Smoking Lizard said:
Doesn’t it occur to you that it just, oh, so awfully convenient that the desert would behave that way right at that spot where the TIE fighter crash landed, despite the fact that there’s crashed wreckage everywhere else on this planet?

And does it also not occur to you that just because a movie “referenced it earlier,” that doesn’t mean that that earlier reference or explanation actually, you know, makes sense?

It’s contrived. Nicely convenient, like pretty much every other event of the movie.

That’s the thing. If you’re in a position where you have to keep saying to yourself, “Well, that’s possible, but highly improbable,” and you’re saying it again and again and again, you’re watching a poorly written movie.

Considering the “will of the Force” acts like Fate in epics, that didn’t bother me much, just like Finn taking Poe’s jacket so that BB8 could’ve recognized it. I get what you mean, though, and it shows it with Rey being suddenly able to use the Force like a master.

Jay said:
Same deal with Finn and his saber skills.

Writer #1: “How can Finn possibly fight Ren in a saber battle and not get sliced to pieces?”
Writer #2: “Show him fighting a bit earlier with a Stormtrooper who has a saber-like weapon.”
Writer #1: “What value would sword fighting be to a Stormtrooper?”
Writer #2: “It’s Star Wars, man. Just shut off your brain and enjoy the ride.”

Usually soldiers are taught how to handle close quarter combats, and all that guy was asking for was a fair fight against the lightsaber-wielding “traitor”. I did find such fight, though, too predictable (when Finn fell, I knew someone was going to save him) and not satisfying (Finn doesn’t defeat the stormtrooper, implying he’s a “newbie” 😄 ).