tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722927871249619307.post3804489889028289045..comments2023-06-03T22:51:19.911-07:00Comments on 21st Century Films: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 2015 - movie reviewGigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06963529830258531210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722927871249619307.post-5299742886684900822015-12-27T03:17:37.449-08:002015-12-27T03:17:37.449-08:00Your comment is a pretty good review unto itself.
...Your comment is a pretty good review unto itself.<br />Your mention of the fact that there was no mentor/disciple relationship is spot on. They flirted with a Rey/Han thing but it never materialized and seemed more like a narrative placeholder to cover for the absence of LS.<br />Also, the fact that Rey could get into the Millennium Falcon and know it better than Han Solo himself and yet also spout this line: "This is the Millennium Falcon?!" is more than a little headscratching.<br />Thanks for the feedback. ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228056451703340150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722927871249619307.post-33507423984832625472015-12-26T15:06:11.544-08:002015-12-26T15:06:11.544-08:00A good, unbiased review when all critics seem to j...A good, unbiased review when all critics seem to just follow the hype machine...<br />The storyline relied on mere coincidences too much even at the beginning, and I did not quite like it how the main protagonist seemed to have just been drifted into the flow of galactic events only by those coincidences. Also, I felt it was unexplained how she was just immediately competent at everything, even to the point of using the force without any training. The really bad thing with this is the absence of the mentor-disciple relationship, which was an integral part of every Star Wars movie. Also, characters somehow did not bond, character development did not really happen, and it was not even needed, because the villains simply were just not that threatening to make it necessary. Lightsaber duels also were a disappointment, and the way Kylo unnecessarily was flailing around with his lightsaber, like slashing at the furniture in his angry tantrums just completely dispelled the aura around this weapon for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com