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Personally I think that Mark Hamill is superb in all the original films and doesn’t get enough credit for his acting, from naive farm boy in Star Wars, to a Jedi student in Empire finding out Vader is his father on Cloud City, then to mature Jedi Knight in ROTJ. The dual between Vader and Luke on the 2nd Death Star is easily the best light sabre dual in all of the Star Wars movies, not because of the choreography but because of the rage in Luke.

Watched this projected yesterday and this is amazing 😃, well done Williarob and everyone else involved. Thanks for all the hard work over the years.

joefavs said:

The soundtrack seems a lot more interesting listening to it on its own this morning than it did in the theater last night. I think it must have seemed so boring because of how it was mixed in the film.

Just listening to it on Spotify at the moment and was thinking exactly the same thing!

Just back from a surprisingly poorly attended showing here in the UK. Overall really enjoyed it, the second half of the movie is probably where it really hits it’s stride. Alden Ehrenreich does an excellent job with the nearly impossible task of following following Harrison Ford, there are a number of times he completely captures the personality of Han with feeling like he is trying to be Harrison Ford. Donald Glover is almost perfect as Lando. The plot is pitched just right with enough action to keep you interested but is a small enough story to not make Han’s, Chewie’s and Lando’s adventures in the existing films feel underwhelming in retrospect. Quite a few folks have wondered how the pristine Falcon was going to end up in the state we see it in the OT and it is answered sensibly and believably.

On the negative side I think this probably has the weakest musical score of the movies so far. The soundtrack seems almost invisible at times and doesn’t seem to drive your emotions in line with the scene in the same way Williams does, which is a bit of a shame. Maybe after a second viewing I’ll change my mind.

The cameo of a certain prequel character actually works quite well and I didn’t really get the normal “it’s a small universe after all” feeling that these things can sometimes create.

There is a nice “han shot first” nod as well, and this could nicely tees up potential sequels if it makes enough money for Disney’s liking.

After a first viewing 7/10.

Yeah, another vote for the DrDre timings, they look pretty spot on to me.

Downloaded this last night (1080p version) and had a quick scan through it this morning, it looks fantastic, will try and get a chance to watch it fully this evening, love the grain. I wasn’t too fussed about seeing the DNR’d version but looking at the sample screenshots in this thread it looks like it’s going to be great too. A technicolor version of this would be awesome too. How many versions of a film can you have 😃 To all those involved fantasic work!

Creox said:

The one fact that is missed in many discussions surrounding your points is that 30 years have passed.

No it just feels that way. Oh you mean in the movie! Sorry I thought you meant since this conversation started in the thread 😃

DrDre said:

Scarriest thing, really?!!! Scarrier than facing Darth Vader, the man who murdered your father and your mentor?

Apparently so according to Luke himself:

“I’ve seen this raw strength only once before. It didn’t scare me enough then. It does now.”

In that dialog he is talking about Ben, so I guess he sees the potential in Ben to be even worse that Darth Vader or the Emperor

RU.08 said:

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Spotted and tried to register yesterday and again today but it errors no matter what details I try to register with 🙁

I wouldn’t mind a link too if anyone is feeling generous 😊

Thanks!

8/10 after first viewing. My top 3 Star Wars movies are still the OT. Bottom 3 are the prequels ,then it gets somewhat confusing 😊

OK so I saw the movie with my 11 year old son this morning. As always after a new Star Wars movie I need to let it percolate before deciding how much I like or dislike it. However at this point I think I really like this one. There are only two things that annoy me about this movie 1) The Mary Poppins Leia in space which is just ridiculous looking and 2) Luke doesn’t get off the island and join the adventure. I would have loved to have seen Luke rediscover his old self earlier and getting off Ach-To and going on a mission rather like Obi Wan does in ANH or Luke himself does at Jabbas palace in ROTJ.

There are a couple of bits that I think have been harshly criticized in some of the reviews so far, the Porgs, they are hardly in the movie and not in any meaningful way and I actually think the Yoda scene is pretty good we get the original Yoda personality back from Empire, not boring Yoda from the Prequels and while not exactly matching Yoda from Empire appearance wise I actually think it’s the closest yet.

I guess most importantly my son loved it and was straight out with the Star Wars lego when we got home.

Plus we should get force ghost Luke in episode 9!

I use https://www.videohelp.com/software/multiAVCHD. It let’s you do basic menus, add video files, alternate audio tracks, set chapters etc. Then burn the output to BD-25 or BD-50 discs with http://www.imgburn.com/. Just make sure that in Imgburn you ensure the disc format is UDF 2.5 in order for it to be read properly in a blu ray player.

yhwx said:

When I first saw this I initially thought “That’s weird Mark Hamill still has 70s jeans” 😃

Maybe these guys can help: http://www.rebelforceradio.com/star-wars-oxygen/. One of the best podcasts out there, their podcast covers in great and revealing detail all the Star Wars music, very enlightening.

TV’s Frink said:

Sorry, only complaints about this movie are allowed.

Oops, of course, I meant to say “this is guaranteed to be dreadful!” 😁

So as part of “researching” this movie and Alden Ehrenreich. I have watched both Beautiful Creatures and Hail Caesar and Ehrenreich is actually a pretty good actor. I was firmly in the Anthony Ingruber camp before they cast and must admit was a bit disappointed when they didn’t cast him.
He is a much better physical match for Ford than Ehrenreich who reminds me far more of Tom Hanks than Harrison Ford. My only real concern about Ingruber is that his performance would have turned into a 90 minute impression of Harrison Ford, but a decent director should be able to avoid that, “Would that it were so simple!”.
Anyway my concerns about Ehrenreich have been considerably reduced since watching these two movies, I still think my “suspension of disbelief” would have been greater with Ingruber.

I also think that John Powell’s scores so far have been pretty good, and the recent “leaked” photos have also helped alleviate my fears of a disaster. Woody Harrelsons character looks pretty awesome. Maybe this will turn out to be cool after all!

Thanks guys, as I don’t use them much, I wasn’t sure if the HD claims on the streaming sites were reliably genuine HD, expecially for films that are only on DVD.

Does anyone know if Disney’s “One of our Dinosaurs is missing” is avialable anywhere in HD? I see it appears to be on itunes in the USA, but don’t know if it’s SD or HD (or an upscale)

I'd also like to see this in the UK, hopefully it'll get to myspleen. I remember getting stung by a bee on the sole of my foot when watching this on TV as a kid one hot summer evening. Great film and it looks like a great preservation, well done guys!