

Box office observers say there's no telling how high Force Awakens will ultimately open, only that it's destined to make history and eclipse the $208.8 million domestic debut of Jurassic World this summer. Some industry sources are suggesting as high as $240 million to $250 million. However, they stress it's difficult to project, since nothing has ever been so big. Ultimately, it all depends upon how Saturday plays out.

Friday's haul will include a record-breaking $57 million in Thursday night previews at the North American box office.

The previous Thursday-night champ was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Part 2, the final film in the franchise, which earned $43.5 million in Thursday previews in July 2011. Deathly Hallows 2 also held the record for the biggest Friday until now ($91 million).

The Force Awakens, directed by Abrams, began showing at 7 p.m. Thursday, with 3D making up a big 47 percent of the night. IMAX screenings were also a new record, earning $5.7 million from 391 screens, nearly doubling the previous record of $3 million. Abrams' film is also smashing records overseas, where it has amassed a stunning $72.7 million in its first two days.


Box Office Report: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Eyes Record $120 Million-Plus Friday

 

[CrazyN8]

Yup, the First Order's secret weapon is two planets tied together to form a new bigger, badder Galaxykiller Base.

I couldn't help but wonder at this point, why is the force so important anymore. Seems like it's pretty mundane to create a planet destroying weapon. Why care about luke, kylo etc. At that point. Then again it seems pretty easy to destroy these weapons too.

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Spoiler

and easy to learn how to master the your force powerst in the space of a few hours, it was all too easy. Maybe that's my biggest complaint.

 

[Hank The Tank]

Wow the gambit of opinions is sure in here. 9.5/10

I thought it was fantastic, lots of winks and nods to the original to bridge it into the future, I'll only look back on this as too close to ANH if they follow a similar story arc for the next 2 like in Empire and ROTJ.
People really need to get over the female and black lead thing, either consciously or sub consciously. It didn't feel like an agenda, we're just used to all leads being male. If it felt like an agenda I would be the first to bitch and moan about it because I hate that shit.

Spoiler: Questions

Who was the old guy in the beginning that gave them the map piece to Luke? I missed his name.

What are peoples thoughts on Rey, is she related to anyone new?

Same with the new supreme master or whateve, Snoke, someone new, ancient evil, someone we know?
It would be lame if he was some brought back version of the Emperor, so lets hope its not that.

 

[Misfit23]

Who is the bad ass chick suppose to be related to? Is that Luke's daughter?

I thought she was Han's and Leia's daughter and brother to Rylo at first. Just the way Han stared at her when they first met gave me that feeling. I don't know now though...

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Rae is cute as hell