Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
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Ukerric
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But they can't. They've decided to keep Rey's exact origin a top-level secret, so they can't allude to anything. But the fight itself owes a lot to that final fight in TRJ, where Luke fights Vader and is basically losing, then Vader suddenly threatens to get to Leia, and Luke gets all bothered while the Emperor says that memetic "Good, good... give in...", and he barely stops (in front of a chasm, no less) before going all Dark Side. Given that there's no Luke-Vader lightsaber fight in ANH, they pulled a fight from the last movie instead (and that's why you can tell Rey was going Dark Side, since that's what Luke is doing at that moment of the original fight).
ohkcrlho
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Barraco Bisi again
khorum
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Yeah there's a long setup for King Prana, the guy Han was delivering the Rathtars to. Basically King Prana and Han's investors are set up as the next Jabba side-story.
But King Prana got mentioned like once by Han and all the other stuff pretty much got cut.
Araxen
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Malakriss
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They needed a reason for Han + Chewie to be there with no other crew (otherwise we'd care about them when they get ditched or deaded). Yes, they could have put more effort into it but that's exactly why it's better to 2-3 year gaps to revise rather than push 12-18 months like Disney wants.
Vulg
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The novelization describes her flirtation with the dark side a little more clearly (I transcribed the paragraphearlier). In it, Rey is the one who willfully steps back from it.
If the movie undersells anything, it's the extent to which Rey was channeling the dark side during that fight... maybe Ren's reaction to killing Han too (i.e. made him more of a mess), though by then you'd been bludgeoned with the fact that he lacked control and focus.
Most of the issues people seem to have with the Rey and Ren's inconsistent skill in the force can be explained away if you just remember that this is not the same force in the over-analyzed, over-explained, midiclorian infested force in the EU and Ep. 1-3.
The reboot of the force back into what is was in Ep 4-6 is something I liked.
This is an odd movie to rate. As a "stand alone" movie, it's a 7. As part of the larger Star Wars universe, I loved it, and give it a 9. My view on the movie changes the more I learn and read, which is sort of shitty for people who are not really Star Wars fans. I can completely understand people who are "meh" towards Star Wars rating this movie lower.
The reboot of the force back into what is was in Ep 4-6 is something I liked.
This is an odd movie to rate. As a "stand alone" movie, it's a 7. As part of the larger Star Wars universe, I loved it, and give it a 9. My view on the movie changes the more I learn and read, which is sort of shitty for people who are not really Star Wars fans. I can completely understand people who are "meh" towards Star Wars rating this movie lower.
Cybsled
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Han said they had more crew before they captured those tentacle monster things
Royal
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They looked like something that would have would have been part of a rough day at work for Tommy Lee Jones in MIB. That whole freighter scene is the most disjointed part of the whole movie to me. I realize they were trying to show that General Solo had gone back to being shifty smuggler Solo owing money to all the wrong people while giving him a means of entering to story but it sticks out like a sore thumb from the rest of the movie.
Jive Turkey
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The Edge
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People need to quit making shit up. It's the same Force. All movies are canon. This wasn't a "soft reboot." It was a sequel in line with I-VI, despite what you wish it may be.
khorum
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I didn't realize all three of The Raid's main stars were in the movie until I saw the trailer for The Raid 3. I knew they had the long-haired badass (playing Kasu Leesh) and I barely recognized the main Raid good guy. I don't remember the third dude tho.
Shonuff
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Why didn't they use them?I didn't realize all three of The Raid's main stars were in the movie until I saw the trailer for The Raid 3. I knew they had the long-haired badass (playing Kasu Leesh) and I barely recognized the main Raid good guy. I don't remember the third dude tho.
You don't see a difference between how Luke was able to use the force in Ep. 5-6 and how all of the Jedi were trained in Ep. 1-3, including Anakin?
My case is: JJ is pushing the force (kek) to be much more unexplainable magic, where Lucas made it into a virus.
khorum
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They only had the brief talking scene in the hallway and their parts weren't much longer in the novelization either. I think they had like 30 secs of screen time and you can barely see the third dude:
It was more about JJ being a giant gay for The Raid and offered the leads a cameo in the movie. Which of course they took. They must've dueled IRL for the speaking role tho.
It was more about JJ being a giant gay for The Raid and offered the leads a cameo in the movie. Which of course they took. They must've dueled IRL for the speaking role tho.
shabushabu
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Just saw the film.... without harrison ford, i would have slept through it all. Remake of Episode IV.