Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens

[DennisN]

Hahaha, that's quite likely how my and my girlfriend's relationship is going to go after seeing this movie :p

Interview with many of the main characters and the director:
STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS interviews - Ford, Ridley, Boyega, Abrams, Christie, Isaac, Nyong'o

 

[ZapperZ]

We are all set for the movie. We plan on wearing these to the movie theater. Don't worry, we will take them off before the movie starts, although with stadium seating, it doesn't matter anymore. :)

Zz.

 

[Orodruin]

Saw it yesterday evening. Me and my friend exited the theatre with a smile on our faces and wanting more.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Just got back from seeing the movie. I was impressed. Star Wars is back in my book. Lots of fresh feel with enough familiarity. Feels a bit more serious with just the right amount of comedic quips. I'm intrigued where the story will lead. Passed expectations.

 

[Orodruin]

Just got back from seeing the movie. I was impressed. Star Wars is back in my book. Lots of fresh feel with enough familiarity. Feels a bit more serious with just the right amount of comedic quips. I'm intrigued where the story will lead. Passed expectations.

The only bad thing with having seen it is that you have to bite your tounge when you talk to people who have not. Yesterday was a difficult day.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

Absolutely loved it, seeng it again this weekend.

 

[DennisN]

I have not seen it yet (even though I am a big fan of the original trilogy), I will probably not see it until after Christmas. Glad to hear you guys enjoyed it, judging from what I've heard I think I will enjoy it too.

The only bad thing with having seen it is that you have to bite your tounge when you talk to people who have not. Yesterday was a difficult day.

I can imagine .

 

[PhotonSSBM]

This was the most fun I've had at a movie in a long time. I just saw it a second time today and want to go see it for a third time. It felt like I was 7 years old and seeing the originals for the first time again.

 

[Ben Niehoff]

I saw it on Sunday. I really like the new characters. I kinda wish the old ones had less screen time. And I didn't quite understand the political situation...I feel like they could have spent the opening crawl filling in some necessary background information about what the conflict is, rather than talking about Luke Skywalker. (Indeed, there was never any mention of why it is so important to find Luke Skywalker.)

It felt like this movie was mostly exposition, and the actual story didn't pick up till near the end. But I have high expectations of the next movie.

 

[Ryan_m_b]

I think we could do with a thread that can have spoilers so I've spun one off here:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-force-awakens-spoiler-thread.849240/

Keep this thread spoiler free, use the other for discussing plot specifics.

 

[DennisN]

Just had to post this clip here

(from http://kotaku.com/mark-hamill-knows-how-to-deal-with-fans-1763489648)

 

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[DennisN]

 

[DennisN]

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

 

[strangerep]

Finally, I watched SW Ep7 (Force Awakens) on bluray (for the first time -- I refuse now to pay for cinema tickets to watch SW -- the Ewoks killed it for me back in ep6.).

What can I say? Only this:

And is there any more incompetent actor in the entire world than John Boyega (Finn)??
I didn't believe a word out of him.

At least Harrison Ford seemed to be genuinely making an effort.
But Carrie Fisher [] seemed to be phoning it in.

 

[Kumar8434]

Finally, I watched SW Ep7 (Force Awakens) on bluray (for the first time -- I refuse now to pay for cinema tickets to watch SW -- the Ewoks killed it for me back in ep6.).

What can I say? Only this:

And is there any more incompetent actor in the entire world than John Boyega (Finn)??
I didn't believe a word out of him.

At least Harrison Ford seemed to be genuinely making an effort.
But Carrie Fisher [] seemed to be phoning it in.

It was the same as A New Hope. It was not just to induce nostalgia, they actually copied crucial plot points.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Interesting. Ep. IV was a New Hope for the first three. Ep. VII is a New Hope for the second three.

 

[Kumar8434]

Interesting. Ep. IV was a New Hope for the first three. Ep. VII is a New Hope for the second three.

Watch the honest trailer Force awakens borrows too many things from A New Hope

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Where did I say it didn't?

 

[strangerep]

[Force Awakens] was the same as A New Hope. [...]

And yet, when I watched a TV re-run of "A New Hope" (for the umpteenth time), I still enjoyed it and watched to the end.

The new SW management copies the form, but not the soul.

 

[sanman]

Likewise, I'm expecting the next movie "The Last Jedi" to be a copy of The Empire Strikes Back. This time, it will be Old Luke Skywalker taking the place of Master Yoda, while Rey is in place of young Luke Skywalker. And yet, I'm worried that this reproduction will again leave out crucial elements that lack the soul of the original.

Do you remember how in the original ESB, Luke's skepticism of the Force prevented him from truly embracing its power - and there was that superb scene with Yoda raising the X-Wing to the amazement of the skeptical Luke? That was one of the best scenes in the entire series.



I wonder if we'll get something as magnificent and as meaningful in the upcoming movie. That would be hard to top.

 

[strangerep]

[...] it will be Old Luke Skywalker taking the place of Master Yoda, [...]

Hmmm, I wonder.

I would have thought Old Luke would be more like the well-meaning, but flawed, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

 

[Kumar8434]

Honest trailers named Force awakens 'Star wars: A familiar hope' lol. It was almost a remake but it sure was entertaining. I think the next two movies should be original. I'll lose interest if they remake again.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Honest trailers named Force awakens 'Star wars: A familiar hope' lol. It was almost a remake but it sure was entertaining. I think the next two movies should be original. I'll lose interest if they remake again.

I go to movies for fun, not for continuity. YMMV

 

[Kumar8434]

I go to movies for fun, not for continuity. YMMV

Force awakens was fun but fun-movies can only mint money, it'll not be remembered like the original trilogy. But I'm sure they won't remake ESB.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Force awakens was fun but fun-movies can only mint money, it'll not be remembered like the original trilogy. But I'm sure they won't remake ESB.

In Hollywood you're only as good as your last movie. This stifles creativity so we wind up making twelve versions of "Sleepy Hollow" or some such.

As for the original three, other than the visual I saw little to excite me.

 

[Krunchyman]

Too much money is invested in modern Hollywood sci-fi films for directors to have any real creative freedom. That doesn't mean the movies can't be good, but it stops directors from taking big risks and creative leaps. I miss the days of Kubrick and Lucas when films were art and directors were just artists working on their craft.

 

[Noisy Rhysling]

Or when Speilberg faked the Moon landing, but demanded to shoot on location.