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Kind of disappointed that we haven't had a new Star Wars movie review . Anyone watched this new
JJ Abrams incarnation , is it any good ? Worth paying to see ? Is Harrison Ford to old to be playing space cowboys ?
Dusty
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Kind of disappointed that we haven't had a new Star Wars movie review . Anyone watched this new
JJ Abrams incarnation , is it any good ? Worth paying to see ? Is Harrison Ford to old to be playing space cowboys ?
Dusty
I've read mediocre to good reviews on it. We have grandchildren here in California. No doubt we'll see it. :smiley: I'll report back. :smiley:
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It's pretty good! A lot like the original Star Wars in its attitude and simplicity of plot. (That's also a drawback for novelty-lovers.)
One emotional highpoint of the movie involves Harrison Ford, so, no, he's not too old for what he's asked to do in the movie.
What Wookie? The same one as in the original: actor Peter Mayhew, playing Chewbacca.
My nephew is a newly-hired animator for Industrial Light and Magic, and has his name on the screen in the final credits, so I felt obliged to go see it right away.
Maybe my strongest praise would be that they didn't screw it up! At all.
Moto
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I've read mediocre to good reviews on it. We have grandchildren here in California. No doubt we'll see it. :smiley: I'll report back. :smiley:
Thanks Chuckie , really hoping the new movies are more in the spirit of the first ones , before Lucas decided to "improve" them .
Dusty
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It's pretty good! A lot like the original Star Wars in its attitude and simplicity of plot. (That's also a drawback for novelty-lovers.)
One emotional highpoint of the movie involves Harrison Ford, so, no, he's not too old for what he's asked to do in the movie.
What Wookie? The same one as in the original: actor Peter Mayhew, playing Chewbacca.
My nephew is a newly-hired animator for Industrial Light and Magic, and has his name on the screen in the final credits, so I felt obliged to go see it right away.
Maybe my strongest praise would be that they didn't screw it up! At all.
Moto
Congratulations to your nephew :thumb: Peter Mayhew can't be a spring chicken , kinda cool that they managed to pair him and Ford again . Also good to hear the new movie is more in the spirit of the originals , that second batch was almost unbearable .
Dusty
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Sorta a remake of the first movie without the plot twists.
Solo looks a little old to be running around. The new cast is OK. Huffpost has cited 40 plot holes. I saw several of them too.
It was OK. I doubt if there will be a many fans that will see it more than once. This one certainly sets up the next movie.
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Took my kids Sunday. It's a good job. No surprises-you know where it's going before it gets there-but the ride is fun.
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So, "The farce awakens" is worth watching?
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I knew JJ Abrams wouldn't screw it up. When I first heard about how he was handling the Trek reboot I thought oh hell that will be a bloody mess, but he pulled it off so well I figured he can deliver on anything he sets out to do. I heard that wouldn't let Lucas anywhere near the project.
As I said JJ is a master, and he cut a perfect balance between paying homage to the old characters while setting up their replacement with the new ones.
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Sorry, but this fan loved it, holes and all. I think it is the best of the bunch. A good mix of campy sci fi, funny, and serious with some bad acting thrown in just for good measure. Good plot twists although most people have guessed at one or two already (our group had bets on what would happen, my bet has not been determined yet).
Saw it on premier night and again the next day. Seeing it again today. And, it is worth it to see in 3D or IMAX.
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Don't apologize Charlie B , that kind of critique is what we need .
Dusty
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Sorry, but this fan loved it, holes and all....
And, it is worth it to see in 3D or IMAX.
I think it might be irritating not to see it in 3D. This is because it's shot with lots of foreground objects placed in the frame just to emphasize the 3D effect. (I hate this, and think it is destroying the aesthetics of cinematography, but who am I to say.) I found this really annoying in the first half-hour or so, but finally got used to it. I was at a 3D showing.
Is anyone else having flashbacks to View-Master disks when seeing 3D movies? I sure am. It looks just as weirdly unreal, to me.
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It wasn't horrible in 2D (saw it in 3D first) but some scenes lacked kick. I thought the 3D was nicely done instead of just being a gimmick.
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Going tonight to the Disney Main Theater in Burbank.
Saw the first on in 1977 on acid, but haven't seen them all.
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Going tonight to the Disney Main Theater in Burbank.
Saw the first on in 1977 on acid, but haven't seen them all.
So... 3D then :shocked: :grin:
Dusty
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I saw it in 3D last night and I liked it although I don't think I'll pay to see it again. It has elements of the first and second movies and is shot in the same style. I waited in line to see the original in 1977. Han Solo is older, Princess Leia and Luke are older, but, aren't we all. It all works in the movie. It's a good addition to the series; I think better than the second set of 3 movies. It's not a blow you away special effects movie. Fans of the series will like it.
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So... 3D then :shocked: :grin:
Dusty
4D
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Looks like in a galaxy far far away bike engines have grew even bigger than they have here:
(http://www.motofire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rey-speeder-grab-600x338.jpg)
ps. Who said girls cant ride big bikes?
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Looks like in a galaxy far far away bike engines have grew even bigger than they have here:
(http://www.motofire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rey-speeder-grab-600x338.jpg)
ps. Who said girls cant ride big bikes?
Parallel twin?
The films good BTW.
I'm 45 so was 7 when the first Imperial Star destroyer flew across the screen, the new Film is back to that first Good-vs-Evil romp.
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Bleh...over hyped. under delivered.
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Looks like in a galaxy far far away bike engines have grew even bigger than they have here:
(http://www.motofire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/rey-speeder-grab-600x338.jpg)
ps. Who said girls cant ride big bikes?
actually I did like that. The front of this one looks like an old Farmall :grin:
(http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Rey-Star-Wars-Episode-7-Force-Awakens.jpg)
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I wasn't fond of it. Pretty much the same story copy paste from A New Hope. At least there wasn't Jar Jar Binks in it.
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Saw it Sat. night. with my 23 year old son (He digs Star Wars)
Imax 3D
$18 each ticket.
He thought it was GREAT.
I dozed off a handful of times...
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Saw it Sat. night. with my 23 year old son (He digs Star Wars)
Imax 3D
$18 each ticket.
He thought it was GREAT.
I dozed off a handful of times...
That dozing off thing might be more age related than anything to do with the movie :evil:
Dusty
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The front of this one looks like an old Farmall :grin:
(http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Rey-Star-Wars-Episode-7-Force-Awakens.jpg)
Strangely, it also sounded like one, or else a clapped-out old truck, as I recall. Back in the Jar-Jar era, turbines at least sounded like turbines.
(But I did like the movie.)
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That dozing off thing might be more age related than anything to do with the movie :evil:
Dusty
You kill me.
..And you probably nailed it. :embarrassed:
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You kill me.
..And you probably nailed it. :embarrassed:
Don't feel bad , I recently took a nap during a live R&R show , memory tells me it was ZZ Top :shocked:
Dusty
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I walked out after an hour and a half. Awful. Total rehash of the first one.
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There is a great disturbance in the force concerning this thread. One of the first movies I saw with my wife was the original. Just a little info I went to the same high school as Mark Hamill, aka, Luke Skywalker. He was class of 69 and I was 72. I can't wait to see it
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I think Wookies were my relatives long ago and far far away.
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if you want to see a really good movie this holiday, see "The Big Short"
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I saw it in 3-D last Friday and then went with my daughter again on Saturday. As most everyone knows, the very first movie was episode 4, so this picks up where the first three (4,5,6) left off. Personally, I thought it was fantastic. It is difficult to describe to anyone without giving away spoilers, so I will refrain from that. When it becomes available, I WILL OWN the 3-D Blue Ray. This movie evokes your emotions on many levels. It keeps you entertained from beginning to end.
If you liked the original, episode 4, you will like this!
John Henry
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My 23yr. old son would totally agree with you!!
He couldn't have been more satisfied with it.
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Another one here who saw the original as a kid with my brother and sister back in 1977.
Saw the new one last night and enjoyed it a lot...a few characters were very good, others to be developed more...
Glad they have revived the series again...
Notice the irony of having a young Millennial ( redundant I know) now piloting the Millennium Falcon!!!
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Just saw it...made me very nostalgic :thumb:
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if you want to see a really good movie this holiday, see "The Big Short"
I saw it and I thought the editing was great, we already knew the story.
I also enjoyed Revenant, Hateful Eight, Spotlight, and Trumbo - not so good were Joy, The Danish Girl, and Carol.
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We were happy to see it - more so for the theater's liquor license.
All in all though, it completely missed out on any WOW moments in either story telling or imagery.
Lest one toss the handle, jaded - it's worth noting that the same director's re-makes of Star Trek seriously impressed me and other recent offerings such as "Pacific Rim" were quite impressive.
Star Wars just didn't have that "wanna talk about it" feel so we're hoping it's put down to pedestrian ground work for the following movies. It was more of an "so, we saw that" event.
But hell, to be fair, nothing's measured up to the original for either of us.
BIG pluses to this installment though:
No asinine pet characters. Here think militant teddy bears or aquatic stooges.
No insipid romances.
No tedious segments inserted to pump up merchandising. Here, think of the Pod Racer snooze fest.
No boring and barely plot supported, "let's touch all the bases" political scenarios.
No accents causing one to actually wince from time to time.
Todd.
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I give the movie two thumbs up. :thumb: :thumb:
Lindsey and I saw it with a group of nerd friends, best way to go. ;)
-Joe
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the wife and I saw it Monday afternoon, wasn't very crowded. :1:
It was much better than the last three, but not better than the first or Empire Strikes back, better than the Ewoks.
Some of the new characters were not developed enough, and some were just weak. I will see the next one, to see where it goes.
I would say see it, don't judge it by the last three, it will bring you up to date what has happened since Ewoks, so that is good. The plot as stated here was a remix of the original Star Wars, nothing wrong with that, it works. I thought they did an very good job with Hans Solo character, much better developed than with the other characters.
CGI was not over the top like the last three,
Old Head
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I saw it and I thought the editing was great, we already knew the story.
I also enjoyed Revenant, Hateful Eight, Spotlight, and Trumbo - not so good were Joy, The Danish Girl, and Carol.
agree with Spotlight and especially Trumbo. Haven't seen the others, in fact, they aren't even out yet here.
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Saw it this afternoon with the family at the local Cinebarre. Their Cinebrew IPA was quite tasty. :boozing: As for the movie I give it an 8. It's a tough thing for a director, I would think, to handle a story that is both known and unknown. I give JJ Abrams props for taking this on. In the end though this is Star Wars and a fairly simple story of good vs evil.
Merry Christmas!
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Thanks Mr Westbury , that simple story of good vs evil was why the first three worked so well .
Dusty