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%
 
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there are a lot of 'framed by a doorway' shots in this movie. Does that have a technical name?
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stip wrote:there are a lot of 'framed by a doorway' shots in this movie. Does that have a technical name?
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The scene where Ren is stalking rey in the forest feels like it was pulled from Jurassic Park
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I love the catina battle
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seeing Leia's entrance feels uncomfortable in light of today
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"you're probably wondering how I got this red arm"
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the R2 stuff is stupid.
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the light speed through the shield thing is silly, but the crash is great. I love the shot of the falcon crashing through the trees.
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that's not how the force works!
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Ren is clearly troubled by killing solo. It's a pretty great performance by Adam Driver. It's all in the eyes and the slight twitches in the face
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I love how Ren sees himself as the victim going into the final exchange with Finn/Rey
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I'm off next week I should watch this again. I only saw it the one time.
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you should. It's so good.
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The aeriel assault is really good, but all the major aerial sequences are great. This one holds up, but (I'll need to see R1 again) it may be the weakest of all of them. I think that's my favorite light saber fight in any of the movies, however.



The shot of Chewie alone in the cockpit is pretty sad.
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the end is just slightly overlong, but I'm not sure what I'd cut.
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yes I am. The R2 stuff. They just should have had R2 wake up the first time they return, and just make the decision to go find him after they deal with the threat to the planet.
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is that a gravestone?
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I can't say this is the best star wars movies. The OT, TFA, and R1 all have flaws and all have things they excel at. But this might be my favorite Star Wars movie.
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dimejinky99 wrote:We should pick a time to all watch force awakens over the holidays and live post
catch up, Dime
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stip wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:We should pick a time to all watch force awakens over the holidays and live post
catch up, Dime

I'm trying to get us out of here and you pull this apart now?
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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