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Favorite Star Wars Films
1. Revenge of the Sith
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Force Awakens
4. A New Hope
5. Return of the Jedi
6. The Phantom Menace
7. Attack of the Clones
I was generally spot on where I would rank The Force Awakens. I believe TFA is the 3rd best SW film behind only Empire and Hope. It had several funny moments and played out alot like ANH with sprinkles of TESB and ROTJ. The death scene which is probably an instant classic for one of my favorite and most beloved characters was heartbreaking. I could see it coming a mile away but it still hurt to see it happen. That scene will be the most talked about moment in the film.
My favorite moments is actually the scenes between Han and Leia. They hadn't seen each other in years just like the audience hadn't seen them together on-screen in over 32.5 years. It was one of the most tender SW moments since the beloved "I love you"/"I know" scene in Empire. The look Leia gives to Han with the music in the background was another instant classic moment for me. Just seeing their faces brought back the nostalgia. Who knew the first line of Han would be the same one in the trailer?
The Force Awakens did live up to my expectations that Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Dark Knight Rises couldn't do although I wouldn't say it is my favorite SW film. I wasn't sure of Finn but he surpassed my expectations. I also liked Ren and Rey. Adam Driver is a way better and less whinier actor than Hayden Christensen.I saw it in IMAX 3D for a 9:30pm showing last night and it was in full capacity. I never saw any SW in 3D. Probably the best movie experience I had last night.
+ Best movie experience for me since it was done in IMAX 3D.
+ My favorite film of 2015 and maybe of the decade!
+ Arguably 3rd best SW film ever. C'mon, it was superior to Return of the Jedi or any of the prequels!
+ Most humorous since A New Hope.
+ Good performances by the new cast.
+ Most realistic looking Star Wars since Jedi with beautiful locales especially the final scene.
+ Has one of the most emotional death scenes ever for a super popular character.
+ No annoying characters or acting moments.
- Played out a little too much like ANH with the Poe Dameron trying to blow up the Starkiller Base but with less impact like Luke did in ANH.
- Kylo Ren realistically could not LOSE to Rey but he did and it felt forced to see the good side win.
- Some moments of humorous lines were out of place.
8/10
What! There's no chance of you not finding out that C3PO has turned to the dark side before then!
Join me Artoo. Together we can rule the Galaxy as Sith Lord and aprentice!You bastard!![]()
Favorite Star Wars Films
1. Revenge of the Sith
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Force Awakens
4. A New Hope
5. Return of the Jedi
6. The Phantom Menace
7. Attack of the Clones
Seriously, you cannot go an minute on facebook without the movie being spoiled. Oh well.
Thank you Disney for saving my favorite franchise.
Where's Boba Fett?Favorite SW characters -
1. Yoda
2. Darth Vader
3. Han Solo
4. Obi-Wan Kenobi
5. Kylo Ren (new)
6. R2-D2
7. Luke Skywalker
8. Leia Organa
9. Rey (new)
10. Qui-Gonn Jin
Chewbacca and Finn probably make up #11 or #12. Finn is quite humorous and noble. BB-8 was great too.
I was not sure if I would like any of the new characters but Ren, Rey, Finn, Poe, and Snoke were cool enough for me. Seeing Snoke as this giant hologram look so menacing. The movie moved fast enough early. Alot of action right away. It probably started feeling a little too much like ANH once they were ready to destroy Starkiller.
The dream sequence stood out to me. I believe they won't explain it yet but Rey is the younger sister to Ren but left as an orphan in Jakku. I was waiting for the plot twist if Luke was going to turn dark. Never happened but it is better that way as he is glimmer of last hope for the rest of the triligy now that Ren's daddy was killed. I just couldn't buy Rey becoming so powerful with a lightsaber after Ren is capable of paralyzing her and a laser early in the film.
TFA pretty much played out like what I expected to be with the leaked spoilers being mostly true except Luke being dark, Luke being Kylo Ren, and Chewbacca dying. A major character did die and Kylo Ren is the son of Han/Leia and is a Grandpa-loving fanboy. The surprises just weren't there thanks to all the spoilers but how it played out was still mostly awesome. I doubt Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman will surpass The Force Awakens even if they kill off a major character.
My only qualms with The Force Awakens is really it plays out too much like A New Hope and we had to see the good guys. I like Sith and Empire the best because I like seeing the Sith win too. The dark and the light is what balances us as human beings and a great story.
Favorite SW characters -
1. Yoda
2. Darth Vader
3. Han Solo
4. Obi-Wan Kenobi
5. Kylo Ren (new)
6. R2-D2
7. Luke Skywalker
8. Leia Organa
9. Rey (new)
10. Qui-Gonn Jin
Where's Boba Fett?
Err.… Max is still alive?I'm not a SW fan, but likely will see it just because I'm nosy about how Ford, Hamill, and Fisher will turn out... plus I'd love to see what big bad role they have for Max von Sydow.![]()
Same here, the spoilers thread seems to have people really digging down on the minutia and complaining. I walked away from the movie smiling. In fact, I didn't even want the movie to end, something I consider a mark of a good movie.I enjoyed the film immensely. There was so much hype that it would be hard for the film to live up to such heightened expectations.