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RE: Admit it: Star Wars, the Force Awakens Stinks.

Posted by RGA on December 30, 2015 at 21:53:14:
I would say the audiences have grown up but the film did not. I can barely watch the original because we have all become perhaps more cynical with age. I am pretty sure the people who made this film at Star Wars fans. They were paying homage at every turn to Star Wars lore. They brought back the original cast....The problem for any movie franchise like this is that it has to stay within the trope of the prior films. They can't turn it into a Blade Runner bleak film....it's a science fantasy not a science fiction film.

Like Empire...we can all hope the second film will be better...it has a chance because there won't need to be a lot of character introduction. They will likely follow the same arc as Empire with Rey being trained by a certain Jedi Master to harness her raw talent.

Daisy Ridley was the best thing about Force Awakens...The second movie may be able to now move away from this first entry in a set of three.

The Force Awakens is vastly better than all three prequels combined. I'd argue it's better than Return and has better pacing than the original....which is difficult to sit through.

I would have preferred some originality...but never forget that all Star Wars ever was was white hat VS black hat...set in space. There's only so much that can be done within the confines of this genre. And strictly looking at it as a Star Wars film within the world of Star Wars I enjoyed it enough. Ridley has a highly watchable quality...and I don't mean just looks. She carried the film for me enough to give it a thumbs up.