2015-12-27, 10:09 AM
Saw it yesterday and loved it as well.
My Review
Good:
+ They kept the good old opening crawl. Didn't see Disney logo anywhere.
+ Original cast. Enough said.
+ CGI was not overused
+ I really like Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. I had fears he would just be a Vader 2.0, but I'm happy I was wrong. He seems to be suffering from some sort of dissociative identity disorder and having anger issues which makes him interesting and unpredictable. I like how he went totally nuts a few times and just started wrecking things up with his lightsaber. Speaking of his lightsaber, I like how the blade is just as unstable as Kylo Ren himself. He seems to master force when it comes to telekinetic tricks (he freaking stops a laser blast in mid-air with not much effort). On the other hand he didn't seem to be very well trained to use a lightsaber (Rey could easily match him with just some staff fighting experience).
+ Snoke: We need some ultimate mastermind behind all this because -lets be honest- Kylo Ren and Hux are kind of wannabes still..
+ Humor. Just gotta love those droids.
+ First time we see a non-jedi fighting with a lightsaber
+ Rey: Clearly the new main character. They didn't reveal much about her yet, but the acting was great. Those scenes about her life in Jakku were a good breather from the constant action scenes.
+ Finn: Great acting as well. I have a feeling he won't become a jedi though. Han Solo replacement?
+ Was that Admiral Ackbar in the film?
+ Luke looks freaking badass
+ Bonus points for nostalgia
Bad:
- Yet another death star-esque base/superweapon that gets destroyed the same way as twice before. This trope isn't enough to ruin the movie for me though. I actually feel like this movie wasn't really about that at all. It's about introducing the new heroes and villains while acknowledging the past. Abrams probably just felt he had to give some kind of ending for a movie that left almost everything else open for the next movies. I hope Episode 8 moves the saga forward and takes more risks, for better or worse.
- Captain Phasma. Honestly didn't understand her role in the film, if there was one it was left very one-dimensional.
Score: 4.5/5 Stars
Good:
+ They kept the good old opening crawl. Didn't see Disney logo anywhere.
+ Original cast. Enough said.
+ CGI was not overused
+ I really like Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. I had fears he would just be a Vader 2.0, but I'm happy I was wrong. He seems to be suffering from some sort of dissociative identity disorder and having anger issues which makes him interesting and unpredictable. I like how he went totally nuts a few times and just started wrecking things up with his lightsaber. Speaking of his lightsaber, I like how the blade is just as unstable as Kylo Ren himself. He seems to master force when it comes to telekinetic tricks (he freaking stops a laser blast in mid-air with not much effort). On the other hand he didn't seem to be very well trained to use a lightsaber (Rey could easily match him with just some staff fighting experience).
+ Snoke: We need some ultimate mastermind behind all this because -lets be honest- Kylo Ren and Hux are kind of wannabes still..
+ Humor. Just gotta love those droids.
+ First time we see a non-jedi fighting with a lightsaber
+ Rey: Clearly the new main character. They didn't reveal much about her yet, but the acting was great. Those scenes about her life in Jakku were a good breather from the constant action scenes.
+ Finn: Great acting as well. I have a feeling he won't become a jedi though. Han Solo replacement?
+ Was that Admiral Ackbar in the film?
+ Luke looks freaking badass
+ Bonus points for nostalgia
Bad:
- Yet another death star-esque base/superweapon that gets destroyed the same way as twice before. This trope isn't enough to ruin the movie for me though. I actually feel like this movie wasn't really about that at all. It's about introducing the new heroes and villains while acknowledging the past. Abrams probably just felt he had to give some kind of ending for a movie that left almost everything else open for the next movies. I hope Episode 8 moves the saga forward and takes more risks, for better or worse.
- Captain Phasma. Honestly didn't understand her role in the film, if there was one it was left very one-dimensional.
Score: 4.5/5 Stars
Snoke Speculation (Why I believe Snoke is X)
I would be disappointed if Snoke doesn't turn out to be Darth Plagueis and is just some weird alien sith that came from nowhere. I feel like there's too many clues, like what Darth Sidious tells Anakin in Revenge of the Sith:
[video=youtube;05dT34hGRdg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05dT34hGRdg[/video]
"Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself."
Maybe he did save himself but was too weak to revenge his apprentice (that or he aknowledged Sidious deserved to be the master now that he had been "defeated"). Instead he hid his presence in the force from Sidious and went into hiding until the collapse of the empire that he perhaps was able to foresee. Notice the huge scar in Snokes face and deformed other half:
![[Image: grid-cell-29410-1450732881-11.jpg]](http://www.teepr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/grid-cell-29410-1450732881-11.jpg)
Some would argue that he lacks the features of the alien race Plagueis was (Muun), but isn't that non-canon anyway?
But wait there's more. Apparently the soundtrack of the palpatine & anakin scene is a replica of Snokes theme in TFA.
[video=youtube;05dT34hGRdg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05dT34hGRdg[/video]
"Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself."
Maybe he did save himself but was too weak to revenge his apprentice (that or he aknowledged Sidious deserved to be the master now that he had been "defeated"). Instead he hid his presence in the force from Sidious and went into hiding until the collapse of the empire that he perhaps was able to foresee. Notice the huge scar in Snokes face and deformed other half:
Some would argue that he lacks the features of the alien race Plagueis was (Muun), but isn't that non-canon anyway?
But wait there's more. Apparently the soundtrack of the palpatine & anakin scene is a replica of Snokes theme in TFA.