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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.
Just saw it; I can't really go into detail on my phone. I thought the first act was AWESOME; I thought the third act was really underwhelming. Abrams is nowhere near as good a director as Lucas was in his prime, or Kershner, for that matter.
Abrams is nowhere near as good a director as Lucas was in his prime
At least he cut down on the lens flares.
Abrams needs to go back to the source and watch more Kurasawa films.
In a change from Star Wars (which I am going to today, yay!), I saw Carol last night. I really liked it. An amazing combination of lush and restrained with wonderful performances from the two leads. It made me want to:
Who wouldn't want to do all that?
I can't WAIT to see it. A lot of it was filmed here, because Cincinnati is a great setting for anything not set in the current day.
I accidentally spoiled myself by looking at white font! I don't know why I did that and I wasn't going to look at the white font but I was tempted by the dark side...or the invisible side as it were.
Don't know when I'm going to see the movie, maybe next week.
Steph, my reaction to the Carrie/Harrison ageing disparity: I really wish Carrie HAD aged as much as Harrison, but sadly, her face doesn't move any more, particularly around the mouth. I'm sad that we still live in a time when actresses feel they need to have work done, and actors don't necessarily. Harrison looked old, lived-in and still gorgeous. Carrie, um, didn't .
Spoilerfonted, just in case.
Fiona, I noticed that too, about Carrie's mouth.
As for Mark Hamill, I've seen him most recently as Trickster in The Flash, and ISTG that's ALL I can see him as now.