The force awakens characters1/8/2024 Episode VIII will have to be a training film for Rey and a time for the other characters (Finn and Poe) to get smacked around as a buildup for the last film. We paid $4 billion for this thing, so we can’t take the risk of losing money on an original idea that doesn’t catch on”? Which brings me to my greatest fear: That the next two films will also be copies of their respective counterparts-The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Is it that JJ Abrams can’t write an original screenplay or is it the marketing department at Disney saying, “In order to sell more toys we just want an updated version of the original Star Wars. Which makes me wonder where this problem comes from. This was actually the same way I felt watching Star Trek: Into Darkness. From the droid with the secret plans, to the cantina, to the destruction of the “Death Star.” The film could not break new ground. Unfortunately The Force Awakens is the latter something that it didn’t have to be-given its budget and talent- and something that is a great disservice to the new characters. There is a line between making a homage to Episode IV and creating derivative art that exposes the fact that you can’t come with an original story. And this brings me to my first big problem with the movie: It was too much a remake and not its own film. Suddenly, I was pulled out of this fresh universe and into a world driven by marketers and unimaginative screen-writers. From then on, almost every scene with the old characters felt, well, “forced.” It’s a shame because everything was going so well.īut once they threw in Han and Chewie (and later Leia and C3-PO and R2-D2), the film lost its charm. Indeed, during that first half hour I felt some of the old magic I’d felt when, as a seven year old, I’d seen Episode IV in the theater in Oxford, OH. Rey personifying the old-a smart variation on Luke Skywalker-and Finn the new-a defector, someone more emblematic of a more complex world than we had in 1977. I loved the new characters, Finn and Rey, they had the perfect balance of the old and new. I was having a great time at the beginning. And I should not have been, because my expectations were rather low considering the blasphemies of Episodes I and II. Some great new characters, especially Finn (sorry China).Ĭharacter development that is so weak that you don’t care about themįirst let me say that I had fun while watching The Force Awakens, but I was ultimately disappointed. Amazing visual effects that did not look computer generated.
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