The Love
I was so worried about the casting of Daisy Ridley and John Boyega. I had seen Attack the Block and to be honest, Boyega was just sort of sullen in that movie, most of the fun revolved around the rest of the gang. I love Finn and Rey.
Rey was great. I loved how she was both excited by the adventure while not wanting to get too involved. I liked that she was a badass and was discovering her powers without the help of someone who understands them. I liked her staff and the quip about all the green on the pirate world.
Finn is tops. I liked all the fake it until you make it moments he had. That line about using the force towards towards the end of the movie was the best line in the film.
Finn and Poe stealing a Tie-Fighter and FInn, BB-8 and Rey stealing the Falcon were two great scenes. Fin and BB-8 doing the thumbs up was the best.
I liked Kylo Renn a lot. I thought they did a good job of portraying him as very much a work in progress. He doesn't have any of the refinement of all the other Dark Side villains shown in the movies, who are shown as conspiring, brilliant and controlling masters of the Dark Side, and Renn has the potential to be a new kind of villain the series defs needs. Ren and Rey growing in power over the course of a trilogy would be super cool.
The Lightsaber Fight might be my favorite one of all the movies. By the time it happened I was invested in all the characters present. I liked Finn holding ground against an injured Ren, I thought that illustrated that Ren was a work in progress. I liked Ren hitting his wounds. When he was trying to retrieve the lightsaber, everyone knew whose hand it was going to end up in and the payoff was still excellent. I liked Ren trying to convince himself of his own competence when trying to take Rey as an apprentice.
Rey was great. I loved how she was both excited by the adventure while not wanting to get too involved. I liked that she was a badass and was discovering her powers without the help of someone who understands them. I liked her staff and the quip about all the green on the pirate world.
Finn is tops. I liked all the fake it until you make it moments he had. That line about using the force towards towards the end of the movie was the best line in the film.
Finn and Poe stealing a Tie-Fighter and FInn, BB-8 and Rey stealing the Falcon were two great scenes. Fin and BB-8 doing the thumbs up was the best.
I liked Kylo Renn a lot. I thought they did a good job of portraying him as very much a work in progress. He doesn't have any of the refinement of all the other Dark Side villains shown in the movies, who are shown as conspiring, brilliant and controlling masters of the Dark Side, and Renn has the potential to be a new kind of villain the series defs needs. Ren and Rey growing in power over the course of a trilogy would be super cool.
The Lightsaber Fight might be my favorite one of all the movies. By the time it happened I was invested in all the characters present. I liked Finn holding ground against an injured Ren, I thought that illustrated that Ren was a work in progress. I liked Ren hitting his wounds. When he was trying to retrieve the lightsaber, everyone knew whose hand it was going to end up in and the payoff was still excellent. I liked Ren trying to convince himself of his own competence when trying to take Rey as an apprentice.
I was not a fan of Poe being absent for the middle 60% of the movie. I did not like that Poe never really interacted with Rey. If you're trying to build a central core of 3 protagonists, they should interact with each other.
I did not like the Small Yellow Pirate thing or her bar. I thought they panned over their patrons too quickly for me to get a good look at them, I thought that her relationship with Han and Chewie was forced and I found her words of wisdom boring. I liked her glasses, and I liked Rey's vision when she touched the lightsaber though.
I really disliked the two pirate gangs boarding Han's freighter scene. Uninteresting adversaries being slaughtered by uninteresting hentai monsters. I feel like there could be better ways to get Finn, Rey and Han on the same side and on the Falcon.
I didn't think they did the dogfights particularly well. I had a hard time tracking individually ships and I think JJ cut his shots too quickly for me to really pick up what was going on. The exception to this being the battle where FInn, fighting on the ground, witnesses Poe wrecking stuff in the skies. My difficulties could have been because of the 3D though, hard to say.
I hated the starkiller thing. Whatever. I've seen it in 2 other movies. Yay super weapon. New plot device plz. zzzzzzzzzz.
I disliked Phasma lowering the shield for FInn n friends so easily. Good job, you single handedly cost your side the battle. Defs belongs in trash compactor.
I didn't see a single fucking Ithorian.
I did not like the Small Yellow Pirate thing or her bar. I thought they panned over their patrons too quickly for me to get a good look at them, I thought that her relationship with Han and Chewie was forced and I found her words of wisdom boring. I liked her glasses, and I liked Rey's vision when she touched the lightsaber though.
I really disliked the two pirate gangs boarding Han's freighter scene. Uninteresting adversaries being slaughtered by uninteresting hentai monsters. I feel like there could be better ways to get Finn, Rey and Han on the same side and on the Falcon.
I didn't think they did the dogfights particularly well. I had a hard time tracking individually ships and I think JJ cut his shots too quickly for me to really pick up what was going on. The exception to this being the battle where FInn, fighting on the ground, witnesses Poe wrecking stuff in the skies. My difficulties could have been because of the 3D though, hard to say.
I hated the starkiller thing. Whatever. I've seen it in 2 other movies. Yay super weapon. New plot device plz. zzzzzzzzzz.
I disliked Phasma lowering the shield for FInn n friends so easily. Good job, you single handedly cost your side the battle. Defs belongs in trash compactor.
I didn't see a single fucking Ithorian.
I liked that they killed Han. I didn't expect it. I didn't like it at the time, but I like it now. I thought he was taking too much of the movie away from the new cast, I think it was good for Ren's development, I like how chewie went ballistic afterwards, I liked Rey and FInn's reaction and I thought that his touching of Kylo's face was a good Obi Wan moment. He may be dead, but I think he still has power over Ren.
I liked that end scene. Luke's Beard 10/10.
I liked the Weesely brother as an imperial general and his disdain for the unrefined Ren.
I liked that end scene. Luke's Beard 10/10.
I liked the Weesely brother as an imperial general and his disdain for the unrefined Ren.
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