It just seems that some people wanted Darth Vader MkII.
But I just love how we open the movie and when we first see Ren he is the typical horrific bad guy - just mows down innocent people, has that badass bit where he stops the laser bolt with the force, and when he easily gets the information out of Poe.
But as the movie goes on we see that he is different. He is trying to live up to Vader, but feels he is falling short. He is still resisting the light side, which is something different - Luke and Anakin were trying to resist the light side. He wears a mask, even though he doesn't need it.
We see him struggle when confronted with someone else who may have a more powerful connection to the force than he does.
What's wrong with 'Emo'?
It's short for 'emotional'. Don't we want characters who show emotion?
I don't see anything wrong with Ren throwing a tantrum (I had more of a problem with the laugh that comes straight after with the stormtroopers backing away. It reduces the impact of the scene). He is still young and has much to learn. I can't wait to see how he is handled in the next one.
Yeah I agree with you. At the end of the day, the internet is big enough that no matter what they do with the movie, there's going to be a sizeable portion of neckbeards that want to tear it down/were disappointed based on their own expectations. The general trend seems to be that most people do love the movie, with the small portion of uber film nerds that hate anything that isn't avant garde cinema hounding it down for being a rehash, not liking the characters, etc.
Rey has copped *a lot* of criticism online for being a Mary Sue for example - which tbh she kinda is... but it wasn't to the point that it ruined anything, and much of her uber-capability may well be explained by later episodes (previous training as a child, more exposition around her strength with the force, etc). You can see that JJ wanted a very capable female protagonist, which I applaud, and maybe took it a little far... but it certainly didn't kill my enjoyment of the movie, or my liking of the character. Rey is a really strong character with a great actress playing her. She kicks arse, takes names and she doesn't need her hand held. I'm sure in the coming movies we will see more difficult trials for Rey.
The truth is, it's a f**king fantasy movie, not a sci-fi. If the writers want a particularly strong person with the force to be able to "awaken" to their powers - they can absolutely have that. It's not even inconsistent with previous canon, Luke was able to force-summon that very same lightsaber before he even met Yoda... with only a couple of moments of training with Obi-Wan. Just pissy people looking for something to be pissed about.
The film wasn't perfect, but it was fun and likeable. It was exactly what Star Wars is, and should be. It's right up there with the OT for me.
