Star Wars, episode whatever

[sartorias]

Finally got to see it today, in company with my son

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[queenoftheskies]

I haven't seen it yet, but Amanda saw a sneak peek and I asked her ALL the questions cause I love to be spoiled. :)

I hear that, in spite of the thing that happened, someone is signed for the next movie, too. So...?

[rachelmanija]

Is he? I had heard that the reason for that thing was that it was his condition for appearing in the movie! Hmm.

I hadn't realized until I saw it just how much I have wanted all my life to see a movie where a girl has Luke Skywalker's role. FINALLY. I also really loved Finn. Yeah, it certainly could have been done more angstily and with more sruggle, but my very favorite thing in the world is when a bit character or a minion says, "You know what? This is wrong and I'm not doing it." And then steps into a hero's role, not because they have amazing talents or are related to someone important, but because they decided to do the right thing, with no advantages and at any cost.

[sartorias]

Oh, heck yes. I could quibble more about the lack of good writing (like his reasons for doing that) and the painful line wherein the writers tripped up a simple grammatical phrase, and thus had poor scene-chewing Ren say the opposite of what he meant (which is probably why his delivery of that line had no power), but I think the actors carried the iffy spots.

[padawansguide]

I was unspoiled, but I agree with your take on The Event.

[sartorias]

Le sigh.

[padawansguide]

Seriously!! :-)

[sartorias]

He had most of the best lines.

[whswhs]

I have to say I thought you know what was the best thing in the film, though I would have liked to see the impact on Leia of having set Han up for it.

I was able to watch with enjoyment-this wasn't an unspeakable horror like the first two Hobbit films, not even close-but it was disappointing to see what was essentially a reboot but was presented as a sequel.

I thought Rey was rather cool even though I see the justice of Megan McArdle's complaint about her being so good at everything that she makes the other two characters superfluous. I respect the intent of Finn's having a moral crisis followed by moral growth, but I didn't find him substantial enough for it to be believable in the way Han's change of intent in the original was believable. The other guy had so little substance that I don't even remember his name. There wasn't enough character interaction among the three of them to give me a sense of a new group of characters emerging; in fact I think the most convincing relationship in the film was between Rey and the Millennium

[kalimac]

"I think the most convincing relationship in the film was between Rey and the Millennium Falcon."

This vaguely reminds me of my thought that the best acting in Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies was performed by New Zealand in the role of Middle-earth.

[whswhs]

Heh. I gotta say that was a big part of what I loved about those films.

[sartorias]

Yes, all true. The writing really fell down here--so much air time leaving them staring meaningfully at each other when there could have been dialogue.

[ellarien]

I saw it yesterday too, avoiding the holiday crowds. I'd managed to avoid spoilers beyond the names of the main characters, so the thing that happened was like a punch in the gut, even though I'd only seen the original trilogy once, a couple of years ago on DVD. My processing of the whole thing has been a bit hampered because the sound in the theatre was up way too high and I spent most of it with my hands pressed over my ears. I did enjoy it, but it may be a longer time than usual before I venture into a cinema again.

[sartorias]

Yeah, it really was loud--and my hearing is going!