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Post by doohickey on Jan 5, 2016 1:03:16 GMT
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I saw it as well the other day, I thought it was not bad. I found it a touch light on the character development, 2/3 of the main villains were fucking awful and Kylo Ren was just ok (there is potential for him though). Was kinda disappointed that they chose to use Deathstar 3 as the plot but I think they reintroduced the universe and characters enough that the next movies should be fantastic unless they truly phone it in (I swear to god if they come up with another pseudo-death star....)
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Post by thedancingpikey on Jan 5, 2016 19:04:04 GMT
Is it worth me handing over my hard earned cash to go the cineama and chopping out a kidney for a bucket of popcorn and some fizzy brown water?
Im going to have to go anyway...!
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Post by beefburger on Jan 6, 2016 0:32:39 GMT
***Spoilers*** and Kylo Ren was just ok Google emo Kylo Ren
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Post by doohickey on Jan 6, 2016 1:08:29 GMT
Is it worth me handing over my hard earned cash to go the cineama and chopping out a kidney for a bucket of popcorn and some fizzy brown water? Im going to have to go anyway...! I would say yes! The visual effects and presentation are pretty awesome regardless of what you think about the rest!
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Post by feverishloser on Jan 6, 2016 21:14:17 GMT
The movie is OK. Safe, competent fan service. By way of comparison, as a sequel/reboot "Mad Max: Fury Road" is light years ahead of it.
The visual effects are indeed the highlight of this whole affair. The galaxy (including the nu-Rebels) is grimy and messy again, in contrast to the fashion sense and sans-serif Nazi design of the Imperials. In point of fact, the work that goes into what Americans call "production values" is the most interesting thing about Hollywood in general. It's craftsmanship in the medieval sense of the term, i.e. artistry that is designed to remain --effectively-- anonymous. Underpaid, too, probably. Two scenes stand out in my mind as examples of how weightless this thing is. First there's the bit where like a dozen planets get blown up and everybody just takes it in stride. The death of Aldebaran (sp?) in the original flick was not exactly a profound exploration of the theme of genocide, but it served its narrative purpose well, voices crying out and being silenced and whatnot. In this movie the destruction followed a cargo-cult logic, "blowing a planet up was great in the first movie, if we do it with more planets it will be even greater."
(Didn't that Abrams chap destroy another planet in his Star Trek reboot?)
Then there’s the scene where an Imperial officer has to deliver bad news to the Vader dude. It was played for yuks, before a knowing audience.
Ray and Finn are nice new leads, mostly because the actors ooze charm.
Also, Chewwacca (sp?) has aged well. Does he dye his fur?
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Post by Thricedarned on Jan 8, 2016 16:13:15 GMT
I liked it. I really did like it. The one thing that had me quirk a puzzled eyebrow was Han apparently never having realized how powerful Chewbacca's bowcaster is. Exactly how long have you known the walking rug, Mr. Solo? Because he's been using that thing to cover your wrinkly arse since you first met!
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Post by nobby on Jan 15, 2016 13:40:37 GMT
It was awesome. Apart from Poe Fucking cunting cannot act or deliver a line wihtout hamming it up Dameron.
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Post by booncabal on Jan 17, 2016 20:21:26 GMT
It was wank.
From the opening bit with the stardestroyer giving the audience the finger (watch it, it clearly does), through Poe Wankeron's fear of a teenager's spunk-stained hand near his face, via his sudden blurting out of his secret mission and stash to random stranger and that was all in the first 15 fucking minutes.
Lazy writing. Lazy characters. Disney cash in as you need to buy a fucking book to make sense of the context. The Empire had calm older officers who never panicked and even as a kid you knew they knew what they were doing. The New Order are a ginger and a bignose, led by giant Gollum.
Fuck me, it has 3-4 scenes which are just people staring at each other. For ages.
Kylo Ren is cack. He killed a bunch of kiddie Jedi's did he....been there, done that. Jesus, he even looks like one of those fucking morons who do fan made lightsabre battles on you tube. It's not real kids, honest.
Team Leader Snork or whatever the fuck he is, looks like he meandered in from Harry Potter, as did his ginger pal - the youngest General ever. He couldn't run a fucking comic shop.
Han's death was that of a fucking dick. He should have gone out flying the Falcon into the Starwanker's core. Leia was pointless and clearly speaking through a frozen face. Luke's appearance in Plant Ireland was handled as badly as everything else - he's dramatically standing there (after this secret hideaway is reached in about 5 seconds despite being in uncharted space) - then he stares. Again. Forever.
If he'd zipped up his fly at least it would've been funny.
Overly dramatic wank written by a fucking hack. You meet the best Star Wars characters doing something purposeful. They are NEVER just standing...
I mean, for fucks sake - Dameron Toe was the one who destroyed the Death Star...sorry, Starkiller whatever...which means for the first time in Star Wars the actual hero of the film achieved fucking NOTHING.
The only saving grace was Rey. At least she could act and she was the best thing in every scene she was in.
and WHAT THE FUCK were the shit digi-beasts all about when Han was trapped by Space-Jock and the cast from The Raid?
Here man, the entire film can suck my microcock.
And don't even talk to me about how they wasted Max Von Sydow.
Fuck you Disney.
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Post by beefburger on Jan 18, 2016 21:11:49 GMT
So boon, a solid 6.5/10??
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Post by selfy on Jan 21, 2016 7:35:37 GMT
I took the boy. He fucking loved it. I remember when my dad took me to Empire Strikes Back. I'll probably cut his fucking hand off one day.
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Post by feverishloser on Jan 21, 2016 21:45:01 GMT
That will only work if you can provide some mind-boggling revelation about your parent-child relationship after you mutilate the boy. In this case, you should say his real father is the plumber.
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