Hatebox Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 4 minutes ago, tribefan695 said: Ugh, that was way too on the nose It was knowingly ridiculous. The OT had always played with Nazi imagery - this just took it to its logical conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TStechnij Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Hatebox said: Yeah, I enjoyed his camp Nazi - especially his Nuremberg Rally moment. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Third Reich imagery. It isn't new to the Star Wars universe and was so purposefully overwrought here. Edited December 18, 2015 by TStechnij Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 3 hours ago, tribefan695 said: 5 minutes ago, Darth AndyLL said: I meant to mention that in my comments. They killed off one of the most popular characters in movie history. If they were playing it safe Luke would have saved Rey's ass, R2D2 would have been with Rey/Finn and manged to take down the shield without anyone knowing about it... and Han and Leia would have ended up doing it in the cockpit of an X-Wing after he proved again he'll do what is right when it's for her. Harrison Ford looked the most alive I'd seen him in years. A real shame they killed him off and in such an unceremonious fashion Yeah but is he actually dead. Not convinced unless I see a body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I thought the old characters were handled almost perfectly. I had some trepidations going into this one, that it would be all about Luke, Leia and Han, and I'm glad that wasn't the case. I think they have a great cast here to move forward with. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 So much to say wow. Writing a more full review for this 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 2 minutes ago, tribefan695 said: Well, I don't want to get into the comparative merits of both here, but Yes, I did. Frankly, if me liking it more than Inside Out didn't rattle you you may as well let this go two different people, you and I. I again, wish you luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somebody85 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) 5 minutes ago, warriormonk said: It is executed much better. But the underlying story? No way to know that till after 8 and 9. Most people don't bother to look at it because they cant get past the failed execution, but the underlying story is stellar in the prequels. Mr. Plinkett and many others disgaree with you. The prequels make absolutely no sense. Both Phantom Menace and Revenge Of The Sith fall apart 7 minutes into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcXyZn9xjg By far the best takedown I've seen of why that movie doesn't work and why the prequels don't work as a whole. They don't have heart. 95% of it is actors on green screen or blue screen. There is never any urgency, characters just walk and talk or sit down and talk some more. We never see Anakin and Obi Wans friendship blossom, we only hear tales of it. It's brought up once in Attack Of The Clones and then again in Revenge Of The Sith. Here at least we saw how Rey, Poe & Finn could come together just like in ANH. Yes a lot of it was coincidental but it worked for the story. Edited December 18, 2015 by somebody85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirafficPark Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm glad people liked it, but there was just too many signature JJ problems for me. Maybe i need a second viewing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 7 minutes ago, warriormonk said: It is executed much better. But the underlying story? No way to know that till after 8 and 9. Most people don't bother to look at it because they cant get past the failed execution, but the underlying story is stellar in the prequels. Story is execution. There's nothing inherently interesting about Anakin becoming Darth Vader if you fuck it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 2 minutes ago, tribefan695 said: Well, I don't want to get into the comparative merits of both here, but Yes, I did. Frankly, if me liking it more than Inside Out didn't rattle you you may as well let this go [emoji20] two different people, you and I. I again, wish you luck. I did enjoy this movie, but I do think it has glaring flaws that I could not overlook. TGD is just one of those films I have to protect at this point. It's had too much of an effect already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 6 minutes ago, TStechnij said: Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Third Reich imagery. Hard imagining anyone who has taken basic world history in high school not noticing it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire of Themyscira Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 As a feminist, I'm SO fucking happy with Rey. I wanna be Daisy so bad, but I'm such a stan after this. LOVED the film. LOATHED how underused Isaac was. UGH. I love him, and he looked SO handsome. OOZING charisma even though he was given so little. AND A FEMALE X-WING PILOT??? AND A WOMAN OF COLOR??? BLESS. I LOVE JJ ABRAMS. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 9 minutes ago, TStechnij said: Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Third Reich imagery. How could you have NOT noticed it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Most laugh out loud moment was BB8 doing thumbs up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Most laugh out loud moment was BB8 doing thumbs up. I took that as a middle finger. Much funnier that way, especially considering Finn just asked him to help in a lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I thought BB8 did a F*ck you. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Middle finger in Star Wars? No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenstate5 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm guessing ep 8 will be Finn and Poe with the subplot of Luke training Rey a la Empire, so if you guys didn't like the allusions now, you may not want to continue. And yea the First Order are supposed to be like Neo-Nazis if they ever gained power again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Chewy: (doing his own language thing) Han Solo: Oh, you're cold. lololololol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Middle finger in Star Wars? No way. It's PG 13 and Abrams has a more contemporary sense of humor than Lucas. And since he's a droid he can get away with it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
