2015-12-28, 06:53 PM
KhainiWest Wrote:I disagree, as it was consistent with the entire movie, the guy literally just has to 'complete' his training, what, was the last step of his training is not to wield his lightsaber like Cloud from final fantasy?
Part of the reality here is that the prop sabers used ARE heavy. The weighting is obviously completely different than a real sword, but not trivial. Abrams opted to use very similar sword fight choreography to the OT and the old props themselves. Go back and watch those movies and you'll see tons of huge two handed swings. If you disliked those fights, I bow to your consistency. The fast swipes you see from Ben v Vader are the mark of masters testing each other for weaknesses.
I agree with a lot of the criticism here, but the reality is we just don't know the extent of KR's training with Luke or Snoke. Would it be dumb to let him run around while he's this wimpy instead of Luke beat him without even touching a lightsaber? Definitely, but possible.
As a villain, I agree that KR is pretty lacking. His motivation for joining the dark side is thin at best, but this is a chronic problem with Star Wars films. The Sith are either uniformly evil for evil reasons like Sidius and Maul or come across as whiny, angsty brats. KR apparently wants to be his grandfather, but WHY??? No one knows. If Snoke turns out to be Plagious, there's some real potential to add depth to a villain's back story.
Overall, I can't help but think of this as half a movie. It just doesn't stand up on it's own two legs. I think there's a decent possibility that VIII and even IX may prop it up in a lot of important ways.