Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

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So what did you think (DcT edition)?

Best of all the films
8
9%
Better than A New Hope, Empire, the prequels, But not Jedi
2
2%
Better than A New Hope, Jedi, the prequels, but not Empire
6
7%
Better than Empire, Jedi, the Prequels, but not A New Hope
2
2%
Better than A New Hope and the prequels, but not Empire or Jedi
2
2%
Better than Empire and the prequels, but not A New Hope or Jedi
1
1%
Better than Jedi and the prequels, but not a New Hope or Empire
23
26%
As good as Empire, Jedi, and A New Hope, and better than the prequels
15
17%
Better than the prequels, but not the originals
15
17%
As good as some of the prequels
7
8%
As good as all of the prequels
2
2%
Worse than the prequels
5
6%
 
Total votes: 88

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Darth Vade..I mean Kylo Ren is going to kill Obi...I mean Han Solo on the Death St...I mean Starkiller while Luke Sky...I mean Rey watches!
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:guys, remember, this is still Star Wars we're talking about, not the Godfather.
God I hate this argument. I like ESB and ROTJ more than The Godfather anyway.
but why do people criticize this movie for not being something that it never was or never intended to be? it's like saying south park's animations suck compared to a Pixar movie. yes there are plot holes. yes the dialogue can be corny. and yes the scenes can be predictable as all get out. but that's star wars.

btw, if you recall, I never saw the godfather
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Tell me your feelings on that short jedi character
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front loading vcr
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Let's all watch Darth Va...I mean Kylo Ren talk to the Emper...I mean Snope via hologram in a dark chamber!

Also, Kylo Ren is related to a hero!

Also, Rey has strong force powers but she hasn't been trained yet!
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cutuphalfdead wrote:front loading vcr
did they have a separate tape rewinder? DID YOU EVEN REWIND IT?!
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I haven't seen this yet but I feel like I'm going to be closer to LV than to strat on this one.
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Be kind.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Also, Rey has strong force powers but she hasn't been trained yet!
I actually pointed this out earlier. it bugs me too.
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:guys, remember, this is still Star Wars we're talking about, not the Godfather.
God I hate this argument. I like ESB and ROTJ more than The Godfather anyway.
but why do people criticize this movie for not being something that it never was or never intended to be? it's like saying south park's animations suck compared to a Pixar movie. yes there are plot holes. yes the dialogue can be corny. and yes the scenes can be predictable as all get out. but that's star wars.

btw, if you recall, I never saw the godfather
What? How am I expecting it to be something it's not? I just want it to be GOOD. The OT were GOOD MOVIES. This is lazy, pandering garbage.
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I don't believe I was kind.
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dprival78 wrote:i do wonder how much the rehashing of so many of the OT plot points will bother me as time goes on. right now, it only bothers me a little, with minimal impact on my enjoyment of the thing. we'll see if that changes.

My biggest concern about this too.

Seeing our favourite characters again after all these years. Feels.


How much longevity does that have?

Will this still be a great film when the trilogy is over?
Think so but we will see
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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or Luke..I mean Rey...flying to Dagobah...I mean Ireland?

This could go on forever. I don't think anyone has any illusions that this wasn't basically a remake of ANH with nods to ESB and ROTJ. It didn't lessen the enjoyment of the movie at all for me.
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the video cassette rewinder was one of the biggest scams of the last century.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:Tell me your feelings on that short jedi character
Character was dumb and looked terrible (the CGI for all the alien characters was just abysmal), but Nyongo did a good job.
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EJ wrote:or Luke..I mean Rey...flying to Dagobah...I mean Ireland?

This could go on forever. I don't think anyone has any illusions that this wasn't basically a remake of ANH with nods to ESB and ROTJ. It didn't lessen the enjoyment of the movie at all for me.
Ha, my first thought was that they flew to the planet Ireland.
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For years we've all been wondering what happens next. Well, apparently exactly what happened before happens next.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:guys, remember, this is still Star Wars we're talking about, not the Godfather.
God I hate this argument. I like ESB and ROTJ more than The Godfather anyway.
but why do people criticize this movie for not being something that it never was or never intended to be? it's like saying south park's animations suck compared to a Pixar movie. yes there are plot holes. yes the dialogue can be corny. and yes the scenes can be predictable as all get out. but that's star wars.

btw, if you recall, I never saw the godfather
What? How am I expecting it to be something it's not? I just want it to be GOOD. The OT were GOOD MOVIES. This is lazy, pandering garbage.
it sounds like your biggest beef is that it's essentially ATH II. if that's it, I think it's a fair criticism. but any of the other criticisms could probably be said about the original trilogy.
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With as big as the Star Wars Universe is, though, there is so much potential for new or even tangent storylines from the original. Copying the original just seems a little lazy and/or pandering.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:I haven't seen this yet but I feel like I'm going to be closer to LV than to strat on this one.

In fairness you seem like you wanna hate it before you've seen it, for hat ever reason.
See It And have at it afterwards. Be honest though.
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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