StarChewyWar said:
Dude, you really need to do your research. The vision of the Force Awakens? To bring back the magic of Star Wars when the cynicism of the prequels and special editions scared it off. JJ Abrams is just like us. A fan. He loves Star Wars, and wants nothing more than replicate the magic of the original trilogy. So he used practical effects, shot it on 35mm film, wrote it with Lawrence Kasdan(writer of Empire Strikes Back and Indiana Jones), composed it with John Williams, used the aethstetics of Ralph McQuarrie, and made sure George Lucas was not involved at all. He didn’t have to do these things. Its similarities with the original Star Wars is not because lack of imagination but love.That’s great. Those were all great choices. But all of those choices should have been a means, not an end.
StarChewyWar said:
Plotholes don’t matter.You started a screenwriting thread to say this? Sorry for wasting my time in here.
StarChewyWar said:
The Dark Knight trilogy has billions of plotholes, yet it is one of the most critically acclaimed sagas of all time, up there with the original Star Wars trilogy.lol
I’ve explained before. Since you are such a screenwriting guru, can you tell me the difference between Story and Plot? Story is what matters most. It is the emotional value of the story. Plot is just what happens. Plot doesn’t matter. Even the greats like Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick don’t give a donkey’s butt about plot. Seen 2001 A Space Oddysey? It starts off with a bunch of monkeys. Then a monolith shows up for some reason. One monkey starts using bones, and then we flashforward to the future. In the future, a guy finds another monolith, and we flashforward again. Now it’s about an AI(artificial intelligence) who went rogue and killed all except one. That one guy goes into a wormhole and sees a bunch of weird stuff. Then he ends up in a bedroom and keeps seeing and becoming his older self until he dies and becomes a space baby. That was the plot. If plot really mattered, 2001 A Space Oddysey would not be considered one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time. The story is what really matters. It makes you think about evolution and life and how you define it.
Way to be a jerk and not even try to argue back.