Chat corner 96: The Force Awakens
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dreamwarsWelcome to the Monday chat corner!
Today is movie time: the topic is the first of the Sequel Trilogy movie, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. If you’ve been here last time we’ve talked about it, do you have any new thoughts? If not, what do you think about it?
By the way, the movie premiered in December 2015, which means it’s now over 7 years old. It’s been a while! Have you seen it in the cinema? What was it like?
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Date: 2023-02-20 10:27 pm (UTC)I remember that before going to see it in the theater the one thing I gathered from reviews was that the film was a rehash of New Hope. And I think that was largely true, but at the same time the changes were significant. It's not only because we got different characters in different positions when the story started, but because the movie wasn't the first in a series, it had some legacy effects which no "starting" movie could claim.
At the same time the likelihood that the movie, no matter what it was, would have the same impact on me as New Hope was low. But I left the theater satisfied that at least it was no Episode 1.
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Date: 2023-02-21 12:17 am (UTC)I was WOWED, and I had SUCH HIGH HOPES for the direction they'd chosen to go, despite some quibbles. I fell in love with Finn and Rey. I wanted SO MUCH MORE of them being the heroes of their generation, or forging the new trinity with Poe.
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Date: 2023-02-21 01:15 am (UTC)I liked hating Kylo Ren because he made my little niece cry when he killed Han Solo. HOW DARE HE MAKE MY NIECE CRY?! (I wouldn't have taken her to see it at that young age, but it wasn't my call to make.)
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Date: 2023-02-22 10:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-21 01:44 am (UTC)My opinion on the sequel trilogy as a whole is pretty meh, but at the time I enjoyed it and thought it was a decent set-up for a new adventure. I just wish they'd had a more concrete plan for all the things they set up in it, rather than winging it and going in wildly different directions depending on who was at the helm.
Rey calling Luke's lightsaber to her during the final fight really got to me (I saw TPM in theaters as a 7 year old who was very into fencing and martial arts, while I've always loved the lady-Jedi of the expanded universe they'd never been the focus on the big screen), so that earns it some points in my book. Also, while Han's death made me sad I thought it was a really nice bit of writing & cinematography.
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Date: 2023-02-21 05:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-02-21 07:11 am (UTC)I really liked this one when I saw it at the cinema.
Kylo as a villain who wants to be the next Vader was pretty meta. And him killing Han was a great scene.
Finn being a defected stormtrooper had so much potential. A pity they used that for a throwaway joke and nothing else.
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Date: 2023-02-21 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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