Are you talking about Kylo Ren? Having him throw a tantrum would have been extremely risky in light of Episode III, were it not for the fact that it was executed fucking fantastically. And his hair isn’t allowed to be long, either? He didn’t have a PT mullet.
Well he’s Han and Leia’s son, so he should remind me of them - not of Anakin!
I think the main thing this film has convinced me is that people on this site love to hate films. Especially Star Wars. That’s not to say there aren’t plenty of valid criticisms. But, I think we do get pretty neurotic about ridiculous things around here at times. Myself included.
Well I remember saying not too long time ago in a thread not too far away, that I like quite a lot of the prequel trilogy content. Not as much as the average TFN member, but certainly more than a lot of other members here. They have their flaws, and they have their good points.
TFA is a good movie in its own right, but, it is at the end of the day just a direct remake of Episode IV - with a few things from V and VI thrown in. I can watch Star Wars and get the same story that I saw watching Episode VII. To me that makes VII pretty redundant and unnecessary. I mean, Death Star III - really? They even compare “Starkiller Base” directly to the Death Star in the movie itself. I thought the “New Order” was going to be more different to the “Galactic Empire”.
Yeah, I didn’t mean to pick on you specifically. Just a general statement about us cranks. No one else gets as upset about silly things like color timing, etc. 😛
As for Driver’s looks. When he was face to face with Han, I actually found myself noticing a surprising, though slight, resemblance. Not to young Han, but to the man on screen.
I was fine with most of the ‘throw backs’. Despite the many parallels, I never felt like I was watching ANH/SW. I liked that a 1000 year old creature had a bar. And I liked the idea of Maz in general. But I think that was slotted into the Cantina part of the story too easily. I would have rather had it be something fresh (the promo pics of Maz’s castle were more promising). And I wish we learned more about her history with Han, while he was alive, to add some weight to her character. Wonder what spinoff media we’ll learn about her cloud city adventure?
I completely agree about Starkiller, though. I think that’s one near-consensus between nearly all the reviewers. As I said in my review ramble, the threat in this story was Kylo against Rey and against potentially Luke. The Starkiller stuff was just background nonsense to get some X-wing shots in. I did like the base’s imperial-esque interior a lot, though.