This poll is pretty much meant for the sake of those curious to be able to simply look and see what the general opinion of the movie is with the minimal amount of spoilers or discussion about it. Is it good? Is it bad? LET'S FIND OUT!!!!
EDIT: Because I forgot to mention, please keep this spoiler-free. The main intent is for lazy people to be able to get a glance at the poll to see a general group opinion but... eh, if conversation happens, no spoilers.
I really, really liked it but thinking back on it there's a lot that I feel needs to be explained. I'm sure the details I'm missing are hidden away in comics and the recently released Star Wars books.
I would tag spoilers. The movie has been playing since the 17th but there are still people who won't be seeing it until tomorrow or Sunday...or possibly later.
It was entertaining but not the second coming of Citizen Kane and not even the best Star Wars movie, keep expectations reasonable and it probably won't disappoint.
Worth noting, not a single gungan to be found, that alone elevates it over the prequels IMO.
It was worse then the prequels. It had just as many plot holes and contrivances. I wouldn't recommend it to fans of Star Wars, or as a standalone film. Kind of disappointing, really : /
I doubt you will find anyone who would suggest not to watch it.
worst case it's a fun movie with flaws that doesn't stack up against the rest, me personally i think it is the best star wars movie ever but only because I don't think the originals were anything special and the prequels were equal parts tax law 1O1 and shit sword fights.
Hello.
I just want to say that I'm glad that I'm not a dedicated fan of Star Wars, or I would have been massively disappointed.
I'd only recommend it to people who have the opportunity of watching it for free.
Compared to the 2000s star wars, the acting was better but the combat was worse. It has the new need for speeds level of deus ex machinas, and the main characters just walk right into the enemy fortress and press a button to disable the shields. Suspension of belief is dead quite early on.
People often slam the matrix sequels and star wars prequels for having too much lore and description but I disagree. Although they aren't perfect I think they are required to have an immersive universe. I'd rather have the same style as the 2000's movies but with good acting and waaaay less cringe worthy garbage and one liners, but they mustve thought that to be too risky.
That being said the combat in the 2000s star wars wasn't particularly amazing, and being worse than that is a feat.
It's a functional, overall enjoyable film that is basically a rehash of A New Hope and adds little new in terms of story or concepts to the series. The inverse of The Phantom Menace really (which had good ideas but poor execution).
After thinking about it, it's a good movie that can only get better (or worse) after a second viewing and/or the later Episodes in this particular trilogy come out... almost like Episode IV only this time, everyone knows that it's getting a sequel instead of feeling like it's a one-shot deal that could have had more movies green-lighted beforehand...
Other than that, level one's expectations otherwise it might feel like watching The Phantom Menace without the [boring] politics...
I have to say that it's a very solid movie. It doesn't do anything new, but we really shouldn't expect that. Even IV was a retread of most of a very old story. We should not be surprised that VII is the same.
The plot is absolutely standard. No surprises, quite predictable. The execution, acting, effects, and script are all very good quality. If you don't require every major movie to be a revolution, you should like star wars so long as you don't over analyze it.
It's a transition movie meant to usher in a new era of films, as well as create a bridge to an older one. As such, it has a lot to do, and not a lot of time in which to do it. It has pacing issues, and doesn't always make good use of its time.
It's also highly entertaining, and frequently captures the "feel" of "classic Star Wars". There is a clear understanding on display of what made the original films iconic cinema.
It is not in any way, shape or form comparable to the absolutely woeful prequels, which are among the worst films made in the modern era and demonstrate shocking incompetence on almost every level of their construction.
Mediocre at best, well not really, slightly better than mediocre I'd say, eh, it had too many problems to be truly good, Kylo Ren is an annoying villain[footnote]I do not agree witht the consensus that it's a good version prequel Anakin, it's done better but it's still done rather poorly.[/footnote] and JJ Abrams "Mystery Box" writing style is as annoying as ever, it was predictable and clich?, but it was done competently enough to be passable and the comedic timing was surprisingly very goo, the writing was still bad but the actors had enough charisma and skill to make it work, but just barely, if anything it's a good promise of incoming better movies and not much else.
I must also add that Han's death was both too obvious and poorly done, I wanted to feel emotional and to want to cry when it happens, but it just wasn't well done, I didn't see anyone cry at the cinema either, how can you fail to make Han Solo's death emotional, instead of feeling sad, I was rolling my eyes because the outcome was stupidly obvious.
Anyway, overall I'd say it's worth the watch but that the same critical phenomenon that happened with the prequels is repeating itself, basically the movie is mediocre but because it's Star Wars everyone is pretending it was great because we all want it to be great so bad, and it's working better than with the prequels because, it's not bad, it's just OK though.
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