Star Wars: The Force Awakens - with **SPOILERS**

[Mayhem]

Not peep out audience who sat silently though out the whole movie and the theater was full.

You were sitting with the wrong crowd then. Both viewings I went to had people cheering and laughing at various points...

[F-ZeroOne]

Meow, "first 3 Star Wars" mean different things to different people. You would certainly have an, er, unique view if you're referring to the prequel trilogy...

[Barney]

We were a bit underwhelmed, the "twists" were predictable and plot mirrored originals a little too closely.

Not terrible, but not worthy of the hype.

No i didn't think so either. The force seem a little to easy for the stupid Rey girl to pick up and she had no trouble fighting a Master of the darkness with years years and years of training like it was nothing. Forget Yodi who needs him to learn the force. Mmm probably the next movie Rey will struggle to pick up the force. Also most of the computer generated stuff looks pretty terrible when Rey first got on the hover bike, that really looked bad and some of Aliens just didn't have any realism too them. Especially the orange mouse woman with the big round glasses. (typically Disney let's have a mouse) You could see that was not her hand when she handed over the light saber. Must have been the directors grandmothers hand. Also the supreme leader look like Gandoff a bit too much...The first 3 Starwars where just so much better. Not a single laugh in the movie either. Not peep out audience who sat silently though out the whole movie and the theater was full.

So, what we talking then in Meow terms?

About 2 hours tops, only good for a rental?

[SpookyElectric1]

Not peep out audience who sat silently though out the whole movie and the theater was full.

You were sitting with the wrong crowd then. Both viewings I went to had people cheering and laughing at various points...

This.

[Portland]

Not peep out audience who sat silently though out the whole movie and the theater was full.

You were sitting with the wrong crowd then. Both viewings I went to had people cheering and laughing at various points...

This.

Nah, no shouting or applause in our showing, was in Llandudno mind you...

[Meow]

Meow, "first 3 Star Wars" mean different things to different people. You would certainly have an, er, unique view if you're referring to the prequel trilogy...

I know that. I should have said. IV, V and VI.

So, what we talking then in Meow terms?

About 2 hours tops, only good for a rental?

No, that has nothing to do with it. Lets face it was crap and I really try to enjoy it. But it had, shallow plot, Bad special effects, With a waft ending. I'm huge fan of anything sci-fi. Adams did a lot better with Star Trek. This was too much Disney IMO.

[pogo]

I loved it; went to see it a second time last week, something I can’t remember ever doing before. Certainly up there with the original trilogy. Was true to the mythology of Star Wars while extending it in interesting ways.

[F-ZeroOne]

No, that has nothing to do with it. Lets face it was crap and I really try to enjoy it. But it had, shallow plot, Bad special effects, With a waft ending. I'm huge fan of anything sci-fi. Adams did a lot better with Star Trek. This was too much Disney IMO.

Wouldn't we all have just loved to have seen "Star Wars: Episode VII", as scripted and directed by Douglas Adams?

[Darkflame]

The Pirate Planet wasnt that good.

Bad special effects,

O_o
I mean, these days nothing they did there was ground breaking or anything, but thats a funny benchmark you got if anything there is considered "bad".

[Istar]

A series of unfortunate events conspired to prevent me seeing this until yesterday. Aside from BB8 (who's been everywhere) I managed to avoid just about any mention and thus went in spoiler-free.

And loved it. From the stark opening line of the zoomer ("Luke Skywalker has vanished.") to the big moment at the end, that was 2 hours and 16 minutes of good old fashioned big-kid joy.

It was Star Wars. It had classic Hollywood tropes, bits that made sense, bits that didn't really make sense, expansive vistas and no limits on the imagination. For anyone that says it was a bit New Hope, you're damned right it was - and all the better for it. And if you genuinely didn't like it but instead found too many nits to pick, too many plot-holes, too many sub-100% performances for your taste, and nothing stirred in your soul - well, you are officially old, jaded, and we can't be friends any more.

My Blu-Ray pre-order is already in.

11/10.

[Governmentyard]

That's the spirit!

[Misfit]

And if you genuinely didn't like it but instead found too many nits to pick, too many plot-holes, too many sub-100% performances for your taste, and nothing stirred in your soul - well, you are officially old, jaded, and we can't be friends any more.

My Blu-Ray pre-order is already in.

11/10.

I couldn't have put it much better myself.

Seen it twice. Need to see it again. Hurry up Blu-Ray my projector needs you...

[pogo]

[Portland]

Still think the original PS2 one is genius.