Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

[BDKiiing]

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After some thinking time, here's my spoilery thoughts on the movie.

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Like mentioned before, some stuff was certainly telegraphed, but to me it didn't have any effect on the enjoyment of the movie. And nostalgia wise, I'm completely fine with it. I put this movie as my 3rd favorite behind Return of the Jedi and Empire Strikes Back.

First, I'm glad they got it out of the way right away that Kylo was Han and Leia's son. I was fully expecting him and Rey, spelled Rey, not Rae, to be the solo twins, so glad they got his story out of the way.

Han's death scene was definitely parallel to Obi-Wan's death, I got chills and choked up. Definitely one of the hardest deaths for me in a movie. But it definitely legitimized Kylo Ren.

Maz, the cantina owner was awesome, her time there was so perfect. Leading to Rey's first experience with a lightsaber. I loved the throwback to Luke's cave scene on Dagobah. I liked the flashback of her young being taken, definitely something to come out of that.

I was thinking Finn would be Lando's son, but now with Han dead, I'm not sure it would make sense to bring back Lando.

I loved Luke being in at the end, I would have hated to not at least see him, he looks like a legitimate badass Jedi now.

Going forward I want to know Finn's origin, and Rey's. Initially I thought she was Leia and Han's daughter, but one of them would have done something to acknowledge it. But when Rey and Leia embraced near the end, they didn't tip off that they were mother and daughter, but Leia knowing her name leads me to believe Rey is Leia's niece, definitely the offspring of Luke. And that she was hidden away to avoid being hunted down some day, similar to Luke being hidden on Tattoine as a baby.

And lastly I want some backstory to the Supreme Leader, interesting that they didn't necessarily allude to the fact that the bad guys were sith, but I'm curious how this guy becomes head bad guy.

Overall great movie, such a great combination of nostalgia and establishing the new characters. I hate that we have to wait a couple years for episode 8, because I could go for it right now.

[RockinDaMike]

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Man got out of 4dx and it was amazing. It's a total different experience than seeing it normal and made it must have better seeing it the 2nd time.


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[Money99]

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Awesome movie!
While I don't believe any future SW film will match what Lucas and co did with the Originals, this was pretty freaking close.

And I totally get where Abrams was going with this in terms of characters, plot and special effects.
I was watching my 12YO and 9YO son and the expressions on their faces throughout the film were priceless.
It made me think that perhaps that's how my face looked when my Dad took me and my brothers to see the Originals when we were that age.
This will be their SW Trilogy of their generation.

My 9YO said it was the greatest movie he's ever seen. Both want to go back as soon as possible.

Abrams did an amazing job and I can't wait to see how he finishes Episodes 8 and 9.
And I don't think it can be said enough, but I just LOVE how he used real-sets, actors and props to blend a perfect mix of real and CGI action.
It definitely had that Old-School flavour that I recall from the Originals.

The only thing I had an issue with was...

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Seriously? Another Death Star? Sorry.. Death Planet.
That makes 3 films in a row (if you count them chronologically), where a death star/planet was used.
Hopefully they can do better for 8 and 9.

Other than that, loved everything about the movie.

PS:
I'd rank this 3rd in the series behind Empire and New Hope and neck-and-neck with Return of the Jedi.

[ubernoob]

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You could tell me this was the greatest star wars film ever made and you wouldn't hear a disagreement from me.

You could also tell me that there was an original trilogy movie better, and I still probably wouldn't disagree. It was greatness, and there were moments when I had legitimate goosebumps. Bravo and well done.

[Money99]

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You could tell me this was the greatest star wars film ever made and you wouldn't hear a disagreement from me.

You could also tell me that there was an original trilogy movie better, and I still probably wouldn't disagree. It was greatness, and there were moments when I had legitimate goosebumps. Bravo and well done.

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The first scene when the Millennium Falcon roared to life against the Star Fighters left goosebumps all over my body.
Made me feel like an 8YO kid again when I first saw it in action.

[ubernoob]

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The first scene when the Millennium Falcon roared to life against the Star Fighters left goosebumps all over my body.
Made me feel like an 8YO kid again when I first saw it in action.

Yes.

Also

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When Rey got the lightsaber over Kylo and lit it up. So many goosebumps.

[Watson]

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IDK about y'all, but the biggest pop in the theater I was in wasn't those two moments, rather when BB8 gave the thumbs up. I can't believe that was a thing that happened in a Star Wars movie and everybody enjoyed it

[Hunkerdown]

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All I got to say is ...[emoji2] [emoji23] [emoji15] [emoji33] [emoji7]

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[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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Okay, now that I got the "That was wonderful" out of the way and have had a night to sleep on it, my thoughts:

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1. They definitely heavily hint towards Rey being Luke's child. I'm curious to see what exactly the story is there considering he basically would have had to meet the mother while running his Jedi Academy, and then the two would have split up sometime before this movie as well (obviously the mother could have been killed if Luke is indeed the father). In the very least, I thought the flashback scene at least showed that Luke had been training her. I also found it kind of interesting that Rey could remember that she was supposed to wait on Jakku for her parents to return but couldn't remember anything about her parents, but I suppose Luke could have wiped her memory or something (certainly seems to have made her forget about her presumed training).

2. They seemed to leave the door open to the "Finn is Lando's kid" theory given the "I was taken from my family when I was very young" line, but I suppose that plot point could just end there as well/he could be related to some made-up character that we haven't met yet.

3. They seemed to heavily hint towards some romantic interest between Rey and Finn. I feel like you don't really see interracial couples in movies too often, so I found that kind of interesting too (and I think I'm rooting for it to happen because I love both of them already).

4. I'm EXTREMELY intrigued to learn more about the Supreme Leader's backstory; where he came from, what the hell happened to his face, if he's an actual giant, etc. Also simply curious to figure out where exactly he's hiding since all we saw was a hologram throughout the movie.

5. Was that really all that Captain Phasma's role is? I gotta assume her role will be much larger moving forwards than it was in this movie/could see the relationship between her and Finn becoming a bigger plot point.

6. Is that all for Max von Sydow's character? Just that opening scene?

7. Did Han know that Ren was about to kill him like Obi-Wan did with Vader in A New Hope? I thought he did, but my brother disagreed.

8. There WERE a ton of similarities to A New Hope, but honestly,

9. Seriously though, please no more death stars. Let's move on to something new.

10. I love that Daniel Craig was the stormtrooper that let Rey escape lol.

[Dogslax41]

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It may be Lucas' story but Kasdan is the heart of Star Wars. That film had everything that the first three were missing that made 4,5,&6 so great.

[greenegt]

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Love the glowing reviews. Unfortunately for me, I'll have to wait until Christmas weekend before I can see it. My wife and I have two small kids at home and we won't have a sitter available until then. I'll have to dip and dodge around the internet for a week to keep myself unspoiled.

[cima]

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That was awesome. Like Watson said, plenty of telegraphed moments but none of them took away from the wow factor. In fact, the predictability may have made those moments more awesome in some weird way. Speaking as a casual at best fan of the series, I'm excited to go back and re-watch all of the movies and I can't wait for what's in store next. JJ knocked it out of the park and I'm pretty sure every single Star Wars fan is proud of this film.

I immediately started looking up stuff on Episode VIII last night and was very disappointed to learn that JJ isn't directing Episode VIII or IX. It's someone named Rian Johnson. He's got some big shoes to fill here.


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[bad_philanthropy]

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I immediately started looking up stuff on Episode VIII last night and was very disappointed to learn that JJ isn't directing Episode VIII or IX. It's someone named Rian Johnson. He's got some big shoes to fill here.


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Rian Johnson is an excellent director/filmmaker. His first film, "Brick" is one of the great directorial debuts of the last decade. He also directed some of Breaking Bad's best episodes—including, perhaps its best, "Ozymandias"

I wouldn't worry too much about him, but understand the concern. JJ performed under huge pressure.

[cima]

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Rian Johnson is an excellent director/filmmaker. His first film, "Brick" is one of the great directorial debuts of the last decade. He also directed some of Breaking Bad's best episodes—including, perhaps its best, "Ozymandias"



I wouldn't worry too much about him, but understand the concern. JJ performed under huge pressure.

Good to know!


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[Dogslax41]

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Rian Johnson is an excellent director/filmmaker. His first film, "Brick" is one of the great directorial debuts of the last decade. He also directed some of Breaking Bad's best episodes—including, perhaps its best, "Ozymandias"

I wouldn't worry too much about him, but understand the concern. JJ performed under huge pressure.

I'm more worried about Kasden not being involved after comparing 7 with the other 6. Johnson can match Abrams but comparing the 7 films together you can almost feel what Kasden brings to the films. I will say I'm now looking forward to the Han origin movie just as much as Episode VIII.