No Spoilers Allowed: The Force Awakens

**kevincwelch** · 12-19-2015, 11:31 AM

Ok. Who's seen it?

I saw it last night and thought it was pretty good. Paid homage to the original trilogy with a focus on a new story line. Good acting. A sense of style and humanism was injected into the film. It wasn't overly focused on CGI like I, II and III were, but obviously CGI was critical to the movie.

Jar Jar Binks was killer in this film.... J/K.

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**tenblade2001** · 12-19-2015, 11:41 AM

I thought it was excellent and I'm a huge fan. I thought it was well acted, good pacing (mix of action and story) and interesting plot. Adam Driver was much better than expected. I had my doubts when he was cast, but he was phenomenal.

**kevincwelch** · 12-19-2015, 11:47 AM

Driver was great; I agree. He doesn't engender the sense of fear that Vader did, but I suspect that may be a factor of the time in which IV came out and the aura surrounding Vader. However, I think they did a great job of making him a compelling misguided evil character without making him a complete evil psycho.

I'm a big fan as well, and I actually thought I, II and III were ok, but they obviously fell way short of expectations.

I knew this movie would never replace the original trilogy for me, but I left the theater feeling very satisfied and will definitely be seeing it again in the theater with my family. (I had to see it on opening night to avoid the inevitable draw towards reading the reviews.)

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**tenblade2001** · 12-19-2015, 02:41 PM

Have read any of the EU stuff? (not cannon anymore).

**kevincwelch** · 12-19-2015, 02:51 PM

Timothy Zahn series. Tales of bounty hunters. Handful of comics. Not much else.

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**FUNX650** · 12-19-2015, 03:14 PM

Good film...
I especially liked the part where, after getting
married to that hooker Locklear, Kirk is promoted
to full-partner status at a Boston law firm.

Bob

**Eldorado2k** · 12-19-2015, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by FUNX650

I especially liked the part where, after getting

married to that hooker Locklear, Kirk is promoted

to full-partner status at a Boston law firm.

Bob

That was my favorite part too!

**TheAverageMan** · 12-19-2015, 03:58 PM

Movie was great, totally enjoyed how the Jar Jar binks theory was true, that he IS the Sith Lord, all goofy and stuff like Yoda..........JK..........or not........ lulz.

**Bunky** · 12-19-2015, 04:51 PM

I was never a real star wars fan. I did like the 1st set more than the second. I will catch it on cable. The reviews make it less campy as some movies were so that is a plus.

**willowcat11** · 12-19-2015, 04:55 PM

I've always been a huge fan of Star Wars, especially the original 3. Honestly cannot say how many times I have watched those movies. Never gets old. I wasn't a big fan of the last 3, way TOO much CGI,and jar jar binks. The last one was the better of the last three though, when we got to see how Anikan turns into vader full blown.

As for the New film, it did a great homage to the original 3 movies, and it's characters. Like some of you said, I thought Adam driver did a surprisingly great job. I look forward to seeing it again with family and friends.