Yeah. I was expecting a movie version of I Battle of the Network Stars.
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.
River ,'Safe'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
tommyrot - Dec 19, 2015 10:54:27 am PST #29514 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gris - Dec 19, 2015 11:37:00 am PST #29515 of 30000
Hey. New board.
It really was good. Nice work Disney. I won't be sad if the next one contains a bit less fan service but I appreciate the quality of the fan service in this one.
Zenkitty - Dec 19, 2015 2:17:49 pm PST #29516 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Star Wars: Hell Yeah.
Calli - Dec 19, 2015 4:25:16 pm PST #29517 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I saw it this evening. It was good.
tommyrot - Dec 19, 2015 4:25:50 pm PST #29518 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It was just lots of fun and I can't wait to see it again. And the last time I saw a new Star Wars movie without major flaws was the Summer after I graduated from high school. TFA made me feel young again.
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2015 4:28:11 pm PST #29519 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Who else cried (even a little) when the opening title and text crawl was the same as the original trilogy? (I for real can't remember if the prequels had it.) Because, yeah buddy, I sure did.
And that's probably not worth spoiler-fonting, but maybe some people want the whole film unspoiled, so hey, whitefont.
Zenkitty - Dec 19, 2015 4:56:26 pm PST #29520 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Yeah, I got chills for that, Steph.
tommyrot - Dec 19, 2015 5:12:47 pm PST #29521 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Not quite chills, but feels for me.
Steph L. - Dec 20, 2015 5:48:13 am PST #29522 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Okay, so no one is talking about the content of the movie, so here goes:
My one real quibble/question is this: why did R2D2 "wake up" at the moment that he did (other than "the plot required it")? I would have appreciated an attempt at explaining it, because that was just...weird.
I gasped when we found out that Kylo Ren was Han Solo and Leia's son. And again when Han called him "Ben."
Relatedly, I have to say it: Kylo Ren was a whiny emo punk. Do you think the stormtroopers made fun of his tantrums when they were back in their barracks? Because, DAMN.
I loved Rey, Finn, and Poe. The movie was SO well-cast.
And I have a whole thinky thought in my head about how I was a little taken aback by Carrie Fisher's appearance but not Harrison Ford's, even though he's older than dirt. I want to say that it's because we've seen Harrison Ford age over the years because he's been in so many movies, while Carrie Fisher's work has been in much smaller stuff, so we haven't (or, at least, *I* haven't) seen her aging in the public eye like Harrison Ford.
But what I really think is that despite my best intentions to NOT do this, I think I've bought into the bullshit societal notion (which is amplified in Hollywood by about a billion) that it's fine for men to be old as dirt, but not women. And I don't like that I had that reaction.
(I think my reaction was helped along by the fact that Tim and I had watched Return of the Jedi the night before we saw The Force Awakens. They are all still BABIES in that movie.)
tommyrot - Dec 20, 2015 6:59:03 am PST #29523 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My one real quibble/question is this: why did
I've been wondering that myself. I hope there's more to this and they explain it in the next one.
There's this weird fan theory that R2-D2 was one of the main leaders of the rebellion, setting into motion much of the plot. I forget all the details of that theory, but perhaps there's more to Artoo than meets the eye.