Nerd Blasphemy, Redux.
Went to see The Force Awakens - non-3D on a Sunday afternoon meant a nice non-crowded theatre.
Executive summary: Easily the best Star Wars movie since 1983. No Ewoks, no Gungans, no 50s diners with muppet cooks, no blatant clumsy racist caricatures. Interesting new characters, fun callbacks to old characters, surprisingly deep writing.
And despite his best efforts JJ Abrams didn't manage to ruin it.
He really, really, really tried, though, and did some serious damage in the process. I'd rank TFA below Return Of The Jedi, even the special edition with extra Ewoks and additional musical numbers, *entirely* because of blatant Abrams-isms that are clearly the exact same mistakes he makes over and over again in everything he does.
Spoilers in the comments.
Executive summary: Easily the best Star Wars movie since 1983. No Ewoks, no Gungans, no 50s diners with muppet cooks, no blatant clumsy racist caricatures. Interesting new characters, fun callbacks to old characters, surprisingly deep writing.
And despite his best efforts JJ Abrams didn't manage to ruin it.
He really, really, really tried, though, and did some serious damage in the process. I'd rank TFA below Return Of The Jedi, even the special edition with extra Ewoks and additional musical numbers, *entirely* because of blatant Abrams-isms that are clearly the exact same mistakes he makes over and over again in everything he does.
Spoilers in the comments.