I may not like everything he has done, but his Spielberg-esque style is a big reason of why I like him. Spielberg is by far my favorite director, he’s been making exceptional films for almost 50 years, I gladly welcome imitators.I don't get the JJ hate, but I've been a fan going back to the 'Alias' days. Some say he's just a wannabe Spielberg, but I think like Spielberg that JJ will someday be on the Oscar stage
I mean, I get this argument, but every time I hear it I just think, there are so many plot inconsistencies in the other trilogies too, like, clearly things were not totally mapped out from beginning to end when the OT started (I mean, Leia kissed Luke multiple times), and stuff from the prequels make some minor things in the OT make no sense. When Lucas already had the OT laid out! How hard is it to make the prequels fit that plot? Anyway I'm not a super-fan but it's pretty clear from the little bit I've read that Lucas didn't have everything plotted out from beginning to end when he started, and if you're going to be ok with that, you can be ok with a circuitous path here too.Reading this makes me feel better about liking it. Reading around today after seeing it last night made me question if my family and me had something wrong with us. Man some fanboys are up in arms today about the problems with this movie, and they have a few points but big deal. The main problem I have is that Disney execs fumbled by not mapping out a basic story arc from the beginning. How hard is it to figure this out in a time of very successful 3-, 8-, and22-movie arcs?
This movie had a lot to do and it did pretty well wrapping it up. Will see it again soon.
I mean, I get this argument, but every time I hear it I just think, there are so many plot inconsistencies in the other trilogies too, like, clearly things were not totally mapped out from beginning to end when the OT started (I mean, Leia kissed Luke multiple times), and stuff from the prequels make some minor things in the OT make no sense. When Lucas already had the OT laid out! How hard is it to make the prequels fit that plot? Anyway I'm not a super-fan but it's pretty clear from the little bit I've read that Lucas didn't have everything plotted out from beginning to end when he started, and if you're going to be ok with that, you can be ok with a circuitous path here too.
*I'm NOT looking to get into a SW trivia contest or a back-and-forth about "well, actually, all these so-called inconsistencies can be explained..." because if you can do those gymnastics for the earlier movies you can do it for this set too.
I shouldn't dig in on this lol but Leia being Vader's daughter to me is a big plot point. And he was about to torture her in the beginning of ANH before she was rescued! Padme's daughter! HIS daughter! How did he not sense it! I know, you're agreeing with me, but I think as Star Wars fans we have accepted and hand waved over a lot and I am fine with continuing doing that.I hear you. There’s just a *lot* of yanking and banking on some really big plots and character traits within 7/8/9, I think much more than previous movies. I have whiplash lol.
I shouldn't dig in on this lol but Leia being Vader's daughter to me is a big plot point. And he was about to torture her in the beginning of ANH before she was rescued! Padme's daughter! HIS daughter! How did he not sense it! I know, you're agreeing with me, but I think as Star Wars fans we have accepted and hand waved over a lot and I am fine with continuing doing that.
Lucas was just ahead his time. Game of Thrones was just copying him.I mean, Leia kissed Luke multiple times
Sorry if someone has already posted this, but I think this is a really lovely way to thank Adam for his portrayal of Kylo/Ben Solo, who is widely regarded as one of the most interesting, if not THE most interesting and complex character in the ST.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/bensolos...edium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
The lightsaber Rey has at the end according to my wife is made up of parts of her staff. Have no idea if she is correct but she is rewatching TFA and she noticed that.
I don't get the argument that there are inconsistencies in the story when it's ALL.MADE.UP! The worlds, the species (aside from human) all of it. The writers can take it anywhere they want to and it is comes out where they want to go, no? Disney didn't "do" anything to Star Wars.
Yeah. The last thing Star Wars needs is a love triangle.I asked this question last night driving home from movie. DH & DD say he was going to say he loved her. I'm glad they didn't explore that further.
I don't get the argument that there are inconsistencies in the story when it's ALL.MADE.UP! The worlds, the species (aside from human) all of it. The writers can take it anywhere they want to and it is comes out where they want to go, no? Disney didn't "do" anything to Star Wars.
I didn't love Palpatine coming back either, but I think it really did work out with the story. I never liked the first order bit, especially with the lack of background on it in the movies. But I think having Palpatine back basically answered those questions.I guess I’m in the minority. I thought it did well to wrap up the new trilogy, but this trilogy as a whole was severely disappointing. Way too many rehashes of stories from the OT. Bringing Palpatine back (and never mentioning him by his Sith name of Sidious) only because you couldn’t come up with a new “bad guy” in 3 films.