Yes I know how lttp I am, but guess what? My girlfriend never saw the originals and we cleared all the Harmy's Despecialized versions of the good stuff. I know, she's a keeper. Hence, I just saw the movie this afternoon.
I successfully avoided spoilers including all of your thoughts, sadly. I dont want my post to get totally lost in the mix because I was so lttp so here are my thoughts.
I fucking loved it. The ratio of things I loved about it versus new fangled hollywood bullshit was about 80/20, which far exceeded expectations.
Harrison Ford knocked it out of the fucking park. He even had his own "Bitches leave!" moment with, "Move, ball!" Surely Im not the only person that busted out laughing at that. Anyway his dialog was outstanding.
Didn't love the new antagonist, too much Hollywood perfect hair pretty boy, even if his character is supposed to be a tryhard wannabe evil master fag wearing a mask for no reason, etc. Still he is a marked improvement on Hayden Christiansen (worst ever). And hey! He killed fucking Han Solo so I will enjoy watching him die!
Finn is an odd character. How does a stormtrooper, raised by the empire from birth have pizzazz and character? I mean at times he was properly grim, and I like the character overall, but it seems bizarre that he's all goofy and animated... having just walked away from the first order. Possibly the first defection ever? Also glad they cleared up why this guy wasnt a clone because that was a brow-furrowing moment for sure.
Loved the new female protagonist (Rei? Raya?) and actually thought that the love angle was very believable and good. She is a believable hard-assed scrap scavenger, and there is room for development and whatnot.
The overall presence of old characters, however briefly, filled me with actual joy. Admiral Akbar, the look on Luke's face as he looks his new trainee in the face, Chewy's blaster rampage, I mean holy shit guys... Havent seen this much well-done fan service in such a short period of time since Batman : Arkham Asylum.
I thought the overall flow of the movie was balanced between joy and suspense.
Girlfriend loved it. Even wants to see the 1/2/3 episodes.
I'm sure I'll remember more stuff that crossed my mind in the ensuing conversation, and look forward to reading all of your thoughts in the other thread that I assume became the Star Wars discussion thread.
I also actually threatened to fight a drunk friend who had that look on his face like he was gonna ruin star wars for everyone (only a couple days after release). I was serious too.
I successfully avoided spoilers including all of your thoughts, sadly. I dont want my post to get totally lost in the mix because I was so lttp so here are my thoughts.
I fucking loved it. The ratio of things I loved about it versus new fangled hollywood bullshit was about 80/20, which far exceeded expectations.
Harrison Ford knocked it out of the fucking park. He even had his own "Bitches leave!" moment with, "Move, ball!" Surely Im not the only person that busted out laughing at that. Anyway his dialog was outstanding.
Didn't love the new antagonist, too much Hollywood perfect hair pretty boy, even if his character is supposed to be a tryhard wannabe evil master fag wearing a mask for no reason, etc. Still he is a marked improvement on Hayden Christiansen (worst ever). And hey! He killed fucking Han Solo so I will enjoy watching him die!
Finn is an odd character. How does a stormtrooper, raised by the empire from birth have pizzazz and character? I mean at times he was properly grim, and I like the character overall, but it seems bizarre that he's all goofy and animated... having just walked away from the first order. Possibly the first defection ever? Also glad they cleared up why this guy wasnt a clone because that was a brow-furrowing moment for sure.
Loved the new female protagonist (Rei? Raya?) and actually thought that the love angle was very believable and good. She is a believable hard-assed scrap scavenger, and there is room for development and whatnot.
The overall presence of old characters, however briefly, filled me with actual joy. Admiral Akbar, the look on Luke's face as he looks his new trainee in the face, Chewy's blaster rampage, I mean holy shit guys... Havent seen this much well-done fan service in such a short period of time since Batman : Arkham Asylum.
I thought the overall flow of the movie was balanced between joy and suspense.
Girlfriend loved it. Even wants to see the 1/2/3 episodes.
I'm sure I'll remember more stuff that crossed my mind in the ensuing conversation, and look forward to reading all of your thoughts in the other thread that I assume became the Star Wars discussion thread.
I also actually threatened to fight a drunk friend who had that look on his face like he was gonna ruin star wars for everyone (only a couple days after release). I was serious too.