JJ Abrams puts out consistently good stuff, but never great stuff. I wish Matthew Vaughn had got the job and some creative freedom.
I liked Force Awakens. Plot holes are a tradition in Star Wars. My only character complaints are that Ren was lame as a bad guy and Rey was a bit Mary Sue.
She knew more about the Millennium Falcon in 10 minutes than its actual owner who spent years piloting it. At least she was likeable unlike creepy Anakin. What was the point of Ren raging out every 2 minutes he was on screen? Dude needs anger management counseling. An average jedi could kill this guy by provoking him into an apoplectic fit. Maybe that's his final training. Finn and Han Solo humanized the whole thing.
Having another exhaust pipe on a super sized version of the Death Star was super lame. And it wasn't even defended despite being a weapon that could potentially end the conflict. A whole planet relying on shields with 3 TIE fighters to defend it. Dumb.
Defeating the remnants of the Empire will never be as epic as actually defeating the Emperor and Vader.
As a 'story', it was weak and unsupported by a decent sub plot, which makes it even more glaringly weak as a 'story'!
A fact I could now forgive George Lucas for! For years I thought the general writing for 'Star Wars' was tripe and 'VII' changes nothing!!
As a 'story', it was weak and unsupported by a decent sub plot, which makes it even more glaringly weak as a 'story'!
A fact I could now forgive George Lucas for! For years I thought the general writing for 'Star Wars' was tripe and 'VII' changes nothing!!
Was when Rey easily beat Kylo Ren with ease at the end, even though he's been Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker and had vast experience with the force yet she only just found out about the force and it's powers and plus the fact she's just a scavenger with no Jedi training. At least in the Empire Strikes Back when Luke and Vader fight it out, Vader's experience trumps Luke's inexperience thus leads to Luke losing an arm and being left mortally wounded and defeated by Vader
yeah... (I'm maybe papering over a crack our two here), but we saw that Ren can't control his anger and Chewbacca had inflicted a pretty big injury on him with his blaster. Marry that up against Rey having natural fighting skills as shown on Jakku, showing incredible instincts when piloting the Falcon, and has just seen this guy for all she knows murder her best friend.
If I had just got wind of some life changing powers, I too would be like, "come on then, you fucking clown".
She could also be so powerful that she is this prophesied one who brings balance to the force, not Anakin or Luke. Maybe that's why she was hidden away.
In that context, entirely believable!
Also during the interrigation scene, we see that Rey is able to not only repel Ren's attempts at drawing out her thoughts but also turn it back on him and drawing out his deepest inadiquaces. The same thisn is implyed when Ren attempts to retrive Luke's lightsaber, Rey is able to not only prevent him from doing so but claim it for herself. I thinks this is the main reason she is able to best Ren, in ecense she is able to nullify an apponents force power and use it for herself
I think the films title sort of explains whywhy Rey could channel the force, when Ren says he will train her in the force and she closes her eyes, I would say she is channeling the force. Also she hints at that she used the falcon to play in an mess with the controls while growing up when Finn asks if she pilot it
It still doesn't explain how she could suddenly learn all these powers. Also what of Finn? He uses a saber and takes on a sith toe to toe, surely he's force sensitive. I felt the Poe character would be more a Han Solo type.
It's not Richard III though, it's just a kids film!