LordPlagueis said:
The main problem with The Force Awakens is the unoriginal story. If I wanted to watch a movie where
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then I would simply watch A New Hope.
By that logic, The Force Awakens sucks and should be reviewed poorly as it is too similar to A New Hope. Also by that logic, A New Hope sucks and should be reviewed poorly as it is too similar to The Hidden Fortress.
No one criticizes ANH for borrowing too much from The Hidden Fortress, even though they are from entirely separate franchises (Lucas is in more wrong for stealing than Abrams). Most movie critics don’t care if it borrows, they simply judge the movie on its own. Which tells the story best? I think people need to stop hating on TFA purely because it’s “too much like ANH” and starting considering how it uses the plot to support it’s themes.