fortyacres;8612957 said:804;8612926 said:fortyacres;8612697 said:804;8612669 said:fortyacres;8612654 said:804;8612212 said:how is this movie different from episode 4? Shit starts with someone getting captured(Leia/Poe), a force wielder that doesn't know it is found on a desert planet(Luke/Rey), and the darkside(empire/first order) builds another death star, only for the resistance/rebellion to destroy it and leave the dark side reeling leading into the next movie.
Shit wasn't original to me, just regurgitated George Lucas ideas, made to sell toys and t shirts. Too many explosions and "car chases" so to speak, and not enough storytelling. Wasn't a bad movie, but definitely not worth hype leading up to it.
Plus some teenage kids sitting beside me at the theater had some banging body odor, shit was ridiculous. I can't stand teenagers smack dab in the middle of puberty.
Name me a truly original blockbuster nowadays.
Jurassic World is Jurassic Park
Mad Max Fury Road is Mad Max Road Warrior
Avengers 2 is Avengers 1...
Etc...
every big studio movie borrows ideas.
Nigga that ain't borrowing ideas, that's taking the entire plot from the original movie. Just because everybody is doing it, doesn't make that shit ok. They even built another death star, and change the name. When the fuck are these dark side niggas gonna learn that a planet destroying weapon is not the way to go about taking over a galaxy??? The resistance base looks practically the same as the Rebel base in the original trilogy. We even got the head of the Darkside only communicating through holograms, and major characters dying at the end. Same shit, with new paint. IMO starting closer to the events of Return of the Jedi would have been a better starting point.
You do realize the characters are literally 30 years older and its would make no sense to have a movie start closer to return of the Jedi.Holograms and major characters dying is an issue, that is part of that universe ? You take that away its not stars wars and it has no narrative moving forward.
Im not refuting that its a retelling/reboot of Star Wars new hope but personally i think they executed very well as this is always a space soap opera based around the skywalker family (for better or for worse).They had to make things farmiliar and bridge the gap of older fans and new and who knows what will happen in 8 & 9. Movies do retellings all the time some do it well some dont and I think Force awakens is doing it well side.
And those slick yoda light saber battles were bullshit lmao. There is so much wrong with the prequels that defending them in anyway is just asinine.
So a space epic movie, with technology that is not possible, and where little sense is made of anything that goes on, would not make sense to at least begin with the part of the story, that everyone wants to now know anyways? Ok, if you say so.
In an age where you can jump on Wikipedia to find out the entire story to the previous 6 movies while taking a shit, why was it necessary to "bridge the gap" as you say? That's an excuse for a lack of imaginative story telling.
I'm not gonna derail the thread with prequel talk, but niggas bitch way too much about the prequels. First one could have been better, but 2 and 3 were dope. Don't nobody wants to think for themselves, so they just repeat what's "popular opinion". Nothing in episode 7, was better than 2 or 3, let alone 4-6.
lmao just because everyone thinks the prequels suck they must not think for themselves, lmao. That must be the reason not that the acting and chemistry was really off, the forced romance, the CGI nonsense,Jar Jar binks, Hayden Christensen and last but not least Hayden Christensen and all i have named is not the tip of the iceberg of what a cluster fuck the prequels are.
episode 3 was the only one worth tolerating and thats like coming first in the special Olympics, lmao at you saying nothing in episode 7 is as remotely close to those 2 prequels, Everything is better everything , even George Lucas, the writer's responsible and the actors cop to the fact that they were crap , but i guess you would know more than the actual custodians of the franchise.
lol at why is it necessary to bridge the gap? , not all people care about Star Wars lore, novels or comic books,hollywood always has to try and pull both casual fans and older fans into the fold, just like they do for comicbook movies , dont act coy dude you know this stop it.
How was the romance forced though? You thought Padme was just gonna be Anakin's jump off? What cgi was unnecessary?
And lol at you really thinking Lucas thought the movies were crap. Y'all just want the same exact movies as the original trilogy, but if you want the originals so bad, then go watch the originals.
And lastly, I never said anything about the comics books, or novels or any expanded universe stuff. In truth the movie does a poor job fleshing out characters, and tries to cram a bunch of characters in to fast. I respect your opinion, but I don't agree with it.