Spoiler So what are the general thoughts regarding to TFA

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 I thought it was a really good movie. Way better opening act than the phantom menace was(even though i still really like that movie). The pacing was really good. the action was good. kylo ren kicks ass. now there were a few dumb scenes(fin being able to go toe to toe with ren) but overall it was a really solid movie. not mind blowing but solid.


 
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4th best movie, behind the original trilogy. It was by no means a bad movie, but I thought it failed to go anywhere interesting or new with the franchise and settled by "playing it safe" instead.


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Very fun. Very human. Very Star Wars. Felt more genuine than any of the prequels and I definitely liked it better than Return. Looking forward to the future of the franchise and the budding rivalry between Ben Solo and Rey.


 
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Very fun. Very human. Very Star Wars. Felt more genuine than any of the prequels and I definitely liked it better than Return. Looking forward to the future of the franchise and the budding rivalry between Ben Solo and Rey.


 
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I definitely liked it better than Return.

Really? All my dislike for Return of the Jedi, at least it tried something new. I felt like TFA played it way too safe.
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I definitely liked it better than Return.

Really? All my dislike for Return of the Jedi, at least it tried something new. I felt like TFA played it way to safe.

that's how i feel. it mirrored ep4 a lot with a lot of throwback jokes.


 
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Took quite a bit from A New Hope but beyond that I don't have many gripes with the movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and give it a solid 8/10
- Couple notes -
- Rey is Awesome
- RIP "Youknowwho"
- Chewy and Rey tandem is gonna be sick
- The whole film felt like a Star Wars movie. Thank goodness


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Took quite a bit from A New Hope but beyond that I don't have many gripes with the movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and give it a solid 8/10
- Couple notes -
- Rey is Awesome
- RIP "Youknowwho"
- Chewy and Rey tandem is gonna be sick
- The whole film felt like a Star Wars movie. Thank goodness

ren was my favorite. didn't think someone could out-angst anakin


 
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Took quite a bit from A New Hope but beyond that I don't have many gripes with the movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and give it a solid 8/10
- Couple notes -
- Rey is Awesome
- RIP "Youknowwho"
- Chewy and Rey tandem is gonna be sick
- The whole film felt like a Star Wars movie. Thank goodness

ren was my favorite. didn't think someone could out-angst anakin
Ren's freak outs were hilarious and great.


 
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The best freakout was when he discovered Rey had escaped and he started slashing her torture chair thing, then the stormtroopers came walking around the corner and just turned around like "nope."


 
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The best freakout was when he discovered Rey had escaped and he started slashing her torture chair thing, then the stormtroopers came walking around the corner and just turned around like "nope."
Absolutely.
The joy in the theater when that happened was so genuine and awesome.


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I definitely liked it better than Return.

Really? All my dislike for Return of the Jedi, at least it tried something new. I felt like TFA played it way too safe.
They were under a lot of pressure. All things considered, I thought they handled things quite well. Using overall narrative and artistic cues from the original trilogy was an excellent framework for introducing the new characters and the dynamics of their relationships. I didn't come out of the movie feeling let down by anyone's characterization aside from Snoke. Finn, Rey, Ben Solo, BB-8, and Poe were all really well done, and I gotta give shouts outs to Hux. The power dynamic between Ben and Hux was a really cool callback to the power struggles between Vader and the high ranking Empire leaders.


 
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I definitely liked it better than Return.

Really? All my dislike for Return of the Jedi, at least it tried something new. I felt like TFA played it way too safe.
They were under a lot of pressure. All things considered, I thought they handled things quite well. Using overall narrative and artistic cues from the original trilogy was an excellent framework for introducing the new characters and the dynamics of their relationships. I didn't come out of the movie feeling let down by anyone's characterization aside from Snoke. Finn, Rey, Ben Solo, BB-8, and Poe were all really well done, and I gotta give shouts outs to Hux. The power dynamic between Ben and Hux was a really cool callback to the power struggles between Vader and the high ranking Empire leaders.
I totally forgot about that point. I remember noting that when watching it but forgot until now.


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They were under a lot of pressure. All things considered, I thought they handled things quite well. Using overall narrative and artistic cues from the original trilogy was an excellent framework for introducing the new characters and the dynamics of their relationships. I didn't come out of the movie feeling let down by anyone's characterization aside from Snoke. Finn, Rey, Ben Solo, BB-8, and Poe were all really well done, and I gotta give shouts outs to Hux. The power dynamic between Ben and Hux was a really cool callback to the power struggles between Vader and the high ranking Empire leaders.

For sure, I agree most of that. I just can't give the studio credit for redoing what's already been done, no matter how poorly it could've turned out.


 
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I will say, the movie has done at least one thing right for me: it's reignited my passion for Star Wars. Whereas before, I thought I had "grown out of it", now I realise, I haven't at all.

Star Wars fucking rules.


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I have my fair issue of minor gripes with the film, but nothing so major to spoil my enjoyment of the film.

Mainly;

-The amount of luck involved in Han and Chewie finding the Falcon is bullshit
-An imperial remnant faction builds a weapon that can destroy an entire solar system, and is much bigger than the death star, when it took the empire two decades (with all the resources in the galaxy) to build one.
-Starkiller base is generally just a one-up of the death star
-Where are the Y-Wing bombers, the fleets and other spacecraft? Sending one squadron of X-Wings to take on multiple star destroyers, wings of TIE fighters and a fucking planet thing seems way too much like putting all the eggs in one basket.
-Honestly, the film never really slows down to explain anything. Like how powerful the First Order and Republic are. I really hope them and the resistance aren't played out as rebels and empire 2.0 but I feel they are
-The amount of callbacks is really high. Too high. Ultimately, the plot is just ANH with the specifics switched around

It was still an awesome film, easily as good as Empire, but I had numerous small grievances with the plot.


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"I'm a negative person and can't understand why someone would like what I don't like. They must be a shill."
Not what I'm saying at all. But please, cry some more.
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"I'm a negative person and can't understand why someone would like what I don't like. They must be a shill."
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"I'm a negative person and can't understand why someone would like what I don't like. They must be a shill."
Not what I'm saying at all. But please, cry some more.
crying... 20 words constitutes crying.
i'm glad you agree
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Always a pleasure talking to you Lemon.


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i'm glad you agree
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I didn't like Han Solo dying. Also 2 scenes dragged on wayyyyyy too long and seemed kinda awkward. When Kylo Ren is probing Rey's mind, it lasts probably a good minute.




 
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Good movie dragged down by it's need to recreate A New Hope and a weak main character (Rey).