Just saw it.
Ummmmmm… it was alright. It has some very good moments and honestly there’s nothing that sucks either.
It was good to see familiar faces although it took some time to see the first one. The beginning was a little stretch for me, there wasn’t much of calm moment, you was suppose to care about the characters from the beginning. I mean… the new characters could’ve had a little more depth to them. I still don’t know who Rey is, she could be evil for I all know! And a stormtrooper who has had an empty life… But still they go on an adventure, and there was a great pilot in there somewhere too.
Harrison Ford kicked ass as Han Solo, no “I’m too old for this” Indy 4 crap, he pretty much continued where he left off. Carrie was fine, they had some chitter chatter together, it was alright. They really had us waiting for Luke, not much to say about that. There was good humour in the movie, I enjoyed it. The First Order left me a little cold, the officers were pretty awful/uninteresting, they seemed more like from fan spoof or something. The villain was… at times great. Not sure about how I feel about him being Han & Leia’s son… And of course Han’s death… a girl next to me cried when it happened. It was pretty expected but then again… I think he was the best part of the movie and one the best parts in the trilogy, so not sure if I wanted to see him go. It was sad.
Just from seeing the movie, the score was pretty bland. I don’t remember any new theme to hum, and the first 30 minutes could’ve used more silent moments as the music was blasting a little too much without any specific themes. Props to JJ for not using distracting lens flares or shakey cams.
This needs to be rewatched for sure. The OT didn’t, I knew right away that those were the best ever. Now, my hopes were extremely high as I’ve waited for this for 20 years, some people more. Has this been the best movie I saw in 20 years? I really wished to say yes yesterday but I don’t think I can’t. It was alright, pretty good. Not bad at all. Some of the things just seemed to just happen in SW universe, they didn’t feel SW. Then again, some very much did. Maybe it just because of my expectations, I don’t know.
Anyways, here was just some of my thoughts. There was applause in the beginning, couple of times in the middle and at the end so the crowd enjoyed, hopefully you too!