Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The Force Awakens: The Honeymoon is over

OK I'm a huge Star Wars fan, so naturally I saw The Force Awakens on opening night,  Of course I loved it.   But the more I think about it the more the gloss wears off.  There are a few things that trouble me about this movie...here goes




  1. Is it a reboot of A New Hope?  Is it a remake?  Is it a sequel?  Kinda sorta all three without being any.  That does not sit well with me.  How can a planet-like super weapon be built and destroyed three times in under a century....by the same people!
  2. Kylo Ren.  Not the most inspired villain.  Cool new force powers though.
  3. Han Solo's (a-hem) story arc.    NOOOOOOOOOOO!
  4. Chewie.  Let's face it Chewie was awesome and I have nothing bad to say about him.
  5. Leia, on the other hand, was terrible.  She had nothing to do. And what's with her voice?
  6. Poe.  How did he escape the crashed TIE fighter?  Even though we knew he wasn't dead because he was in the trailers flying X-Wings.
  7. Max Von Sydow should have had a much bigger part, he was great
BUT!  The final shot with Luke just about made up for all the film's shortcomings.  I cannot wait for the next installment.

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