Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

[LESStar58]

I'm more concerned about the inconsiderate adults who carry on after the opening crawl!

 

[jargan83]

I've been keeping an eye on the Hoyts website for online ticket purchase and bugger all tickets have been sold to my seesion at 12pm tomorrow. At least thats what I've worked out via the select your seat part.

 

[LESStar58]

I checked my session earlier. I think the only seats available are in the first 4 rows.

Just finished Jedi and going to read Shadows Of The Empire to kill some time!

 

[jargan83]

If I've read the internet correctly school holiday start tomorrow in NSW? While here in WA they are still at school until Friday so thats probably helping my cause.

 

[tumbidragon]

Just checked with a cpl of critics who's opinion I trust. They have it on par with IV & V and superior to VI...

Including a plot SPOILER :lol: free review.

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[ElectricEelMan]

99% on Rotten Tomatoes after 90 reviews.

Good indicator of the quality ...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens/

 

[saint.nick]

Well...

 

[LESStar58]

Okay.... very good. Marginally better than Jedi but nowhere near as good as Empire or A New Hope.

A more in depth analysis from me later.

3 out of 5 stars.

 

[ek999]

I loved it and think it sets up the rest of the trilogy nicely. Need sleep now to try and get up for work in the morning

 

[LESStar58]

I need to give it another watch to digest it but I rank it 3rd in terms of enjoyability.

Han. Oh Han. I knew it was coming right down to the "self sacrifice" he wanted to commit in Jedi but still has an effect. The most loveable character of the series is gone and the world will not be the same.

They established the role of Kylo... sorry, I mean Ben, right off the bat (you KNEW who Max Von Sydow was talking about in the very first scene) and I wasn't really surprised it play out that way. Obviously the greater mystery is what Rey's background is. And when you hear Kylo Ren call the mask of Vader "grandfather".... man, I got chills!

Luke right at the end.... not even a word from him. No wonder he wasn't in the trailer! It would have given away his whole role in the film!

 

[LESStar58]

There's a seperate thread for open discussion and opinion including pretty major plot points, saint nick. I recommend staying out of there until you watch the film!

 

[beave]

Started off pretty good.

Went to utter shit imo at the end.

Too tired to fully disect but was disappointed. Very disappointed. The whole climax seemed a little............. repeated like in eps 4 and 6 perhaps???? How many times can you send rebel ships in to blow up a moon/planet/death star and require a well placed bomb in a perticular area of said planet/deathstar. Come up with something new ffs.

 

[Tommy Smith]

I thought it was fantastic.

Granted I thought the ending was a slight let down, as if the mission to destroy the planet kind of got lost amongst the battle scenes involving Ren, Rey, Finn and Han. It became a sideshow and thus lost its impact.

But, they still nailed so much. It was gritty and rough and the action was fantastic. I also loved the nostalgia, which was always necessary as they begin a transition to making this installment stand on its own. And yes it left me wanting a lot more.

4/5.

 

[DiegoNT]

Loved it.
Loved the new characters. Bb8 was awesome, there was something about Rey in the first portion of the movie that made really take a shine to her. Then as it's shown that she's strong with the force you really want to find out her back story. Finn was great, had a lot of charm, poe was good but i would of like to have seen more of him. Snoke was sinister and scary. Kylo Ren was outstanding! I thought he'd just be a darth rip-off (which he is inspiring to be) its so great to see such a powerful character from the darkside have so much self doubt.
I took my niece and nephew to it (8 and 4) and they loved it, they laughed and gasped and were enthralled in all the characters and sights, it really reminded me of the way i felt the first time watching star wars, even if it falls short of Empire (which to be fair will probably never be matched) it certainly had the feel of the original trilogy.

 

[Parra Pride]

You could see Han's death coming from a mile away, but all I wanted was for something to get him away from Kylo, the base to start exploding, Rey and Fin jumping in, but it was not to be. Star Wars won't quite be the same without him around.

 

[sandshark]

It was great. You cant deny that.
Will watch again soon I think.

Watched it in 3D though which killed some great visuals.
Plus most stuff I had read 2-3 months prior to watching turned out to happen.
Someone let out a lot of leaks while filming.

 

[adamkungl]

Thought it was great. For every throwback (and there were lots) it had an interesting or surprising twist on the expectation.

Kept a cracking pace, every scene was interesting, awesome, tense, funny or sad.

 

[roostersrule2]

Without spoilers can anyone who's seen it give us a verdict?

 

[adamkungl]

Outstanding. Love it. Everything you love about Star Wars, walks a fine line between throwbacks and new twists and does it well, in my opinion.

 

[DiegoNT]

Outstanding. Love it. Everything you love about Star Wars, walks a fine line between throwbacks and new twists and does it well, in my opinion.

Agreed